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Andy Macintyre & The Primal Groove

About Me

Andy Macintyre & his band, The Primal Groove are a Blues/Rock power trio from the "Live Music Capital of The World", Austin, Texas. Andy is gathering a tremendous buzz around Texas where his band has been in high demand. Andy's intense guitar playing, soulful voice and songwriting has led him to become a fixture of the Texas blues scene. 2009 looks to find his band expanding into more of the U.S. states and Europe.Growing up in Chicago, Andy honed his musical tastes and style on the acoustic and electric guitar. (Interesting note: Andy is a natural lefty, but plays right-handed.) Completely self-taught, Andy learned entire albums of Blues/Rock and Pop/Funk. As a teenager Andy moved to Austin and found many amazing opportunities in the local music scene. After three years and two albums with local famed Indie band, Dorkstar, he decided to step out and commit full-time to his own music with The Primal Groove.Andy released his first solo, full-length album, "Set Me Free" in May of 2007. Most exciting for Andy was working with Sound Engineer, Ben Blank, a man with nine gold records under his belt. (see www.benblankmedia.com) Andy is also set to enter the studio early this year to begin recording his next album.In 2008 The Primal Groove played three showcases in Austin during SXSW week. Two showcases for the Heart of Texas Rockfest and the other for the Austin Blues Society. Not many bands have the crossover appeal to play to a hard rock crowd one set and then pure blues fans the next. The Primal Groove has that unique appeal.New to the band in 2009 is drummer Roger Friend. Roger Friend’s musical career spans over 3 decades of diverse experience. Touring in more than 90 countries, with jazz, blues, pop and rock groups of all origins, he has the experience of diversity and many international musical elements as his influence.Andy released his debut album on May 4th, 2007, "Set Me Free". Available at local retailers (Waterloo Records and Cheapo discs), iTunes.com and Digstation.com (for download), CD Baby and Andy's myspace site and website. MP3's available to hear on myspace and samples on his website. Airplay on KLBJ 93.7 "Local Licks Live" w/ Loris Lowe! Airplay also on KPFT Blues radio in Houston, Texas, Electric Blues Radio360 (Internet Radio) and others.For BOOKING, contact:{} ..
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Member Since: 30/07/2006
Band Website: www.andymacintyre.com
Band Members: Andy Macintyre - Guitar, Vocals; Steve Hill - Bass; Roger Friend - Drums/Percussion

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My Blog

Arlyn Studios May '09

Well then&heres a whole nuther entry&   A couple of weeks ago I went into Arlyn Studios in downtown Austin, armed with Roger Friend (drums), Matt Schaefer (Bass) and the excellent Ben Blank...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Recording album #2 with Ben Blank

soooo...here's a new one.  It has been a while, my apologies.  For the last year we've been pretty busy playing shows/traveling on the road/working 2 get noticed.  We're really looking forward to goin...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:47:00 GMT

Shack in the Back!!

Well, well. After being up for a while now, I have to say we had a Blast out in Midland, last nite. The Shack in the Back is a very cool venue, nestled in a corner of Midland. We were treated to a...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:34:00 GMT

1 (Numero Uno)

So check this shenanigans out....Andy Macintyre & the Primal Groove (that’s us!) song "Cockroach" has been ranked 1 in the Instrumental Rock category (out of 600) on www.ourstage.com!! How ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:31:00 GMT

West Texas Tour (Road Talk & BS)

Well alright, alright... We just got back from our little tour. I'm not really functioning well, but that's cool. West Texas is a great place for live music, and it's really refreshing to have peop...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:59:00 GMT