Andy McKee & Don Ross - The Thing That Came From Somewhere (2008) [mp3@256] [Acustic Guitar]

Andy McKee - The Thing That Came From Somewhere



Origin: USA (Topeka)

Genre: Guitar acustic

Label: CANdYRAT Records

Release: January 2008

Web site: http://www.andymckee.com/
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Tracklist:



1. Spirit of the West

2. Rylynn

3. The Thing that came from Somewhere

4. Dolphins

5. Ouray

6. Tight Trite Night

7. Hoover the Musical Dog

8. Ebon Coast

9. Dreamcatcher

10. With You In Mind

11. Klimbim





Biography:



Andy McKee is one of the world’s finest acoustic soloists. After receiving over 20 million views collectively for his Youtube videos which were posted by the independent record label “Candyrat”, Andy’s success is a testament to the changing nature of the music industry as well as people’s desire for something new and interesting to listen to. At one point, Andy held the #1, #2 and #3 positions for Top-Rated Videos of All Time on the hugely popular website. His videos are still among the highest rated on Youtube. Consequently, Andy has performed to sold out shows in all over the world.



After starting with an interest in electric guitar, Andy turned to the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began enjoying and studying the music of Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Billy McLaughlin and Preston Reed. To this day he still sites these four musicians as his primary influences in acoustic music. At the same time, Andy draws inspiration from various other musicians and groups such as; Earth Wind and Fire, The Yellowjackets, Bjork, Imogen Heap, Pantera, Eric Johnson, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Bruce Hornsby, and many others.



While there are countless amazing guitar players in the world, it is Andy’s attention to song structure and melodic content that elevates him above the typical guitarist. It can be observed that Andy likes to try different things with the guitar such as; altered tunings, partial capos, percussive hits, and tapping. But in the hands of Andy these are not mere parlor tricks, they are compositional tools used to create some of the finest crafted music for the steel string acoustic guitar.



Andy was born in Topeka Kansas, and he performs between 100-200 shows annually across the world.