Artist description Andy Collins is a singer / guitarist / songwriter who has spent the last 22 years wandering around Tropical Australia. The songs on this CD are not figments of his imagination - they are the stories of his life in the North.

Music Style A combination of blues, swing and country, with a touch of latin and reggae which has been described as various types of roots music

Musical Influences Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Jimmy Rodgers, Merle Travis, Bluegrass, Bob Wills, Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Donny Andrews, Geoff Munton, Chuck Hutchins

Similar Artists Van Morrison, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Buffet, Willie Nelson, Blind Blake,Leadbelly, Bill Collins

Artist History Andy Collins went North to Tropical Australia in an old Kombi van in the seventies. He cut his musical teeth in the famed and feared bars of the Barbary Coast - singing for the fishermen, cane cutters, miners, hippies and desperadoes who drifted around the North. The songs on this album are reflections of a life and times spent in Tropical North Queensland.

Group Members Andy Collins - vocals and acoustic guitar George Almanza - organ and vibes. Rigel Best - acoustic bass. Russell Corowa - didgeridoo. Peter Ella - mandolin. Steve Gilbert - harmonica. Paul Green - electric slide guitar. Jassim Hagglund - tabla. Russell Harris - trumpet. Ruedi Homberger - saxophones.Gary Howard - drums. Wayne Macintosh - nylon string, electric guitar James Mann - electric guitar, programming, sequencing. Joey May - piano. Nigel Pegrum - percussion. Kirk Steel - Accordion. Giuseppe Vizzone - drums Gary Ward - electric bass. Kyle Watson - trumpet Margaret Willis - violin. Backing vocals - Belinda Butler, Hayley Canuto, Lili Collins, Rosie Collins, Agatha Lutz, James Mann, Sharon Russell, Kerry Walsh, Tony Hillier, Kookaburra.

Instruments organ, vibes, acoustic bass, didgeridoo, mandolin, harmonica, electric slide guitar, tabla, trumpet, saxaphones, drums, nylon string guitar, electric guitar, piano, percussion, accordion, drums, electric bass, trumpet, violin

Albums Barron Delta Blue - Andy Collins

Press Reviews 'It's a real tour de force of the songwriting and musical talent of Andy Collins" Ridwan Sedgwick - Cairns Barfly "I reckon it's fabulous" David Anderson - Qld Sunday ABC Radio "Collins is in danger of becoming the next overnight success story" Mike Daly - The Melbourne Age. "A proud aural snapshot of our part of the world. Well done, Andy" Brett Charles - Cairns Wheels. "What a pleasure to receive this totally unbelievable album. I will certainly give it the airplay it deserves." Jeff Dunn - Sydney Radio Presenter. "Barron Delta Blue may be the best album produced in the Far North" John Killorn - Editor of Time Out Cairns Post . "This album should appeal to a wide and varied audience"Glenn Nelson - Highway 49 Blues Magazine. "Collins' CD is one of the finest produced here in Cairns" Tony Hillier - Editor Cairns Barfly. "The songwriting is excellent and so are the arrangements and instrumentation"Gary Weis - Streetwise Music, Brisbane

Additional Info Produced and mixed by James Mann Engineered by Nigel Pegrum. Recorded at Select Sound, Cairns

Location Cairns, QLD - Australia

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