Harry Manx

Manx was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, the son of a Scottish merchant marine father and a Manx mother. The family moved to Sutton, Ontario, Canada in 1962. Manx started working as a roadie at age fifteen and later became a sound man at the El Mocambo club in Toronto. ==Career==

to an audience Manx left Toronto to busk in Europe in the late 1970s, also finding work at festivals as a guitarist. He then moved to Japan, where he lived and performed for ten years. In 1990, while Manx was in Japan, he heard a recording of the Indian slide guitarist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, In 2000, Manx moved back to Canada and set up residence in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, recording his debut album at the Barn Studios, featuring his one-man-band sound on lap slide guitar, mohan veena, harmonica, and vocals. ==Personal life==

Manx and his wife Najma have a son together. ==Discography==

• Dog My Cat (2001) • Wise and Otherwise (2002) • Jubilee (with Kevin Breit) (2003) • Road Ragas (2003) • West Eats Meet (2004) • Mantras for Madmen (2005) • In Good We Trust (with Kevin Breit) (2007) • Live at the Glenn Gould Studio (2008) • Bread and Buddha (2009) • Isle of Manx (2010) • Strictly Whatever (with Kevin Breit) (2011) • Om Suite Ohm (2013) • 20 Strings and the Truth (2014) • Faith Lift (2017) Compilation appearances • ''Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash'' (Northern Blues, 2003) • Beautiful (A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot) (Borealis Records, 2003) • Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years (CBC, 2006) • Isle of Manx: The Desert Island Collection (2010) ==References==