Featured Blog Posts - THE VIRTUAL WALL OF FAME2024-03-29T05:52:26Zhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?promoted=1&xn_auth=noHappy Birthday, Henry!tag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2011-05-15:3071127:BlogPost:156802011-05-15T15:54:04.000ZFrank Simmshttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/FrankSimms
All the equipment you see in this picture of my band, The Malibus, from Stamford Connecticut, was purchased before 1963 at Manny's; the Slingerland drums, the two Ampeg amps, one for the guitars and one for the vocals, the Fender Jaguar, Guild Starfire, and the Gretch guitars.<br></br>Henry, Stuart, and all the Manny's family were as legendary as the celebrated musicians we'd come to see and talk to. One of the regrets of my life is that I didn't spend more time visiting, observing, listening to…
All the equipment you see in this picture of my band, The Malibus, from Stamford Connecticut, was purchased before 1963 at Manny's; the Slingerland drums, the two Ampeg amps, one for the guitars and one for the vocals, the Fender Jaguar, Guild Starfire, and the Gretch guitars.<br/>Henry, Stuart, and all the Manny's family were as legendary as the celebrated musicians we'd come to see and talk to. One of the regrets of my life is that I didn't spend more time visiting, observing, listening to the customers, and reliving the excitement I felt every time I approached the doors.<br/>In 1963, I rode the train from Stamford to buy a 12-string guitar to match the 6-stringed Guild I had bought months before. Henry caught my glance and asked if I needed any help. I told him about the 12-string Guild. He said, "I gotta walk all the way upstairs to get the case; are you gonna buy it or not?" At first, being the little innocent red-haired lad from Connecticut, I was taken aback by his directness. Later I realized how much he had seen in the years and years of watching guitars, horns, and keyboards shuttle in and out of those doors. Henry knew I liked the guitar; he wanted to know how badly I wanted it.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1560841235?profile=original">The%20Malibus_RETOUCHED.jpg</a>Blog My Memory (?)tag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2011-05-15:3071127:BlogPost:158652011-05-15T01:04:22.000ZElliott Randallhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/ElliottRandall
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">If memory serves me well, today is the birthday of a very special fellow. His name is Henry Goldrich, and I've had the pleasure of knowing him since I was 16 - when I bought my first "quality" electric from him in the old store (it was a Guild Starfire Emerald III)... he was a mench then, and he's still <em>not only a mench</em> - he's a hero - an urban legend - and my friend!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">If memory serves me well, today is the birthday of a very special fellow. His name is Henry Goldrich, and I've had the pleasure of knowing him since I was 16 - when I bought my first "quality" electric from him in the old store (it was a Guild Starfire Emerald III)... he was a mench then, and he's still <em>not only a mench</em> - he's a hero - an urban legend - and my friend!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">I remember when I first started going to the now infamous Golf Tournaments - not being a golfer - or more to the point, a <em>terrible</em> golfer, I asked him if I could attend the next year's event as photographer. He agreed, and even offered to buy the film (to which I said something like "Oh Henry, that's very kind of you, but the least I could do is supply that")...</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Whadda guy!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Happiest of 79th Birthdays, and may it be the best one yet.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Lotsa love across the Atlantic</span></p>
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<p> </p>A few words by Michael Melvoin about the Grammys dropping instrumental categoriestag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2011-04-10:3071127:BlogPost:140652011-04-10T22:30:00.000ZSandi Bachomhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/SandiBachom842
More to come on the Academy's dropping instrumental categories. The reaction has been predictable, outrage. I am compiling some of those reactions and will have them for you soon. I know that the people resposible have been given the truth about who we are. They are not pleased. Meanwhile WHO ARE WE? This forward says it nicely: MM<br></br>
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A guy calls the local musicians' union to get a quote on a six piece band for a wedding. The rep says: "Off the top of my head, I'd say about two thousand…
More to come on the Academy's dropping instrumental categories. The reaction has been predictable, outrage. I am compiling some of those reactions and will have them for you soon. I know that the people resposible have been given the truth about who we are. They are not pleased. Meanwhile WHO ARE WE? This forward says it nicely: MM<br/>
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A guy calls the local musicians' union to get a quote on a six piece band for a wedding. The rep says: "Off the top of my head, I'd say about two thousand dollars." The guy says: "ARE YOU KIDDING? —— FOR MUSIC?!?"<br/>
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The rep responds… "Let me suggest that you call the plumbers' union and ask for six plumbers to work from six to midnight on a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, we'll work for half!"<br/>
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This was the original sent to me: Subject: You better become a lyricist I guess!<br/>
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IN CASE YOU WERE PRACTICING FOR YOUR UPCOMING INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING, HERE’S JUST A FEW OF THE CATEGORIES DROPPED OR MERGED BY THE ACADEMY YESTERDAY<br/>
… just sayin’<br/>
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Best Pop Instrumental<br/>
Performance Best Rock Instrumental<br/>
Performance Best Contemporary Jazz Album<br/>
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group<br/>
Best Latin Jazz Album<br/>
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance w/Orchestra<br/>
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance w/o Orchestra<br/>
Best Country Instrumental Performance<br/>
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What nerve!!! MMI was a new kid in town...tag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2010-08-06:3071127:BlogPost:95042010-08-06T22:35:54.000ZAndy Schwartzhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/AndySchwartz
In 1972 I was 19 years old, and had a chance to sub on the Broadway show, "Grease". Cliff Morris and Bob Rose, the guitarists on the show, told me I had the wrong electric guitar for the show's sound. "Go to Manny's" they said, "and tell Henry you need a Telecaster." It was a Saturday, and I went right over and asked for Henry. The store was jammed. I introduced myself, told him who had sent me and he smiled, saying that they were nice guys. He must have taken pity on a young kid, because he…
In 1972 I was 19 years old, and had a chance to sub on the Broadway show, "Grease". Cliff Morris and Bob Rose, the guitarists on the show, told me I had the wrong electric guitar for the show's sound. "Go to Manny's" they said, "and tell Henry you need a Telecaster." It was a Saturday, and I went right over and asked for Henry. The store was jammed. I introduced myself, told him who had sent me and he smiled, saying that they were nice guys. He must have taken pity on a young kid, because he didn't yell at me when I plugged the guitar in to try it out. $189.00 later I was all set for Broadway. That level of professional care and camaraderie never ceased throughout the thirty-five+ years of my career. The whole Goldrich family became friends over the years and treated me like one of their own. There is no replacing them or the experience of Manny's Music.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 mutag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2010-06-02:3071127:BlogPost:91232010-06-02T17:00:00.000ZSandi Bachomhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/SandiBachom842
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<div class="feed_comments"><div class="ufi_section comment_13046392 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046392"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1003595725" title="Tom Leavey"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v226/1933/59/q1003595725_5079.jpg" alt="Tom Leavey"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1003595725">Tom Leavey</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e2479c74b2c954a58" class="comment_actual_text">I bought my 51' P-Bass at Manny's and scored a cool Fender Amp clock they had hanging on the wall for $100.00. thousands of pics on all the walls<br/> too!!</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:39:21 -0700">18 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:44:41 -0700">18 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046461 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046461"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677715692" title="Donnie Nossov"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs258.snc3/23217_677715692_4276_q.jpg" alt="Donnie Nossov"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677715692">Donnie Nossov</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e2479d14168c809e1" class="comment_actual_text">I met Jimi Hendrix at the old shop on the east end of the block, buying a strat from Henry...</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:53:52 -0700">18 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:06:32 -0700">17 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046559 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046559"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/worthmoremusic" title="Judy Worth Friedsam"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-sf2p/hs274.snc3/23243_1625959556_1681_q.jpg" alt="Judy Worth Friedsam"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/worthmoremusic">Judy Worth Friedsam</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e2479e22d21661ce5" class="comment_actual_text">I bought sooooooooo much stuff and met soooooooo many musicians at Manny's....lived across town from them. Indeed, if those walls could<br/> talk !</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:07:41 -0700">17 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046585 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046585"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000410511023" title="Stuart Warshaw"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs255.snc3/23148_100000410511023_7288_q.jpg" alt="Stuart Warshaw"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000410511023">Stuart Warshaw</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e2479f6f158688d44" class="comment_actual_text">I was born in the Bronx in the 50s, and around 1968 or so, I took the subway down to Manhatten and walked over to Mannys with $175 to buy a<br/> guitar just like Eric Claptons' Cream era SG. I got to the shop before<br/> it opened (since i was supposed to be in SCHOOL!) and waited outside,<br/> gazing thru the window at all the treasures inside. a few minutes<span class="text_exposed_hide">... <span class="text_exposed_link"><a>See More</a></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/>
later, Henry opened the door and let me in. while I was looking at<br/>
several SGs on the wall, the front door opened again, and in walked Al<br/>
Kooper!!!! if I remember right he was checking out a Paisley Tele, and<br/>
Henry was helping both of us... I was playing a really nice SG Std, but<br/>
it was a little bit out of my price range, and Henry asked how much<br/>
money i had, and disapeared into the elevator for a few minutes, and<br/>
when he came back he handed me a hardshell Gibson case with a cherry<br/>
red, 1967 SG Special inside. I played it for a few minutes, Al Kooper<br/>
"approved', and Henry sold it to me for $175 tax incl. Many guitars and<br/>
many more trips back to Mannys since, i always had very fond memories<br/>
for Henry and Mannys, a great store! (one other time on another "school<br/>
trip" i got to meet "The Hermits" sans Herman right outside Mannys<br/>
front door!!)....peace.</span></div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046603 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046603"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/fredricopercussion" title="Fredrico Percussion"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/1072/1/q502949747_2084.jpg" alt="Fredrico Percussion"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/fredricopercussion">Fredrico Percussion</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e2479fcac14fa3691" class="comment_actual_text">Manny's was the first store to stock & sell Fredrico Percussion Wah-Wah Shakers. My logic was if the best music store in the world was selling<br/> my product, how could any other not ? I just loved the constant buzz in<br/> the store, you just knew you were in some place special.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:15:36 -0700">17 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046856 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046856"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1692501729" title="Bob 'kelly 'kelleher"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs272.snc3/23194_1692501729_2378_q.jpg" alt="Bob 'kelly 'kelleher"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1692501729">Bob 'kelly 'kelleher</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a055d36197ee6" class="comment_actual_text">We went to Manny's (AEROSMITH) in a limo,on our way to Central Park...Schaefer Fest...stopped in ,bought a HI-WATT stack ,tossed it in<br/> the car,drove to the gig n'cranked it up..............those days are<br/> gone.........1974</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13046929 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13046929"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000827571516" title="Pete Scuderi"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs621.ash1/27353_100000827571516_9107_q.jpg" alt="Pete Scuderi"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000827571516">Pete Scuderi</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a12056a32251e" class="comment_actual_text">I delivered Beer all over NYC in the 80's...With the Rents they pay their, its amazing any of them stay open, as well as music stores.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:25:46 -0700">16 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047019 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047019"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696838968" title="Steve Postell"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v229/1380/50/q696838968_6934.jpg" alt="Steve Postell"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696838968">Steve Postell</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a166d348c81c6" class="comment_actual_text">I bought my first guitar there when I was 8, a classical Goya which I still have. Henry was still a big presence, and when I was 13 I played<br/> a party at his house with my guitar teacher Richard Nieves, probably my<br/> first gig! There will NEVER be another music store like that.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:53:17 -0700">16 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047137 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047137"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1355547847" title="George Leary"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs621.ash1/27344_1355547847_8770_q.jpg" alt="George Leary"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1355547847">George Leary</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a1ab969a1f484" class="comment_actual_text">When I was at the Hendrix office we used to go over to Manny's music, there I saw Erskine Hawkins band on the wall<br/>who played the Savoy Ballroom. the wall of fame was as interesting as the wall of fame at Grossingers Hotel</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:41:24 -0700">15 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047377 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047377"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1108145843" title="John Falbo"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs624.ash1/27400_1108145843_5587_q.jpg" alt="John Falbo"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1108145843">John Falbo</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a1ed36f30ac25" class="comment_actual_text">Picked up my Guild Starfire here in '62 from Henry; always made you feel special - Fantastic video - Thanks.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:44:23 -0700">14 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:32:35 -0700">13 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047597 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047597"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/nickara" title="Nick Ara"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/profile5/494/107/q841377846_1778.jpg" alt="Nick Ara"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/nickara">Nick Ara</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a26db267810e2" class="comment_actual_text">Bought my Gibson Mastertone banjo from Manny's back in '73. Today Manny's is now a Sam Ash store.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:17:52 -0700">12 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:27:09 -0700">12 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047711 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047711"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1563503684" title="Larry Gruber"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs623.ash1/27381_1563503684_4806_q.jpg" alt="Larry Gruber"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1563503684">Larry Gruber</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a2eff09949352" class="comment_actual_text">when i was 12, and forming my first band, my Dad took me to Manny's to purchase my first keyboard</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:50:53 -0700">12 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047761 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047761"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1355597421" title="Barry Carl"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs624.snc3/27398_1355597421_275_q.jpg" alt="Barry Carl"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1355597421">Barry Carl</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a330d3f8f9948" class="comment_actual_text">Bought my beautiful Fodera there before my second daughter's birth - when I still had money for stuff like that...</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:05:35 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047816 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047816"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/ken.sobel" title="Ken Sobel"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v222/137/125/q597478241_9643.jpg" alt="Ken Sobel"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/ken.sobel">Ken Sobel</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a378e3f1a7e14" class="comment_actual_text">I bought my first acoustic guitar there back when the acoustics were kept upstairs. It was a real rite of passage when you were offered a<br/> personal account. They wrote down what you bought on a yellow card and<br/> sent a handwritten bill each month. You never knew who you would see<br/> there, or what special item you would stumble on if you walked in at<br/>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:19:25 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047833 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047833"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1605502178" title="Richard Oshen"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v229/287/50/q1605502178_8062.jpg" alt="Richard Oshen"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1605502178">Richard Oshen</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a3bcf3dd42b4b" class="comment_actual_text">That street was always a magical street. It was alive with music drifting out of doorways. As a kid I bought my first bass rig, a cherry red<br/> Fender, and Ampeg B-12 amp. Remember the Metropole around the corner?<br/> Thank-you so much for sharing.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:22:33 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:28:06 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:31:56 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047938 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047938"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000866357203" title="George Buck"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs252.snc3/23088_100000866357203_6064_q.jpg" alt="George Buck"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000866357203">George Buck</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a48552a478b37" class="comment_actual_text">I didn't know Manny's closed, that's a shame. I bought my first Ludwig drum kit there 44 years ago. Still got em.G.B.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:50:26 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13047943 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13047943"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1205660941" title="Christy Jones Segale"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs256.snc3/23180_1205660941_6773_q.jpg" alt="Christy Jones Segale"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1205660941">Christy Jones Segale</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a4cbc0c9b3119" class="comment_actual_text">I bought an autoharp for my sister for christmas there in the 80's. What a place! I didn't know it closed... blame guitar center?</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:51:55 -0700">11 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13048026 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13048026"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/BassDman" title="Frank Di Ganci"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs644.snc3/27409_1287766312_212_q.jpg" alt="Frank Di Ganci"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/BassDman">Frank Di Ganci</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a50fa3662396e" class="comment_actual_text">Spent many a dollar. Met lotsa kewl peeps & had a blast every single time I stepped inside the best music store in the country!!! Lotsa great<br/> memories!!!</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:15:58 -0700">10 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13048136 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13048136"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1153534152" title="Randy Landau"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs306.ash1/23168_1153534152_6542_q.jpg" alt="Randy Landau"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1153534152">Randy Landau</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a5527050f1cfc" class="comment_actual_text">Billy. Very cool sales guy. Bought my first 5 string from him in the late 80's. I miss the old block. <br/>Remember "We Buy Guitars" ?</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:31:00 -0700">10 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:33:26 -0700">10 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:54:45 -0700">10 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:03:14 -0700">10 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:24:40 -0700">9 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13048489 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13048489"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/RobLI57" title="Rob Alfano"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-sf2p/hs268.snc3/23122_1558459257_5913_q.jpg" alt="Rob Alfano"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/RobLI57">Rob Alfano</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a6a4745012ff5" class="comment_actual_text">When I worked in Rock Center, we used to walk in there on our lunch hour often. As soon as you walked through the door, you really felt its rich<br/> history. Its been owned by Sam Ash for the past 10 yrs or so....(They<br/> tried to hide that) Sad to see it go.</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:48:28 -0700">9 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:51:27 -0700">9 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="comment_actions"><abbr class="timestamp" title="Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:02:04 -0700">9 hours ago</abbr> ·</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13050789 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13050789"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1664061113" title="Agustín Ebeid San Martín"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v224/1279/41/q1664061113_768.jpg" alt="Agustín Ebeid San Martín"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1664061113">Agustín Ebeid San Martín</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247a9a751ba8447d" class="comment_actual_text">Hi I´m a guitar player from Uruguay (south america) . when I was a child my father usually went to New York and he bouth my first guitar in<br/> Manny´s and he ever told me about that great music store . In june of<br/> 2009 I went to New York and I can´t belive it when I found the store<br/> cloused . It´s a shame a place with all that story gone ...</div>
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<div class="ufi_section comment_13051303 UIImageBlock clearfix" id="comment_1387462967_387818392293_13051303"><a class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1296646442" title="Alex Giovanelli"><img class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v22941/618/90/q1296646442_1643.jpg" alt="Alex Giovanelli"/></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div class="comment_text"><a class="comment_author" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1296646442">Alex Giovanelli</a><div id="text_expose_id_4c06e247aadf0422cbdd5" class="comment_actual_text">Went to Manny's when I was 16 years old and felt the bond that all real musicians feel when they walk through that door. There will never be<br/> another music store comparable to Manny's.It will never be forgotten.</div>
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</div>My first visit and guitar at Manny's and a meeting with Peter Frampton several years latertag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2009-12-05:3071127:BlogPost:76612009-12-05T01:07:18.000ZTodd Wolfehttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/ToddWolfe
Rather sad that this block on 48th street will never be the same. Besides purchasing my first guitar, a Dakota Red Fender Mustang at Manny's back in 1971, my fondest memory was meeting Peter Frampton there around 1974 and i believe it was Henry showing Peter the Pignose amp. Peter loved it and bought one. That day i had a chance to talk to Peter and it was a thrill as i was a big fan of Peter's music and his guitar playing. Peter was a true gentleman! Needless to say, i went back the following…
Rather sad that this block on 48th street will never be the same. Besides purchasing my first guitar, a Dakota Red Fender Mustang at Manny's back in 1971, my fondest memory was meeting Peter Frampton there around 1974 and i believe it was Henry showing Peter the Pignose amp. Peter loved it and bought one. That day i had a chance to talk to Peter and it was a thrill as i was a big fan of Peter's music and his guitar playing. Peter was a true gentleman! Needless to say, i went back the following week and bought a pignose!<br />
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Thanks for the memories Manny's!<br />
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Peace,<br />
Todd Wolfe<br />
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16 year old Todd with his '68 "Dakota red" Fender MustangMy son Grant and "The Great LES PAUL, Gibson, Epiphone, Sunburst with a Bigsby, Elevator Miracle.....EVER!"tag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2009-08-15:3071127:BlogPost:64012009-08-15T14:30:00.000ZSandihttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/SandiBachom
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When my son Grant was 12 or 13, graduating from middle school, we promised him a guitar. But he had a very specific guitar in mind..it had to be a Les Paul Epiphone, with a sunburst and a Bigsby Arm!<br />
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Our friend, a studio guitar player, had patiently trotted him over to Manny's and across the street to Sam Ash to play every guitar on the wall that came close to the…
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When my son Grant was 12 or 13, graduating from middle school, we promised him a guitar. But he had a very specific guitar in mind..it had to be a Les Paul Epiphone, with a sunburst and a Bigsby Arm!<br />
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Our friend, a studio guitar player, had patiently trotted him over to Manny's and across the street to Sam Ash to play every guitar on the wall that came close to the specifications. There was a sunburst with no Bigsby (above) and there was a blue one with a Bigsby which we reluctantly put on hold until the big day...his graduation.<div>For weeks he pleaded, "Please mom, can I have the guitar" but no, it was a graduation present .....end of story!</div>
<div>A week before the 'big day', Grant and I get in the elevator of my building, and I guy get on with a guitar case, a guy had not seen before then, nor since.....</div>
<div>"Is that a Les Paul?" I said exuding more knowledge than I had data to back up. "Yes" he said drolly. When we reached the ground floor he opened the case, and lo and behold...it was the very guitar, the dream spec guitar...the Les Paul Epiphone with a sunburst AND a Bigsby arm! <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lhj1lzz_2BY/SoWkE2mqIYI/AAAAAAAAAQA/kzkFXtXs5gA/s1600-h/guitar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lhj1lzz_2BY/SoWkE2mqIYI/AAAAAAAAAQA/kzkFXtXs5gA/s320/guitar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369878533993275778"/></a> Not only was the guitar for sale, some odd job lot the guy had gotten off of ebay....but it was the same price as the one we had laid away.
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Well the greatest guitar story of all time (certainly in Grant's life) doesn't end there....<br />
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Now the best part about this next bit, when i interviewed Les Paul below with Joey Reynolds...Joey told him the story of what happened next.<br />
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So I knew that Les played at the Iridium every Monday night and that he signed guitars after the show, so Grant and I to the 'axe' up there the next Monday and Les signed it...To Grant Keep Pickin, Les Paul" but as he finished it, his sleeve smeared the marker and the signature was blurred. I mean only cause I'm OCD Mom did it bother me.<br />
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Now the fun begins, I call Gibson and wind up going to their luthier in Times Square and he tries to take the signature off, but it won't budge and then he says, let me try one more thing, and I don't know but it was a simple thing and voila, it was clean....so Grant and I schlepped, yet again, to The Iridium and Les signed the guitar for a second time and this one we sealed in some plastic stuff so it's there forever.<br />
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But it's such a great story and I'm so grateful I was able to interview Les on the Joey Reynolds Show in 2005 when he was 90...if there was ever an argument for Joyful Aging...it was Les Paul.</div>
<div>In my humble opinion, Les Paul single handedly invented rock and roll. I got to tell him, when, as a girl in Hollywood, listening to the radio it was what was called, "Popular Music"...and then one day, I heard Les Paul and Mary Ford, "How High The Moon" and I was hooked on Rock and Roll for the next 50 years!</div>
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Sandi: Thank you so much for giving us a chance to honor the people and the place that gave so many musicians an opportunity to conjure up sounds, magic and love.<br />
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I got my first drum kit there in 1973. Same kit that John Bonham was using....a kid could dream. I could only get this prized possession if I first accepted the challenge put forth by my dad. He'd pay for half, as long as I earned the other half.<br />
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For about six months, I walked dogs for…
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Sandi: Thank you so much for giving us a chance to honor the people and the place that gave so many musicians an opportunity to conjure up sounds, magic and love.<br />
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I got my first drum kit there in 1973. Same kit that John Bonham was using....a kid could dream. I could only get this prized possession if I first accepted the challenge put forth by my dad. He'd pay for half, as long as I earned the other half.<br />
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For about six months, I walked dogs for fifty cents a walk - day & night - before & after school - as many as I could take at once. My math may be fuzzy - but I think I had to pull together about $400 to cover my half. Someone here in virtual Manny land will set me straight on that purchase price.<br />
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After buying the kit, I learned that the Goldrich family were members of the same temple we attended in New Jersey - putting me one step closer to greatness.<br />
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Like any teenage kid, I could bitch and complain about my parents with the best of them - but the fact that they put me in position to get this thunder machine - and then practice and play it IN OUR APARTMENT - is evidence enough that they loved my fat little face.<br />
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The kit made it out of our apartment and into the basement of Rafael Orsini - where his parents allowed us to put several bands together over a period of years and actually make it out for the occasional gig.<br />
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Early years chasing sound led to later lives led in radio, music television, music films and new media, where I get to keep chasing dreams with people like Don Was in my own little version of fantasy-land at <a href="http://www.MyDamnChannel.com" target="_blank">http://www.MyDamnChannel.com</a>.<br />
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Thank you Sandi for the chance to say thank you again with respect to everyone in Manny's family for giving brats like me a chance to turn Rock & Roll fantasies into real life realities.<br />
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Rob Barnett<br />
Rob@MyDamnChannel.comManny's - My Musical Hometag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2009-04-27:3071127:BlogPost:12562009-04-27T14:30:00.000ZTed Perlmanhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/TedPerlman
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My first trip to Manny's was back in 1976. I waited at the counter forever, but nobody paid me any attention. I was working with Harry Belafonte at the time and told the other guitarist Scott Kuney about what had happened. Back we went to the store. When Irene and Billy saw Scott, who was already a seasoned pro customer, they talked to him immediately. He proceeded to introduce me to everybody behind the counter. I never had to wait again - I was "in". Over…
Keeping this short will be hard...<br />
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My first trip to Manny's was back in 1976. I waited at the counter forever, but nobody paid me any attention. I was working with Harry Belafonte at the time and told the other guitarist Scott Kuney about what had happened. Back we went to the store. When Irene and Billy saw Scott, who was already a seasoned pro customer, they talked to him immediately. He proceeded to introduce me to everybody behind the counter. I never had to wait again - I was "in". Over the years they all became mine and my wife's extended family - Ian, Judd, Henry, Stuart, Billy, Irene...We loved them all. One year my wife PEGGI BLU bought me a leather gig bag, and they let her in the back to go through all the cases to find a blue one - customers weren't even allowed back there, but we weren't just customers - we were family. When Peggi won Grand Prize on the TV show "Star Search", the first thing we did was head to Manny's to buy the Tascam 388 recorder I had been hungrily staring at in the window all year. We took that machine with us to California to make the demos for our Capitol Records recording. That machine got me started producing records. It's a real shame that upcoming generations will never know the feeling of being in that store with all that musical history surrounding you. Actually, "store" is not the proper word for the place - "Home To All Musicians & Singers" is a better term. God bless everybody who has ever worked in there - they made all our lives warmer and richer.<br />
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Ted Perlman</b><br />
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Facebook: Ted PerlmanGoldie and The Gingerbreadstag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2009-04-11:3071127:BlogPost:4662009-04-11T22:38:59.000Zgenya ravanhttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/genyaravan
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.<br />
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 will…
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.<br />
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 will miss it, although for a few years now it has not felt the same -what a shame a big part of New York City's music heritage is going to end when Manny's closes down. ...Genya RavanGuitar bought at Manny's played on Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue" by author Kevin Odegardtag:mannysmusic.ning.com,2009-04-23:3071127:BlogPost:9252009-04-23T15:00:00.000ZSandihttps://mannysmusic.ning.com/profile/SandiBachom
Dear Henry,<br />
Here is the Martin D-28 you hand-picked for me in 1969. It was a<br />
lucky choice and I keep it in perfect condition. Millions of Bob<br />
Dylan fans hear this guitar on the opening notes of "Tangled Up In<br />
Blue." Thank you for personally helping me pick out this instrument<br />
-- I came all the way from Minnesota to buy it especially from you.<br />
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Peace,<br />
Kevin Odegard<br />
Author "A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and The<br />
Making of Blood on The Tracks."<br />
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Dear Henry,<br />
Here is the Martin D-28 you hand-picked for me in 1969. It was a<br />
lucky choice and I keep it in perfect condition. Millions of Bob<br />
Dylan fans hear this guitar on the opening notes of "Tangled Up In<br />
Blue." Thank you for personally helping me pick out this instrument<br />
-- I came all the way from Minnesota to buy it especially from you.<br />
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Peace,<br />
Kevin Odegard<br />
Author "A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and The<br />
Making of Blood on The Tracks."<br />
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