Andrew Duffield
- January 8, 2024
- Musician
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Andrew Duffield Biography
| Name | Andrew Duffield |
| Birthday | Feb 9 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Andrew Duffield is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on February 9, 1958 in Australia. Andrew Peter Duffield (born 9 February 1958) is an Australian musician, producer and teacher. He has been a member, on keyboards, synthesisers or electronics, for various groups, including Whirlywirld, Models and Absent Friends. Duffield has also been a backing musician for other artists both on tours and for studio sessions.
Besides keyboards, including EMS Synthi AKS, Duffield also provided songwriting for six tracks on Models’ debut album, Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf (November 1980). The Canberra Times’ Jonathan Green praised Duffields’ “swelling, ricocheting keyboards”. The group’s second album, Local and/or General, appeared in October 1981 with Duffield co-writing five tracks. In May the following year Duffield quit Models but by December he had rejoined. During his absence from the group he scored the soundtrack for the 1982 Ian Pringle feature film, The Plains of Heaven (aka Panic Station). He appeared on Models’ next album, The Pleasure of Your Company (October 1983), co-writing all ten tracks.
During 1985 Duffield and Phil Kenihan produced a three-track extended play, Over the Ropes – A Tribute to Jack Little by The Forearm Jolt, which used a compilation of commentaries by GTV 9 presenters, Jack Little and Paul Jennings, from their program, World Championship Wrestling. Little’s catchphrases included “Wham! Bam! Thank you Mam!”, “All I can say is – Wow!”, “Be There!” and “That’s all there is, there isn’t any more!”
However, despite Duffield’s crucial influence on the band’s sound, he was forced out of Models by their recently appointed manager, Chris Murphy (INXS), under acrimonious circumstances: Murphy wanted the group to have a more commercial pop sound but Duffield felt this would be a “sell-out”. He was replaced by Roger Mason (ex-James Freud & Berlin) on keyboards. Duffield had already co-written “Barbados” with Freud, which was issued in March 1985 as Models’ second single from their next album, Out of Mind, Out of Sight, which appeared in August.
Early in 1979 Duffield joined Bohdan and The Instigators alongside Bohdan X (aka Bohdan Kubiakowski) on lead vocals and guitar; together with ex-The Chosen Few bandmates: Iain Weaver on lead vocals; Bruce Friday on lead guitar; Cal McAlpine on drums; and Ian Cunningham on bass guitar. Also that year Duffield scored music and provided arrangements for Film Work, a movie which compiled excerpts from four documentaries originally made by Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit between 1953 and 1958; and interviews with its members. By August Duffield had joined Models and Bohdan and The Instigators soon disbanded.
Andrew Duffield Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Musician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Andrew Duffield is one of the richest Musician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Duffield 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Models had formed in 1978, by the time Duffield joined on keyboards, the other members were Mark Ferrie on bass guitar; Janis Friedenfelds (aka Johnny Crash) on drums and percussion; and Sean Kelly on lead vocals and lead guitar. In October 1979 Models first release was a give-away, shared single, “Early Morning Brain (It’s Not Quite the Same as Sobriety)” backed with The Boys Next Door’s “Scatterbrain”. In July 1980 Models line-up of Duffield with Crash, Ferrie, and Kelly, supported a gig by Ramones in Canberra.
Andrew Peter Duffield, studied electronic music with Felix Werder, classical music composer and critic, in Melbourne. In June 1978 Duffield played synthesiser for The Boys Next Door’s debut album, Door, Door (1979). In August 1978 Duffield on electronics, was a founding member of Whirlywirld with John Murphy on drums and electronics (ex-News); Ian “Ollie” Olsen on lead vocals, electronics, and saxophone (The Reals, The Young Charlatans); Dean Richards on guitar; and Simon Smith on electronics. This line-up issued a three-track self-titled extended play in April the following year. However, in January, Duffield had been replaced in Whirlywirld by Philip Jackson.
By late 1984, Models relocated to Sydney. They performed at a 1985 New Year’s Day early morning gig with a line-up of Duffield, Kelly, James Freud (ex- Teenage Radio Stars, James Freud & Berlin) on bass guitar and vocals; Barton Price (ex-Crocodiles, Sardine v) on drums; and James Valentine on saxophone. Rachael Warren of The Canberra Times caught the show and felt “[a]nother interesting song of the night was Andrew Duffield’s ‘Beyond Rap’. He said how unhappy he is, that happiness is a bore, and you can forget all the ‘Real Lifes’ and ‘Pseudo Echos'”.
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Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Andrew Duffield celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.