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Bobby Manuel is a legendary Artist/ Guitarist/Producer/Engineer and Composer known for laying the Groove down. Robert Manuel Jr. was born November 13, 1945 in Memphis TN to Robert Harmon and Frances Perry Manuel.
Bobby Manuel (born November 13, 1945) is an American guitarist. In the early 1960s he was the lead guitarist for the local band, The Memphis Blazers. He was hired by Stax Records in the late 1960s as an engineer and also quickly began doing studio work as a guitarist, becoming one of the company's most dependable and oft-used session ...
- Bobby Manuel's Key Contributions
- Witnessing Stax After Atlantic Split
- Working with Everyone from Isaac Hayes to Delaney
- Downfall of Stax, Start of Daily Planet
- 'This Music Touched My Soul'
But Manuel’s legacy is bigger than a single album. He’s been a key, if quiet, contributor to much Memphis music history — crucially, as a linchpin during the second half of Stax Records’ history. “Bobby came up in the classic Memphis atmosphere, half a generation behind the pioneers at Stax," said Robert Gordon, author of the Stax history "Respect ...
Manuel made his way into the Stax fold as the label found itself at a crucial crossroads — just after the death of Otis Redding and following a split with Atlantic Records which took Stax’s back catalog. “I got there in December of ’67 and it was crazy. They were getting away from Atlantic, and everybody was in shock about Otis — I didn’t see anybo...
In 1970, Manuel went on the road with Hayes for two years touring the world. When he returned to Stax it was as a main guitarist and staff producer, following the departure of Booker T. & the MGs’ guitar ace Steve Cropper. “Can you imagine the courage it took to step into the role that Steve Cropper had created, to be the guitarist in the MGs?” sai...
Manuel was there to the bitter end at Stax, as the company went into financial freefall and closed in 1975. “I was there for seven years, 365, man. I put as much hours as anybody in the joint,” he said. “I was with the last group that walked out there the day they shut the doors.” The fall of Stax meant hard times for Memphis music in the mid-'70s....
Over the last decade, Manuel has returned to the studio and the stage. He’s appeared as part of the house bands for various Stax- and Hi-related events, and for the Memphis Music Hall of Fame ceremonies. In 2013, he traveled to the White House to perform as part of a Stax revue for President Obama. “Sometimes they’ll bring out the old man and let h...
29. Mai 2023 · Letter from Memphis. The Secret Sound of Stax. The rediscovery of demos performed by the songwriters of the legendary Memphis recording studio reveals a hidden history of soul. By Burkhard Bilger....
- Burkhard Bilger
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10. Okt. 2023 · The quartet of Stax notables taking part in the video collection, all noted songwriters among other roles at the label, are Bobby Manuel, Henderson Thigpen. Deanie Parker, and Eddie Floyd.
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