Steve Mann is one of the “people who contributed materially” as listed on the ”Freak Out” album (he played some with the early Mothers just after Henry Vestine). He has a new CD called “Alive and Pickin” and you can read about it and Steve’s current life on his site.
Via Rick Wood via email.

September 12th, 2006 at 12:25 am »
Thanks! A description of a January 2006 Steve Mann concert is on ace guitarist Rolly Brown’s website:
http://www.rollybrown.com/mann.html