{"id":22793,"date":"2020-02-24T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=22793"},"modified":"2020-02-24T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:37:40","slug":"interview-frank-benbini-uncle-frank-fun-loving-criminals-on-live-local-loud-with-kevin-gaughan-jas-minhas-thursday-20th-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/interview-frank-benbini-uncle-frank-fun-loving-criminals-on-live-local-loud-with-kevin-gaughan-jas-minhas-thursday-20th-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview &#8211; Frank Benbini (Uncle Frank &#038; Fun Loving Criminals) on Live, Local &#038; Loud with Kevin Gaughan &#038; Jas Minhas, Eava FM, Thursday 20th February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Hear Frank talk about his band, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UncleFrankMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncle Frank<\/a> and being the drummer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/funlovincriminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fun Lovin&#8217; 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