Talk:Andy Summers

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Was he really born in 1942 rather than 1952?

That appears to be a typographical error. Can anybody check on this?

If you read a lot of articles about the Police, you'll find mention that Andy Summers is 10 years older than Sting and Stewart Copeland.

If you still doubt this, check The Police: Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings. Andy's birth date is clearly stated as December 31, 1942.

Andy's official recording career began in the 1960s as a member of Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Dantalion's Chariot, and Eric Burdon and the Animals. He was in his 20s during this period. The box set even mentions that a teenaged Sting saw Andy perform with one of those groups, roughly a decade before they would become bandmates.

If you're still not sure, wait for his autobiography, One Train Later, to be published in October 2006 by St. Martin's Press.