While early pop chart success first brought Andy Fairweather Low into the spotlight, every performance throughout his remarkable career has been anchored by a deep reverence for blues, gospel, and soul.
In 1967, he first captivated British audiences fronting Amen Corner with their hit rendition of Gin House Blues—inspired by Bessie Smith’s 1928 classic. Though decades of subsequent radio hits often overshadowed his roots, Andy’s formidable talent as a true blues guitarist and vocalist never faded. It is precisely this profound feel and dynamic touch that made him the go-to guitarist for many of the world’s most iconic music legends—including Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, and George Harrison.
Good enough for Eric...
Denis Cornell, "After playing with Eric Clapton and hearing Eric’s Cornell amp Andy asked me to make him an amp.
He asked me to meet him and the band at a venue a venue in Southend-on-Sea to discuss and demonstrate the type of sound he was after. He liked the 3 x 10 cabinet he was using and wanted a 40 watt head.
We discussed the various specific about the amp and he wanted and the control line up was to include Tremolo and a 3 way power reducer.
There was an initial problem in as much that the speakers in the 3 x 10 cabinet were very old and were starting to rub giving him a deep ‘barking’ sound that he liked.
This was going to be difficult for me to reproduce, fortunately his Guitar Tech (Steve Russell) obtained some speakers that had been used by ‘The Who’ for some time and gave a much closer sound than using new speakers."
A lifetime in music....
None other than Eric Clapton leads an incredibly impressive list of Andy’s discerning employers and collaborators — a list that also includes B.B. King, Benmont Tench, Bill Wyman, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Charlie Watts, Chris Barber, Chris Rea, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Dave Edmunds, David Crosby, David Gilmour, David Sanborn, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, Edie Brickell, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Garth Hudson, George Harrison, Georgie Fame, Gerry Rafferty, Jackson Browne, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker, Joe Satriani, John Mayall, Kate Bush, Levon Helm, Linda Ronstadt, Lonnie Donegan, Mary J. Blige, Mick Hucknall, Otis Rush, Paul Weller, Paul Young, Pete Townshend, Phil Collins, Richard and Linda Thompson, Rick Danko, Ringo Starr, Roger Waters, Ronnie Lane, Sheryl Crow, Steve Gadd, Steve Winwood, Stevie Nicks, The Impressions, The Who, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon and hundreds more.