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Andy Bown

Andy Bown (born 27 March 1946, The City, London, England, UK) is an English musician, who has specialized in keyboards and bass guitar. He is currently a member of the rock band [a=Status Quo]. Bown's first major band was The [a=Herd], along with [a=Peter Frampton]. After The Herd dissolved he spend two years with [a=Judas Jump] who were the opening act of the [l=Isle of Wight Festival] 1970. He played [keyboards at first] for Frampton in the 1970s then switching to bass briefly when [a=Rick Wills] departed the Peter Frampton band in early 1975. Bown himself left the Frampton entourage less than a year later, just as Frampton was on the verge of becoming a world-wide Rock sensation. He 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, first appearing on their Hello! album in that year. He joined Status Quo as a full member in 1976, and has been with them ever since. Bown supported [a=Pink Floyd] as a member of the surrogate band on their [i]The Wall[/i] tour. On Pink Floyd's album [i]The Final Cut[/i] Bown played keyboards.