An Evening with The Manfreds

Maximum Rhythm And Blues With The Manfreds – The 60th Anniversary Tour 2023 has just ended. I had the great pleasure to see The Manfreds and Paul Jones at Cadogan Hall in early November. I have been a huge, HUGE Manfred Mann and Paul Jones fan since I was a teenager. Years have passed but my love for them has not faded. I remember listening to the compilation album ‘Manfred Mann – The Best of the EMI Years’ over and over again, in my room in the 90s and wishing that there would be a time machine that could take me to the Sixties so I could experience the whole amazing music scene myself first hand. I have seen Paul Jones live twice before but with the The Blues Band. Which is also an excellent group, obviously! But this was the first time I got to see and hear Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness and Mike d’Abo perform those lovely Sixties hits live. And as they promised, they delivered the hits! All the songs that you know by heart, that you’ve heard hundred times before and you never get tired of them. Paul and Mike sounded magnificent, it was such a great night that I will never forget. These guys are in their eighties and they still do a show full of energy and joy! Thank you The Manfreds for the music, for the memories! ❤

The Manfreds: Pete Riley, Marcus Cliffe, Mike d’Abo, Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness, Mike Gorman, Simo Currie

Set list:
5-4-3-2-1
The One in the Middle
Fox on the Run
Sha La La
Ha! Ha! Said the Clown
I’ve Been a Bad Bad Boy
My Name is Jack
Oh No, Not My Baby
Semi Detached Suburban Mr James
Pretty Flamingo
Ragamuffin Man
Smokestack Lightning
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Without You
Build Me Up Buttercup
If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Just Like a Woman
Watermelon Man
Handbags and Gladrags
Build Me Up Buttercup
When I’m Dead and Gone
The Mighty Quinn
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
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Hi Lili, Hi Lo