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How Don Was returned to his Detroit roots for fresh musical inspiration

Don Was gathered Detroit-rooted musicians to form an ensemble blending originals and covers, including a full Grateful Dead album, showcasing Detroit’s diverse musical heritage.

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When the jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard invited his friend, the musician-producer Don Was, to headline a night at a jazz series Blanchard was curating for the Detroit Symphony in 2024, Was said yes – even though he didn’t actually have a band or any songs at the time. “Then I had to think about what to do,” says Was, who in the ’80s recorded and toured with the eclectic rock-jazz band Was (Not Was) before shifting his focus to pro…

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San Gabriel Valley Tribune broke the news in on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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