Todd Mankin Band

Todd Mankin is a veteran singer-songwriter who launched his career nearly 20 years ago, after trading some car parts for his first guitar. The Texas song man immersed himself in the TX/OK Red Dirt scene around 2001, dropped his debut album in 2007, and hit the road. Broken is the (2023) album from Todd Mankin, available on all major streaming services. The twelve-song set marks the singer’s return to the stage after a more-than ten-year hiatus. From the tearjerker opening country/rock title track, to the conflicted everyman anthem “Time to Get a Gun”, Todd weaves together elements of country, rock, and americana into his own distinct outlaw vibe. Backed by a virtuosic ensemble of bass, drums, keys, electric, acoustic and steel guitars, Mankin delivers his tales of heartbreak and redemption with the wit, and wisdom of a storyteller who has seen his fair share of the road. He laments lost loves on tear-in-my-beer torch-songs like “Hotel Of Broken Dreams”, and “June Time”. The singer offers introspective tracks like “The Battery”, “Love Me While I’m Here” and the Southern rocker “House on the Hill”. Todd Mankin drops a bit of zen as the band takes the party to the dancefloor on the barn-burner “Roof Over My Head”. “Steel Rail Lullaby” is a real high point on the album, as the band lays down some traditional dobro-fueled mountain music over a shuffle railroad rhythm.