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Andy "The Panda" Moritz

I don't mean to brag... but I'm kind of a big deal

About Me

Andy Moritz (alias "The Panda", "Tetris", and "Captain Culture," among others) is the bass player for Cadillac Sky. Andy plays bass like no one else--and scientists are still looking into that........................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................Andy started playing acoustic music when he was studying music in college and had a revelation one day that acoustic folk rock bluegrass was his key to fame and fortune. He was one of the founding members of Classical Grass back in 1996........................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .................................Andy is an accomplished bassist working in many genres, from bluegrass to big bands and orchestras to chamber ensembles. Andy has played with Classical Grass, Sugar Bayou, the Encore Strings, the Charlie Prause Piano Trio, the Ronnie Renfrow and Ed Gerlach Big Bands, and was a member of the Woodlands Symphony for 10 years....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................Andy directs a large and highly successful private studio of bass students, many of whom have won appointments to prestigious music colleges and conservatories.............................................. ............................................................ ............................................................ ...............................When he is not on tour with Cadillac Sky, Andy lives in Richmond, TX with his girls - wife Donna, toddler Shelby, and dog Sadie....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get this FREE MySpace layout and more at MySpaceOrYours.net
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/16/2006
Band Website: thebassstudio.com
Band Members:
Influences: An incomplete, alphabetical list to which I'll add on occasion...Bill Black ("Once you start working, you'll work your whole life -- you might as well do something you enjoy.") Bob Babbitt Ray Brown Chris Campbell Paul Chambers Adam Clayton Bootsy Collins Harry Connick Jr. Donald "Duck" Dunn Aretha Franklin Billie Holiday James Jamerson Carol Kaye Geddy Lee Tony Levin Michael Manring Edgar Meyer François Rabbath Hal Robinson Carlos Santana Brian Setzer Frank Sinatra Derek Smalls Stevie Ray Vaughn Ben Wolfe ... and many others ...
Sounds Like: Take a listen here on myspace, or check out www.cadillacsky.net
Record Label: Look for Cadillac Sky on Skaggs Family Records!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wanna know what's better than playing the Grand Ole Opry with Ricky Skaggs...?

...Not much!! :-) What an experience.  You know how you can go somewhere, and the History and Gravity of the place is so palpable that you can feel the boldface italics?  Gettysburg is like...
Posted by Andy "The Panda" Moritz on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:17:00 PST

Ready to hit the road!

I tell you what, I am ready to hit the road again and bring Cadillac Sky to the people!  It's good to be home, but my dad had a heart attack (he's OK), we found carpenter ants in the house, the d...
Posted by Andy "The Panda" Moritz on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:30:00 PST

A former student called me the other day...

...from NY, and told me she'd been tapped to play in an all-girl orchestra on tour for Meatloaf!  I called her back to tell her I thought she really was very talented, so why was s...
Posted by Andy "The Panda" Moritz on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:54:00 PST