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Age:
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About Me:
After starting with an interest in electric guitar, Andy turned to the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began enjoying and studying the music of Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Billy McLaughlin and Preston Reed. To this day he still sites these four musicians as his primary influences in acoustic music. At the same time, Andy draws inspiration from various other musicians and groups such as; Earth Wind and Fire, The Yellowjackets, Bjork, Imogen Heap, Pantera, Eric Johnson, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Bruce Hornsby, and many others.
While there are countless amazing guitar players in the world, it is Andys attention to song structure and melodic content that elevates him above the typical guitarist. It can be observed that Andy likes to try different things with the guitar such as; altered tunings, partial capos, percussive hits, and tapping. But in the hands of Andy these are not mere parlor tricks, they are compositional tools used to create some of the finest crafted music for the steel string acoustic guitar.
Andy was born in Topeka Kansas, and he performs between 100-200 shows annually across the world.
Record Label:
Razor & Tie
Label Type:
Independent
Band Members:
Andy McKee
Influences:
Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Preston Reed, Billy McLaughlin, Bjork, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tchaikovsky, Stephen Bennett, Masaaki Kishibe, Vince DiCola, Dream Theater, Nintendo Entertainment System, Toto, John Williams, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Crash Test Dummies, King Crimson, Mothers of Invention, Peter Gabriel, Siddhartha Gautama, Monty Python's Flying Circus
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United States
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