It seemed impossible to discuss Terry Manning’s immense body of work, without assessing his credits as engineer and producer – because his resumé includes records by such different artists as Otis Redding, LED ZEPPELIN, Mariah Carey, ZZ TOP, Björk and Lenny Kravitz, to name just a few names from the creative masses whom the American veteran helped – yet that would mean shifting the focus to those famous performers, while the primary goal of our conversation was to celebrate Manning as a musician and songwriter and just touch on his studio experiences. Which we did.
Six days after our second round of this interview’s sessions, in the wee small hours of on March 25th, 2025, Terry greenlighted it – and few hours later he passed away.
