Andrew Winton
| Andrew Winton | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1972 |
| Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genres |
Blues Roots Bluegrass Gospel music Alternative |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals guitar Wintonbeast Dobro Lapsteel Stomp box |
| Labels | Independent |
| Associated acts |
Tin Dog, Five Point Turn Iris, Three Piece Heaven, Mike de Velta, Ellis Guitars |
| Website | Official Site |
| Notable instruments | |
| Wintonbeast, Gibson 1939 Slide Guitar, Dobro | |
Andrew Winton (born February 1972, Perth) is an independent and solo Australian musician who combines acoustic guitar, lap slide, dobro and seven-string lap guitar/bass (the Wintonbeast), with hollers and stomp.
Winton's sound has been likened to a cross between Ben Harper, Sting, Kelly-Joe Phelps and Harry Manx.
Winton currently lives in Perth with Karen (his wife, manager and percusionist/vocalist) and their three children.
Winton is a brother of the author Tim Winton and has a sister, Sharyn O'Neill, who is the current Director-General of the Western Australian Department of Education.
Winton also works part-time as a high school chaplain in Perth.
Winton grew up listening to Deep Purple, Kiss, Frank Zappa and Johnny Cash. He started his musical life as a drummer but in his later teenager years changed to electric guitar, playing in bands and completing a degree in jazz at the Conservatorium of Music in Perth. He played guitar for a few years in Perth band Hodad City with Adam Bruno who was to later become Adam Brand (multi CMA Golden Guitar Award winner) and then went on to have local success in 3Ph, a quirky funk-rock band with bandmates Stephen Kelly (bass/vox) and Paul Novosel (drums/vox) which won Western Australia's The Next Big Thing competition in 1997. The band however disbanded a short time later when Novosel (1999) and Kelly (2001) moved to the east coast to do session work. After being invited to play drums with Perth old-timey blues band Tin Dog, Winton was exposed further to the world of blues, roots and folk music. After seeing UK musician Rory McLeod perform in 2002, he was inspired to focus on solo songwriting road and began his transition to dobro and other lap style guitars, which are now his passion. He recorded his first solo album in 2003 after only eight months of dobro playing experience.
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