Andy Bown

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Andrew Bown
Born	27 March 1946 London, England
Alias(es)	Andy Bown
Genre(s)	Hard Rock
Affiliation(s)	Status Quo, The Herd, Pink Floyd
Years active	1966 - today
Official site	www.statusquo.co.uk

Andy Bown (born Andrew Steven Bown, 27 March 1946, in The City,London, England) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar.

[edit] Career

Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The Herd dissolved he continued playing bass for Frampton in the 1970s. He started playing keyboards for Status Quo in 1973 as a session musician, first appearing on their Hello! album in that year. He is also associated with the band Judas Jump, but joined Status Quo as a full member in 1976.

He also released a glam rock single in the mid 1970s, called "New York Satyricon Zany".

More notably, he was the bass player in the "Surrogate Band" during Pink Floyd's The Wall tour in 1980 and 1981.

He still plays keyboards, guitar and harmonica with Status Quo to this day, and is an integral part of the band, having co-penned many well known Quo songs on various studio albums, most prominently collaborating with Rick Parfitt on the group's 1979 hit "Whatever You Want".

[edit] External links

Andrew Bown Official website
Andrew Bown Yahoo! Group mailing list - a place to discuss Andrew Bown's career and his music.

Discography
Status Quo
Francis Rossi \| Rick Parfitt \| Andy Bown \| John 'Rhino' Edwards \| Matt Letley
Former Members: John Coghlan \| Alan Lancaster \| Pete Kircher \| Jeff Rich \| Roy Lynes
Albums: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages \| Spare Parts \| Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon \| Dog of Two Head \| Piledriver \| Hello! \| Quo \| On the Level \| Blue for You \| Live \| Rockin' All Over the World \| If You Can't Stand the Heat \| Whatever You Want \| Just Supposin' \| Never Too Late \| 1+9+8+2 \| Back to Back \| In the Army Now \| Ain't Complaining \| Perfect Remedy \| Rock 'Til You Drop \| Thirsty Work \| Don't Stop \| Under the Influence \| Famous in the Last Century \| Heavy Traffic \| Riffs \| The Party Ain't Over Yet \| More...