Barbara Manning

Quick Facts

Full Name	Barbara Manning
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1964(1964-12-12)
Age	60
Birthplace	San Diego
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Barbara Manning Biography

Barbara Manning is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on December 12, 1964 in San Diego, California, United States. Barbara Manning (born December 12 1964) is an American musician, singer and guitarist who’s albums mix elements of folk, rock pop, proto-punk and pop. Manning is also well-known for her covers of pop songs that are often obscure. Alongside her acclaimed individual career Manning was a member of various groups which include The 28th Day (with Cole Marquis), World of Pooh, SF Seals, and The Go-Luckys!.

Rolling Stone took notice of Manning’s work as a musician, naming her one of the year’s most significant emerging artists. Manning’s World of Pooh lineup eventually changed into a band known as The SF Seals. The band featured Manning as the chief of the group’s songwriters and vocalists. The members of the band included Melanie Clarin, cellist Kim Osterwalder and the bass player Margaret Murray, and guitarist Lincoln Allen. Manning is a long-time baseball fan was the band’s name. his former city’s Pacific Coast minor-league team. SF Seals released the EP Baseball Trilogy in 1993, probably the first release with a baseball theme in Indie rock. The trio of songs featured the version of the song by Les Brown “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” the Mad V. Dog-penned “Ballad of Denny McLain,” and Manning’s “Dock Ellis,” about Ellis the infamous no-hitter of 1970 who pitched after he tripped on acid.

In addition to being a highly regarded songwriter, Manning is known as an interpreter of other writers’ songs. Artists she’s covered include The Bats (“Smoking Her Wings”), Badfinger (“Baby Blue”), Jackson Browne (“These Days”), The Verlaines (“Joed Out”), Portastatic (“Through with People”), Tom Lehrer (“Rickety Tickety Tin”), and Les Paul and Mary Ford (“Blow the Smoke Away”). Manning sings “San Diego Zoo”, the opening track on the 1995 album Wasps’ Nests by Stephin Merritt’s side project The 6ths. Her cover of Marianne Faithfull’s “The Shalala Song” can be heard in Jon Moritsugu’s 1994 film Mod Fuck Explosion.

With the encouragement of fellow musician Alastair Galbraith, Manning traveled to New Zealand in 1997, touring with John Convertino and Joey Burns of Giant Sand and Calexico and collaborating with her favorite musicians from the underground scene there. Recording sessions commenced with musicians including David Kilgour of The Clean, Chris Knox of Tall Dwarfs, Graeme Downes of The Verlaines, Robert Scott of The Bats, and David Mitchell and Denise Roughan of The 3Ds. The resulting album, In New Zealand, was released in 1999.

In 1986, Manning joined the band of singer-songwriter and bassist Brandan F. Kearney’s group World of Pooh. The band released their debut album The Land of Thirst on Kearney’s Nuf Said label in 1989 (now out of the market). Manning’s songs were her own, including “Scissors” and “Somewhere Soon;” both of them would be recorded for her forthcoming solo album. Manning also shared songs with Kearney.

Barbara Manning Net Worth

Barbara Manning is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barbara Manning 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While at Chico State University in 1983, Manning played bass with singer/guitarist Cole Marquis and drummer Michael Cloward in the Jangle-Pop band 28th Day. They released a self-titled album that was released on their Enigma label. It was the last recording of the group before they was disbanded in 1986 after which Manning relocated into San Francisco, but two expansions of the EP with outtakes as well as live recordings were released in the year 1992 and 2003.

Manning created her debut self-titled album Lately I Keep Scissors that was recorded at a rapid pace in 1986, as an 8-track demo that would later be recorded and released by Thomas’ San Francisco label, Heyday in 1988. Terri Manning also recorded backing vocals. Local musicians joined in with her, including singer/drummer Melanie Clarin, who would continue to collaborate with her on forthcoming projects. The songs varied from personal sentiments to sharp pop and folk, such as “Every Pretty Girl,” “Scissors,” (with a percussive track of scissors) as well as “Mark E. Smith & Brix,” that was a reference to The Fall lead singer-songwriter and his ex-wife. Trouser Press praised Manning’s song-craft and said that her solo work “reveal[s] a songwriter of tremendous lyrical power and breadth of sonic vision.”

The band released their first album, “Nowhere” on the Matador Records label in 1994 with guitarist Brently Pusser joining in the recording sessions. Their second album, “Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows,” came out a year later. It made Spin Magazine’s top ten list for 1995 and won a Bay Area Music Award (BAMMY) for best independent rock album. But the SF Seals wouldn’t stay together past 1996.

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Top Facts about Barbara Manning

1. Barbara Manning is an American indie rock musician.
2. She was born on December 12, 1964 in San Diego, California.
3. Manning has released over a dozen albums since the 1980s.
4. She played guitar and sang for the bands World of Pooh and 28th Day.
5. Manning collaborated with artists like The Go-Luckys!, The SF Seals, and The Aislers Set.
6. Her music has been described as “quirky,” “intimate,” and “emotionally raw.”
7. Manning’s influences include Neil Young, Patti Smith, and Sonic Youth.
8. She has also worked as a DJ and radio host in California.
9. In addition to music, Manning is a visual artist and writer.
10. She currently resides in Chico, California where she teaches at Chico State University.