Mani Blank
I
was born in 1952 in Cuxhaven in Germany. With 14 I got my first guitar and was
on stage only 3 month later. 1970 I changed to bass and started to play
professional in local rock bands. From 1998 to 2001 I had a really good band
going, but due to the unprofessional behavour of three people in the band we
split. But I still play. Since 2001 I play in a country band for my living, but
got a rock band going with my favorite drummer. We are together on stage for
almost 10 years now (he´s in the country band, too).
I always loved the music of UH, and in 1993, when
they played in Augsburg, I played "Easy Living" WITH THEM at the sound
check!!!!! It was just great!!!!!!!!!! A picture of this event can be seen
on www.mick-box.com on the page "fanpics". The legend says: "Mani
Blank (Waxx) and Mick jamming in Augsburg 1993.
Listen here
to the greatest success of our country band (#2 in the German country charts in
October 2003. Sorry for the bad English of our singer (and boss).
Here are some things Mani wanted to share:
One
guitar player that really impressed me comes from my town Augsburg. I used
to play with him in my last band. This guy has only ONE HAND, his left!!
He plays by sticking a plastic-comb (just a regular comb from the drugstore)
under a sweatband that he fastens on the stump of his right arm. Great player
with a lot of feeling for melodic solos. Listen here to the demo we did together. He plays the second solo in the
song (the melodic one).
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