Thurs Jan 16 2025

Guitar Company

Natalies Music Hall Columbus OH 7:00pm

Thurs Jan 16 2026

Morgan McDonnell and Maneri

Natalies Charlie’s Stage Columbus OH 8:30

who is this guy?

Phil Maneri Musician Bio

Phil Maneri is a freelance musician based in Columbus Ohio.  His career spans over 4 decades; leaving a performance resume that is long and diverse. He has created many original works and projects.

Phil became known in the late 80’s early 90’s for the rock trio Drumzand Wires.

More recent works include a weekly improvised music series “Phil@Filament” that ran from 2018 until the pandemic shutdown early 2020. 

During the pandemic, he created a family show live stream called “The Pandemic Cellmates” a music and comedy variety show produced during lockdown. 

Post pandemic, in 2021 “Phil Maneri Presents Kaleidoscope” premiered as a monthly art series in The Vanderelli Room where an ensemble of musicians, a group of dancers, a video presentation artist, and a painting artist improvised in collaboration with each other live in real time.  That residency ended in 2023 with the demise of the building , although the concept returns in other venues several times annually.

In 2023 Phil created a large stage presentation called The Alsatian Queen; a performance show about the dramatic history of Phil’s 160 year old double bass. Over 40 professional musicians, dancers, paint artists and video creators traced the bass’s history from its origins in classical music ,through jazz, rock, and hip hop. It was documented in The Alsatian Queen A Concert Film.   

The recording, “Urban Elegance” was released in 2022, featuring Hip Hop Producer Storm 9000, Harpist Trista Hill, and Phil on Bass and sonic treatments.

In 2023 he released the self produced record Trista Hill Phil Maneri, “Conversations With Ghosts”, a duo with Trista Hill Harpist and Phil on Bass and Sonic Soundscapes.

With these creative projects, plus a variety of other sideman recording and live performances, Phil strives to push the boundaries of Genre and content across multiple modality collaborations.

Partial list of artists he’s performed with

Chalice, Drumzand Wires, Love Hed, Mark Chatfield, Lost Dog, Stonebyrd, John Mullins, Bob Piascik, Fortune, Big Daddy Blue, Glue, Fred Haring and the Franklin County All Stars, Donna Mogavaro, Sally Fingerette, Uncletoad, Blues at Last, Scott Gorsuch, Delyn Christian, Flypaper, The Maneri Brothers, The Street Players, Anna and the Consequences, The Apple Bottom Gang, Chaz Mechanbrier’s Hang Time, Joanie Calem, The Shazzbots, Parker MacDonald, Carly France, Jacked up, Phil Clark, The Guitar Company, Phil Dirt and the Dozers, Pat Buzzard, The Rice Brothers. Mad Mad Men. The Buzzard Kings. Matt Munhall.  Morgan, MacDonell, and Maneri. Paisha. Lydia Brownfield. Grassinine, Colin John and Long Tall Deb, Josh Krajik.  

And of course the OSU Marching Band.

Chances are, if you’ve seen live music in Central Ohio in the last 4 decades you’ve seen him play.