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Andy Timmons
Timmons - live in Rome 2008 Photo: Roberto Scorta
Background information
Born	July 26, 1963 (1963-07-26) (age 46) Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, Instrumental rock, Glam metal
Occupations	Musician, Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1988–present
Associated acts	Danger Danger, G3
Website	Andy Timmons.com
Notable instruments
Ibanez AT300AV Signature model Ibanez AT100CL-SB Signature model

Andy Timmons (born 26 July 1963) is an American guitarist who has played in the bands Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, and Andy Timmons Band (ATB). He has also released several solo albums and has worked as a session guitarist. As a session player, he's been featured on CDs by drummer Simon Phillips, a live CD with Olivia Newton-John (Andy has been her music director/guitarist for several U.S. tours), two albums by Kip Winger, recording sessions for Paula Abdul, Paul Stanley, and radio and television jingles. He has also played alongside Steve Vai and Joe Satriani , Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Mike Stern, Ace Frehley, Ted Nugent, and Pierre Bensusan, as well as some of his favorite 1960s singing stars such as the Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, and Gordon Waller.

He has released two CDs on Favored Nations, the first being That Was Then, This Is Now and Resolution on May 2nd, 2006. Resolution is actually listed as being recorded by Andy Timmons Band and features Mike Daane on bass and Mitch Marine on drums.

According to his website, Timmons's hometown is Evansville, Indiana. However, he currently resides in Dallas, TX.

Discography

Danger Danger

• Danger Danger
• Down And Dirty Live
• Screw It!
• Cockroach

Solo

• Ear X-Tacy (1994)
• I Still Have the Best Name Ever (1995)
• Ear X-Tacy 2 (1997)
• Orange Swirl (1998)
• The Spoken and the Unspoken (1999)
• An Acoustic Christmas (2000)
• And-Thology 1 & 2 (2000)
• That Was Then, This Is Now (2002)

Andy Timmons Band

• Resolution (2006)

Kip Winger

• This Conversation Seems Like a Dream (1996)

External links

• Andy Timmons' official website
• Favored Nations' official website
• InstruMentalCase.com's 2007 audio interview with Andy Timmons
• History of Andy Timmons - Interview