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Andy

The door is open.... come on in and enjoy the trip.

About Me

First and foremost I am father to my beautiful kids, Sascha (13), Sebastian (12), Harley (8), and Guinnevere (4) and husband to my beautiful bride, Rachel. I work security at the Oasis a couple of days a week. In my spare time (what spare time??) I write songs, sing them, play guitar, and some other instruments as well. Currently I play guitar and sing for Telestrion . In the past, I have been in several bands such as Qualone , Plaster , Pickman's Model, and Garage Poets. I have also recorded hundreds of songs on my own, which you can sample at my own MySpace music page . Also check out yet another MySpace music page to promote my recent solo album recorded this past July in Louisiana. I am not really a Scientologist, so leave me alone you goddamn thetans. There is also no truth to the rumor that I like to do as little as possible as often as possible.

My Interests

Music, movies, TV, and baseball.

I'd like to meet:

Bob

Music:

KISS, The Beatles, Ween, Kula Shaker, Alice Cooper, Wings, Black Sabbath, Monster Magnet, Masters Of Reality, Radiohead, Supergrass, Super Furry Animals, Pink Floyd, Jason Falkner, The Secret Machines, George Harrison, Spinal Tap, Captain Beyond, The Zombies, Robin Trower, The Small Faces, Blue Cheer, Flaming Lips, Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Cathedral, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Rock Four, Deep Purple, Nebula, The Move, Badlands, Atomic Rooster, Sleep, The Wondermints, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Temple Of The Dog, Andromeda, Flower Travellin' Band, Spirit, The Dukes Of Stratosfear, Muse, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Screaming Trees, Melvins, Mellow, Trouble, Hawkwind, Twisted Sister, WASP, The Doobie Brothers, Nirvana, C.A. Quintet, Big Elf, Curtis Mayfield, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Uriah Heep, Dinosaur Jr., Mother Love Bone, Fu Manchu, Led Zeppelin, Wellwater Conspiracy, Witchcraft, Randy Holden, Humble Pie, Savoy Brown, Goblin, Shuggie Otis, The Monkees, MC5, Tool, Black Crowes, The Cars, Cactus, The Obsessed, Dave Clark Five, The Who, Fastway, Cream, Bloodrock, Auf Der Maur, Budgie, Stabbing Westward, The Stooges, Aphrodite's Child, Funkadelic, Clear Blue Sky, Rare Earth, Deep Jimi & The Zep Creams, Cheap Trick, White Witch, Mudhoney, Air, The Smoke, The Jeevas, Leaf Hound, Qualone, Dust, Pentagram, Lucifer's Friend, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, The Atomic Bitchwax, Electric Light Orchestra, Saint Vitus, Comets On Fire, Alice In Chains, The Brought Low, Beck Bogert & Appice, Plaster, Jellyfish, Tumbleweed, Mahogany Rush, The Doors, Black Widow, Pickman's Model, Head Machine, Free, David Bowie, James Gang, Blue Oyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge, The Beta Band, Manowar, Rasputin's Stash, The Go Go's, Frehley's Comet, Blues Creation, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Mountain, Weird Al Yankovic, Orange Goblin, Curved Air, Lynyrd Skynyrd, T. Rex, The Litter, Iron Butterfly, GWAR, Taste, Ten Years After, The Orb, Godflesh, Black Mountain, Innaway, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Apollo Sunshine, A Band Of Bees, Baby Woodrose, Ya Ho Wa, Greenleaf, Jobriath, Built To Spill, May Blitz, Om, Ride, Roger Joseph Manning, Sir Lord Baltimore, Tenacious D, Todd Rundgren, John McBain, Ear Mound Shrine, Wicked Lester, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, The Raconteurs, Devo, Marjorie Fair, Eddie Rabbitt, Barry Manilow, Cilla Black, and more.....

Movies:

Spinal Tap, Dazed And Confused, Almost Famous, Fear Of A Black Hat, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strikes Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks 2, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, Office Space, Yellow Submarine, Fantastic Planet, Hard Core Logo, Baseketball, Orgazmo, Team America, Anchorman, High Fidelity, School Of Rock, Modern Problems, The Big Bus, Kentucky Fried Movie, Dr. Strangelove, Defending Your Life, Super Troopers, Harold & Kumar, 40 Year Old Virgin, Thank You For Smoking, Grandma's Boy, and many more...

Television:

Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Law & Order, My Name Is Earl, Mindfreak, Dog The Bounty Hunter, and The Young Ones.

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Anton Wilson, Hunter S. Thompson, Carlos Castaneda, Philip Dick, The Age Of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil, and F.Y.M. by Ice Cold.

Heroes:

Kevin Smith, Christopher Guest, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, John Lennon, Wayne Coyne and Dean Ween. I also must acknowledge the six greatest guitar players to ever have lived: Ace Frehley, Tony Iommi, Jim McCarty, Robin Trower, Robert Fripp, and Leigh Stephens.

My Blog

*#*#$&

well at least nobody's hurt and nobody died...   i'm out in Louisiana for a couple of days, I get a call that my house has been broken into and completely cleaned out, everything except furniture...
Posted by Andy on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:39:00 PST

The Number 23

I'm really looking forward to this new Jim Carrey movie which comes out on my birthday (2/23). Its all about this dude who becomes obsessed with The 23 Enigma until it overtakes his life and leads him...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:08:00 PST

new Telestrion song posted

at our myspace page...   www.myspace.com/telestrion   let me know what you think!
Posted by Andy on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:40:00 PST

looking back on 2006.

it was the best of years, it was the worst of years. I can say that in 2006 I experienced pretty much every emotion there is to possibly experience with each at the most intense possible lev...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:39:00 PST

bye bye Qualone, hello Telestrion

out with the old, in with the new. Qualone has broken up. John, Brian, and I have started a new band with Chris Stewart on drums called Telestrion. Our first album is pretty much done and it will be o...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:21:00 PST

download my new album here!!

http://inthecheapseats.com/andy_samford/beneath_the_trees.zi p   here's the whole album in 192kpbs mp3 form. if you're interested in getting a CD with the full uncompressed audio, get in touch wi...
Posted by Andy on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:15:00 PST

www.myspace.com/andysamford23

preview 4 songs from the album at the link. www.myspace.com/andysamford23 hope to have a zip file up with the full album in the not too distant future.    ...
Posted by Andy on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:32:00 PST

Beneath The Trees : The Album

After a marathon 12 hour session fueled by various medicinal compounds, the mix is done and the running order is set. 11 days and many dead brain cells later, we have an album. I plan to have this thi...
Posted by Andy on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:48:00 PST

holy motherfucking drums, batman

so let me tell you bout my friend Chris Stewart. He's been playing drums with my cousin in various bands for the past couple of years out here in Louisiana. Before I came out here, he very kindly offe...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:58:00 PST

big green buzzard

so me and my cousin and his excellent drummer decided to play a show out here in Monroe at the last minute.... local club had an opening, my cousin knows everybody out here, so we were in......  ...
Posted by Andy on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:51:00 PST