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Producer and songwriter closely associated with Simply Red. Other artists he's worked with
include Tom Jones, Sinead O'Connor, Eurythmics,
Luciano Pavarotti, Natalie Imbruglia, Bon Jovi and Toše Proeski.
He worked with Simple Minds
on the bonus material for Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+
(Stagefright,
Broken Glass Park and
Blood Diamonds), the
majority of Big Music and
Acoustic and
Walk Between Worlds.
"I genuinely was a Simple Minds fan, and I still am. The first time I saw them was on
Top of the Pops performing Promised You A Miracle which was on
the 1982 album New Gold Dream. They were already five albums in by then, but
I’d never heard of them. I wasn’t aware of the other stuff – that’s just how it was for me. I had a bit of a sheltered upbringing,
not sheltered from Simple Minds in particular, but from anything resembling cool culture. My parents had me spending
most of my time in church, so actually discovering rock music wasn’t that easy!"
"Anyway, I saw Promised You A Miracle on Top of the Pops, which coincidentally
was the track that ended up being my introduction to Jim, because it was the song I recorded
with him and Martha Wainwright for an Oxfam charity track. The first time we met we sat and chatted during the recording
and got on very well. We really hit it off and because Jim’s a pro-active type of guy he
wanted to see what it would be like recording together. I literally got a call a couple of days later from Ian, their
manager, saying 'Jim would like to do three or four tracks with you.'" - Andy Wright, 5th September 2016
discography: mainstream singles
discography: mainstream albums
family tree
Simple Minds #42
Simple Minds #44
Simple Minds #46
website
andywrightmusic.com
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