Andy Irvine is best known for his driving bassgrooves, huge tone, ferocious soloing and song writing skills. Hisvast experience performing on the road and in thestudio find him equally at home holding down thickfundamental support lines, ripping off aggressive bass solosand all points between. He has been influenced by funk,soul, blues, Jazz, gospel and various rock styles of music.With a playful musical personality and dynamic presence on
the stage, Andy radiates with passion and love for hiscraft.
As a top call freelance side man/session musician Irvinespends a great deal of time performing on the road and inthe studio with various artists covering a wide range ofstyles. Andy is currently touring and performing live with:Mississippi based piano virtuoso Eden Brent,and his own funky blues act-Andrew Irvine Group,
Andy has contributed his solid bass work to50 albums with national and international artists.
Irvine was featured in an interview/article on soloing inthe March 2009 issue of Bass Player Magazine, the magazinerefers to him as a "soloist sensation". He is adedicated educator of music and is currently presentingconcert clinics nationally with the support of his sponsor/endorsements:
Warwick Basses and Amps, EMG Pickups, Black Diamond Strings, Levey's Leather straps & gig bags,Excetylene Pro Audio, Babicz Full Contact Hardware, Essential Sound Products PowerChord PRO,Daring Audio pedals, Jensen MEGA acoustic Bass, Stratage electric guitars.
Since launching his clinic series in 2009 Andy has presented 35 bass clinics nationally,appeared at both the 2009 and 2010 Bass Player Live events held in LA.In 2012 25+ clinics are slated with Warwick and EMG as sponsors.
In March 2012 The Andrew Irvine Group will tour 6 countries throughout Europe in support of "Can't Slow Down"
2012 will mark the launching of Andy's high profile educational clinic series with Warwick/EMG sponsoring, titeld-The Warwick Sound Of Bass - Clinic Tour.Throughout 2012 the tour will hit 25 cities across the entire USA, in each city there will be a massive promotion and thousands ofdollars worth of FREE giveaways including Warwick basses, amps, and strings, EMG pickups and much more