A blend of guitars, ellis stomps, great vocals, humour & original songwriting bring to life Andrew’s engaging & authentic style crossing blues, roots, pop, bluegrass & gospel genres. Andrew has a unique and quirky outlook on life that is conveyed in his songs, & his stories from the stage! In addition to a busy weekly schedule around Perth & WA, Andrew has performed at many major festivals including Port Fairy, Fairbridge, Bridgetown Blues, West Coast Blues & Roots, & he has shared the bill & the stage with a range of outstanding national & international performers. Andrew has released two solo albums ’Barrel O Monkeys’ (2003)and the mostly live recording ‘Can’t Slow Down’ (2004). He is sure to win over lovers of diverse roots music with The Decompression Chamber. Check out more about Andrew, his first two releases, and upcoming gigs at www.andrewwinton.com

Perth based musician Andrew Winton has been inspiring and entertaining audiences on both the west and east coasts of Australia. Combining exciting dobro and acoustic lap steel performances as well as lyrical vocals, he has proven to be an engaging and skillful songwriter.

Displaying a dynamic range of musical genres from roots, blues, bluegrass and pop, Andrew distills a highly entertaining show punctuated with humour, storytelling and guaranteed crowd interaction.

Andrew has been likened to Sting, Steely Dan and Ben Harper, with a percussive and fluid guitar style that can drive an audience for an entire show!

Andrew’s music is a range of blues, dynamic slide instrumentals, personal ballads and a dose of “contemporary suburban existentialist vaudeville humour”. Some have likened his voice to Sting in a Harry Manx state of mind. He plays a range of lap instruments including dobro, a 60-year-old Hawaiian guitar and the unique new 7 string acoustic lap guit/bass.

His concerts are high-energy presentations of original material and eclectic re-discoveries, punctuated with humour and stories.

He has had many festival tents completely on their feet slapping each other’s thighs, audience members guesting on ‘ugar’ horns and conducted assorted ‘community choreography’.

Working either solo or with his wife and dynamic vocalist Karen Winton (and sometimes their baby Rory!), he is often found with special guests like Peter Grayling, Lucky Oceans, Rod Vervest and Bob Thomson.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

supports for Jeff Lang, Lucky Oceans, Anne McCue, Nick Barker, Josh Pyke, Ash Grunwald, Geoff Achison Performed A Day On the Green in Nov 08 with Hoodoo Gurus, Thirsty Merc, Mark Seymour top 10 Australian Songwriters Association awards 2008 Rock/Indie Category top 10 MusicOZ Awards 2008 World/Folk category finalist International Songwriting Competition 2007 in Blues Category nominated for West Australian Music Industry (WAMI) award 2008 Best Guitarist nominated for WAMI 2007 Best Blues/Roots Act invited to perform SxSW music festival Texas 2007 tour of US/Canada 2007 including performances SxSW, Canadian Music Week (Toronto) Aussie BBQ @ SxSW 07 sharing the stage with Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, Beasts of Bourbon, Airbourne recently contacted by John Mayall (UK) who is performing Andrew's song 'Number's Down' live & plans to record it national tour 06 promoting successful release 'The Decompression Chamber' Winner Australian Songwriters Association best song in Folk/Acoustic category 06 Winner Australian Songwriters Association best live performance @ the awards night 06 finalist MusicOZ awards instrumental category 06