BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210729T003000Z DTEND:20210729T033000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Harry Manx at Venables Theatre\, Oliver DESCRIPTION:"Mysticssippi" blues man Harry Manx has been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West\, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. He has created a unique sound that is hard to forget and deliciously addictive\n\nto listen to.\n\n\n\nHarry forged his distinctive style by studying at the feet of the masters\, first as a sound man in the blues clubs of Toronto during his formative years and then under a rigorous tutelage with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt in India. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed Mohan Veena\, which has become Harry's signature instrument.\n\n\n\nBorn on the Isle of Man\, Manx immigrated to Ontario with his parents when he was a child. He started working with bands as a 'roadie' at age 15 and gradually worked his way up to becoming the regular sound man at the well-known El Mocambo (blues) club in Toronto. There he worked with a slew of blues legends. Harry admits that blues is still at the heart of much of his work. "I've always had one foot in the blues from those days what I got from those artists is a groove. That's what I'm particularly interested in is the groove\, and that's the way I play blues". \n\n\n\nBlend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues\, add a sprinkle of gospel and throw in some compelling grooves. It's a recipe that goes down easy and leaves you hungry for more. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:&ldquo\;Mysticssippi&rdquo\; blues man Harry Manx has been called an &ldquo\;essential link&rdquo\; between the music of East and West\, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. He has created a unique sound that is hard to forget and deliciously addictive
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\nHarry forged his distinctive style by studying at the feet of the masters\, first as a sound man in the blues clubs of Toronto during his formative years and then under a rigorous tutelage with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt in India. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed Mohan Veena\, which has become Harry&rsquo\;s signature instrument.
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\nBorn on the Isle of Man\, Manx immigrated to Ontario with his parents when he was a child. He started working with bands as a &lsquo\;roadie&rsquo\; at age 15 and gradually worked his way up to becoming the regular sound man at the well-known El Mocambo (blues) club in Toronto. There he worked with a slew of blues legends. Harry admits that blues is still at the heart of much of his work. &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;ve always had one foot in the blues from those days &hellip\; what I got from those artists is a groove. That&rsquo\;s what I&rsquo\;m particularly interested in is the groove\, and that&rsquo\;s the way I play blues&rdquo\;. \;
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\nBlend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues\, add a sprinkle of gospel and throw in some compelling grooves. It&rsquo\;s a recipe that goes down easy and leaves you hungry for more. LOCATION:Venables Theatre 6100 Gala Street Oliver\, BC V0H 1T0 UID:e.1841.6410 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260922T165217Z URL:https://www.sochamber.ca/events/details/harry-manx-at-venables-theatre-oliver-6410 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR