Andrew Maxwell Morris is an English singer, songwriter and composer. He is also a film and television composer and has composed production music for Cavendish and EMI Production Music that has been placed across the ITV channels, Channel 4 and Sky Sports.

Early life

Andrew Maxwell Morris was born in Melbourne Australia in 1980 in Sandringham Hospital. His father was a mechanical engineer who had emigrated to Australia from England in the 1960's as a

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. His mother was born in

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in 1950. In 1975 both his mother and father emigrated to South Africa and lived in

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where his brother was born in 1978. In 1979 his parents were forced to leave their home in South Africa and moved back to Melbourne in 1980. At the age of 4, Andrew moved with his family to

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where his father worked teaching refrigeration. Whilst in Fiji, Andrew attended the Suva Grammar school. At the age of 8, he returned to Melbourne with his family. The family then emigrated to England where Andrew attended

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. Andrew learnt the piano at the age of 4, and taught himself guitar and drums at the age of 13. Between the ages of 13 and 21 Andrew lived in a variety of countries where his father worked as a pipeline mechanical engineer. In the 1990's he lived in

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and in

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and

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. He spent 18 months living in

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on the island of

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and 8 years living in

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. He was injured in an accident in

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where he slipped and fell off a rock face and cut his right arm, where he was treated with 22 stitches and was rescued by local guides.

Supporting tours

Morris has supported the rock band

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on two separate tours. Most notably a UK national tour in February 2009 and at the Marillion Convention from 20 to 23 March 2009 in Zeebruke, Holland. He has also supported the blues guitarist Peter Green with his band Peter Green and Friends on his national UK tour in December 2009 and February/March 2010.

Glastonbury appearances

Andrew Morris performed at the

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every year between 2008 and 2023. He has performed at a variety of stages at the Festival including Toad Hall, Mandala, Bimble Inn, Bread and Roses, Avalon Café, Tadpole Stage and small world stage. His performance in 2010 was featured in ''

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''. His appearance in 2014 was nominated as a top 30 moment by

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. He was nominated by

for his performance in 2015. His performance in 2016 was featured in Best New Bands.

Music Placements

His song "100 Reasons" was placed by

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in a television advertising campaign for 4G in March 2014 which ran for approximately one year. His song "Dust" was placed in an ITV advert for

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between 2010 and 2013, the brand's first television advert. His songs "I'll be Gone", "Dust" and "Let it go" were both used as theme songs for the hit Russian TV series ''

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'', ''Hotel Eleon'' and ''Grand'', all of which were aired between 2012–present on

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Chart Positions

"Let it go" and "Dust" peaked at 3 and 4 on the

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Singer/Songwriter Genre Chart in Russia and at number 5 on the

genre chart in Ukraine. "On a Rainbow" peaked at number 5 on the iTunes Genre Chart in Taiwan. His 2014 Album "Well Tread Roads" peaked at number 2 on the iTunes Charts in Belgium and number 4 on the iTunes chart in Switzerland in 2019.

Releases

EPs

* 2007 - Upside Down * 2009 - Long Beach

Albums

* 2014 - ''Well Tread Roads'' * 2020 - ''Save The Light'' * 2022 - "''Andrew Maxwell Morris''( three tracks on this album were produced by

Dave Meegan Dave Meegan is an Irish record producer, born in Dublin in 1963. Meegan is best known for his work with Marillion. Meegan's association with Marillion began when he worked as an assistant engineer on their second album, ''Fugazi'' in 1984. He go ...

) Between You And Me – A Podcast About Marillion. Dave Meegan – Interviewed! Episode 133, Monday, 18 December 2023.

References

External links

Artist page on All Music

Consequence of Sound feature

Review of Peter Green Tour

Official Website
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