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Guy Manning

About Me

Guy Manning is a UK based multi-instrumentalist / composer / singer-songwriter
Since 1999, Guy Manning has released 10 albums worldwide (so far!):
1999
Tall Stories For Small Children
2000
The Cure
2001
Cascade
2002
The Ragged Curtain
2003
The View From My Window
2004
A Matter Of Life & Death (The Journal Of Abel Mann)
2005
One Small Step...
2006
Anser's Tree
2007
Songs From The Bilston House
2009
"Number Ten"
The Latest Album!
"Number Ten"
Available Now !!!!
Click here to visit the GUY MANNING CD Orders page
Track Names:
1. Ships
2. The Final Chapter
3. An Ordinary Day
4. Bloody holiday!
5. Valentine's Night
6. A Road Less Travelled
7. Another Lazy Sunday
8. The House On The Hill
All tracks by Guy Manning
Line-Up:
Guy Manning - Acoustic 6, 12 & Classical Guitars, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Keyboards, Samples, Basses, Percussion & Vocals
Laura Fowles - Alto Sax, Vocals
Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn - Fiddle
David Million - Electric Guitars
Julie King - Vocals (Including duet on VALENTINE'S NIGHT')
Kris Hudson-Lee - Bass
Kev Currie - Bkg. Vocals
Phil Wilkes - Keyboards
Danny Rhodes - Additional Drums
Guests:
Stephen Dundon - Flutes, Tenor Sax
Andy Tillison - Keyboards, Drums
Ed Neidhardt - Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax
Pav Chana - Percussion
Hannah Hudson-Lee - Bkg. Vocals
Here is ex Genesis guitarist, Steve Hackett with his prized copy of the new MANNING album
REVIEW Soundbytes
"Number 10" is more than 60 minutes of melodic, "classical" and in many cases really beautiful progressive rock."
MLWZ
"Number 10 has set the bar for all other releases in the Progressive Rock Genre for 2009, if this had been released in the late 70’s or early 80’s then we’d have been seeing Mr Manning on our TV screens in the endless documentaries about how ‘good the old prog was’.
Paul Baker (ARFm)
"Unbelievably, this is Guy Manning’s tenth studio album in as many years, hence the title. Producing an album a year would be a task for most artists, but the consistency of the quality of his songwriting throughout each album is nothing short of staggering. Guy over the course of ten years has refined his style, built up a group of excellent supporting musicians and has consistently produced work of such a high standard. “Number 10” is up there with his best, which is most of his output and is a very fitting celebration of ten years worth of superb music. Here’s to another ten!"
Dr. Barrie Sillars (Progressive Land)

Guy is also a member of the international project band The Tangent
The Tangent albums include:
2004 The Music That Died Alone
2005 The World That We Drive Through
2006 A Place In The Queue
2007 Going Off On One {Live}
2007 Not As Good As The Book

See www.guymanning.com for a full biography, audio samples, reviews, photos and lots more information!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Website: www.guymanning.com
Band Members: Guy Manning
Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolins,
Bouzouki, Bass, Drums & Percussion

Current Live + Recording Band Members :
Dave Albone Drums & Percussion
Kev Currie Guitars & Vocals
Kris Hudson-Lee Basses & Vocals
Julie King Keyboards, Vocals & Percussion
David Million Electric Lead Guitar
Phil Wilkes Keyboards

Laura Fowles Alto Sax, Bkg Vocals & Percussion
Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn Fiddle
Pav Chana Percussion
Ed Neidhardt Soprano Sax & Bass Clarinet
Hannah Hudson-Lee Backing Vocals

Album Special Guests Since 1999 :
Andy Tillison Keyboards ( PO90 & The Tangent )
Martin Orford Flute ( IQ )
Angela Gordon Flute & Recorders ( Mostly Autumn )
Steve Dundon Flute & Tenor Sax ( Molly Bloom )
Simon Baskind Drums
Jon Burr Harmonica
Hugh Whittaker Drums ( The Housemartins )

Past Band Members :
Danny Rhodes Drums
Neil Harris Keyboards & Bkg Vocals
Rick Ashton Bass
Gareth Harwood Electric Lead Guitar
Jonathan Barratt Bass
John Hobson Drums
Jonathan MacDonald Binns Drums
Jon Tipping Drums

Influences:
Sounds Like: Guy Manning...
but there's definitely some Jethro Tull, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Genesis, Supertramp, Bowie and a host of others mixed in there somewhere!

Record Label: Festival Music, ProgRock & Cyclops (over 9 years)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out this event: ELEKTRIK MANNING + Guests

Hosted By:Guy ManningWhen:06 June 2009Where:The PEEL160 Cambridge RoadKingston Upon ThamesKT1 3HHDescription:The ELEKTRIK MANNING Band plus our guests for a full set plus our special guests for the ni...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 09:07:00 GMT

Check out this event: ELEKTRIK MANNING & Special Guests

The NEW 7 piece line-up debut plus Special guest!New material from the critically acclaimed "NUMBER TEN" album!Hosted By:Guy ManningWhen:25 April 2009Where:Wesley Arts CentreBlyth RoadMaltbyS66Descrip...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:47:00 GMT

Once more unto the breech...

2009 - 10th Anniversay year!!!!. Yep been at this releasing albums lark for ages now. Events so far...the re-release of 2001s CASCADE album (albeit slimmed down in artwork) but was very hard to find a...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:00:00 GMT

The Return of the MOLE

So, 2008...is it time to write another album or do I instead turn my attention to a live album /DVD? That is the question on my mind currently.I do have the germ of an idea about a studio album 'conce...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:16:00 GMT

More MOLEY activities

So, here we are again...another busy year..the cycle of recording continued unabated...and a new offering is about to be let loose on an unsuspecting World..."Songs From The Bilston House"Scheduled fo...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:50:00 GMT

The Annual Album Lifecycle By Jasper Doolittle

(Subtitled - The life & times of the Studio Mole*)Every year it's the same old story:Autumn - A new album is released. Lots of activity, interviews, reviews, radio shows, chat rooms Pre-Xmas ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:45:00 GMT

SUMMER'S END FESTIVAL 2006

The 2 day event was a great success for all bands involved and was well attended by attentive and enthusiastic genuine music supporters.My acoustic set 'seemed' to go down well..we certainly sold...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:50:00 GMT

THE LONG & WINDING ROAD... (THE TANGENT WEEKEND)

A Tangent weekend... Friday 6:30am in Leeds, Yorkshire I pack my van with guitars, amps, stands, leads, keyboards, PA systemI drive 215 miles south to Essex...A lorry kicks a stone into my windsc...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:10:00 GMT

ANSER'S TREE Release Information

New MANNING ALBUM Release** Copies should hopefully be available for the UK Tangent dates inSeptember and the UK Summer's End festival date in October **`Anser's Tree' is the eighth album from Guy Man...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:41:00 GMT

ANSER'S TREE Progress [No. 4]

The new album master is now sat in the USA awaiting the final art work. Ed Unitsky & I are working very hard now to complete this asapIt is looking very nice indeed so far.The new catalogue n...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT