The Fake Leather Blues Band is a

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band from Pretoria, South Africa. They are also commonly known simply as FLBB.

Band history

The band was formed in May 2003 during a

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with Conrad Jamneck,

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, Franco Jamneck and Gideon Meintjies. Over the years the band has had different drummers and rhythm guitar players. In the meantime, FLBB played the

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festival several times, as well as other festivals such as the Up the Creek festival and the Strab and FORR festivals in Mozambique. the band has not released any albums, but they have filmed concerts that can be found on YouTube.

Band members

*Conrad Jamneck – vocals *

– lead guitar and back-up vocals *Franco Jamneck – bass and back-up vocals *Wim van Vuuren – drums *Pedro Barbosa – rhythm guitar

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fake Leather Blues musical groups Musical groups established in 2003