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Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is a US-based keyboardist, singer, and songwriter renowned for co-founding the bands Jellyfish, the Moog Cookbook, and Imperial Drag. He also happens to be a long-time member of Beck’s backing band, is a member of The Lickerish Quartet and has also collaborated with artists such as Air, Jay-Z, Blink 182, and Johnny Cash. We cover a lot of this amazing territory in our chat with Roger.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Roger’s past 12 months
Approach to working on music for sleep and/or meditation
Roger’s musical upbringing
Developing a career as a musician: the early days and catching the songwriting bug
The formation of Jellyfish and developing as a musician and an arranger
Learning how to be a successful live band
Roger in action with Jellyfish on Later with Jools Holland – The Ghost at Number One
Jellyfish live on Letterman
Jellyfish – The King is Half Undressed
Love for Burt Bacharach
Roger’s solo albums
Wish it Would Rain – Roger J Manning
Joining Beck’s band
An amazing YouTube playlist for Moog Cookbook
Roger in action with Imperial Drag
Roger playing with Beck – Paisley Park Sessions – Up All Night
Roger with Beck on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Colors
Roger’s ever-changing keyboard rig with Beck
Roger playing live with Beck 2023
Tag a Keyboard Player: Thomas Dolby and Jeff Babko
Desert Island Discs: Black Sea – XTC, Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Steve McQueen – Prefab Sprout, Deceptive Bends – 10CC, The Black Album – The Damned
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