"Me teaching Marc to play "Killer Instinct on the SNES entertainment system . Boynton Beach ,FL. X-Mas 1994-95' .( I am such a dork ,I was wearing a Killer Instinct shirt ) One of the greatest Arcade Fighting games of all time though !…"
All Blog Posts (209)
I already miss it!
I worked in the guitar department through a good portion of the 90's. Other than what I do now it will always
be remembered as my favorite job and the best people to work for. So many memories.... Judy calculating how much money I lost because I smoked so much. Huge fights with Ian and Judd about pricing always knowing that I could not win. It was just fun to argue with them.Leaving and going to Sam Ash for a year and then coming back. While I was at Ash Henry would call me every now and… Continue
be remembered as my favorite job and the best people to work for. So many memories.... Judy calculating how much money I lost because I smoked so much. Huge fights with Ian and Judd about pricing always knowing that I could not win. It was just fun to argue with them.Leaving and going to Sam Ash for a year and then coming back. While I was at Ash Henry would call me every now and… Continue
Added by Evan Gluck on April 23, 2009 at 9:20am — No Comments
Thank you from Holly and The Goldrich Family
I am so pleased that you have joined our site. Please pass this along and tell your stories. I love all you music lovers! Keep on Rock and rolling
Holly
Holly
Added by Holly Goldrich on April 22, 2009 at 8:39pm — 1 Comment
1959!
I walked into Manny's for the first time in 1959. I bought a WFL White Marine Pearl 4 piece set and still use it to this day! I even used this great set on Mandy, Everybody Plays the Fool and even with Sinatra on New York, New York!! I got to know everyone at Manny's very well and really enjoyed running into other musicians coming in to buy just about anything they needed there. The feeling at Manny's was like coming home to your own family! Everyone there knew you as well as everyone displayed… Continue
Added by Jimmie Young on April 22, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments
Cheating
Well, I never actually searched for my picture on the wall for a couple of reasons. one: I never gave them a picture, two: If they had a publicity picture of the Brats from 1967, they do have me and three, I moved to L.A. in 1974 so maybe I wasn't sufficiently well known in the studio scene to warrant boasting that I shopped there. I must say, no other music store felt like Manny's. I occasionally bought a thing or two at other stores out of necessity but I always felt that I was being… Continue
Added by Ira Newborn on April 22, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments
Would you knock down the Tower of London?
Us Europeans can be a bit up ourslves at times, but we would slap a Listed Building Order on Manny's just like the Tower. When visiting NYC, us Brits just visit Manny's just like tourists go to the Tower, Buck House or Trafalgar Square. On returning from any trip to the US, the first question from any fellow musos is "d'ya go to Manny's?". Sorry TGC just doesn't cut it. The Wall is as serious work of living art I can think of, I've even mailed the Tate Modern (no answer) to display it, but the… Continue
Added by Malcolm Simpson on April 21, 2009 at 6:14pm — 1 Comment
35 years worth of memories!!!!!!!!....wahhhhhhhhhhhh
first of all.........i adore all of you!!!!!...manny's has been my second home for 35 years!!!!!!......
i've been treated like family since the day......or.....maybe ......the 2nd day i walked in........(that's a inside story between me and rick s)
bought my 1st fender rhodes there when i was a kid.....18 years old.......might just have been the only time i paid full price!!!!!!!........i've begged.....i've borrowed.....(.never stolen)......but the list of equipment, keyboards, more… Continue
i've been treated like family since the day......or.....maybe ......the 2nd day i walked in........(that's a inside story between me and rick s)
bought my 1st fender rhodes there when i was a kid.....18 years old.......might just have been the only time i paid full price!!!!!!!........i've begged.....i've borrowed.....(.never stolen)......but the list of equipment, keyboards, more… Continue
Added by bette Sussman on April 21, 2009 at 3:46pm — 2 Comments
Trying to remember to breath...
I arrived in NYC Saturday July 14th 1983 from Louisville, KY to follow my music dreams. I started working for Manny's on Tuesday July 17th. I had no idea what an adventure working in a store could be. Of course, Manny's isn't just a "store": it was a magical place where musicians exchanged ideas, opinions and phone numbers. I would say it is one of the best arguments for "brick and mortar" vs. "alternatives"... Which is funny because I got my Rick 4001 shipped to me from Manny's back in the… Continue
Added by Bobby Neil on April 21, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments
From Danny Kortchmar
Re: Henry Goldrich, proprietor of Manny's for 50 years, talks about The Yellow Guitar, Bo Diddley, Hendrix......
"Wow! i bought my first guitar from Henry in 1958! Henry is a great guy...the Goldriches are a terrific family and losing Manny's
will be a sad,sad thing."
Danny
"Wow! i bought my first guitar from Henry in 1958! Henry is a great guy...the Goldriches are a terrific family and losing Manny's
will be a sad,sad thing."
Danny
Added by Sandi on April 21, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments
Many years ago, when I was much older....
I went to Manny's to buy something that would change the sounds of my guitar.. I was on an artist's salary and the guy working at the store, totally helped me out.. I'm sure he gave me the machine at cost (don't tell Holly!!)...
Added by Donna Malech on April 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments
my memories of mannys
we used to manage ted nugent, aerosmith, scorpions, acdc.
when the scorpions and acdc would come into town I would escort them to mannys to buy some of their instruments.
I remember going with ted and when he started playing a guitar it was so loud I thought all the pics on the wall were goin to come down on my head. He sure drew a crowd in the stroe. OUr bands loved going to mannys they were treated royally with loads of respect. Of course I bought all my mics down there when I was… Continue
when the scorpions and acdc would come into town I would escort them to mannys to buy some of their instruments.
I remember going with ted and when he started playing a guitar it was so loud I thought all the pics on the wall were goin to come down on my head. He sure drew a crowd in the stroe. OUr bands loved going to mannys they were treated royally with loads of respect. Of course I bought all my mics down there when I was… Continue
Added by cheryl krebs on April 19, 2009 at 6:02pm — 2 Comments
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, "The Talk of the Town "....The Wall"
Added by Sandi on April 15, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments
"...as Ray Davies wrote "some that are famous, some that you've never even heard of."
"As a Music Industry sales rep for too many years, I remember the old days of Manny's well. I don't think there is any chance of "saving it", the name is owned by Sam Ash, and midtown real estate is just too valuable these days for a music store to be there. I advise all who haven't visited to take a walk through while they still can just to see all the signed 8X10's, Jimi, Carlos, Genya, jazz stars, blues stars, and as Ray Davies wrote "some that are famous, some that you've never even heard… Continue
Added by Sandi on April 12, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Goldie and The Gingerbreads
Goldie and The Gingerbreads and all the bands of the 60's especially the ones that played bars around NYC like the Peppermint Lounge, Ungano's Wagon Wheel, Trudy Hellers would have been nothing without this mom and pop store, Manny's.
was great, we always felt like we were coming home when we walked in, for many years it was the place to hang, find new musicians for bands, and just hang.....our pix on the walls, and the personal touch sort of like walking into a 'musical Cheer's' Wow, I… Continue
was great, we always felt like we were coming home when we walked in, for many years it was the place to hang, find new musicians for bands, and just hang.....our pix on the walls, and the personal touch sort of like walking into a 'musical Cheer's' Wow, I… Continue
Added by genya ravan on April 11, 2009 at 6:38pm — 2 Comments
"When I moved to NYC in the 1984, I had no friends and was without a guitar. I went into mannys and bought my Guild d-40"
Tucker Woodbury at 1:20am April 7
When I moved to NYC in the 1984, I had no friends and was without a guitar. I went into mannys and bought my Guild d-40. It's been a great friend ever since. Loved that music store.
When I moved to NYC in the 1984, I had no friends and was without a guitar. I went into mannys and bought my Guild d-40. It's been a great friend ever since. Loved that music store.
Added by Sandi on April 7, 2009 at 1:24am — No Comments
"This is one on the most amazing guitar shop ive been in my life and ITS A LEGEND , A PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY"
Felix Rodriguez (Collège Lionel-Groulx) wrote
at 12:57am on March 31st, 2009
if there is a manifestation held in new york , ill come down from canada and i will be there FOR SHURE , this is one on the most amazing guitar shop ive been in my life and ITS A LEGEND , A PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY.
at 12:57am on March 31st, 2009
if there is a manifestation held in new york , ill come down from canada and i will be there FOR SHURE , this is one on the most amazing guitar shop ive been in my life and ITS A LEGEND , A PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY.
Added by Sandi on April 7, 2009 at 1:22am — No Comments
"I remember as a young kid (9 or 10) having my dad drive hours from New Jersey to go buy sheet music".
I remember as a young kid (9 or 10) having my dad drive hours from New Jersey to go buy sheet music. My dad was in awe of the place. I thought sheet music was very serious...no pictures, not even words.
Merrill Aldighieri (France)
Merrill Aldighieri (France)
Added by Sandi on April 7, 2009 at 1:21am — No Comments
"I was 10 years old when I walked into manny's and bought a farfisa organ it was my fist band."
I was 10 years old when I walked into manny's and bought a farfisa organ it was my fist band.. It was like walking into a dream for a kid.. everyones pictures were on the wall.. I've been playing music ever since.
Vine Saccento
Brooklyn
Vine Saccento
Brooklyn
Added by Sandi on April 7, 2009 at 1:02am — No Comments
"I bought my first guitar there when I was 13...snuck out of my hotel room while my parents were sleeping and went down to Manny's"
I bought my first guitar there when I was 13...snuck out of my hotel room while my parents were sleeping and went down to Manny's and bought it from cash I had from working and beating other kids in black jack. All because of Jeff Beck, whom I'm going to see inducted in the R&R Hall of Fame tonight!
Alan Sholiton
Alan Sholiton
Added by Sandi on April 7, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments
Living in Manhattan in the Seventies I used to wander into Manny's (I played guitar in my high school band "The Shags" out on Long Island)
Living in Manhattan in the Seventies I used to wander into Manny's (I played
guitar in my high school band "The Shags" out on Long Island) and was all too
familiar how Manny's was not just a "guitar store" and there was certainly an
understood accepted behavior when you entered that store.
You did not ask to try out a guitar and start jamming on some riff you could
slog through as kids do today in music store. Not happening… Continue
guitar in my high school band "The Shags" out on Long Island) and was all too
familiar how Manny's was not just a "guitar store" and there was certainly an
understood accepted behavior when you entered that store.
You did not ask to try out a guitar and start jamming on some riff you could
slog through as kids do today in music store. Not happening… Continue
Added by Sandi on April 6, 2009 at 12:43am — No Comments
I spent many of my 'cutting out of school' days at Manny's as a kid growing up in Brooklyn
I spent many of my 'cutting out of school' days at Manny's as a kid growing up
in Brooklyn. I would do anything to hang there just to hope to stand in the
same spot Jimi Hendrix did when he was trying out a Strat. I still go there
whenever in the city, frequently walking many blocks out of my way just to spend
time in the store.
JT Cane
in Brooklyn. I would do anything to hang there just to hope to stand in the
same spot Jimi Hendrix did when he was trying out a Strat. I still go there
whenever in the city, frequently walking many blocks out of my way just to spend
time in the store.
JT Cane
Added by Sandi on April 6, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments
Featured Blog Posts
- Happy Birthday, Henry!
- Blog My Memory (?)
- A few words by Michael Melvoin about the Grammys dropping instrumental categories
- I was a new kid in town...
- 150 people on Facebook with comments about Manny's...."If these walls could speak".... Manny's closing one year later, 5/31/10..moving tributes from my Facebook page to the closing of "the greatest mu
- My first visit and guitar at Manny's and a meeting with Peter Frampton several years later
- My son Grant and "The Great LES PAUL, Gibson, Epiphone, Sunburst with a Bigsby, Elevator Miracle.....EVER!"
Latest Blog Posts
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Guitar bought at Manny's played on Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue" by author Kevin Odegard
- 150 people on Facebook with comments about Manny's...."If these walls could speak".... Manny's closing one year later, 5/31/10..moving tributes from my Facebook page to the closing of "the greatest mu
- Kenny Dorham
- LONG ISLAND BAR BANDS HISTORY 1950s- 1970's
- ABOUT BRUCE GENTILE
- HUGH McCRACKEN AllMusic Discography
- "Roy Buchanan Telly Talk"
Monthly Archives
2022
- July (1)
2019
- December (1)
2017
- February (1)
2016
- June (7)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
- December (49)
- November (39)
- August (101)
- July (5)
- June (6)
- May (4)
- April (13)
- March (70)
- February (6)
- January (1)
2009
- December (11)
- November (4)
- September (1)
- August (14)
- July (6)
- June (14)
- May (22)
- April (55)
- March (6)
- January (1)
2005
- January (1)
1999
- November (2)
Latest Activity
IMPORTANT : !!!!!!!! Very crucial Family Heirlooms I need to return to Goldrich family !!!!!
Hey everyone. It Is Mike ,down in S. FL. I have at least 2 items that I really need to get returned to you guys. It is from the 30+ Boxes of stuff Marc left in my Garage . Please contact me ,Either , Laura ,Stu , Holly , Ian ,or Judd ,or anyone in the Manny's Family only please! 561-245-1769. I have for sure ,The Manny's 50thh anniversary Plaque, and Manny's fine China set maybe from his wedding . English ? Just call me Holly ! I really want to get this back to you guys . Not an Hr.…See More
"Are you guys sick of seeing this mug on your walls yet? The 2,000 Year Old Customer" John Sebastian
"God , I wish I had a Schlepper shirt now ! I used to take them right out of Marc's stack at home. They would never fit me now,we both wore a size S back then !!!!"
The Animals
"Love Eric more as I get Older . So many great songs! One of my faves is "Sky Pilot " ! Classic!"
memories from (my uncle) Steve Chapin
Ah yes. . . Henry. Always a hot experience for me at Manny's.It was there in the 70's (Harry with albums and Tom on tv with Make a Wish), that he referenced me as the "no-talent Chapin" one occasion while Tom and I were shopping there - it was actually very funny at the time, a Rodney Dangerfield moment. But for the next two decades, every time I would drop $5K a pop for PA equipment, TEAC recorders, ADAT machines, Mackie boards, outboard gear,…See More
"E.Q. Magazine' Issue #1 Lead Article; Room With a View
Bondy Sound, "The Marquee N.Y.C." Buddy Guy, Black Crows, Paul Young, GWAR, an exciting venue.
"Clearwater, Fla. TV show 1976 featured Rolling Thunder Review. Its on You Tube. Fantastic."
© 2024 Created by Sandi Bachom.
Powered by
