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at early age he might be playing banjo these days. But countryâs loss is rockâs gain. Manning, cutting across various tunings - drop-Ds, open chords, standard - is a warm and wonderful player. A musician schooled on the riffs of Keith Richards and Eric Clapton, BB King and Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie Johnson, heâs the owner of a deep kit of licks, tricks and resources. Manning plays plenty of solo gigs, with the Chain jobs fewer and further between for good reason.âWe
really only play a few times a year, for festivals and the likes. Matt Taylor hasnât been at all well but heâs good at the moment,â Manning said. âThe trouble with Chain is our drummer lives in Adelaide, Mattâs in Perth, our bass playerâs in northern New South Wales and Iâm in Melbourne. But weâve still very much got the energy, the vibe is very much there. âWhen we get together, weâre much better than we used to be I think. Weâve played together so long we just slot right into it.â
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FEW AUSSIE musicians have been able to eke out a rock music career like blues legend Phil Manning. The evergreen guitarist, whoâs been carving up Fender Stratocasters and Guild acoustics since the 1960s while playing alongside all sorts of greats, will play Corioâs Gateway Hotel this Saturday with blues legand Matt Taylor and Chain. The iconic rock outfit is as tight as ever, probably tighter, Manning told the Independent this week. The band was also enjoying touring despite its membersâ, letâs be truthful about it, advanced years. But the Gateway audiences wouldnât notice it, Maning said, although Chain had made one or two concessions to the ear-shattering job of journeymen rockers along the way. âWe actually play really quietly on stage these days,â he confided. âMatt wears earplugs and when he plays harmonica, if we play loud, then he turns up his foldback. Full-blast harmonica takes the top of your head off but I have this gorgeous little Fender amp and we all keep our levels down onstage. âItâs still loud out front but when itâs loud on stage itâs like youâre fighting physics. When itâs softer itâs a bit more like playing jazz. âBut everyoneâs comfortable and now we play with a lot more energy and the sound guys love it they can actually mix it.â Manningâs guitar skills are more than considerable. In an age of virtuoso technicians and shredders heâs a faithful practitioner of the instrumentâs capacity to deliver raw emotion, rhythm and melody. In short, itâs all about feel; about the blues. His thumb-picking slide technique on acoustics is diverse, drawing on a spectrum of influences across blues, rock, country, Celtic, even bluegrass. Manning said that had he been exposed to bluegrass
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