Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low ( born August 2, 1948 in Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan, Wales ) is a British guitarist and singer.
Career
He became known in the 1960s was as the frontman of the group Amen Corner, the number of successful singles in the UK. After two Top Twenty and two Top Ten hits reached their fifth single, " (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" on February 12, 1969 for two weeks at No. 1 in the British charts. The band broke up in 1970 and Fairweather Fairweather Low formed the group, but which was only a short time.
In 1974 Fairweather Low his solo career. By 1980, he released four albums. After that he worked mainly as a guest musician and played among other for Dave Edmunds, Gerry Rafferty, Richard Thompson, Roy Wood and The Who. Today he is best known as a regular member of the live bands of Eric Clapton and Roger Waters. He worked with for example at MTV Unplugged concert by Clapton and played with Roger Waters ' The Wall - Live in Berlin, with whom he was back in 2006 with The Dark Side of the Moon Tour go.
On November 29, 2002, he took part in the memorial concert for George Harrison. He belonged to the Concert for George - strain band and support to other artists, such as Joe Brown.
Instruments
From Fender he got his own Signature Stratocaster. Today Andy Fairweather Low plays mostly Fendergitarren and the ES series of Gibson. His standard instruments including acoustic guitars from Martin Guitar. Furthermore invented Andy Fairweather Low for Eric Clapton the first nylon string guitar with pickups. When Eric Clapton Tears In Heaven wrote for his son, he asked Fairweather Low, whether he has a guitar that has nylon strings and a pickup anyway. Clapton also wanted to play on big concerts Tears In Heaven while having a microphone in front of the soundhole. Fairweather Low showed Clapton, such a guitar.
Discography
With Amen Corner
- Round Amen Corner (1968 )
- The World Of (1969 )
- The National Welsh Coast exploded Company ( 1969)
- Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven (1969 )
- Chartbusters (1970 )
With Fairweather
- Beginnings from an End (1971 )
- Let Your Mind Roll On (1972 )
As a solo artist
- Spider Jivin ' (1974 )
- La Booga Rooga (1975 )
- Bop'n'Holla BE (1976)
- MegaShebang (1980)
- Sweet Soulful Music ( 2006)