Perfect Duluth Day

Seeking info on the Hadjis and the Black Labels

I hope this brings back memories to all the fans of Duluth’s music scene. I am beginning research into two Duluth bands from the past, namely the Hadjis and the Black Labels.

Although I already possess a number of recordings and photographs of these bands dating back to 1996, I am hoping to find additional audio/video recordings and photographs, with an eye toward compiling as many of their recordings as I can find and perhaps working up a history of these bands. Why? Because my brother, stage name Gomez, was a guitarist in both bands and I believe that music fans would enjoy reading about and hearing these bands again.

For those reasons, I am asking anyone and everyone who reads this and has any material that might be useful to my endeavor to contact me, Randy Mahlberg, via email at chiclero @ hotmail.com. Two local CDs I would find particularly useful are Undergroundhog Day from 2001 and Let’s Get Sloppy on Shaky Ray Records from 2002.

Thanks to all for reading this.