Earle Mankey has been played on NTS in shows including Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel, featured first on 20 July 2018. Songs played include Mau Mau.

Earle Mankey is a guitarist / producer / engineer from the USA (8 March 1947, Washington) who played in Halfnelson later renamed Sparks in the early seventies together with his brother is James Mankey.

He became a record producer, predominantly for offbeat Los Angeles area bands like The Runaways, Concrete Blonde, The Long Ryders, The Three O'Clock, Adicts, The Cramps and Kristian Hoffman.