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Andy Bown
real name Andrew Steven Bown
Beckenham, United Kingdom
Andy Bown is credited on 1,616 releases across 273 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,616
Credits
273
Albums
7
Decades active
697
In collections
Biography
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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 Status Quo.
Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The Herd dissolved he spend two years with Judas Jump who were the opening act of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
He played [keyboards at first] for Frampton in the 1970s then switching to bass briefly when 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 Pink Floyd as a member of the surrogate band on their The Wall tour. On Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut Bown played keyboards.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,616 releases · 273 albums · active 1966–2026
- Performance · 3,436
- Other credits · 91
- Production · 67
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Olympic Studios · I.B.C. Studios · Apollo Theatre, Glasgow · Windmill Lane Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Wall
1979

The Final Cut
1983

The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
1984

Frampton
1975

Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Live 1980-81)
2000

Blue For You
1976

12 Gold Bars
1980

Whatever You Want
1979

Rockin' All Over The World
1977

Hello!
1973

Live
1977

Discovery
2011

12 Gold Bars Volume I+I
1984

From The Makers Of....
1982

The Session Recorded In London With Great Guest Artists
1973

The Best Of Rory Gallagher
2020

Rocking All Over The Years
1990

Back To Back
1983

1+9+8+2 = XX
1982

Never Too Late
1981

Just Supposin'...
1980

If You Can't Stand The Heat...
1978

Wind Of Change
1972

In Search Of The Fourth Chord
2007
Frequent collaborators
- Status Quo
- Various
- The Herd
- Judas Jump
- Pink Floyd
- Roger Waters
- Scooter
- Storyteller (5)
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