Fronting his own original projects from the age of twelve, Andy started his music career proper at Abbey Road Studios as a trainee engineer but soon left to pursue the heady delights of playing at The Hogs Grunt and Le Beat Route with his original band. That band would ultimately to evolve into The AM Band.

After Three Albums and an EP, the band finally dissolved into its constituent parts and Andy began to look around for new musicians to play in his newly named group, The Below Average White Band.

For a number of years, he concentrated on live performances, but in 1999 he began recording again under the name Andy & the Other One, The Big Funk Factory, Andy & the Big Funk, reformed versions of The AM Band, Rocks Off, and finally under his own name.

Check out Andy’s various musical guises

When not busy with Big Funk and his own recording, he’s found time in his busy schedule to find himself performing on various stages with the likes of Damon Alban, Michael Ball, Jocelyn Brown, Natalie Cole, Brian Eno, Tony Hadley, Romena Johnson, Beverly Knight, Katrina Leskanich of Katrina

and the Waves, Lee Johns, Lemal, The London Gospel Community Choir, Barry Manilow, Jim MaCarthy of The Yardbirds, Sonique, Kenny Thomas, Paul Young, and members of Blue and West Life.

As a regular face with the Mark Butcher All Star Band, he has also performed several times at the Albert Hall with Paul Carrick (Ace), Charles and Eddy Steve Harley, Roy Harper, Bill Wyman, and Elton John’s charismatic and long suffering percussionist Ray Cooper.  Among his supports are the likes of Ska legend Desmond Dekker, Soul legend Edwin Starr, and... Steps.

It’s not just all albums and concerts either, Andy’s got the film, television, radio, and recording credits to make everyone shout. His music has appeared everywhere from the Evita film soundtrack to the Bill. Other credits include the Grow Your Own Soundtrack, Bally Kiss Angel, Park Life, and

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50thBirthday Concert. That last one, televised live at the Albert Hall Star Search, even featured such notable talk show sidekicks as Ed MacMann so he was in good company.

During his time with soundtracks and sound booths, radio and film, Andy’s worked alongside Angie Brown, Carla Bruni of Radio 4, London Live for the Mary Costello Live Sessions, Alexandra Burke, Mushtaq, Billy Myers, Samuel Purdey, Tom Robinson, and Sara Stockbridge. 

An ally of the stage, Andy has also been heavily involved in the theater. From acting, singing, and playing the harmonica in Only the Lonely, a cheerful tale of death and destruction and embracing the joy of the maudlin hits of Roy Orbison to taking the playwright’s hat himself, he’s dived into the theater world. So far, he has written and produced a number of plays including Eternal Souffle,

The Roots of Soul, and D-roid Portrait of a Serial Singer. Taking it right back to his audio roots, he’s also had a dalliance with audio productions, involved in the likes of A Global Carol, A Man Called Sir Arthur, A Matter of Insignificance, and the Greatest Movie Never Made, broadcast as part of Radio 4’s Documentary series.