Andy Cummings - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I've been a professional musician performing the local music scene, in bands, as a solo artist and on theater stages for over 15 years. I was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts where I started out at coffehouses like The Coco Bean Cafe and The Coffee Kingdom. Later I held court at The Java Hut in old Wormtown every Thursday night for the latter half of the 90's.The JOHNNY MOORE TRIO (Johnny Moore, Dave Rivers and Ed Kelly) is known variously as "Andy and the Cruisers", "Andy and the A.C.'s", "Back to Back", "The New Bristols", "The Fairlanes"... playing Rock & Roll from the 50's and 60's These guys are the best players in north central Mass and you really need to hear them while you can. The home demos you're listening to (or not) are just that: home demos. Recorded entirely in my bedroom playing and singing all the parts myself. It's just a hobby but songwriting is something I enjoy and am getting better at the more I do it. These are from a few years back, just me having fun. More will be up as soon as I get them done (actually they already are done, I just haven't put them up yet). I'm available for booking at any event, wedding or private party/function. An experienced teacher, I offer private guitar lessons (acoustic or electric) as well, all at reasonable rates. For lesson info contact: City Music Leominster, Mass 978 534 8989

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/6/2007
Band Members: Andy Cummings- guitar, vocal, harmonica, ukulele, kazoo, percussion...........THE JOHNNY MOORE TRIO*: (select live shows*) --- Dave Rivers- bass, vocals. Johnny Moore- guitar, vocals. Ed Kelly- drums.
Influences: The Who: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey John Entwistle and Keith Moon. BRIAN WILSON and The Beach Boys, The BEATLES, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, The Talking Heads, Bobby Darin, AC/DC, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, The Everly Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, Del Shannon, Elton John, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Ritchie Valens, Elvis Presley, Edward Ludwig Van Halen, Django Reinhardt, Jackson Browne, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Yes, Rush, Leon Redbone, Phish, Johnny Moore, Steve Martin, George Carlin, Bill Maher, Larry David, Andy Kaufman, etc.
Sounds Like: Pete Townshend/Roger Daltrey, John Lennon, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran,
Record Label: EEL PIE, Spanking Monkey
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Demos and Home Recordings

Advance copies of my demo CD will be available soon! In the meantime, here's a track by track breakdown of the 12 original songs: 1. Hey Amy - I wrote this for my sister, Amy. The song originated as a...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:51:00 GMT

Back To Mono

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band is one of the most groundbreaking records of all time and certainly the Beatles most ambitious studio work. While the quality of the songs is debated among ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:22:00 GMT

CD review: Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun

Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun &nb sp; &nb sp; ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:17:00 GMT

JFK (revised and expanded)

1) Introduction The assassination of John F. Kennedy is the most studied case in the history of American crime. More than two thousand books have been published on the subject, many of wh...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:14:00 GMT

GEORGE CARLIN 1937-2008

now if there was one artist who has influenced me more than any other it was George Carlin. I was eleven years old when I first heard Class Clown and FM/AM, later I bought all his tapes, (later ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:37:00 GMT

ANDYS GEAR

FOR ALL YOU TECH HEADS AND GUITAR GEEKS, HERE IS A LIST OF WHAT I'M CURRENTLY USING: ACOUSTIC GUITARS: IBANEZ ARTWOOD 500CE, GUILD DARK CONCERT MODEL ELECTRIC GUITARS: GIBSON SG SPECIAL 1999 (black), ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:21:00 GMT

The Death Of Rock And Roll

In 1958, this new style was firmly in place. It was such a bastard child; an amalgam of country, folk, and rhythm and blues with an occasional gospel harmony. By this time there were not only stars bu...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT