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Mitchell Ryan “Mitch” Mann, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Mann is based out of Muscle Shoals, Alabama; well known for it’s rich musical heritage. He is best known for his work with the Muscle Shoals based band The Fiddleworms and his solo work. Mann’s latest release is the acoustic “Blackwater Creek” on Crazy Chester Records.

Early Life
Mitch Mann was born to Bobby Joe Mann and Shirley Ann “Boogie” Mann (née Brown) in Birmingham, Alabama on 6 April 1972. His father was a coal miner and his mother was a homemaker. Mann is the youngest of three siblings. He has an older brother and older sister. After his family moved, Mann attended Lynn High School in Lynn, Alabama.

(Needs comment here about Northwest... I'd put the jazz band stuff and what you studied). He (later) received a B.A. degree from The University of North Alabama in 2007 majoring in Professional Writing (English) with a minor in music.

Career
One of Mann’s first bands, LSD-30, performed regularly in the challenging Muscle Shoals area in the early 1990s. (You need to comment about some of your other bands... about meeting Johnny Cash in Branson and getting to jam with him, etc. You also need to mention a stint as a songwriter for the Famous Fame Recording Studio.) Mann joined The Fiddleworms around 1997 after the departure of former Drive By Truckers’ guitarist, Rob Malone. Malone had joined The Fiddleworms after the tragic death of original Fiddleworms’ guitarist, Chris Quillen.

In 2006 Mann co-wrote the song “Good Things” with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former Grateful Dead member, Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay. “Good Things” was included in the film “When I Find The Ocean.”

Mann released his first solo effort in 2000 with “Behind The Breaking Plow.” (You need another comment or two in here about that first album... your influences on it, etc.)

His latest release is the acoustic “Blackwater Creek” on Crazy Chester Records. “Blackwater Creek” (released in December 2014) includes guest performances by: Donna Jean Godchaux, Wet Willie’s Jimmy Hall, Buzz Cason, songwriter Scott Boyer, producer Andreas Werner, Fiddleworms’ frontman Russell Mefford, percussionist Mickey Buckins and Muscle Shoals Horns members Charles Rose and Harvey Thompson.

Equipment
Mann plays Martin acoustic guitars; Music Man, Fender and Gibson electric guitars and Music Man amplification.

Personal Life
Mann lives in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with his wife and two sons.

With The Fiddleworms

 * Year of The Cock (Heart of Gold Records, 2005)
 * Volkswagen Catfish (Heart of Gold Records, 2008)
 * See The Light (Heart of Gold Records, 2012)

Solo

 * Behind The Breaking Plow (Self Release, 2000)
 * Blackwater Creek (Crazy Chester Records, 2014)