Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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“Why is writing your own material such an obsession for so many people? They should be grateful we don’t write songs. They’d be terrible”: Manfred Mann has no time for his own back catalogue
By Malcolm Dome published
Bandleader insists he’s not prog and he’s never made a classic album - but he knows what he’s good at, and he still loves doing it

10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them
By Dave Everley published
Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

The story behind the song: Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band: the tune that made Mann a better career out of Springsteen in the 70s than Springsteen himself

HRH Prog XII postpones to November 2023
By Jerry Ewing published
Three-day prog event, set to be headlined by Tangerine Dream and Pendragon, postpones to 2023

Why I ❤️ The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, by Manfred Mann
By Manfred Mann published
Keyboard wizard Manfred Mann doffs his cap to the Beach Boys' landmark album Pet Sounds and its "resounding and everlasting impact upon music as a whole"

"I'm not very good at writing songs. None of us in the Earth Band were." Manfred Mann and the story of his Earth Band
By Malcolm Dome published
The South African-born leader of Manfred Mann's Earth Band casts a critical eye over a 50-plus year career
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