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Andy Broad
Blues / Jazz / Roots Music



Portsmouth, South
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/2/2008
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   Andy Broad: General Info
Member Since10/20/2007
Band Websitebroad.ology.org.uk
Band Members
  • Andy Broad
  • Burnt Ice
    • Andy Broad - Guitar Vocals
    • Della Perrett - Tenor Sax Vocals
    • Matt Beckwith - Harmonica
    • Simon Tufnail - Bass
    • Alan "Blackie" Backmore - Drums
  • Rocks And Gravel
    • Andy Broad - Guitar Vocals
    • Matt Beckwith - Harmonica Vocals
    • Adam Franklin - Slide Guitar Vocals
  • The Continentals
    • Andy Broad Guitar (Les Paul) Vocals
    • Buster Wingham Guitar (Strat)
    • Tim Nowell - Bass Guitar
    • Russ Taley - Drums
  • Plus the new jazz quartet whose working name I haven't the nerve to type
    (You'll have to ask Sally if you really want to know...)
    • Andy Broad - Acoustic and Electric Jazz Guitar
    • Mags Wylie - Bass
    • Della Perrett - Sax
    • Sally Strawberry - Vocals (including many songs in French!)
Sounds Like
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Rocks And Gravel Rocks And Gravel The New CD release by
Andy Broad.
Matt Beckwith
Adam Franklin
More information about this CD and the trio can be found at www.rocksandgravel.co.uk
Track Listing
Sample Track Rocks And Gravel
Price £10.00 (GBP)
 

Broke Down Engine Broke Down Engine The Second Solo release by Andy Broad.
The sleave notes from the CD:
This, my second solo CD, has been a long time coming, waiting for the right opportunity to capture the music as I perform it. The recording session at Little Village Studios in September 2005 captured the live spirit, with all 17 tracks recorded in one day, and no more than two takes each! The material includes some new originals, some songs new to me and revisits some old friends, but from totally new directions. As ever plenty of slide and fingerpicking with inspiration drawn from the whole gamut of blues greats, and one track even gives a nod the Indian slide "guitar" of Mohin Bhat!
I'm really pleased with this CD, hope you like it too - Andy Broad
The following review appeared in B.I.T.S (Blues In The South)
ANDY BROAD/ Broke Down Engine/ ARBCD009

Andy Broad has, for many years, been involved in the BITS area with Burnt Ice and various other kaz and blues combos. This album is Andy's second solo effort and it's tee-riff-ick. Andy is a fine finger picker, slide man and flat picker and has a convincing vocal style. The tracks include a nice mix of traditional songs from the likes of Willie Dixon, Son House, Fury Lewis and many more (there are 17 tracks and over an hour of playing time). Some of the tracks are Andy's own work and I particularly like 'Sweet Jayne' and ode to Andy's Lady. Very nice stuff with a great deal of enthusiastic foot stomping!.
IM

Track Listing
Sample Track Broke Down Engine
Price £10.00 (GBP)
 

From The Roots On Down From The Roots On Down was the first CD released by Andy Broad. It's 15 tracks cover a broad range of acoustic blues styles, mixing Robert Johnson with Lightning Hopkins, Elmore James with B.B. King, Earl King with Eric Bibb. There are 6 original songs includeing the first track "Morning Sun" and the the title track. 10 tracks are played on a Mathew Carter acoutsic guitar and 5 are played using slide on a 1939 Kalamazoo L6.
Track Listing
Sample Track From The Roots On Down
Price £10.00 (GBP)
 
Live! At The Bullfrog Blues Club Live! At The Bullfrog Blues Club  The first two performances that Burnt Ice gave at the Bulfrog Blues Club were so strong that it was decided to record the third! So here is the distinctive Live sound of Portsmouth's funkiest blues band on CD at last.
Track Listing
Sample Track So Good
Price £10.00 (GBP)
 

First Week In April The First Week In April  An anthology of jazz guitar. Phil Jones & Andy Broad.
Recorded in April 2005 at Bebops Music, this CD features a selection from Phil Jones and Andy Broad regular set. Including numbers taken from the greats of jazz guitar as well as a few jazz standards.
Track Listing
Sample Track The Girl From Ipanema
Price £10.00 (GBP)
 

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   About Andy Broad

Taking inspiration from the great delta players such as Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Son House and Mississippi John Hurt, he combines their raw syncopation with the sounds of Chicago (e.g. Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf) and the modern song writing approach of the likes of Robert Cray welding the whole into a powerful music for the modern day.

Equally at home on Acoustic and Electric guitar, playing both slide and fretted styles Andy considers his music to be Urban rather than Country Blues, after all he lives in the City Of Portsmouth and has never been near a cotton field in his life! The subject matter of his music reflects this urban perspective, whilst remaining very much in the traditions of the music.

Since becoming a fully professional musician in 1989 Andy has been developing his solo style. Swapping between acoustic and electric guitar his distinctive rhythmic style has been forged by the pragmatic approach of "getting out on the street" and playing the blues. The solo performance (occasionally accompanied by a harmonica or sax player) is where Andy's real strengths lie. Freed from the rigid structures of band life Andy plays in rhythmic metres that would give any drummer or bass player a headache but which follow the ebb and flow of the emotions of the blues. And, be it happiness or sadness, joy or lament emotion is what the blues is about! His singing continually strengthens and he can produce any thing from a deep emotive growl to a high melodic falsetto. The solo context is also where Andy's slide guitar comes to the fore. His impressive technique enables him to craft his own self penned material as well as rearrange the songs of others in ways that make them completely his own. A strong example of the first is the title track of the CD "From The Roots On Down". His unique arrangement of "Broke Down Engine" worked up by listening to a Dylan version a of Blind Willie McTell song is an excellent example of the second.

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   Andy Broad's Friend Space (Top 28)
Andy Broad has 135 friends.
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 Chasin’ Charley’s Ghost 


 ANA POPOVIC 


 Blues Matters! Publication 


 Blues In The South 





Andy Broad's Friends Comments
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Tim Cheatle





Jun 12 2008 8:03 PM

Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!
Jabon





May 22 2008 10:22 AM

Jabon Thanks for Add
JabonQuantcast
Round About Jazz Band





May 18 2008 2:53 PM

Hello!
I'm very glad to be in your friendspace!
All the best from Moscow!
Rashid, R.A.J.B.
Auset Music Project





Mar 31 2008 3:53 PM

Hi Andy - Thanks for adding me into the mix here. Yea, my time gets squashed... so much to do... hard to keep up with everything. I really love the community at IAC and definitely hope to have more time there... until then, I really appreciate you connecting here. More chances to say hello.

Love your work!

~Auset
squrlymurly





Mar 16 2008 5:55 PM

Thanks for the add! I'm heading over to IAC to catch some of your tunes. Best wishes.
CHICAGO 9 BLUES BAND





Mar 14 2008 12:38 PM

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Hi Andy Thanks for the add, Regards Melvyn
blue number nine





Feb 11 2008 5:51 AM

Hello Andy,

Thank you for adding us and for the appreciation!

blue number nine
Bruce Boyd





Jan 10 2008 5:54 PM

Hey Andy. Great songs and great playing!
Claude Bourbon


Is Online


Jan 9 2008 2:15 AM

Hi Andy,
Happy New Year and welcome onto my Top friends...
Salut!
CB
Sons of the Delta





Dec 22 2007 8:06 AM

Hi Andy. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2008.

Best Wishes Mark & Rick

Alleycats





Dec 15 2007 10:13 AM

Thanks for being a friend to Alleycats. Will be good to see you and all our chums again at the new venues. Spread the word.
TTFN
Micky





Nov 5 2007 11:36 AM

You can do all the flashy HTML stuff and there is no design style to your page, tut tut. :-)

Micky
John





Oct 24 2007 12:29 PM

Buy tickets? ME? Hmmm.. (wish I could be there though...)
Steve





Oct 24 2007 10:33 AM

What's that Wylie bird like then? Any good?
Dave James Wheat





Oct 23 2007 6:09 AM

Thanks for add Andy.

Best wishes
Dave
John





Oct 22 2007 4:51 PM

Hi Andy! Good to see Portsmouth's own King Of The Blues is now on myspace - and I'm honoured to be in your top four friends!!!
Jon Amor





Oct 22 2007 8:45 AM

Hey cheers Andy,

See you in December!
Jon
ade cull





Oct 22 2007 3:07 AM

Hello Andy. Welcolme to MeMeMeSpace!
Claude Bourbon


Is Online


Oct 22 2007 2:58 AM

Hello Andy,
Lovely to see you here.
A bientot...
Salut!
CB
Bex Marshall





Oct 22 2007 2:15 AM

Great Playing Andy
thanks for hookin up
Bexx
Matt





Oct 21 2007 4:38 PM

Funny that....I messed up my first myspace slot aswell... I ended up being called my password...not sp good for business!
Welcome to the masses!


Matt Little
Micky





Oct 21 2007 8:01 AM

yes I should be OK for it. I am going to Croydon the day before and staying overnight so I am planning on getting the train back in the morning.

Micky
Micky





Oct 21 2007 2:54 AM

So, you decided to lower yourself to a myspace account after all then LOL

Micky
Andy





Oct 20 2007 6:22 PM

One advantage of messing up your initial myspace account is that you can send your self comments :-)

Check out this gig coming up at the Bullfrog @ The Alma, Eastney, Portsmouth in november.