Started playing guitar at age 14, drawing influences from blues, fusion and rock greats. By 16 he was gigging around Atlanta and gaining recognition for his signature style. A recent graduate of the Atlanta Institute of Music, Marty has studied alongside great players including Nite Driscol, Bill Hart, Steve Cunningham and Jimmy Herring. Taken under the wing of Carl Culpepper, he started to explore different genres of music and developing his guitar approach even further. Doing studio work around town, Marty has even done sessions for and with Grand Funk/Ted Nugent producer Cliff Davies and played gigs on the east coast with his rock/ fusion project. Currently, Marty is teaching music privately at Fret Not Music center where he is Head of the lesson department. Working on an instructional book, and doing what he loves most: gigging and recording with his original project and studying music.
Has been studying Voice since the age of 12. He has training and experiance in many different genres such as, Opera, Country, Blues, Musical Theatre, R&B, and Pop. He attended kennesaw state university where he studied for 6 years with dr. Oral Moses and 3 years with Jana Young. Josh has performed at such venues as. the Rialto, The Fox Theatre, Cobb Energy Center, Center Stage Atl. His influences include Paul Rodgers, Jon bon Jovi, Greg Allman, Marvin Gaye, Sammy Hagar, Brian Mcknight, Stevie Wonder, Joe Bonamassa, Freddie Mercury, and Robert Plant.
Begin performing professionally around Atl. at 16. Right out of high school Gage attended the Atlanta Institue of Music. Where he honed his skills studying under Russ Rodgers and Gary Wilkins. Gage graduated at the top of his class and joined The Marty Manous Band shortly after. His influences include James Jamerson, Jacko,Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones, and Allen Woody.
Cody met Marty around 12 years old and instantly sparked a friendship based on a mutual love and respect for music. Around 15 he started to play drums, laying it down for church on Sundays and gigging around town in his first band. He drew inspiration from blues, rock, funk, jazz and gospel, and developed a very thoughtful and solid approach to his instrument. Working with Ted Nugent and 70's fusion band IF drummer Cliff Davies, he honed his skills as a player. He is currently studying Music History at Georgia Highlands, studying drums privately with a master musician/drummer, and gigging.
HEY MARTY!!! Hope all is well with you....I am doing Great!!!! I like your band page...but you BETTER mention influence form Barry!!! Hope to catch a show soon!
Ciao,MARTY Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, Band, and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy..and good life.. every day neal
I wanted to thank you for trusting Dirty South TV and our desire to bring Streamline Revelation to as many people as humanly possible. Now that you have been on two of our shows, you have taken one more step towards the world-wide recognition that we feel you deserve. After the class, dedication, devotion and respect that you all showed Dirty South TV, Liz Lee, the Five Spot and the crowd last night, we wanted to thank you again for sharing yourselves and your music with all of us. Dirty South TV will continue to support Streamline Revelation in any and every way possible, and we wholeheartedly encourage all music venues in and out of The United States to book Streamline Revelation while you can still get them. It will not be too long now before they are snapped up on a whirlwind world-wide tour with only God knows who. Marty-Please send our love to Mike and we hope to talk to him soon. Travel safely to and from Tennessee and we hope to see you in the house next week-we may have another surprise for you..... ;-)
Thanks again for a wonderful set last night, and also for calling me up to sing "Stormy Monday" with you guys. I had SO much fun--it was an incredible night of music and I'm so glad you all were a part of it.
And Marty, thanks again for coming up to play during my set. Your talent is staggering!
Hey guys! I just wanted to just stop by and say hello. The new song sounds great! I am so glad to see you guys were you are at now! You all have definately come a long way! Keep up the good work! See you all soon!