Teddy Andreadis
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Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis is an American piano/harmonica player who has contributed to the albums of many well-known musicians.
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[edit] Biography
Andreadis was born to Greek parents in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. At the age of three, his father bought him his first accordion. During the years that followed, Andreadis began learning keyboards, guitar and harmonica, soon becoming good enough to jam with fellow Jersey musicians Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.[citation needed]
Andreadis has continued to work as a keyboard and harmonica player, as well as musical arranger. He has appeared with Carole King, Guns N’ Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the Boxing Gandhis. Teddy lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa Goich, who is the producer and co-host of the Marc Germain show. She is a former stand-up comedian.
[edit] Recordings
Andreadis toured with Guns N Roses on their 1991 to 1993 Use Your Illusion Tour. Andreadis played keyboards and harmonica both on the album and on tour, as well as several percussion instruments. He also appeared on The Spaghetti Incident? album for Guns N Roses in 1993.[citation needed]
Andreadis has also contributed to numerous solo albums by former Guns N' Roses members, most notably It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Slash's Snakepit and several albums by ex-rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke.
He performed vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer and harmonica on three albums with Carole King, and played keyboards on the Boneshakers' latest release. In 1999 he was voted “Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year” by the L.A. Music Awards.
[edit] Video, film and television
His video work includes: Michael Jackson's "Give In To Me"; Guns N' Roses' "November Rain", "Yesterdays", "Garden of Eden" and "Estranged"; Carole King's In Concert; and Alice Cooper's "Brutal Planet" and his latest release, "Dragontown".
Andreadis’ work can also be heard on many film soundtracks, including Keenen Ivory Wayans’ I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, the United Artists release, Tapeheads, and the M.P.C.A. film Breakfast with Einstein.
His TV credits include a recurring role on Full House, Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the MTV Video Music Awards with Guns ‘n’ Roses, and NBC’s Three Sisters. He has done commercial voice-over work for McDonald's (with B.B. King), Kellogg's and Toyota. Andreadis also wrote and performed the theme song for the Disney Channel’s The Z Games. He once appeared on an episode of Trading Spaces.
[edit] Live appearances
He toured with Guns N' Roses on their Use Your Illusion Tour between 1991 and 1993, appearing on the Use Your Illusion I and II live videos filmed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992.
Over the past two decades, Andreadis has also toured with Carole King, Alice Cooper, Beth Hart, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Peter Stormare, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, the Boxing Gandhis, Gilby Clarke, Slash’s Blues Ball and Duff McKagan.
He currently conducts a weekly jam session in Hollywood at the Baked Potato with his band The Screaming Cocktail Hour. The blues-based jam regularly attracts such names as Steve Winwood, Joe Sample, Patrick Moraz, Steve Lukather, Mike Landau, John Stamos, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke, Jason Bonham, Glen Hughes, Carole King, Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, Howard Leese, Joe Lyn Turner, Bob Daisley, Ace Frehley, Eric Singer, Randy Castillo and Mike Inez.
[edit] Solo album
In 1996, Andreadis released a solo album, Innocent Loser. Among those featured on the album are Guns N’ Roses band members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, drummers Greg Bissonette and Pat Torpey, guitarist Steve Lukather, and Carole King. The album includes the ballad "Ragman", and "Shotgun Shack", which focuses on social issues. The album also features guitarist, producer and writer, Lanny Cordola, arranging and playing an array of exotic instruments,
Andreadis says of his album, “We were going for a Little Feat vibe, New Orleans kind of stuff. You know, Dr. John, some Stones…Americana rock. But we’re trying to keep it heavy, so that when you play it, it’s something that hits you from the beginning and makes you want to stick around ‘til the end.”[citation needed]
Andreadis continues to tour, do session work around the L.A. area and perform with many local L.A. bands.
