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Manju is a traveler, always has been. His family was transferred "from hither to yon" giving Manju an interesting world perspective. At four years of age, Manju was already seriously studying piano, and soon he began singing in community choirs. His musical search led him to study classical flute and classical guitar. Although his musical studies concentrated mainly on classic technique, he nurtured very diverse musical tastes.
A pivotal moment came in the time of the "Neue Deutsche Welle". While in Zurich, Manju met the band YELLO, and touched a bass guitar for the first time! It just felt natural in his hands; thus his love affair with the bass guitar began. His beginnings include playing in a Spanish pop band and an "instant composition" jam band among others.
Manju studied at "Joe Heider Jazz School"Munich, but later quit because it was "too square". So, in 1987 Manju journeyed to India for both musical and spiritual inspiration. There he played with "Deuter" and with "Airto" the famous percussionist of "Weather Report"
In 1990 he returned to Cologne full of new technique and ideas.
At some point in the path of discovery, one begins to search for the roots and so it is, that Manju fell in love with the blues.
"Everything comes out of the blues and everything will return there."

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Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on the same day as the famous nuclear test at Bikini Island, Lance exploded into this world on a musical mission. It began when his mother placed a ukulele in his baby bed. A talented singer, pianist and community activist, she made a huge variety of music available to him from Broadway to Blues, Folk to Classical and everything in between. Lance began playing the piano as soon as he could touch the keys, composing songs at age 5. He was dutifully made to take piano lessons, but soon got kicked out for "playing by ear".
Around age 13, after showing great promise on borrowed guitars, Lance finally got his own for Christmas! Lance, his guitar, and the stereo hi-fi were inseparable. Elmore James, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, Muddy Waters, Little Feat and so many more; track by track, groove by groove, Lance dissected their extensive record collection learning all he could about timing, phrasing, tone and the soul of music. Living on the division line of the "white" and "colored" part of the city, Lance found his musical playmates weren't so plentiful on 'his side' of the tracks, so he crossed them. What followed was an intense school of Blues and Soul. Lance was known for his ability to pick up most any instrument and play it fairly well! The favorite game at parties was to "Stump the Lance" meaning to request a song he couldn't play... he seldom lost.
After countless rock, country and blues bands, theater productions, and musical tours, he returned to Nashville where he met Donna. They started a demo studio in the enormous basement of her house on the first hill overlooking famous "Music Row". Life was good until that fateful day, when all was lost sending this duo out into the world on their musical odyssey. Twelve years and twenty-four countries later, Lance & Donna are still amazing audiences all over Europe receiving countless praises for their honest interpretations of blues classics and fresh, original compositions.

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