Meet Mike Manuel -

Listening to the sounds, and learning the songs of Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley, George Jones and other artists in the early seventies were some of the first musical influences Mike received.

Learning to play the guitar in his early teens was one of the first steps Mike Manuel took that would direct him onto the path he now pursues. Singing was a family tradition passed down from his father, Gerald Manuel. As a regional country music artist Gerald enjoyed success as a sought after club and bar band. That success led to the opening of the Tarkington Prairie Jamboree, a music theater featuring the music of Gerald Manuel. It was at that weekly Jamboree Mike first performed before a live audience.

In the fall of 1971 a dramatic change came to the Manuel family with the salvation of the entire family at a little country church in Shepherd, Texas. What transpired over the next few years was a combination of daily Christian growth, and the cultivation of a pure country sound through the filter of God’s word.

Mike and his brothers traveled for several years as the Manuel Family Band and received a warm reception from the Southern Gospel market with three single radio releases that climbed to the Singing News top forty and were charted as number one in the Christian Country and Country Gospel market. In hundreds of churches and concert halls across the United States and several foreign countries the brothers traveled and sang their original Inspirational Country music.

Along the way Mike has founded a church, served as Pastor of a congregation, involved himself in humanitarian projects and raised a family. Mike and his family are members at Community Life Fellowship in Franklin, TN .

The year of 1996 began with Mike Manuel relocating his family to Nashville, Tennessee, and entering a full time solo career with a progressive Christian country sound and emphasis. What has followed is a succession of fifteen number one radio singles and over twenty awards from various music organizations, including the Country Gospel Music Association 1998 & 1999 National Entertainer of the Year, 1998 National Songwriter of the Year, 1999 CCMA Male Vocalist of the year. Mike has also performed at the ICM Awards; held at the Historic Ryman Auditorium; along with many other well-known Country artists such as Wynona Judd, Josh Turner and Diamond Rio.

Today Mike Manuel travels weekly ministering in churches, performing in concert halls, or entertaining in secular venues with an uncompromising Christian message delivered in a professional, progressive country sound. The early love he learned for music has grown into a deep respect for its power to invoke emotions and affect the lives of people in a positive manner.