May his beautiful soul be in bliss with the divine, I love you Andy. Andy was one of my heroes, a man who inspired the shit out of Hillel, Anthony and I as youngsters I was thrilled beyond belief when he agreed to produce our first album. After not being in touch for many years, Andy and I had spoken recently, and communicated a lot of over the last several months. Ros Allen, and Alan Riggs (with Wilko Johnson cutout). Andy Bown Andy Fairweather Low Andy Fletcher Andy Gill Andy McCoy Andy McKee Andy Partridge Andy Powell Andy Scott Andy Sneap. Gills unique guitar sound had a forebear in the playing of Wilko Johnson, the frenetic. It cut a fucking hole right the thick LA smog that I wanted to jump through. along with another with multiple- student occupancy in which Andy Gill. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill. nice clip wilko seems like he sussed out a rad guitar style that bridged the gap between andy gill and steve cropper. In the same way that Entertainment was not an Andy Gill record, our new album Happy Now is a Gang Of Four record. Thats a record that changed my life forever, and was massively influential on my development as a musician, and showed me what a rock band could be. Turn that shit up loud and rock the fuck out. Role model of Andy Gill was Wilko Johnson, guitarist of the leading pub rock band Dr Feelgood, who developed a prickly style of rhythm-driven playing. Go listen to the Gang of Four album ENTERTAINMENT right now. Andy Gill, one of my favorite guitar players of all time has left us.
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