Long Wong's on Mill was a club in Tempe,

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. Long Wong's on Mill was the center of the Tempe music scene, which peaked in the early

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, and it was where the Tempe band the

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got their start. In turn, the popular band made the club famous. Long Wong's also featured Tempe based bands such as

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and The Refreshments, who would all go on to sign with major

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s. Long Wong's closed on April 3, 2004. Wild Bill lived there in the late 1980's - early 1990's.

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