Harry Manx



Harry Manx is a musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. His official website calls his music a "blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and some compelling grooves and you’ll get Manx’s unique “mysticssippi” flavour." Manx plays the slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, mohan veena and Ellis stomp box. He studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, which has become Harry’s signature instrument He has released twelve albums in a twelve years, and has his a record label "Dog My Cats Records". He has had must recognition and received many awards, including: seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist and won CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Blues Award” in 2007. Manx was a nominee in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for his cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire".

Genre
Blues Since 1990

Songs

 * Take This Hammer
 * Long Black Veil
 * Baby Please Don't Go
 * Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed
 * Reuben's Train