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A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Mann began drawing and painting at an early age. His first passion was custom cars and his first job was as an automobile painter. After high school, he left Kansas City and settled in California where he became interested in motorcycles. He became immersed in biker culture and motorcycles supplanted cars in his artwork. In 1963, Mann brought some of his artwork to the Kansas City Custom Car Show. There a biker took an interest in his artwork and with his permission, forwarded it to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, a pop artist who was then the publisher of one of the world's first custom motorcycle magazines, Choppers.