Andy Roberts Music
July 23rd 2008 13:33
Andy Roberts Music
I thought I'd use this new blog space to write about Andy Roberts Music which is something I've been involved in for decades altogether. The name Andy Roberts is not unique of course, and there are literally hundreds of Andy Robertses around the world most of whom but not all will be called Andrew. Of these, there are only a few who are musicians and could be counted within the topic of Andy Roberts Music.
Andy Roberts as a young man
It all started at around teh age of fourteen when Andy Roberts picked up a cheap tatra spanish guitar that was lying around and started to learn a few chords. Within a few days he had learned enough to play some very simple songs and within a week or so was beginning to enjoy playing music regularly. Having been a singer ever since a child it was only a matter of time before Andy Roberts started to play his owm type of music, which at that time consisted of Loudon Wainwright and Roy Harper songs. The first notable public performance by Andy was in Truro Town Hall when Ralph McTell failed to turn up.
Andy Roberts own music
Within the emerging genre of singer somgwriting, Andy Roberts began to pen some of his own lyrics in a haphazard sort of way, coming uo with some original tunes amongst experiments with various different musical styles. "Hold on below" was one of those early songs that stayed with him, while Puddles and The show carries on were favourites at the time with audiences in Cornwall's many acoustic folk clubs during the 1970s
Andy Roberts in Paris
He had to do it. Following in the footsteps of a previous generation of folk singers who had started out busking, Andy headed off for a big city. Amsterdam was the original destination, but a problem with the police attitude there sent him quickly on to Paris where he worked as an itenerent musician singing in the metro and outside cinema queues on the Champs Elysees. The music adapted according to what worked best and could stand being repeated, and familiar tunes were better appreciated so the original Andy Roberts songs got less of an airing. That didn't mean he stopped songwriting though, and a number of more bluesy style songs were created during that period.
Andy Roberts on the Internet
Roll forward a few decades and suddenly we have the appearance of Andy Roberts music on the internet. This started with some very low quality "wav" files just before the mp3 format was invented, and continues now with a number of later songs published online for free download via Andy Roberts Music on his blog and also some older tunes which were priginally recoded in the 1980s and are now on the Andy Roberts Label on last.fm
I thought I'd use this new blog space to write about Andy Roberts Music which is something I've been involved in for decades altogether. The name Andy Roberts is not unique of course, and there are literally hundreds of Andy Robertses around the world most of whom but not all will be called Andrew. Of these, there are only a few who are musicians and could be counted within the topic of Andy Roberts Music.
Andy Roberts as a young man
It all started at around teh age of fourteen when Andy Roberts picked up a cheap tatra spanish guitar that was lying around and started to learn a few chords. Within a few days he had learned enough to play some very simple songs and within a week or so was beginning to enjoy playing music regularly. Having been a singer ever since a child it was only a matter of time before Andy Roberts started to play his owm type of music, which at that time consisted of Loudon Wainwright and Roy Harper songs. The first notable public performance by Andy was in Truro Town Hall when Ralph McTell failed to turn up.
Andy Roberts own music
Within the emerging genre of singer somgwriting, Andy Roberts began to pen some of his own lyrics in a haphazard sort of way, coming uo with some original tunes amongst experiments with various different musical styles. "Hold on below" was one of those early songs that stayed with him, while Puddles and The show carries on were favourites at the time with audiences in Cornwall's many acoustic folk clubs during the 1970s
Andy Roberts in Paris
He had to do it. Following in the footsteps of a previous generation of folk singers who had started out busking, Andy headed off for a big city. Amsterdam was the original destination, but a problem with the police attitude there sent him quickly on to Paris where he worked as an itenerent musician singing in the metro and outside cinema queues on the Champs Elysees. The music adapted according to what worked best and could stand being repeated, and familiar tunes were better appreciated so the original Andy Roberts songs got less of an airing. That didn't mean he stopped songwriting though, and a number of more bluesy style songs were created during that period.
Andy Roberts on the Internet
Roll forward a few decades and suddenly we have the appearance of Andy Roberts music on the internet. This started with some very low quality "wav" files just before the mp3 format was invented, and continues now with a number of later songs published online for free download via Andy Roberts Music on his blog and also some older tunes which were priginally recoded in the 1980s and are now on the Andy Roberts Label on last.fm
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