ANDREW MAC

Born in New York City, he returned to Jamaica at a very young age where he was raised. At age ten the family moved to Guyana, South America for three years and later to Geneva, Switzerland for another ten years where Andrew completed most of his education. All these factors contributed to giving him a well rounded attitude, ready for anything that should come his way. He speaks fluent French, some German and Italian and of course Jamaican patois, making it easy for him to be comfortable wherever he goes as his career takes him across the globe.
1980 Andrew started his first band, The Stage in Geneva as lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter.
1982 Renamed Heartbeat, this multinational (Swiss, Jamaican, Italian) rock band climbed up the ranks of the local scene playing festivals, concert halls and schools as well as releasing the single “Be my lady.” They toured Switzerland driving from gig to gig.
1987 Andrew toured Italy with The Mix, a band formed by members of rival Geneva bands. Andrew played bass and did backing vocals (in Italian) for superstar Georgia.
1988 Andrew relocated to New York City to attend the Institute Of Audio Research in Greenwich Village by day and play the club circuit by night. He later joined a local funk-rock band Doghouse led by Menace, a former Madonna guitarist. He attracted the attention of an Atlantic Records scout who introduced him to The Wailers band who had just lost the services of their talented lead guitarist Al Anderson.
1989 Andrew joined Bob Marley’s legendary Wailers band playing rhythm guitar and singing background vocals. Together they toured the world playing everything from clubs to stadiums for almost five glorious years.
1991 “Sweet Cry Freedom” written by Andrew and featured him playing bass and lead vocals was released on the Wailers’ Majestic Warriors album on A&M records. Andrew also co-wrote several other tracks on the album.
1994-2000 Andrew played guitar and co-wrote several songs with Andru Donalds released on EMI and Virgin Records.
1996 Andrew started recording his first solo album with Gordon Mack in New York City. The album Precious Time was eventually released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
1997 He played guitar and toured with the superstar reggae group, Big Mountain in Japan and the USA.
1997 He worked as stage manager for multi-million record selling artist Angie Stone on J Records.
1998 He played guitar for Coco Tea, a highly respected Jamaican roots-reggae singer while touring the USA. Andrew also worked as stage manager for R&B star Joe.
1999 Andrew played guitar on Britney Spears' album Baby One More Time. The album sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
2002-2005 He was the lead singer and guitarist with The Peter Tosh Celebration Tour. He toured Europe and the USA with Fully Fullwood-bass, Donavon Carless-vocals, Carl Wright-drums, Tony Chin-guitar and Jawge Hughes-keyboard. These are all renowned top class musicians.
2004-2005 Andrew filled in as acting road manager with dancehall superstar Sean Paul.
2005-2008 Andrew is playing guitar and touring with dancehall superstar Sean Paul.
Visit Andrew's Official Site at AndrewMcIntyre.com