Andy Timmons

In the US, studio guitarist Andy Timmons almost became a household name in the late eighties as the guitar player for New York’s gold-record selling rock band Danger Danger. The band had a string of hits and popular videos for singles including “Bang Bang” and “Naughty Naughty,” incorporating a sound that would be best described as a hard rock version of Journey. Unfortunately, their record label derailed their efforts by refusing to release their third CD and, of course, they prevented the band from acquiring rights to it for several years. Andy returned to his home in the lone-star state to further his session career and to develop music with his own group, the Andy Timmons Band.

Over the last decade, Andy has been very busy both in the studio and on stage. He’s recorded or played with artists as diverse as Pink, Paula Abdul, LeAnn Rimes, and Kip Winger. He’s played alongside your G3 heros including Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, and Joe Satriani, and he’s been Olivia Newton-John’s musical director on numerous US tours.

Sadly, those of us here in the US haven’t had the chance to get to know Andy’s instrumental work. Despite multiple CDs released abroad, none received distribution in the US until recently. Now signed to Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label, May 2 saw the release of Resolution from the Andy Timmons Band. Fans of driving, grooving, rocking, sometimes Texas-blues-infused, instrumental rock will want to race out and pick up a copy of Resolution right away.

We spent a couple of hours talking with Andy about the new CD, some of his previous adventures and misadventures in the world of rock and roll and, of course, his outstanding tone!

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