Gary "Mani" Mounfield RIP

Manchester Irish...RIP Mani

Johnny Marr tells the story: “My mother came from a family of fourteen and they lived in this tiny little farmhouse. There were no other houses around. My mother’s father disappeared and her mother was left to bring up fourteen kids. Then her mother got sick and there was a bit of panic about what the children would do because she became really ill.

So all the kids got farmed out for other families to look after them. I heard about this family that were called the Farrells, who were like my family’s guardian angels. They took my mother in while they were having a pretty hard time themselves. This would have been in the late forties and my mum would have been around 8 or 9 years old.

Years later, my mum said to me: ‘I heard that Nancy Farrell’s boy is in a pop group and doing really well' and I said ‘Who’s that?’ because I heard about the Farrells all the time, and she said: ‘It’s Gary, (Mani) the bass player. He’s in this group called The Stone Roses.’

I couldn’t believe this situation where a little farmland in Co. Kildare, Ireland, had the seeds of two musicians who were going to make it from the Manchester scene 30 years later.”
 
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Any news of when his funeral is?
I live about 10mins away in Offerton from where he lived, was just wondering if he was going to pass anywhere through Stockport as I'd like to pay my respects.
 
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