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Artist
Andy Mayo
12+ albums
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Musical Beginnings: Learning to play the guitar at the age of twelve, the instrument quickly became part of my identity. The fret-board never far from my fingers, friends always turned to me for a song. Sade, Muddy Waters or Otis Reading-style songs were great atmosphere-builders and I loved to oblige a request for "a bit of music". Later, free weekends saw me at Oxford Circus Tube or playing in a club... Jesus and my Life: Parallel to my enjoyment of music but increasingly surpassing it was my experience of walking with Jesus Christ as my King and Saviour. At seventeen I started to write songs about Him with the purpose of communicating something more radical and revolutionary than simply a good vibe. Friends unable to talk about such close-to-the-heart subjects would listen, enquire, cry, laugh and question the deepest themes when they came out of a song... some coming right to that place of responding to Jesus and experiencing that ultimate of homecomings. University missions in cities such as Birmingham, Cardiff and London were good opportunities to take this message to a wider audience. During this time I met jazz saxophonist Nick Beston with whom I played a number of venues. His melodic solos complemented my compositions and his friendship and creativity inspired me to push the music further... Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia: My wife - Faye - and I moved to Serbia during a s