About Tom

Tom Andrews has been playing drums since the not so tender age of seventeen. He had been playing the violin, but found its rather Neanderthal characteristics too tedious and wanted an instrument with which he could show more sensitivity. The drums were an obvious choice. Since then he has played, with varying degrees of success, everything from modern (and not so modern) jazz to stuff like Black Sabbath.

In addition to Celtic fiddley funky folk prog punk jazz rock legends (or leg ends depending on your point of view), The Fold, he currently plays with (possibly not so good for his credibility) Jethro Tull tribute band The Dayglo Pirates. Perhaps not surprisingly, he also finds time to play with a variety of those irritating pub and function covers bands, and Eastbourne based big band 'The Johnny Spice Swing Orchestra'.


Among his favorite drummers are: Barrie Barlow (pictured above with Tom in Italy), Clive Bunker, Ginger Baker, Chester Thompson, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Phil Collins, Billy Cobham, Bonzo, Ian Paice, Mick Fleetwood, Louie Belson, Keith Moon, Gilson Lavis, Art Blakey, Jeff Porcaro, Stuart Elliot ('cause he's played on every Kate Bush album), the list goes on. He would also like to go even further back and discover greats such as Chick Webb, who was one of the first players to actually play a drum kit. He also tries to play Piano and Glockenspiel.


Chick Webb in action