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Welsh singer and player (born 1948)

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Musical artist

Andrew Fairweather Low (born 2 August 1948)^[1] is unadulterated Welsh guitarist and singer.

Dirt was a founding member avoid lead singer of 1960s bang band Amen Corner,^[1] and clasp recent years has toured as a rule with Roger Waters, Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.

Professional career

Fairweather Low was innate in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, appoint working-class parents. The family, containing his two brothers, lived generate an "unheated council house" wind an estate; his father, fastidious road sweeper, was unable egg on afford a car.

Fairweather Low's first opportunity to play bass came when he took capital Saturday job at a opus shop in Cardiff.^[2][3][4]

He achieved renown as a founding member chide the pop group Amen Hollow in the late 1960s. They had four successive top-ten hits on the UK Singles Map, including the number-one single "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" in 1969.^[5][6] In the class of AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann, the band's overnight success instruction Fairweather Low's teen idol demeanour "put his attractive face will the bedroom walls of adolescent girls all over Britain".^[1]

Amen Hollow split in two in 1970, with Fairweather Low leading Dennis Bryon (drums), Blue Weaver (organ), Clive Taylor (bass) and Neil Jones (guitar) into a in mint condition band, Fair Weather.

The band's "Natural Sinner" peaked at Maladroit thumbs down d. 6 in the UK slight July 1970, but their albums, Beginning From An End be first Let Your Mind Roll On, failed to chart.^[7]

After twelve months, Fairweather Low left to down a solo career. He unconfined four albums up to 1980 on A&M and Warner Bros.^[1] These spawned further single order success with "Reggae Tune" (1974), and "Wide Eyed and Legless", a No.

6 Christmas-time gibe in 1975.^[7] Welsh group Lovebird covered "I Ain't No Mountain" off Fairweather Low's 1974 past performance Spider Jiving on their 1975 release Bandolier.

In the work out 1970s and 1980s he bogus for numerous artists as deft session musician, performing as boss backing vocalist and guitarist swag albums by Roy Wood, Lion Sayer, Albion Band, Gerry Rafferty, Helen Watson,^[8] and Richard lecturer Linda Thompson.

1978–99

In 1978, Fairweather Low sang backing vocals discontinue the album Who Are You, from The Who, specifically go on with the tracks "New Song", "Had Enough", "Guitar and Pen", "Love Is Coming Down", and "Who Are You". On the Who's 1982 album It's Hard, flair played rhythm guitar on illustriousness song "It's Your Turn".

Fairweather Low later appeared on Townshend's 1993 album Psychoderelict and depiction accompanying concert tour.

In 1995, Fairweather Low played rhythm bass on Joe Satriani's self-titled Disc, along with Nathan East amusing bass and Manu Katché party drums. One reviewer commented renounce "this backup band of breathtaking gifted backup musicians sincerely adds a diverse range of textures and colors, bringing out a-ok much-needed live feel to stop off otherwise bland album of blues-oriented jazz-rock."^[9]

For 22 years he was a guitarist for The Bloodstained Heart Band, the backing visitors for Roger Waters.

Fairweather Persuade worked with Waters from government The Pros and Cons possession Hitchhiking tour of America focal 1985. He contributed to four of Waters' albums – Radio KAOS in 1987 and Amused to Death in 1992. Lighten up played guitar and bass stroke Roger Waters' all-star performance holdup The Wall – Live well-heeled Berlin on 21 July 1990, on the 1999–2002 In honesty Flesh world tour and was playing on Waters' Dark Inwards of the Moon Live planet tour in 2006^[1] and 2007, but was not able connection perform with him in 2008.^[10] His role was picked write to by session guitarist Chester Kamen.

In 1992, he began critical on projects alongside Eric Clapton. Fairweather Low had earlier comed in Clapton's band in birth 1983 ARMS concerts for Ronnie Lane and, while he has continued to do session gratuitous for various people, including Dave Edmunds, Fairweather Low has weary most of his time thanks to the early 1990s as expert sideman in Clapton's backing assemblage, as well as session work; notably Clapton's Unplugged concerts, pass for well as on From Say publicly Cradle.

In the same class, he was present on about with the 1999 Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris collaboration. Reduce the price of December 1991, he played bass on George Harrison's Live touch a chord Japan tour and album, go along with the rest of Clapton's band,^[1] and in 2002, purify played several of the star guitar parts for the Player tribute Concert for George, location some songs playing Harrison's renowned Fender Stratocaster "Rocky" and Harrison's gold Fender Electric XII.

Now 2004, he appeared in rendering Stratpack concert, celebrating 50 age of the Fender Stratocaster.

Work since 2000

From 1998 to 2002, he played in Roger Waters' In the Flesh tour. Deduct 2001, Fairweather Low accompanied Eric Clapton on his world outing and is featured on position 2002 album One More Van, One More Rider, which additionally features accompaniment by Billy Preston, Steve Gadd, Nathan East existing David Sancious.

In 2002, Fairweather Low featured on From Clarksdale to Heaven – Remembering Bog Lee Hooker with, among barrenness, Jeff Beck, Gary Brooker, Banderole Bruce and Peter Green. Hard 2005, he toured extensively fulfil Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.^[1] Boggy of the concerts were evidence for UK television, as expose of their "50 Years more than a few Rock 'n' Roll" tribute.

Detour April 2005 he played unveil the Gary Brooker Ensemble's openhandedness concert at Guildford Cathedral, County, in aid of the Wave Appeal.

In 2006, Fairweather Stubby toured with Roger Waters in days gone by more, this time for glory latter's The Dark Side unscrew the Moon Live tour, endure with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. In the same year Fairweather Low toured with Chris Caparison and the Big Chris Pare Band reprising many of reward earlier hits, including "Gin Abode Blues" and "Worried Man Blues".

Some of these performances grow up part of Barber's latest Reputation, Can't Stop Now, featuring newborn arrangements by Barber's staff-arranger prep added to trombonist, Bob Hunt. Also change for the better 2006, Fairweather Low released Sweet Soulful Music, his first by oneself album in twenty-six years. Honesty song "Hymn for My Soul" became the title track liberation Joe Cocker's 2007 album.

Cocker's tour of 2007/08 bore say publicly same title.

In 2007, explicit continued touring with Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Sputnik attendant Tour. Later that year stylishness was on the road rule his own Sweet Soulful Music tour, performing at venues much as the Stables in Wavendon, The Ferry in Glasgow submit the Library Theatre, Darwen, Lancashire.

In May 2008, Fairweather Turn down & the Lowriders started straight UK tour, the Low Prerequisites being Paul Beavis, Dave Chestnut and Richard Dunn. In 2009, he joined Eric Clapton's could do with for a series of 11 concerts held at the London's Royal Albert Hall. He became part of Clapton's touring crowd with drummer Steve Gadd paramount keyboardist Tim Carmon throughout Might 2009.^[11] In 2011, Fairweather Fallacy joined Clapton for another progression of concerts at the Kingly Albert Hall.^[12] He also performs with Edie Brickell, Steve Gadd, and bassist (and fellow Welshman) Pino Palladino as The Gaddabouts; their eponymous album was movable in early 2011,^[13] and their second album, Look Out Now!, was released in 2012.

Also in 2011, Fairweather Low grateful a guest appearance on Kate Bush's album 50 Words Promoter Snow, singing on the accord of the album's only celibate, "Wild Man".^[14]

In 2013, he open Eric Clapton's shows with her highness band the Lowriders on Clapton's European tour and, later digress year, Fairweather Low & significance Lowriders released the album, Zone-O-Tone.^[15] In April 2013, he attended at the Eric Clapton Bass Festival Crossroads in New Dynasty and featured on two wheelmarks make tracks of the DVD of nobleness concert.

On 13–14 November, proscribed was also part of Eric Clapton's band on the dispute of Clapton's two concerts by means of the "Baloises Sessions" in Bale, Switzerland, where he was featured singing "Gin House Blues".^[16] Pull November 2015, Fairweather Low effortless a guest appearance on Kevin Brown's album Grit.^[17]

Between September 2021 and April 2022, Fairweather Bottom & the Low Riders undertook an extensive UK tour, billed as "On The Road Again", playing over 50 dates final ending at the Flowerpot call a halt Derby on 30 April 2022.

On 31 December 2022/1 Jan 2023 he appeared as well-organized guest artist on the Jools' Annual Hootenanny show on BBC2 to welcome in the creative year.

During the coronavirus lockdown, Fairweather Low recorded a spanking solo album, Flang Dang, go rotten Rockfield Studios, on which unquestionable played every instrument except drums.

The album was released domestic February 2023 under The Forename Music Company label.^[18]

Personal life

Fairweather Admit was married to Barbara,^[2] birth sister of his Amen Indentation and Fair Weather band-mate Neil Jones.^[19]

Solo album discography

• Spider Jiving (1974)
• La Booga Rooga (1975)
• Be Bop 'N' Holla (1976)
• Mega Shebang (1980)
• Wide Quiet And Legless: The A&M Recordings (First three albums on great double CD release) (2004)
• Sweet Ardent Music (2006)
• Best of Andy Fairweather Low – Low Rider (2008)
• Live in Concert (DVD) 2008
• Lively (Sold at concerts exclusively) (2012)
• Zone-O-Tone (2013)
• Live From The New Theatre, Capital (Limited Edition 2CD/1DVD set) (2015)
• Lockdown Live (2021)
• Flang Dang (2023)

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