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Andy Lewis

Almost a person in his own right...

About Me

Andy is working on his third album for Acid Jazz records- when he's not playing bass for Paul Weller or Spearmint, working with Kevin Rowland on material for a new Dexy's Midnight Runners album and DJing across the country and around the world. Expect great things from Lewis later in the year as he builds on the success of the 2007 hit single "Are You Trying To Be Lonely?" and the critical and commercial success of his current album "You Should Be Hearing Something Now!" .. "See a very young looking Andy Lewis in this promo video for Pimlico's debut release, "Queenie"- more from Pimlico at www.myspace.com/pimlico .. width="425" height="350" ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: andylewis.info
Influences: These are some of the people who inspired me to make music the way that I do(in no particular order)Curtis Mayfield, The Zombies, St. Etienne, Serge Gainsbourg, Caravan, The Style Council, Alan Turing, Dusty Springfield, Medium Medium, Billy Woods, Noonday Underground, Mickey And The Soul Generation, David Bowie, Jean Jaques Perrey, Bobby Sheen, Joe Meek, Toni Tornado, Butterscotch, The Sweet, The Sweethearts, The Carstairs, MC Solaar, Alan Hawkshaw, The Chants, Eddie Jefferson, Eddie Izzard, Fast Eddie, Fat & Frantic, Fatboy Slim, Skinny, Bruce Kent, The Richard Kent Style, The Disposable Heroes Of Hip-Hoprisy, Boys Wonder, Stevie Wonder, Roland Beamont, Broadcast, Pentangle, Ace Of Wands, Martin Carthy, The Free Design, Rare Earth, The Fire, Air, Earth & Fire, Earth Wind And Fire, The Waterboys, John Schroeder, Johns Children, James Bigglesworth, Frank Wilson, Harold Wilson, Harold McNair, The Special AKA, The Main TKO, Q65, C-86, The All-Seeing I, Patti Austin, Patti Smith, The Small Faces, Swing Out Sister, Death In Vegas, Shuggie Otis, DJ Shadow, Shadow Morton, Brian Bennett, Brian Auger, Brian Cant, The Kings Of Oblivion, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, The Four Vandals, Van Morrison, Van McCoy, The McCoys, Scott Walker, The Smiths, Quentin Crisp, Christopher Brookmyre, Christopher Fowler, Ernest & Julio Gallo, Les & Larry Elgart, The Mamas & Papas, Keith Mansfield, Keith, Mansfield, Manfred Mann, Secret Affair, Michel Polnareff, Salena Jones, The Clash, Tommy Flowers, Herbie Flowers, Herbie Goins, Herbie Hancock, Tony Hancock, Jimmy Miller, Studio 1, Studio 2 Stereo, Studiospares, Dick Strawbridge, Blur, The James Taylor Quartet, Adrian Mitchell, Adrian Croasdell, The Colourfield, R.J. Mitchell, Winston Churchill, Winston Smith, The Winstons, The Churchills, Minnie Ripperton, Timebox, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Adam And The Ants, Spearmint, Don Fardon, Delia Derbyshire, Mr Bloe, Mr Benn, Tony Benn, Radio Caroline, The Parliaments, Elvis Costello, Credit To The Nation, Teenage Fanclub, Peter Cook, The Action, George Martin, George Benson, George Formby, George Clinton, Cornershop, Caleb, Belle & Sebastian, John Deacon, John Paul Jones, Jean Paul Sartre, John the Revelator, Jack the Biscuit, Jake the Peg, Jaques Dutronc, Laura Nyro, Beastie Boys, The Housemartins, The Byrds, Birds Birds, The Bees, The Monkees, Dogs, Mod Wolves, The Pete Moore Orchestra, My Life Story, The Victors, The Equals, Dexys Midnight Runners, Geno Washington, Monty, Nina Simone, Mike Vickers, Julian Cope, Ugly Duckling, The Yardbirds, The Go! Team, Marlena Shaw,"Zoom 2", First Class, First Choice, The Fifth Dimension, 3rd Bass, The Magic Numbers, Bob Dorough, Wendy May, Barry Gray, Dobie Gray, and PIMLICO .. width="425" height="350" ..
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Record Label: Acid Jazz
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

la rebla fam

I was DJing tonight at the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes and one of the bands that played before my set really made me think that in spite of all the rubbish that's out there the future of popular music is...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Sun, 25 May 2008 06:55:00 PST

More Later.../Last Night

More music by Paul Weller from Later With Jools Holland... Last night was the finale of the current leg of Paul's tour at Hammersmith Apollo. Joining us onstage were a number of special guest...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Sat, 24 May 2008 06:37:00 PST

Later with Jools Holland

A lifetime ambition was realized the other day. I got to shake the hand of Jimmy Cliff, one of my all time musical heroes. What a man, what a voice.Anyway, I also got to play a few songs with Paul Wel...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Fri, 23 May 2008 03:53:00 PST

More great Caird Hall footage...

What a wonderful thing YouTube is... OK, so quite often the video and sound quality are risable (as in this case...) but to be totally honest my memories of the events depicted are a little hazy and j...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:47:00 PST

Why Scotland rocks!

The Paul Weller tour progresses well. We are currently in Bournemouth, where we have a show tomorrow. However, it's at this point I'd like to mention just how good the crowd were at our Scottish shows...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Sat, 17 May 2008 04:16:00 PST

Notes from above a Northern Town

I'm currently on the road in Paul Weller's band, and it's all going rather well. Thanks to YouTube for the clip, and thanks also to the geezer at the back of the hall with a half-decent DV camera... ...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:27:00 PST

Recording etc

Towards the end of last week I spent a few delightful days on location in deepest Hertfordshire recording material for my next album project. I was supported in my endeavours by Miles Chapman and Pete...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:20:00 PST

All About The Music

I've had a bit of a shakeup, and added a few new songs. Well, they're not exactly new but new to MySpace. Love Is Alive In My Heart was released as a seven-inch by Acid Jazz in 2003, and features a wo...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:42:00 PST

2008...doesn’t time fly when you’re busy as f%ck...

I can't believe that it hasn't been since October that I posted a Blog. A whole lot of things have happened in the meantime, and life has been fairly hectic... however it's been pretty slack of me not...
Posted by Andy Lewis on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:30:00 PST

Top review/DJ gig in York

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Posted by Andy Lewis on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST