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in support. The band apparently stopped touring for several years after that, although they always played a few gigs every year, usually near
Detroit but sometimes farther afield. In May and June 2014, they went on an extended tour of the Midwest and the West Coast. In April 2018, they traveled to
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370:. The two albums consisted entirely of cover versions of songs from the 1950s, 1960s, with the exception of the Detroit Cobras version of “Bad Man” (done by the Cobras as “Bad Girl”) written by Greg Cartwright in the mid 1990s. In 2001, they were one of thirteen Michigan-based bands featured on
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Germany and Spain, which led to an extended European tour in October and November 2019. A US tour was planned for 2020 but canceled because of the
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474:New Orleans
407:, in 2004.
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325:See Members
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