After five years on the Chicago Blues scene, Andy relocated to Los Angeles,
CA. where he co-led local Blues-band The Mama's Boys for two years,
recording two CDs and assisting the band in becoming winners of 'Southern
California's Best Unsigned Blues Band' at the 1999 Doheny Blues Festival.
Walo formed his own band in 2002, showcasing original songs in the Classic
Blues/Rock vein of Free and Led Zeppelin coupled with Classic, Funky
Chicago Blues.
"Live Your Life" - Andy Walo (available on www.amazon.com www.tower.com and www.cdbaby.com) was released In March 2004 by Philadelphia based
indie-label Canadian-American Records. This popular full-length CD includes
the folky "Traveled" which same year charted at No.1 on the Australian
Indie Charts, but also features pure Rock tracks "Live Your Life" and "We
Are Together". In August 2004, Andy performed at the 'Annual Bike Week
Festival' in Sturgis, South Dakota Featuring Kid Rock & ZZ Top, then spent
six weeks touring Northern Europe in the summer of 2005. Andy & friend,
Australian Country-Singer Stephen Rowe performed in Nashville, TN. in 2006
opening up for 1980s Aussie-band Men At Work.
Three Walo songs were licensed in 2007 for the upcoming DB Sweeney & Ed
Harris Movie "Two Tickets To Paradise".
Andy Walo's energetic Trio performs 3 to 5 times a week supported by a
strong following all over Southern California, and recently also at The Las
Vegas House Of Blues/Mandalay Bay where they perform for a worldwide crowd
twice monthly. A new Andy Walo CD is due for release sometime 2008.
The band: Andy Walo - Guitar/Vocals, Roger Bueno - Bass. Wide array of
Drummers including; Joe Snyder/David Goodstein/Mike Leasure/Ric Rocc/Matt
Olofson/Clark Becker - Andy is also featuring long-time friend Rayzur on
Blues Harmonica at select shows.
