Andy Creeggan
Canada • b. 1971-07-04
Biography
Andy Creeggan walked away from the biggest pop-rock machine in Canada right before the check truly cleared. He was the secret weapon in Barenaked Ladies, providing the jazz-inflected bones and piano arrangements that gave their debut, Gordon, its actual musical weight. Leaving the band in '95 wasn't about drama; it was about the fact that he was a conservatory-trained percussionist and composer who couldn't spend the rest of his life playing three-chord novelty hits for college crowds. He traded the arena tours for the quiet of his brother Jim’s upright bass and a series of experimental solo records under the 'Andiwork' banner. These aren't pop records. They are meticulous, percussion-heavy investigations into acoustic textures that sound more like something coming out of a European jazz label than a guy who used to sing backing vocals on 'If I Had $1000000.' He’s a specialist who realized early on that a gold record is just a heavy piece of metal if you aren't playing the notes you actually hear in your head.
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