Andy Fairweather Low

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Andy Fairweather Low (2007; in concert)
Andy Fairweather Low (2007; in concert)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Reggae tune
  UK 10 09/21/1974 (8 weeks)
Wide eyed and legless
  UK 6th December 06, 1975 (10 weeks)

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 as the front man of the group Amen Corner , which had some successful singles in the UK. After two top twenty and two top ten hits, their fifth single "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" reached number 1 in the British charts on February 12, 1969 for two weeks. The band broke up in 1970 and Fairweather Low formed the group Fair Weather , which only existed for a short time.

In 1974 Fairweather Low started his solo career. By 1980 he released four albums. After that he worked mainly as a guest musician and played for Dave Edmunds , Gerry Rafferty , Richard Thompson , Roy Wood and The Who , among others . Today he is best known as a regular member of the live bands of Eric Clapton and Roger Waters . For example, he took part in Clapton's MTV Unplugged concert and played on Roger Waters' The Wall - Live in Berlin , with which he was again on the The Dark Side of the Moon tour in 2006 .

On November 29, 2002 he took part in the memorial concert for George Harrison . He belonged to the Concert for George main band and also supported other performers, e. B. Joe Brown .

Instruments

From Fender he got his own signature Stratocaster . Today Andy Fairweather Low plays mostly Fender guitars and Gibson's ES series . His standard instruments also include acoustic guitars from Martin Guitar . Andy Fairweather Low also invented the first nylon string guitar with pickups for Eric Clapton . When Eric Clapton wrote Tears In Heaven , he asked Fairweather Low if he owned a guitar that had nylon strings and still had a pickup. Clapton also wanted to play Tears In Heaven at big concerts and not have a microphone in front of the resonance hole. Fairweather Low then showed Clapton such a guitar.

Discography

With Amen Corner

  • Round Amen Corner (1968)
  • The World Of (1969)
  • The National Welsh Coast Explosion Company (1969)
  • Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven (1969)
  • Chartbusters (1970)

With fair weather

  • Beginnings from an End (1971)
  • Let Your Mind Roll On (1972)

As a solo artist

  • Spider Jiving (1974)
  • La Booga Rooga (1975, UK:silversilver)
  • Be Bop'n'Holla (1976)
  • Mega Shebang (1980)
  • Bossa Nova (12 "maxi single) (1986)
  • Sweet Soulful Music (2006)
  • The Low Rider (2008) (with re-recordings of his hits Solo, with Amen Corner and Fair Weather)

With The Low Riders

  • Lively (2012)
  • Zone-O-Tone (2013)
  • Live from the New Theater, Cardiff (2015)
  • Listen Here (2017)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. Chart sources: UK
  2. Music Sales Awards: UK