Son of boogie (Matt Taylor Phil Manning Band) (LP 3071 - 3072)

Phil Manning Band featuring Midge Marsden  Phil Manning Band featuring Midge Marsden Recorded Live (Vinyl, Polydor Records, 1979) **** 

Matt Taylor & Phil Manning Band  Oz Blues (Vinyl, Full Moon Records, 1981) ****  

Genre: Blues

Places I remember: Margie's brothers collection

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Gear costume: Boogie 2 (Son Of Boogie)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Phil and Matt are Aussie blues rockers who were both in Chain. They would reunite for the Oz Blues album - playing some excellent earthy blues. Matt is on great blues harp and Phil is the guitar ace. Together they play some boogie blues that would go down brilliantly in an outback pub!

Before that album there was a short lived project with Midge - NZ's version of Matt Taylor. The Recorded live album was only released in New Zealand. The Kiwi accent on the guy doing the introduction is hilarious and a dead giveaway about the location.

The music on both albums is blues based Aussie/Kiwi infused rock. The harmonica and guitar heroics on both albums are outstanding. 

Where do they all belong? An Aussie/Kiwi hybrid.