Andrew Lawrence Jackson is an American independent musician, composer, writer, songwriter, singer, guitar player, multi-instrumentalist, producer, poet, illustrator, artist, modern-day surrealist, and love believer.
A San Francisco Bay Area native, Jackson began writing songs at age 16, and has continued writing and composing ever since. The psychedelic rock of the late 60's made a strong impression on him when he was a boy growing up in the suburbs of Southern California. He credits "I Am The Walrus" by The Beatles as the song that first opened his mind to the sonic and lyric possibilities in music.
After moving back to the Bay Area in 1972, he discovered glam rock (Roxy Music, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Sparks), and a few years later in 1977 was immersed in punk and funk. In 1980, Jackson DJ'd on college radio as Bub Rhino at KFJC Los Altos Hills, just when a treasure-trove of post-punk bands were exploding on the underground music scene. All these musical genres, as well as deep explorations into British rock, world music, pop, ambient, and electronic music, have made a strong imprint on Jackson's perspective as an artist. And you can hear it in his songs.
A prolific writer and recording artist, Jackson has independently released more than 10 solo albums, plus 7 albums of his songs with Zru Vogue (and the Bandit Ducks EP with Science Patrol). Jackson continues to perform and record both as a solo artist and with Zru Vogue.
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