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About Me

You dont and shouldnt have to worry about whether Songs From The Dandelion Clock finds Andrew keeping it real. He, yknow, writes and sings all the songs himself (and records them on his trusted eight-track), but beyond that its not for the biographer to try and quantify realness and sincerity. Phil Collins meant every word of Another Day In Paradise, man. What Phil didnt do is compose meditative, mantra-like loop-folk nodding to the Silver Apples (Ira Furor Brevis Est); crafty, evocative instrumentals bearing the touch of John Fahey (Prey For Good Winds); and the style of blues-infused fingerpicking that stretches from Bert Jansch to Tyrannosaurus Rex to 21st century anomalies like Entrance or M Ward. Andrew Hockey does all of that, and he manages to wrestle out of your glib comparative straitjackets to boot. He might have a selection of kindred spirits, but its a wholly singular path he travels.
"Hockey's music stands out a mile; slightly off kilter folk, but so much more than your average singer songwriter. In fact, the words singer and songwriter shouldn't be inflicted upon his beautiful, other worldy music. The EP is very, very special." - Huw Stephens, Radio1

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Member Since: 9/26/2005
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Influences: bert jansch, john renbourne, the pentangle, steve tilston, dave evans, brian wilson, burt bacharach, keith west, donovan, harold mcnair, david crosby, john fahey, skip spence, gene clark, the gosdin brothers, csn&y, neil young, vashti bunyan, jackson c frank, fred neil, mike nesmith, uk freak beat, love, kinks, byrds, seeds, state of mickey and tommy, pretty things, davey graham, philamore lincoln, wimple winch, wicker man, psychomania, follyfoot, the clangers, singing ringing tree, oliver postgate, robinson crusoe, the mighty boosh, delia derbyshire, flying burritos, gram parsons, david wiffen, paddy kingsland, jake holmes, the sadies, wizz jones, the sunrays, noggin the nog, the only ones, jason crest, skip bifferty, bruce johnston, martin denny, mashmakhan, the hollies, jerry reed, hank williams, ernest tubb, buck owens, clarence white, merle haggard, merle travis, waylon jennings, the louvin brothers, tenessee jimmy martin, dr terrors house of horror, norman conquest, the wallace collection, supersister, terry reed, the sandpipers, the association, the guess who, steve miller, fleetwood mac, the greatful dead, the corries, glenn campbell, ravi shankar, nick drake, duncan browne ralph mctell, silver apples, can, caravan, tomorrow, harvey averne, aphrodites child, demis roussos, vangelis, ken nordine, anne briggs, the turtles, jake thackery, john hartford...........and so it goes on
Sounds Like:
NEW 7" LIMITED EDITION SINGLE
'THERE IS A MOUNTAIN' b/w 'BUNNY BOILER BLUES'
DUE OUT NOW ON STATIC CARAVAN
Record Label: SLOW GRAFFITI / STATIC CARAVAN
Type of Label: Indie

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SOME CLIPS OF ME FROM MOSELEY... SUPPORTING JOHN RENBOURN & ROBIN WILLIAMSON. THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE!WATCH THEM HERE
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:21:00 GMT