Steve Kinch is the current bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 player for Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971 by Manfred Mann.-Formation:Having started in the 1960s with a British band that had such hits as "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn", then moving on to Jazz Fusion with Manfred Mann's Chapter Three, Manfred's third...

. He joined the band as a permanent member in 1991, having previously appeared as a session player on the Criminal Tango

Criminal Tango

Criminal Tango is an album released in 1986 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Going Underground" – 5:18#"Who Are The Mystery Kids?" – 3:44#"Banquet" – 5:17...

album in 1986. He has so far featured on the live album Mann Alive

Mann Alive

Mann Alive is a live double album released in 1998 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :łCD1 The Gig#"Martha's Madman" – 10:07#"The Times They Are a-Changin" – 6:35#"You Angel You" – 4:11...

, and the studio albums Soft Vengeance

Soft Vengeance

Soft Vengeance is an album released in 1996 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :#"Pleasure and Pain" – 5:39#"Play with Fire" – 3:58#"Nothing Ever Happens" – 4:10...

and 2006

2006 (album)

- Personnel :*Manfred Mann – keyboards, vocals*Mick Rogers – guitars*Geoff Dunn – drums*Steve Kinch – bass*Noel McCalla – vocalswith*Chris Thompson – vocals*Thomas D – vocals*Matt Loffstadt – guitars...

.

He has previously been a member of the Hazel O'Connor

Hazel O'Connor

Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant...

 band between 1980 and 1982, and the Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi

Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...

band for a short period in 1984.

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