Andy has been heavily influenced by the classics, namely Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Rod Stewart, Lowell George, B.B. King, Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton and also more recent musicians such as Chris Robinson, Marc Ford, Rich Robinson, Ben Harper, John Mayer and countless others.
Andy's approach to his music is plain simple: "If you can't reproduce it live at least 90%, then it's no good to me". Whatever he writes and whatever the feel, he strives to pass this on to his audience.
This eclectic mixture of southern rock/rock 'n roll/blues/funk/country-rock/roots material encompasses the band's true influences (The Beatles/The Rolling Stones/The Black Crowes/ The Faces/Rod Stewart/The Allman Brothers/ Little Feat & Lowell George/ Neil Young/ Bob Dylan/ John Mayer and countless more influences). The band has a true live feel and a jamming blessing that reflects their true background influences to the full. A real organic mix of beautiful and elaborate music that spans back four decades of music!
Unscathed" is the debut album for Andy De Rosa & Electric Mojo, a new incarnation for Andy and an evolution from his first solo acoustic album "Watching The Hands Of Time" which he released in 2007.
"Unscathed" includes 3 revamped songs from Andy's first album, now in full electric form. These tracks are "Not Ready To Change", "Living On The Road" and "The Lude Trip". The remaining seven tracks have been carefully selected from Andy's back catalogue to complete this release.
Andy has tried to cover with "Unscathed" each musical genre that influences his writing, while keeping true to his roots as a musician and guitarist. Experimental tracks such as "On A Journey" (a funky type of feel-good song) and the title song "Unscathed" (a power ballad with exceptional texture and build-up) add incredible variety to this release.
More traditional southern rootsy tracks such as "Like A Storm", the long final jam on "Deeper Than Anything" with heavy fuzzed-out guitar and precise use of the whammy bar and vibrato, the bitter lyrics and early Black Crowes sounding "What Goes Around", the rock 'n' roll groove on "That's Alright" and the chilled out semi acoustic "Good Times And Bad Times" clearly define the style of Andy De Rosa & Electric Mojo as a revolutionary one for the British market. Truly inspiring and different.
See also Andy's solo work at: Mojo Records Limited!
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