Photo: Håkan Henriksson (Narking) / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I have a soft spot for musicians like Andy Bown, the kind who keep a great band running from the engine room rather than the spotlight. He earned his Status Quo membership the hard way, first as a session and touring player through the 1970s before becoming official in the early eighties, after already paying his dues with The Herd in the sixties. Switching fluently between keyboards and bass, he is the glue that lets a rock band survive for decades. That a man born in 1946 is still active and publishing online tells me music is genuinely his whole life, and I respect that quiet endurance.
Overview
Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo, initially working with them as a session/touring musician during the 1970s and becoming an official member in the early 1980s. Prior to joining Status Quo, he was a member of The Herd during the 1960s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andy Bown
- Name (Japanese)
- アンディ・ボウン
- Reading
- あんでぃ・ぼうん
- Born
- March 27, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dog
- Origin
- Beckenham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / guitarist / pianist / musician / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Composer — see all → · Guitarist — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.