Phil Manzanera

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phil Manzanera
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jan 31, 1951(1951-01-31)
Age	73
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Phil Manzanera Biography

Phil Manzanera is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on January 31, 1951 in England, England, United Kingdom. Lead guitarist for the British art rock band Roxy Music who has collaborated with artists like Sergio Dias.

He has produced albums for David Gilmour.

In Venezuela the eight-year-old Manzanera started experimenting with the sounds of the electric guitar. During his teenage years he was absorbing the twin influences of 1960s rock and roll and Latin American rhythms of merengue music, cumbia, and particularly the boleros of the Mexican Armando Manzanero.

Manzanera has played a variety of instruments throughout his career, but he is best known for his “signature” guitar, a 1964 ‘Cardinal Red’ Gibson Firebird VII, with gold-plated pick-ups and tuners. This guitar became widely known to fans after Manzanera posed with it during the photo session that produced the inner gatefold photo for Roxy Music’s second album For Your Pleasure in 1972, and he has used it regularly throughout his career. Manzanera also frequently uses two custom-made Gibson Les Paul guitars, one of which (picture above) features a mother of pearl inlay in the shape of an iguana. On tour and in the studio, Manzanera also regularly plays Fender Stratocasters, a Fender Telecaster, and Blade guitars. On the evidence of the cover photographs for the 801 Live album, he also played a Yamaha SG-2000 guitar (as used by Carlos Santana) during the 801 period.

His father was English and his mother was Colombian.

Phil Manzanera Net Worth

Phil Manzanera is one of the richest Guitarist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phil Manzanera 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He traveled the Americas for most of his childhood.

His music is greatly influenced by the political landscape in Cuba where he spent time as a child.

Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951) is an English musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, 801, and Quiet Sun. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour’s album On an Island and played in Gilmour’s band for tours in Europe and North America. He wrote and presented a series of 14 one-hour radio programmes for station Planet Rock entitled The A-Z of Great Guitarists.

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The success of the live album led to the creation of a more permanent incarnation of 801, without Lloyd Watson. Manzanera’s old schoolmate Simon Ainley (who was later a member of Random Hold with Bill McCormick) took over from Eno as lead vocalist, who only provided treatments and textures. Francis Monkman, Bill and Ian McCormick and Simon Phillips became part of an all-star session group that also included Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner of Split Enz (who had by then relocated to the UK), former 10cc members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, saxophonist Mel Collins, Roxy Music’s Eddie Jobson and drummer Dave Mattacks. The ‘new’ 801 recorded the studio album Listen Now, was released in November 1976, although according to Ainley the initial recordings had begun in December 1975, well before the original concert line-up of 801 was put together. The studio LP was not a commercial success and the group disbanded after a short UK tour. A live performance at Manchester University in Nov. 1977, with Ainley on vocals and guitar, and appearances by special guests Andy Mackay, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, was recorded on 24-track tape, but the recording remained unreleased until 1997.

Facts & Trivia

Phil Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Phil Manzanera celebrates birthday on January 31 of every year.

In 1977, Manzanera purchased St. Anne’s Court, in Chertsey, consisting of a coach house, which Manzanera converted into a recording studio and a main house, designed in 1936 by the architect, Sir Raymond McGrath. The gardens were created by Christopher Tunnard.

Did Phil Manzanera play with Pink Floyd?

Manzanera co-wrote Pink Floyd’s single “One Slip” from their 1987 A Momentary Lapse of Reason album. Manzanera’s first solo album Diamond Head (1975) featured an all-star line-up of session contributors, including most of the former and current members of Roxy Music, except Bryan Ferry.

How Old Is Phil Manzanera?

71 years (January 31, 1951)

How rich is Phil Manzanera?

Phil Manzanera net worth and salary: Phil Manzanera is an English musician and record producer who has a net worth of $50 million. Phil Manzanera was born in London, England in January 1951. He has been the lead guitarist for the band Roxy Music, 801, and Quiet Sun.

Where was Phil Manzanera born?

London, United Kingdom

Who was the guitarist in Roxy Music?

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