Music Man of Smith Street Builds a Biz and Revival
Mingo Tull grew up near Smith and Wyckoff streets listening to a late sixties band. He balanced music with stable work in accounting banking and trucking, sharing stages with stars like Jackson 5 and James Brown. He later opened a music shop on Amity Street in 1993 with Rosann Natale, expanding to Court Street stores, a production company, a music school, and Rosina’s Bistro before healthcare costs and rising rents quieted the ventures after 2001.