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With the release of his first album ‘The Knight’, prominent Aussie guitarist Khan Manuel, looks set to broaden his appeal beyond the select but devoted local audiences who he has quietly dazzled in recent years. With a guitar style that blends an advanced technical fluidity with a splendid versatility, his repertoire extends comfortably from slow blues-licks that will devastate your life, right through to both jazz and classical interpretations. The usual suspects of Satriani, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray-Vaughan, Gary Moore, Larry Carlton and George Benson to name but a few, fall effortlessly within the boundaries of this talented musician. Initially self-taught Khan went on to attend his local music institute first as a student and then as a teacher. Playing in the appropriately named metal band Lithium at the slightly tender age of 13, he recalls, ‘having heaps of fun even though we were out of time’. From there, he played in the covers band, Felix Far Cry gaining a wealth of