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12 Facts About Andrew Pendlebury

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Andrew Scott Pendlebury was born on 1952 and is an Australian guitarist-songwriter.

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Andrew Pendlebury has undertaken other projects and issued four solo albums.

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Andrew Scott Pendlebury was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1952 and grew up there.

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Scott's portrait of his two children, Anne and Drew Andrew Pendlebury, was a finalist for the 1979 Archibald Prize.

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Andrew Pendlebury spent a year with The Dugites alongside The Sharks' bandmate, Crosbie on keyboards and backing vocals, and Lynda Nutter on lead vocals.

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Andrew Pendlebury played on Cummings' first solo album Senso and subsequent three albums, This Wonderful Life, Lovetown and A New Kind of Blue.

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From 1986 Andrew Pendlebury joined a post-punk, Southern gospel group, Slaughtermen, with Ferrie, Ian Stephen on vocals, piano and organ; and Des Hefner on drums.

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The group released two albums, Still Lovin' You and Melbourne, Memphis and a Mansion in the Sky, before Andrew Pendlebury began to focus on his solo career.

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In July 1987 Andrew Pendlebury released his debut solo album, Between the Horizon and the Dockyard, on Cleopatra Records which was co-produced by Andrew Pendlebury with Mark Woods.

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In 1988 Andrew Pendlebury released his second solo album, Tigerland, which was followed in 1990 by Zing Went the Strings on WEA Records.

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On both albums Andrew Pendlebury worked with Pete Linden, Paul Grabowsky, Stephen Hadley, JJ Hacket, Shane O'Mara, Nick Smith, Cummings, Doug de Vries and Michael Williams.

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In 2002 Andrew Pendlebury reunited with Ferrie and formed a twin guitar duo; the following year they released an album, Late Night at the Nicholas Building.