Barbara Manning
Singer-songwriter, Musical Artist
1964 –
Who is Barbara Manning?
Barbara Manning is an American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to her solo career, Manning has been active in a number of bands, including 28th Day, World of Pooh, S.F. Seals and The Go-Luckys!.
In addition to being a highly regarded songwriter, Manning has distinguished herself as an interpreter of other writers' songs. Artists she has covered include The Bats, Richard Thompson, Badfinger, Jackson Browne, The Verlaines, Portastatic, Amon Düül, and Les Paul and Mary Ford.
Manning sings the opening track, "San Diego Zoo", 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 F*ck Explosion.
Barbara is the host of a weekly radio program called Radio Detour on the Chico, CA listener supported station KZFR. She is also currently playing in a new rock four-piece called The Sleaze Tax.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1964
San Diego - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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