After Junior had died from cancer in 1998 I didn't feel like going back playing clubs & bars in Chicago so I moved to Los Angeles.. I had some family in Long Beach and I've always loved So Cal. I played with some local bands at the beginning for work but I turned down a couple of big offers because I really wanted to start from scratch in Calif. My Trio thing started around 2002..
I wanted to play music that was completely honest & true to my roots and though half of that is Blues, I also wanted to play original songs in the Blues/Rock vein of Free and Led Zeppelin or the Who.. All the sounds I grew up combined with Chicago Blues, which I simply can't stay away from.
Andy Walo Trio have built a strong following mainly in the South Bay. They perform 15 - 20 shows a month throughout Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. "Live Your Life" - Andy Walo (available on: www.itunes.com www.amazon.com and www.cdbaby.com) was Released In March 2004 by Philadelphia indie-label Canadian-American Records, the full-length CD includes the folksy "Traveled" which charted at No. 1 on the Australian Indie Charts and pure rock songs such as title-track "Live Your Life" and "We Are Together". In August 2004, Andy performed at the Annual Harley Davidson Festival in Sturgis, South Dakota Featuring Kid Rock & ZZ Top. He also spent six weeks touring Northern Europe in the summer of 2005. In 2006 Andy Walo & friend Stephen Rowe performed in Nashville, Tennessee. opening up shows for 80's Aussie band Men At Work. Andy Walo Trio received a standing ovation at the 2008 Long Beach Blues Festival where they performed opening for Booker T & The MG's, John Mayall & Chuck Berry with others, this lead to the band performing Headline Stage at the 2009 Long Beach Blues Festival. Since 2007 Andy Walo Trio performs several shows monthly at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas, combined with gigs all throughout Southern California. New CD/EP Flamethrower released May 2009.
