Andy Fairweather Low
And The Low Riders
2025-10-04
The Fire Station
Sunderland UK
Audience Recording
Quality A
Artwork Included
Time:108 Minutes.


Lineage Tascam DR40 24Bit 96Khz with internal mikes>HD>Audacity>16Bit 44Khz>Dime.


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Recorded front row centre stalls,at a great local venue,check it out they
have a wide range of artists on the calendar.


What a gig,been wanting to catch a show for ages. Andy looked great in his sharp
suit and Beatle Cuban heeled boots,with a tie and silver tie clip.
And what an underrated guitarist Andy is fingerpicking and singing at the same time.
Full of enthusiasm,and enjoying what he was doing. I don't like what i do,Andy told us.
I love what i do.


He originally came to fame as vocalist and leader of the Cardiff pop group Amen Corner.
The band had four Top 30 hits – a sequence starting on Decca’s subsidiary Deram label with ‘Gin House Blues’ in 1967 – before leaving at the end of 1968 to join Andrew Loog Oldham’s pioneering indie, Immediate.
Amen Corner were instantly rewarded with a UK number one, ‘(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice’ in early 1969 but, despite another Top Five hit with Roy Wood’s ‘Hello Suzie’ the band did not survive success.

By the following year Amen Corner had split, with Andy Fairweather Low escaping the teenybop grind by forming the simply named Fairweather, a band signed to RCA’s shiny new progressive label, Neon. Fairweather reached number six in the UK singles chart with ‘Natural Sinner’ during the summer of 1970.
It was to be, however, the band’s only hit. One album later and Fairweather came to an end. Andy Fairweather Low then became somewhat of a refugee from the music business, eventually emerging three years later as a solo artist with an album called ‘Spider Jiving’ on A&M.

The album was produced by Elliot Mazer – best known for his work with Neil Young – and featured some heavyweight backup support from the likes of the Memphis Horns and Area Code 615 featuring Nashville legend Charlie McCoy on harmonica. ‘Spider Jiving’ included the wah-wah driven ‘Reggae Tune’, a UK Top 10 hit in September 1974.

Andy Fairweather Low was on something of a roll. The following year, 1975, he released his second solo album, ‘La Booga Rooga’, which eventually emerged as his most successful record. Produced by the celebrated Glyn Johns – at that time fresh from working with The Eagles –
‘La Booga Rooga’ featured such stellar musicians as ex-Eagle Bernie Leadon (guitar), Dave Mattacks (drums), Kenney Jones (drums), John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick (keyboards), BJ Cole (steel guitar), Gallagher & Lyle and Georgie Fame (keyboards). Among the tracks was ‘Wide Eyed and Legless’, a Top 10 hit for Fairweather Low at the end of 1975.


Andy Fairweather Low-Guitars,Vocals
Paul Beavis-Drums
Ian Jennings-Bass
Richard Milner-Keyboards
Nick Pentalow-Horns
Pete Cook-Horns


First Set

1. Intro
2. Reggae Tune
3. Bend Me Shape Me
4. (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
5. Night Train
6. Dark Of The Midnight
7. Spider Jiving
8. Hymn 4 My Soul
9. I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
10.Mellow Down
11.In Spite of All the Danger
12.One After 909
13.Sweet Soulful Music
14.Tequila
15.Got Me a Party
16.Nuages


Second Set

1. Intro
2. Life is Good
3. Matchbox
4. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
5. Magic Sam's Boogie
6. TV Mama
7. Got Love If You Want It
8. My Baby Left Me
9. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
10.Lay My Burden Down/ Will The Circle Be Unbroken
11.Peter Gunn
12.Gin House Blues
13.Wide Eyed and Legless
14.Let There Be Drums
15.I Shall Not Be Moved


Special thanks to Derek,and the two Steve's for help with the song titles.


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