ANDY BROWN info

Talented bassist, also a good singer.

In 1976, he joins Tiger, a band formed by singer Nicky Moore along Ray Flacke (from Meal Ticket; see my pages on Steve Simpson), but I don't the exact lineups. Help here, please!

Next step was joining The Bliss Band:

In 1987, he joins Fast Buck:

Ed Hamilton (vocals, guitar)
Andy Locke (guitar, vocals)
Andy Brown (bass)
Mike Simmonds (keyboards)
Mike Baron (drums)

In 1990, he joins Tanita Tikaram live band for a long tour from February to July:

Tanita Tikaram (vocals, guitar)
Mark Cresswell (guitar)
Andy Brown (bass)
Bob Noble (keyboards)
Helen O'Hara (violin)
Nick France (drums)

He joins the band Be Sharp around March 1991, replacing the great Dave Bronze:

Jerry Stevenson (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
Andy Brown (bass)
Bob Jenkins (drums)

And here, I must say that I have confusion about his career. Why? Well, it seems there are two different Andy Brown bassists (one of them being more into jazz, usually playing with Tony Oxley). Also, in the late 60s, there was an Andy Brown playing bass for the last lineups of Alan Bown Set band, and another one in The Rutles. To make things worse, keyboardist Andy Brown (from The Herd and Status Quo fame) is miscredited many times as Andy Brown, and he also played bass in the 70s. So, how can I know who is who every time? :)

• Dinner with Raoul (1978, with Phil Palmer, Lenny Pickett, Venetta Fields, Keith Knudsen, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter as producer)
• Neon smiles (1979, with Phil Palmer)

• Play this (1993, with Jerry Stevenson, Bob Jenkins)
• Night by night (1995, with Jerry Stevenson, Bob Jenkins)
• Take us alive (, with Jerry Stevenson, Bob Jenkins)

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• Eurythmics (single 'This is the house / Home is where the heart is', Mar 82, with John Turnbull)
• Hollies (What goes around, Jun 83, with Graham Nash, Mike Batt, Alan Tarney, Brian Chatton, Steve Stroud, Joe Lala)
• Nick Heyward (North of a miracle, 1983, with Tim Renwick, Pino Palladino, Dave Mattacks, Morris Pert, Stuart Brooks)
• Claudio Baglioni (Claudio Baglioni (81-85), 1985, with Paul Keogh, Phil Palmer, Mo Foster, Derek Austin, Nick Glennie Smith, Jess Bailey, Geoff Westley, Hans Zimmer, Stuart Elliott, Peter Van Hooke, Brett Morgan, Frank Ricotti)
• Toyah (Minx, 1985, with Phil Palmer, Adrian Lee, John Earle, Ray Beavis, Peter Van Hooke, Frank Ricotti)
• Alphaville (Adventures in Utopia, , with Guy Barker, Stuart Brooks, Alan Childs, Bob Jenkins, Dave Lebolt, Jimmy Maelen, Phil Palmer, Frank Ricotti, Carmine Rojas, Neil Sidwell, Phil Todd)
• Dave Kelly (...When the blues come to call, 1994, with Ed Deane, Chuck Leavell, Geraint Watkins, Pick Withers, Frank Collins, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch, Sam Kelly)
• Richard Thompson (Hard cash, Aug 98, with Jo-Ann Kelly, Dave Mattacks)
• Gerry Rafferty
• Oletta Adams
• Annie Lennox
• Roger Chapman (Under no obligation, 1992, with Roger Chapman, Geoff Whitehorn, Steve Simpson, Laurie Wisefield, Alvin Lee, Peter Stroud, Mick Weaver, Pete Wingfield, Ian Gibbons)

• Tim Hardin (Nine, 1974, with John Mealing, Jimmy Horowitz)

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