Andrew Bown
Born: March 27th, 1946.
From: St Bartholomew's, City of London.
Personal: Andrew and his wife Ronnie (Veronica) live in Barnes, South West London. They have 4 children.
Plays: Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, Bass, Vocals, Songwriting.
Andrew, otherwise known as 'Acid Man' because of his acerbic wit, is the multi-instrumentalist of the band and whilst he wouldn't admit it, is a fantastic musician.
Besides the keyboards, harmonica and guitar that you see him playing on stage with Quo, he is a great bass player, in fact not many people are aware that bass is his main instrument. He is also by his own admission the worst drummer in the world!
Andrew is also a connoisseur of fine wines and noted consumer of the same.
A full member of the band since 1976, he has contributed some great songs to the Quo hit list including "Whatever You Want" and "Burning Bridges".
Equipment
The main keyboards Andrew uses on stage with Quo are a Roland piano, a Hammond C3 Organ and a Roland D70 which is also used for a mother keyboard and is connected to a Roland U220, a Vintage Keys module and an Akai Sampler. He has a Leslie speaker for the Hammond Organ, which is kept at the back of the stage and various pedals and effects which have all been modified to make the setup more comfortable to play.
When playing the guitar, Andrew uses custom guitars by Jamie Davey, a vintage Fender Telecaster, a Gibson Les Paul, a Washburn semi-acoustic and Gibson and Takamini acoustics.
He also plays several Harmonicas and as with the other members of Quo, Andrew uses in-ear radio monitoring.