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Andy Eastwood (born 1980 in Blackburn, Lancashire)〔(Caroline Taylor, ''People Still Love Variety'', Lancashire Telegraph, 2 December 2006 )〕 is a vaudeville entertainer and ukulele player.〔(Finlo Rohrer, ''The Last Of The All-Round Entertainers'', BBC News Magazine, 22 February 2008 )〕 His interest in the ukulele and banjolele began when his grandfather gave him his first instrument as a child, and after reading music at the University of Oxford, where he also studied violin and piano, he graduated as the historic university's first musician ever to give a degree recital on the ukulele.〔(Peter Kingston, ''A Popular Chap'', The Guardian, 20 June 2002 )〕 After cutting his teeth as a cabaret performer, Eastwood broke into theatre and developed a reputation as a multi-instrumental variety act, combining his instrumental and vocal prowess with comic delivery, notably reminiscent of British film comedian George Formby, to whom (amongst others) Eastwood pays tribute in his act.〔(Mark Ritchie, ''The Good Olde Days'', The Stage, 14 August 2008 )〕〔(Official website biography )〕 Recent years have seen him touring as an opening act and supporting act for Ken Dodd, Danny La Rue, Ronnie Ronalde and also starring in a wartime revue called ''We'll Meet Again''.〔(Peter Hepple, ''Light Entertainment Roundup'', The Stage, 11 January 2006 )〕〔(Official website biography )〕 Eastwood's first CD album in 1999, was ''Ukulele Serenade''; it featured the comic songs of George Formby and various ukulele arrangements of well known standards, in keeping with his ambition to promote the ukulele to wider popularity than it had enjoyed in his youth. The album was championed by BBC Radio 2 presenter Desmond Carrington.〔(Peter Kingston, ''A Popular Chap'', The Guardian, 20 June 2002 )〕 Subsequent releases have included ''Ukulele Mania'' (2004),〔(www.amazon.co.uk Catalogue, Product Details for ''Ukulele Mania'' )〕 ''We'll Meet Again'' (2005),〔Tony Thornton, ''We'll Meet Again'', The Vellum, Autumn 2005〕 ''Bring Me Sunshine'' (2007),〔(www.amazon.co.uk Catalogue, Product Details for ''Bring Me Sunshine'' )〕 and ''Ukulele Mania Bonus Edition'' (2009).〔(Andy Eastwood official website )〕 In addition to the ukulele and banjolele, he plays violin, guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, bass, washboard, and of course, vocals, on his recordings.〔(Sam Inglis, ''Playback'', Sound On Sound, January 2008 )〕 In 2008 Eastwood began presenting a music programme called ''Andy's Attic'' on the internet radio station Retro Jukebox,〔(Bob Jolliffe, ''Turned Out Nice Again'', Bournemouth Echo, 11 August 2008 )〕 and in 2010 he released his first DVD, ''We'll Meet Again''.〔Tony Thornton, ''Hits From The Blitz'', The Vellum, Autumn 2010〕 Eastwood's TV appearances include ''Barrymore'', ''Blue Peter'', ''GMTV'', ''Today with Des and Mel'', and he also taught comedian Frank Skinner to play the ukulele for the 2006 BBC One show ''Play It Again''. Skinner became so interested in the instrument that as a result he went on to make a George Formby documentary for BBC Four, in which Eastwood also featured.〔Frank Skinner, ''On The Road'', Century Publishing, 2008〕 == Discography == *''Ukulele Serenade'' (1999) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 991 *''Running Wild'' with the band 'Red Hot & Blonde' (2002) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 021 *''Ukuelele Mania'' (2004) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 031 *''We'll Meet Again'' (2005) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 051 *''Bring Me Sunshine'' (2007) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 061 *''Ukulele Mania Bonus Edition'' (2009) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 081 *''We'll Meet Again (DVD)'' (2010) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 101 *''Spirit Of The Blitz'' with singer Lucia Matisse (2011) Label: ACE Music Catalogue No: ACE 111 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Eastwood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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