“Last Man Standing.”

The Long Awaited CD from

MARK MANLEY

(AKA “Wall of Thunder” and “That Bass Player”)

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A hug for you, new friends, and especially those long standing.

Light years, and a Millennium, have passed since last we communicated. I used to make music with the bands Cut To The Chase, and The Balance. And then my wife of a decade ago kidnapped my children and disappeared. I have spent the time since then searching for them. It didn’t help that my former wife had a law degree. It didn’t help that my former wife was the business manager for our production company and record label.

That was in 1993. And over the years the label, the production company, the various bands, melded with the Absolute...

Now, I am back. Playing hard, playing true, despite having to sell off the tools of my trade along the way, time and again, in the search for my children: Max Daniel and Sarah Angela (Sam) and Mara Abra. I never gave up. And I never stopped playing. I never will.

Now. I want to offer up some of the music I’ve been making.
The material on this CD is taken from jams, rehearsals, demos, and live gigs. It dates from my first year of playing out, to the present.
I have tried to include many of the unsung, but fantastic, musicians I’ve been fortunate enough to meet along the way. They deserve to be heard by you, and you deserve to hear them.

It is my hope that you’ll really enjoy this release. I have attempted to put together the record that I look for every time I step into a record store--- something truly funky, truly thrilling. You won’t find any complete songs on this record. (I’ve got more for you down the road... a more traditional instrumental record, and an album or two with vocals.) On this record, however, I have done my best to “cut to the chase”. I have tried to put together the best grooves, solos, and breakdowns from my years of tapping into the flow of The Bass Underground. It was my desire to put together a record that would make your hair stand on end. You’ll have to let me know if I succeeded.

I now offer this recording to you, my brothers and sisters, in All Things Bass.

Homicide Intro

Club D

Long Wong's

Bass Mechanic

CD ordering info:

$15.00 postage paid in the continental U.S.
(If located elsewhere please email for pricing.)

To purchase send money order or cashiers’ check to:

Mark Manley
P.O. Box 31018
Mesa, AZ 85275-1018

mark@markmanley.com