Guy Manning

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Guy Manning / Manning

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Genre = Progressive rock
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Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Cyclops Records
ProgRock Records
Festival Music (F2)
Associated_acts = The Tangent
Parallel or 90 Degrees
URL = [http://www.guymanning.com/ Burnside - The Official Guy Manning web site]
Current_members = Guy Manning
Kevin Currie
Kris Hudson-Lee
Julie King
David Million
Danny Rhodes
Phil Wilkes
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Notable_instruments = Acoustic Instruments, Keyboards, Vocals

Guy Manning (born birth date|1957|1|20|df=y in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom) is a British multi-instrumentalist and singer best known for his own album work and for his membership of progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Tangent.

Biography

Manning was the founding member of two Leeds based bands in the 1980s, Let's Eat! and Bailey's Return. He was also recruited in 1987 to be the keyboards player with Julie King in art-rock Leeds band Through The Looking Glass. This band split up a year later and a more pop based offshoot, KingGlass, emerged and continued for a further year.

Manning and local keyboardist/vocalist Andy Tillison had an early unsigned band called Gold Frankincense & Disk Drive. The band's final line-up included Dave Albone on drums and a guest spot from Van Der Graaf Generator organ player Hugh Banton. One piece by this line-up, "A Gap in the Night", was later included on Parallel or 90 Degrees' "The Corner of My Room" before being reworked for the second album by The Tangent.

Tillison and Manning also recorded the album "No More Travelling Chess" at this time, which consisted of a set of covers of material by Peter Hammill plus a couple of original pieces. This album was first released as a mail order cassette item (before an augumented and remastered version was eventually released by Cyclops Records in 2001 - under the band name of Parallel or 90 Degrees).

Tillison and Manning then formed the new band, Parallel or 90 Degrees, with Sam Baine also on keyboards, but Manning was soon to leave.

Manning has gone on to release his own albums [ [http://www.guymanning.com/Albums.htm Guy Manning albums] ] , five on the Cyclops label and three more, "A Matter Of Life & Death (The Journal of Abel Mann)", "One Small Step..." and "Anser's Tree", for United States label ProgRock Records. His latest release, "Songs From The Bilston House" (2007), was released on the Festival Music (F2) label. [ [http://www.f2music.co.uk/information/indexfestivalmusic.htm Festival Music (F2) label] ]

Tillison has guested on several of these, while other guests have included Martin Orford (IQ), Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn (Hedgehog Pie & Jack the Lad), Steve Dundon (Molly Bloom) and Angela Gordon (Mostly Autumn). The ProgRock Records album covers were created by Ed Unitsky.

Previously, plans for a solo album by Tillison transformed into the first release by The Tangent, "The Music That Died Alone" (2003). This initial line-up included Manning, Sam Baine, Roine Stolt, Jonas Reingold and Zoltan Csorsz from The Flower Kings, and David Jackson from Van der Graaf Generator. Other Tangent members have included Theo Travis, Jaime Salazar, Krister Jonsson and Jakko Jakszyk.

In all, Manning has played on four studio and one live album by The Tangent. "See main article on The Tangent."

Manning and Tillison also teamed up as fictional Italian band La Voce Del Vento to provide two long pieces for the Colossus Project Discs ("The Spaghetti Epics #1" and "#2"). [ [http://www.colossus.fi/125/index.php?id=15,11,0,0,1,0 Colossus Project] ]

Manning has also provided an unreleased track for KINECTIONS, the US ProgDay festival support album [ [http://www.progday.com/ProgDay-Support.html ProgDay Support Page ] ]

In April 2008, news appeared on the Classic Rock Society website [ [http://theclassicrocksociety.blogspot.com/2008/04/drummer-wanted.html CRS Website] ] stating that Guy had recruited a band consisting Kevin Currie, Kris Hudson-Lee, Julie King, Danny Rhodes & Phil Wilkes. The band debuted (minus Julie King) at the Classic Rock Society's Tribute to Rob Leighton concert in June 2008. David Million then rejoined the lineup on lead guitars in July 2008.

At the same time, a new studio album Number Ten was announced as being in production.

Discography

Guy Manning / Manning

* "Tall Stories For Small Children " (1999)
* "The Cure" (2000)
* "Cascade "(2001) & (2008)
* "The Ragged Curtain "(2002)
* "The View From My Window "(2003)
* "A Matter Of Life & Death (The Journal Of Abel Mann) "(2004)
* "One Small Step... "(2005)
* "Anser's Tree "(2006)
* "Songs From The Bilston House "(2007)

The Tangent

tudio albums

* "The Music That Died Alone" (2003)
* "The World That We Drive Through" (2004)
* "A Place in the Queue" (2006)
* "Not as Good as the Book" (2008)

Live albums

* "Going Off On One" (2007)

La Voce Del Vento

* "The Spaghetti Epic #1" (2005)
* "The Spaghetti Epic #2" (2006)

Parallel Or 90 Degrees

* "No More Travelling Chess" (2001)

References

* [http://www.eclecticmoonlight.com/a_giant_step_for_guy__intervie.html Eclectic Moonlight interview]
* [http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questions/guy_manning.htm 2003 interview]
* [http://www.guymanning.com/PW-Interview2001/PW-Interview2004.html 2004 interview]
* [http://www.caerllysimusic.co.uk/index1.html?target=d103.html 2008 interview]
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/karnick/karnick200602080757.asp Review]
* [http://www.guymanning.com/albums.htm Discography]

External links

* [http://www.guymanning.com/ Burnside - The Official Guy Manning website]
* [http://www.po90.com/frameset.htm Parallel or 90 Degrees official website]
* [http://www.thetangent.org/ The Tangent official website]