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Maxayn was an American soul-funk/psych band that released the 1972–74 Capricorn albums Maxayn, Mindful, and Bail Out for Fun!. Namesake vocalist Maxayn Lewis, guitarist Marlo Henderson, and bassist/keyboardist Andre Lewis played together beforehand in the Columbia one-off High Voltage. Lewis adopted the moniker Mandré for three electro-funk albums on Motown during the late 1970s. Members: […]

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Mandré — aka Michael Andre Lewis (Dec. 7, 1948 — Jan. 31, 2012) — was an American electro-funk musician who initially emerged as the organist of High Voltage and the bassist/keyboardist of Maxayn during the early 1970s. As a robot-masked solo artist, he released three albums on Motown between 1977 and 1979, followed by a […]