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Andy Drudy

Guitarist Andy Drudy

About Me

Hi, My name is Andy Drudy , allow me to introduce myself. I live in a small town on the south coast of England, called Seaford I have been a professional guitarist for the last 'god knows how many years'including session work and touring ,and now specialize in music for TV and film. My interests are jazz guitar (or any form of contemporary guitar playing for that matter), composition, and improvisation in general. I studied at GIT Los Angeles in 1983.
I play with Jazz Diva Sue Richardson with whom I have the great pleasure of playing at many jazz festivals and concerts around the UK & Europe. ALSO, fab dance/funk/jazz combo B-Hut, with whom I hope to make plenty use of my newly aquired Coral Sitar Guitar. I have taught at The Brighton Institute of Modern music . I have also been a contributer to " Total Guitar "magazine, (the biggest selling Guitar mag in the UK), as well as "Music Talk Magazine". I had the great honour of co-producing an album with jazz vocalist/piano player Liane Carroll for Splash Point Records , which as we speak, is doing great things. Liane is a regular performer at Ronnie Scott's club. We are now preparing for the next release with jazz diva Sue Richardson.

I am a keen cycle tourist, having recently completed my second trip across the USA (4,120 miles) in the summer of 2001 and across Australia (2,500 miles) in 2005.Future plans include cycling the across New Zealand in autumn 2006. As far as music goes, watch out for various solo recording hopefully at the end of 2007. Watchout for various new rock and jazz projects in the near future. Product will hopefully be available on this site shortly. Also, please visit my homepage at www.andydrudy.co.uk , and hope you enjoy this page.
My Bike Rides!
New York To San Francisco
Perth to Sydney
Please visit my alterego zama.co.uk for some radical free thinking!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/16/2006
Band Website: andydrudy.co.uk
Band Members: Well, largly just myself, but have the great privilage to work with some great musicians such as Adam Bushell , Mandy Bell, Mark Cherry, Simon DeSouza, Jamie Salisbury , Neal and Sue Richardson , and many more!
Influences: Emmylou Harris: Classic album "Red Dirt Girl". Amazing career. Amazing music. Amazing voice. Love it. Love it all
Tommy Emmanuel: Without doubt the greatest guitar player in the world. The most awesome live show I have ever seen. Check the 15 minute drum solo. Astonishing.
Wayne Krantz: One of the most inspired guitarists on the scene. Amazing sounds. A complete unfathomable mystery. Great!
Lawrence of Arabia: A great hero. Nobody does stuff like this stuff anymore!
Andreas Oberg: Amazing Swedish guitarist
Yes: In the current climate, music business executives would ensure that this kind of music would never see the light of day. Check "Fragile" or "Going For The One". Awesome!
Liane Carroll: Jaw dropping. It is my mountain to play guitar like Liane sings. Always a surprise, the most beautiful music I have ever heard in my life!
Man: Mad Welsh rock band in the 70's. The first rock band I ever saw live. A huge fan.
Alan Murphy: As far as I am concerned, the greatest guitarist of all time.
Pink Floyd: Trail blazers. Check out "Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii". Dave Gilmore is awesome.
Gianfranco Zola: Consumate sportsman and footballing hero. Chelsea legend.
The Eagles: Timeless American anthems. Joe Walsh has always been my hero.
Kings X: Wow. I wish this was my band.
Pat Travers: I have a thing about three piece rock bands. "Making Magic" is one of the greatest albums ever!
Pat Metheny: Obvious I suppose. Prolific genius.
Ritchie Blackmore: I saw Blackmore at Hammersmith Odeon with Rainbow. Like going to Church. Huge Purple fan. Amazing blues band.
Larry Carlton: A major influence. Essential listening.
Joe Zawinul: So much great music. Still as great as ever. Great show at Ronnies last year.
Tom Waits: The sheer beauty of it.
Genesis: All of the early folky stuff. Amazing
Fyona Campbell: Crazy lady who walked around the world. I would love to have done that. Huge inspiration.
Alexander the Great: Great story. One of the greatest psychopaths that ever lived.
Muse: The best band out there at this moment in time.
T Rex: Classic. "Metal Guru", "Get It On". Still a huge influence.
Tom Hanks: A huge catalogue of work. Hardly a duff movie in there. Always of importants.
Gary Moore: Without doubt the most influencial guitarist to come out of the UK. So much great stuff. Colosseum ll, Thin Lizzy (Black Rose!), "Still Got The Blues". Unimpeachable.
Ricky Lee Jones: Huge. Quite simple huge.Stunning.

Record Label: Not required
Type of Label: Indie