As a Blues musician....Andy Graffiti began playing the blues in the 70's in the then underground Vancouver blues scene, with players such as Annie Siegal, "Professor' Jack Velker, Jack Lavin, 'The Colonel' John Fuhrman and others. In addition to working in a wide variety of other styles, he has toured, recorded with and backed up an impressive roster of North American blues, jump/swing and rockabilly artists including: • Harpdog Brown & the Bloodhounds • Jack DeKeyser • The Dots • Sherman Doucette & Tankful of Blues • Big Joe Duskin • Rick Fines • Amos Garrett •Colin James • Robbie Laws •Ellen Macilwaine • Big Dave Mclean • Nigel Mack • Herald Nix • Pinetop Perkins • B.C. Read • The Rocking Fools • The Rockin' Highliners • Lester Quitzau • Pat Savage • The Twisters • Johnny V • Kenny "Blues Boss " Wayne... In Calgary, Andy played locally with Donald Ray Johnson, the Ronnie Hayward Trio, the Alien Rebels, Jane West, Crystal Plamondon, the Mike Clark Band, & Steve Pineo. Currently, Andy can be heard on the National Debonaires' first release, the 2007 Blewzzy award winning "New Sounds From Kansas City", which includes two of his songs, playing with Greg Demchuck & the Du-rite Aces in and around Calgary AB, and working with a variety of acts in B.C.________________________________________________________ ___________________As artist/designer/theatre performer... Born in Vancouver in 1952, Andy Graffiti has been engaged in making visual, verbal and aural art for decades. Involved with the Western Front and related artists in the 1970's & 80's, he became a well known and respected figure in the Vancouver alternative music scene during the 1980's, and also began to create visual art in various media. In the latter part of that decade he began to work as a solo performance artist, and in professional theatre throughout Western Canada. In the early 90's he began to perform as a poet. He has created a number of artist-made books of his erotic poetry. Now residing in Victoria BC, Graffiti has continued to perform and tour around Canada and overseas as a drummer/percussionist, and works with the Caravan Farm Theatre as resident graphic designer, and frequently as a performer, most recently in Macbeth (summer 2006). He co-created a shadow play version of Poe's The Tell-tale Heart for the Caravan in October 2006, and wrote an original script,"The Widow Black's Cafe" for the October 2007 Caravan show. He became part of the stable of artists at Headbones Gallery in Vernon and Toronto, and was a member artist of the Fugitive Gallery (Vernon) 2003-2006. Currently he is an associate at the Mercurio Gallery in Victoria BC. Below you'll see a variety of Andy's graphic design for CD art and music & theatre posters.... Layout Stealer by TheMyspaceLayout.com.
