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Andus

About Me

Andus played, sang, wrote songs and made records with his bands – most notably, The Cudgels, Oporto, and in later years the first version of The Winnebago Orchestra. Andus records on two record labels 'Please Rain Fall' and 'Yes - Utopia!' A new mini-album entitled 'Yes-Utopia!' is now released.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/06/2008
Band Members: Andy P. Davies; Quigsy.
Sounds Like: The Abstract Expressionists
Record Label: Yes - Utopia! / Please Rain Fall
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Please Rain Fall Interview with Andus!

It's been almost a year since I started Please Rain Fall, so to celebrate the occasion I thought it would be fitting to interview the person that made a lot of the experiences I have written about her...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Quigsy's Review of AndusStock!

AndusStock - A Hit with the Folk of Great BarrIt was 2.10pm at Barr Beacon, Great Barr.  The venue of the AndusStock Festival.  We make our way to the very end of the car park as the Band Stand is sit...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:10:00 GMT

Stratford Beer Festival

Impressions were also made by Andus and Quiqsy who stepped up to the stage after SOS. Andus is a neat song writer and tells the stories from the street in the same manner that Paul Weller, John Cooper...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Have the Tories gone Marxist?

Since the onset of the present crisis, I have noted, Marx has been mentioned many times in the papers. One of the oddest must be a photo in the Times (8 January) of the Tory Leader, David Cameron, wit...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:26:00 GMT

John Martyn 1948 - 2009

One of my earliest serious musical inspirations and heroes was the great John Martyn who sadly passed away yesterday.  He was a unique genius who has provided a good part of the soundtrack to my life....
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:54:00 GMT

The Shoulders of Giants

In my view we are all standing on the shoulders of giants.  But the giants are only a reflection of our collective Humanity.  For example, one of my main interests, as you may know, is in a Humanist...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:59:00 GMT

Read Sod All About It!

The Happy Page..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Read Sod All About It!   The Sun newspaper should be no more abhorrent to Revolutionary Socialists than any...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:26:00 GMT

Rivers House 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mib4eyE2_Eg
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:27:00 GMT

Rivers House Video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mib4eyE2_Eg Check the great video made by residents of Rivers House on Slacky Lane in 2007.  Some nights I slept out in the rain.... then I found Rivers House - Slacky ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:02:00 GMT

The Reubster and The Who

My special mate and official Godson Reuben, a cool little dude aged seven from Wivenhoe, son of my friend Annie Sands, has a new 'mini' electric guitar so we will be able to jam to...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:00 GMT