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Andy Chase Cundiff

About Me

Andy spent his early years as a child in the USAF, traveling all over the US and abroad.
Spent many years in radio, started as a studio musician in the 70s and began songwriting at about the same time.
Andy's interests include all of the arts.
Andy has a ton of bio stuff all over the place, but for now all that matters is the music. So check it out.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/03/2007
Band Members: Andy Chase Cundiff (vocals, acoustic guitar) - Goes without saying that I'm a member of the band.
These are friends I play with, have played with, and may be seen with again in the near future:
Fisher Alexander (bass)
Fred Lynn (bass)
Scott Nall (drums)
Brad Von Valkenburg (banjo, mandolin)
Maggie Scales (fiddle, violin)
David Dalessandro (drums)
Randy Tupper (bass)
Bob Emerson (electric guitar)
Dave Scott (acoustic guitar)
Jamie Hand (drums)
Jerry Thompson (electric guitar)
Johnny Mulhair (electric guitar, pedal steel, acoustic guitar, mandolin)
Influences: My influences include, but are in no way limited to Van Morrison, James Taylor, Leo Kottke, Eric Clapton, Phil Keaggy, John Denver, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, The Fireballs, Creedence, Robert Johnson, all the Texas songwriters from the 60s and 70s (for instance Town Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, etc, and every acoustic guitar player ever. This list could go on forever.
I love the textures of an acoustic guitar.
Sounds Like: I don't wanna sound like anybody else, but there's nothing new under the sun. So you decide.
Truth be told, I don't sound like anybody. But they're sure starting to sound like me.
This is the underground cistern in Istanbul built by the Roman emperor Justinian in the 6th century. It was rediscovered centuries later when the Turkish people living above it were catching fish through holes in their floors! We visited this awesome place in on Valentine's Day, 2007
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out my tunes for purchase!

I have all your fan favorites, some of my personal favorites, and a new tune I am excited about called Texas Under Your Wheels (The Souther you Goes, The Gooder it Feels) featuring Fred Lynn, Scott Na...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:34:00 GMT

Weird day in the universe

I am thinking today, the Saturday before Easter, about a certain Saturday, and a certain time, and a certain place.It was some 2000 years ago. In Jerusalem, a Roman occupied city in "Palestine" (named...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:46:00 GMT

New Year

WhoooOOOOHHH!!!!A new year! A new day-A new minute! TIME-What a concept! Where did that year just go?"Time marches on", "time flies", "time waits for no man". We have an absolute GROUP of sayings abou...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:28:00 GMT

Thanksgiving!

Wow!Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year! Even those of us who are airheaded enough to be unaware of the richness we are surrounded by get a little pause to think about how cool i...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:18:00 GMT

the thing about bragging is...

I have been around the world a couple of times. It is my sincere belief that people in every country have their own version of  bragging. The men in Turkey, for instance, sit around spinning...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:19:00 GMT

Autumn already

Unreal! Surreal! Not to be confused with real!  This has been the fastest moving year of my already hectic life, but what a year of BLESSING! This is sort of a precursor to my Thanksgiving blog. ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:55:00 GMT

The thing about writing songs is-

The thing about writing songs is- you have to find your voice-that is, the language that is unique to you. Some young writers make the mistake of forcing themselves into another person's (usually one ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:25:00 GMT

30 question personality inventories!

You Are An ENTJ The Executive You are a natural leader - with confidence and strength that inspires others. Driven to succeed, you are always looking for ways to gain, power, knowledge, and ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:06:00 GMT

greetings & stuff

Andy Goes to MySpaceHi earthfolks! My name is Andy Cundiff. I have used "Andy Chase" as an airname and performing name since the seventies. So now I use both names: Andy Chase Cundiff. I've been a hum...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:32:00 GMT