2024 was the year we lost both contributors to the “Where in The Hell is Mazeppa” song. By best research the song was penned by Mazeppa’s own Skeeter Berg in the late 1950’s. In the late 1970’s it was recorded by Bruce Bungum, who was releasing an album under the name James Blue. Bungum, a Kenyon native residing in Kasson, had a local musical following in Minnesota and the recording received airplay on a number of radio stations from Rochester to the Twin Cities in 1978. Bungum went on to record a few more albums but never made it on the national scene.
Skeeter Berg passed away in February and Bruce Bungum, passed away in November of this past year.