15 Facts About Harry Manx

Harry Manx was born on 1955 and is a Canadian musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music.

Harry Manx studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

Harry Manx has released twelve albums in twelve years, and has his own record label Dog My Cats Records.

Harry Manx has received much recognition and many awards, including: seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist, and CBC Radio's "Great Canadian Blues Award" in 2007.

Harry Manx was a nominee in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for his cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire".

Harry Manx is a longtime collaborator with Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit and Australian keyboardist Clayton Doley.

Harry Manx was born on the Isle of Man, the son of a Scottish merchant marine and a Harry Manx mother.

Harry Manx started working with bands as a "roadie" at age 15 and gradually worked his way up to becoming the regular sound man at the well-known El Mocambo club in Toronto.

Harry Manx left Toronto in the late 1970s, when he was 20, to return to Europe and started making money as a busker and found work at festivals as a blues lapslide guitarist and songwriter.

Harry Manx then moved to Japan, where he lived and performed for 10 years.

In 1990, while Harry Manx was in Japan, he heard a recording of the Indian slide guitarist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

When Harry Manx met Bhatt for the first time in Rajasthan, he had been living in another part of India for years.

Harry Manx became a student of Bhatt's and remained with him for five years.

In 2000, Harry Manx moved back to Canada and set up residence in Saltspring Island, British Columbia and recorded his first Canadian album at the Barn Studios.

Harry Manx's songs are "short stories that use the essence of the blues and the depth of Indian ragas to draw you in".