Andy McKee

: January 5, 2024
: Guitarist

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Full Name	Andy McKee
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Apr 4, 1979(1979-04-04)
Age	45
Birthplace	Topeka
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas
Horoscope	Aries

Andy McKee Biography

Name	Andy McKee
Birthday	Apr 4
Birth Year	1979
Place Of Birth	Topeka
Home Town	Kansas
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Aries

Andy McKee is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on April 4, 1979 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. An American fingerstyle guitar player with a large international fanbase. He started releasing albums in 2001, debuting with Nocturne.

He played on stage with Prince during the Welcome 2 Australia tour in 2012.

In 2001, McKee independently released his first album, Nocturne. That same year, he was placed third at the National Fingerstyle Guitar Competition in Winfield, Kansas. In 2003, McKee toured in Taiwan with Jacques Stotzem, Isato Nakagawa, and Masaaki Kishibe, and earned first place in the Miscellaneous Acoustic Instrument contest of the New Jersey State Fiddling and Picking Championships with a Ron Spillers harp guitar he purchased from Stephen Bennett in 2002. The instrument can be heard in a number of his songs on later albums, such as “Into The Ocean” and “Gates of Gnomeria”. Only 1,000 copies of Nocturne were ever produced and the album is now out of circulation.

McKee released his second album, Dreamcatcher, in 2004. The album includes his cover of Toto’s “Africa” and “Theme from Schindler’s List,” as well as a harp guitar tribute to Michael Hedges entitled “The Friend I Never Met.” McKee used the title track to win the opportunity to perform with bassist Michael Manring, with whom he has since toured. He placed second in the Fingerstyle Guitar Competition of the Canadian Guitar Festival that year. The album was later re-released by McKee’s label in response to the popularity he garnered on YouTube.

He was given his first guitar by his father and inspired to play by his cousin.

Andy McKee Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Guitarist
House	Living in own house.

Andy McKee is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andy McKee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing guitar at the age of thirteen and decided to teach himself after lessons were not up to his standards.

He was an outspoken critic of online file sharing.

Andy McKee (born April 4, 1979 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released five albums and been the subject of YouTube videos, garnering over 100 million views.

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McKee announced in May 2009 that he was intending to finish touring in the second half of the year and concentrate on recording his upcoming album. He stated in July 2009 that it will most likely be titled “Joyland”, the title track of the album which originally went under the name “Music For A Vacant Amusement Park.” The song was inspired by an amusement park in Topeka, Kansas named Boyle’s Joyland that was open from 1951 to 1988. The album was completed in November 2009 and was released in iTunes on March 23, 2010, and in stores on March 30, 2010 on Razor & Tie. According to McKee, “On this album I’ve branched out a bit and included some instrumentation on a couple of songs. There’s also a new harpguitar tune and a couple of covers such as “Layover” by Michael Hedges and Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” The album also features a DVD full of 75 minutes worth of additional video material, including a documentary called Andy McKee: Joyland and four new performance music videos directed by Jeremy Osbern.

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Andy Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Andy McKee celebrates birthday on April 4 of every year.

McKee played his first guitar, an Aria nylon string bought by his father, at age 13. Initially underwhelmed by his guitar lessons, McKee began teaching himself how to play guitar. He began learning shred guitar music, including songs by Metallica, Eric Johnson, and Joe Satriani. McKee’s electric guitar- playing cousin inspired him to continue learning, taking him out for his 16th birthday to see a guitarist named Preston Reed perform live at a clinic. McKee later bought an instructional videotape from Reed and began to learn many of his acoustic guitar techniques from it. Later that year, with his mother’s permission, he obtained his GED in order to quit attending high school and play more guitar. He began to be influenced by guitarists such as Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Pat Kirtley, and from Passion Session by Don Ross, as he continued studying the instrument on his own.