Andrew Bown

Andrew Steven Bown born 27 March 1946 is an English musician who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar He is a member of the rock band Status Quo Bowns first major band was The Herd along with Peter Frampton After The Herd dissolved he spent two years with Judas Jump who were the opening act of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 He played keyboards at first for Frampton in the 1970s then switched to bass briefly when Rick Wills departed the Peter Frampton band in early 1975 Bown himself left the Frampton entourage less than a year later just as Frampton was on the verge of achieving worldwide success He went back to England where he first dabbled with a solo career recording two solo albums for Bill Gaffs GM label US Mercury then resumed work with Status Quo whom he started playing keyboards for in 1973 as a session musician including sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis on the London Sessions Album Andy first appeared on Quos Hello album in that year performing on every album by the band from 1977s Rockin All Over the World onwards and supporting them in concert He joined Status Quo as a full member in 1982 and has been with them ever since Bown released a number of singles in the 1970s including New York Satyricon Zany and Another Shipwreck none of which charted His most wellknown song however was the theme tune to the childrens series Ace of Wands Tarot He also released five albums the first of which Gone to My Head was released in 1972 His latest solo album Unfinished Business was released on 5 September 2011 The album was produced by Mike Paxman and recorded by Chris West it features contributions from Henry Spinetti on drums Mick Rogers on guitars Trevor Bolder and Brad Lang on basses as well as vocalists Juliet Roberts and Sylvia MasonJames It was recorded at State of the Ark Studios in Richmond Surrey in 2010 He was the bass player in the Surrogate Band during Pink Floyds The Wall tour in 1980 and 1981 and can be heard on the live album Is There Anybody Out There The Wall Live 198081 He also did some keyboards for Pink Floyds The Final Cut album and on Jack the Lads last album Jackpot in 1976 In addition he played Hammond organ and 12string guitar during the recording of Roger Waters solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking in 1984 but did not take part in Waters subsequent tours He still plays keyboards guitar and harmonica with Status Quo and is an integral part of the band having cowritten many well known Quo songs on various studio albums most prominently collaborating with Rick Parfitt on the groups 1979 hit Whatever You Want Source Article Andy Bown from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30