Phil Manning (musician)
| Phil Manning | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Philip John Manning |
| Born | 1948 (age 68–69) Devonport, Tasmania, Australia |
| Genres | blues, blues rock |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, slide guitar |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Mushroom/Festival, Tamborine, Blackmarket, Indigo, Polydor, Full Moon, Astor |
| Associated acts | Anonymous Incorporated, Cocaine Spell, The Blue Jays, Laurie Allen Revue, Bay City Union, The Beaten Tracks, Chain, Leo de Castro's Friends, Willy & the Philtones, Band of Talabene, Phil Manning Band, Manning Keays Band, Matt Taylor Phil Manning Band, Phil Manning Trio |
| Website | www |
Philip John "Phil" Manning (born 1948) is an Australian blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Manning has been a member of various groups including Chain and has had a solo career. As a member of Chain, Manning co-wrote their January 1971 single "Black and Blue" which became number one on the Melbourne charts and also Judgement, which reached number two in Sydney. The related album, Toward the Blues followed in September and peaked in the top 10 albums chart.
Philip John Manning was born in Devonport, Tasmania in 1948. He has a brother Dennis Manning who is also a musician. Phil Manning's early bands were Anonymous Incorporated and Cocaine Spell – he was in the latter with drummer, Charlie Watts, and the pianist, John A. Bird. Manning moved to Melbourne in late 1966 and joined Tony Worsley and The Blue Jays, replacing Vince Melouney (ex-Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) on guitar.
Bay City Union were an electric blues band, which had formed in Brisbane and relocated to Melbourne in December 1966. Manning joined guitar, and played alongside Glenn Wheatley on guitar and Matt Taylor on vocals and harmonica. Manning left by 1968 to join Laurie Allen Revue (see Bobby & Laurie).
Late in 1968, Manning joined The Beaten Tracks (originally from Perth) and in December the group were in Melbourne and recruited Wendy Saddington (ex-James Taylor Move) on vocals. They changed their name to The Chain and later to Chain to provide electric blues-rock. Chain have had numerous line-up changes and hiatuses, their most famous line-up are Manning and Taylor with Barry Harvey on drums and Barry Sullivan on bass guitar (both ex-Thursday's Children, Wild Cherries).
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