Manfred Mann - History - Aftermath

Aftermath

Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format with Manfred Mann Chapter Three, an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group. For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff. The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 they had disbanded and Mann had formed Manfred Mann's Earth Band. In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary.

In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as The Manfreds, minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975. Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of The Blues Band, which they helped form in 1978.

In 2009 The Manfreds; Mike D’Abo, Mike Hugg, Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness joined Klaus Voorman performing a version of Mighty Quinn for his first solo collection A Sideman's Journey credited to "Voormann & Friends."