Ace Andres
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Ace Andres
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 22, 1958 |
| Origin | , U.S. |
| Genres |
Hard rock rockabilly |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Associated acts | The X-15s, Spinal Tap, The Tubes |
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Peavey Wolfgang Gretsch 6120 |
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Ace Andres (born June 22, 1958) is an American songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and political activist. He is atypical of rock musicians in that he is overtly conservative politically. The Wave Magazine of Silicon Valley, referred to Ace Andres' music in its October 2005 issue as "fast, loud, unapologetically confrontational rock."The Wave Magazine went so far as to refer to Ace as a Guitar god. In later an issue (April 2006) The Wave Magazine would use Ace Andres as a synonym for a guitar virtuoso.
He was born in to parents that were in the restaurant/nightclub business. Ace was born in the same hospital (Dameron Hospital) around the same time as singer Chris Isaak. Both would attend A.A.Stagg Highschool while living in North Stockton California. Chris was Ace's Highschool President.
In the summer of 1968, Ace Andres was introduced to politics. His neighbor was California congressman and House Majority Whip John J. McFall (D)CA. Ace worked in the congressman's re-election headquarters. In 1972 Ace became a volunteer team leader for the "George McGovern for President" campaign. Ace followed his brother's footsteps and enlisted in the Navy a year later towards the end of the Vietnam War. It was in the US Navy that Ace founded his first professional band, a power trio called Sky High (Kerry Henry/bass and Toby Woodard/drums) that performed in Japan in 1976.
After leaving the Navy with an honorable discharge in 1977, Ace returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and recorded his first single "Still Waiting" and "I can't love you no more".
In the late 1970s Ace met then presidential candidate and former actor Ronald Reagan. This had an effect on the musician that planted the seeds of conservatism in him. In 1980 he registered as a republican.
In 1995 Ace publicly confronted incumbent congressman William P. Baker (R)CA in a debate over "affirmative action legislation". Ace exposed congressman Baker's liberal viewpoint on affirmative action in a town hall meeting in Castro Valley, California which might have contributed to his defeat by the moderate "Ellen Tauscher (D)CA. The next day Ace was interviewed on the "Savage Nation" by best-selling author Michael Savage on the radio station KSFO.
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