Living in Mexico as young child, Andy had an instant affinity to the guitar. After studying with many teachers, he was fortunate to have the opportunity to study with the late guitar guru, Linc Chamberland. He met Linc at the age of 18 and studied with him for 8 years. In 1995, Andy won the Connecticut Guitar Contest sponsored by Wood Doctor Products and 95.9 FOX radio. Besides teaching guitar himself for over twenty years, Andy has performed with Dave Valentin, Chieli Minucci, Chuck Loeb as well as with world renowned songwriter Chip Taylor (Wild Thing, Angel Of The Morning), with Late Night drummer Anton Fig and Bruce Hornsby’s David Mansfield. He also shared the stage with songwriters Toni Wine (Groovy Kind of Love) and Irwin Levine (Tie a Yellow Ribbon). Andy has performed with the T.V. sensation Peter Lemonjello. He has opened for Jan Hammer, Leslie West, & Michael Bolton as well as playing on various radio and TV spots working with Danny Gottlieb, Mark Egan and Andy Newmark. Andy can be heard on the recording, “Where You Belong†by the band Aftertouch and Chip Taylor’s “Hit Man.†Andy performs regularly with the group Tangled Vine (voted “Best Rock Band†of the Gold Coast.) Aside from his first love which is playing guitar, Andy has been into recording engineering and production for over twenty years. He is currently working on a solo recording project to be released next year.
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