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When you say Motown, you are saying more than the name of a record label located in Detroit. You are referencing a group of artists who collectively made a greater contribution to American music than their numbers would suggest. Locally, the Minneapolis Men of Motown, as well as the Minneapolis Women of Motown, and they celebrate Motown music at the Dakota in two shows on Saturday March 21. When Phil Nusbaum talked to two of the Minneapolis women of Motown, Kathleen Johnson and Courtnie Johnson, Kathleen talked about how the Minneapolis Men of Motown got started.