11 Facts About Andy Bown

Andrew Steven Bown was born on 27 March 1946 and is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar.

Andy Bown played [keyboards at first] for Frampton in the 1970s then switched to bass briefly when Rick Wills departed the Peter Frampton band in early 1975.

Andy Bown himself left the Frampton entourage less than a year later, just as Frampton was on the verge of achieving worldwide success.

Andy Bown went back to England where he first dabbled with a solo career, then resumed work with Status Quo whom he started playing keyboards for in 1973 as a session musician, including sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis on the London Sessions Album.

Andy Bown joined Status Quo as a full member in 1982, and has been with them ever since.

Andy Bown released a number of singles in the 1970s, including "New York Satyricon Zany" and "Another Shipwreck", none of which charted.

Andy Bown released five albums, the first of which, Gone to My Head, was released in 1972.

Andy Bown did some keyboards for Pink Floyd's The Final Cut album.

Andy Bown still plays keyboards, guitar and harmonica with Status Quo, and is an integral part of the band, having co-written many well known Quo songs on various studio albums, most prominently collaborating with Rick Parfitt on the group's 1979 hit "Whatever You Want".

Andy Bown uses a vintage Fender Telecaster, a Gibson Les Paul, a Washburn semi-acoustic as well as a Takamine acoustic.

Andy Bown uses custom Telecaster types and a Stratocaster-type made by J Davey Guitars, and sometimes uses Rick Parfitt's custom-made Fender Telecaster Thinline.