Having been guitar-slinger for stars from E-Street Band's lead guitarist NILS LOFGREN, to soul legend WILSON PICKETT, BOBBY MANRIQUEZ is coming into his own in a stong way, as his SOUND page documents, with his first solo CD. The work is getting rave reviews from sources ranging from the WASHINGTON POST to musicians such as Eric Clapton, Sly and the Family Stone drummer extraordinaire ANDY NEWMARK.