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About Michael Manring

American bass guitarist Michael "Manthing" Manring, later member of Montreux, was born on June 27, 1960 in the San Francisco Bay Area - Annapolis to be exact. Early Life: He was youngest of four children. His family originally lived in Norfolk, Virginia, then moved to the suburbs of Washington D.C. in 1969. The Manrings were very active musically, which is why Michael became very musically gifted. He and his brother Doug were a guitarist and drummer, and they later formed a rhythm group during their high school years. Their style of music making was a mix of jazz rock and fusion, playing rock classics at beer parties or pop hits in formal places, such as restaurants and weddings. Manring was also a student of bassist Peter Princiotto from Spring Hill, Virginia. He began studying a  Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachussetts in the late 1970s, had to cancel them in 1979 due to being overwhelmed with too much school work, not to mention touring with several differen