“Even after all these years, I’m still in awe of Paddy McAloon’s voice.” “Music has always been my obsession,” says Roger Joseph Manning Jr, who’s moved through his 30-plusyear career as nimbly as fingers dancing across one of his keyboards. A founding member of Jellyfish and half of its songwriting brain trust, he went on to play in Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, Malibu and his current group, The Lickerish Quartet (with ex-Jellyfish members Tim Smith and Eric Dover), all while releasing three underappreciated solo albums. A long-time member of Beck’s touring band, Manning has also recorded with an incredible array of artists, including Roger Waters, Morrissey, Jay-Z, Cheap Trick, Lana Del Rey, Steve Perry, The Killers and Johnny Cash.
The soundtrack of Manning’s life is heavy on the music…
