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The California Honeydrops

American soul musical group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 6, 2025
Entity authorityQ7720976 ↗
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The California Honeydrops are a blues and R&B band founded by Lech Wierzynski.

History

The California Honeydrops was formed in 2007.

Throughout the band's existence members have joined and others have left. Nansamba Ssensalo was dating frontman Lech Wierzynski when the band first started, but eventually left the group. They are also joined by other artists for some concerts but the consistent members include Lech Wierzynski, Benjamin Malament, Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig, Lorenzo Loera, and Beaumont Beaullieu.

Their first album, Soul Tub!, was released in November 2008 which was a year after the band was formed. Since then, they have gone on tour, performed at music festivals, and released 13 albums total.

Discography

Soul Tub!

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