Andy Dunlop
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Andrew Dunlop (born 16 March 1972 in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK) is the lead guitarist of Scottish indie music-rock band, Travis.
Dunlop attended Lenzie Academy. The band Travis got their break with the album The Man Who, named after a bestselling book. It got the international success, and became the biggest selling album in the UK in 1999.
As well as being the guitarist, Dunlop has also tried writing songs. "You Don't Know What I'm Like" features as a hidden track on the band's third album, The Invisible Band.
During live performances Dunlop likes to show off his guitar skills, for example during "As You Are", Dunlop may rest the guitar on his knee and slide it up and down whilst he holds on to the volumne control, creating a fade in and out sound found on the album around 02:20. Whilst playing "All I Want To Do Is Rock", Andy will also usually climb up onto the nearest speaker stack, getting loads of feedback, and play from there. At a recent performance at Koko Andy proceeded to climb round onto a balcony where he hung from whilst dangling his guitar above the crowd.
Dunlop is married. In December 2005 the couple's first child, a son, was born, and is named Dylan Green Dunlop. The boy's mother (Dunlop's wife) is named Jo with the maiden name of Stanton.
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