Bass Player: Andy West

Andy West (born February 6, 1953) is an American bass guitarist and composer who is an original founding member of the Dixie Dregs along with Steve Morse. Since the breakup of the original band in 1983, West has been on albums with Mike Keneally, Henry Kaiser, Paul Barrere, Vinnie Moore, and many others. His frequent style of playing bass is with a guitar pick, although he has performed in fingerstyle on several occasions. Since 1985, West has simultaneously pursued a career in the software industry while continuing to release albums sporadically. He currently works as a vice president for Analytics and Adaptive Learning at Pearson Education.

The Dregs tune provide a goldmine for reading practice as they force you to concentrate on counting, with constantly changing bar lengths. The tune ‘Long Slow Distance’ is from the 1979 Dixie Dregs album, ‘Night Of The Living Dregs’.