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About Me

Nursery school, Brook Farm, Mrs Noyce sees something, is it musical talent?
She starts young Jonny on the recorder. It was fairly frustrating, he was
only, what? 4 or 5?

On a family trip to Florida, the Manners' stopped for gas. There was a
guitar hanging on the wall behind the counter and Jonny was interested. The
attendant let him hold it! His parents took note.

At age 8 Jon got a turquoise Stella with a bucking bronco on it.

Weekly lessons with Frank Falcone began.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/3/2005
Band Website: jonmanners.com
Band Members: JON MANNERS, JON MANNERS, JON MANNERS, JON MANNERS
Influences: Uh-Oh
Frankie Said
Pay With Your Heart
Love 2 Love

Sounds Like: John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, John Hammond, Dr. John, Otis Redding, Al Green, Frank Zappa
Record Label: ROCKADAY
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Guitar Building

The new guitar is a semi-acoustic electric. I've got a large slab of mahogany, about 14" x 21"x 2". I will be routing out the body, leaving 1/2" for the sides and back. The soundboard is a beaut...
Posted by JON MANNERS on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:18:00 PST

The Biggest Challenge

I played all instruments on my cd, "Frankie Said." The biggest challenge was the upright acoustic bass. I bought it specifically for this project, I'd never played one and MAN! WAS...
Posted by JON MANNERS on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:50:00 PST

Ebb & Flow

On my most recent cd, Frankie Said, I recorded without the use of a click track. I find click tracks to be inhibiting; they restrict the natural ebb and flow of music. In particular, I find the dis...
Posted by JON MANNERS on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:41:00 PST

Recording Project

Today is Saturday and I'm about to head down to my basement studio to work on a basic track. I'll be laying down acoustic guitar for a nasty little song my brother Tim wrote the lyrics for. This will ...
Posted by JON MANNERS on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:00:00 PST