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Andrew Giddings
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Andrew 'Andy' Giddings (born July 10, 1963 in Pembury, Kent) is an English keyboardist and has been a member of Jethro Tull since 1991.
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Andrew had two rabbits when he was four years old. He says that he never noticed them very much until the day they died. A day after the rabbits died Andrew was walking by a piano in his dining room when he reached up and pressed down two of the keys. He noticed that playing the two notes together produced a sad sound. To help him feel better about the rabbits, his mother signed him up for piano lessons.
At first Giddings hated the piano lessons but within two or three years of lessons he was beginning to give public performances. His first ever musical performance in a group was with two of his schoolmates playing on a borrowed drum kit and something that resembled a guitar. By the time he graduated from school Andy found himself a nine to five job at a music store.
A couple of years later he found himself involved with a band called Black Cat which he described as being terrible. The band found itself involved with musical acts of the day such as Mike Berry, Tommy Bruce and Jet Harris. He found mild success in England as a session musician and then embarked on a tour with Eric Burdon. Giddings remained part of Burdon's band for approx 5 years before more extensive touring, recording and television appearances with other artists.
He auditioned for a British pop outfit called "The Cutting Crew" and became the group's fifth member for about 36 hours before being replaced by someone with much better equipment.
Andrew Giddings joined Jethro Tull in 1991 and replaced former keyboardist Martin Allcock. He is still a member of the band today, although concerts due to be performed in 2007 won't include him, Jonathan Noyce on bass or Doane Perry on drums.