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Career

Gee began playing guitar in 1958, and was a member of a school band in the early 1960s. After passing through a number of

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groups, he moved to Ireland in 1967. He joined

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The Nights in 1968, and subsequently played and toured with British band Springfield Park. He then teamed up with Pete Bardens, and played on his 1969 album, ''The Answer'', also featuring Peter Green. Gee also featured on Bardens' follow-up album, ''Write My Name in the Dust''. In 1970, Gee joined Follow the Buffalo, and the following year he teamed up with Steve Ellis and his new band Ellis. Ellis recorded two albums in the early 1970s, ''Riding on the Crest of a Slump'' and ''Why Not?'', before splitting up. In 1974, after Gary Moore had left Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was looking for two temporary guitarists to replace Moore for a tour of Germany. He chose Gee and ex- Atomic Rooster member John Cann. During the tour, Gee and Lynott reworked a then-unreleased track, "Suicide", from the single-guitar piece that the band had played with

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, into a dual-guitar arrangement. The track later surfaced on the ''

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'' album in 1975, with

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playing Gee's parts. After the tour had ended, Gee helped Thin Lizzy audition for new guitarists, but was not considered for a permanent role as he was still under contract to a different record company. Gee subsequently moved to Canada, and played with Avenir and Fighter, and also worked as a session musician on soundtracks for commercials. Moving back to London in 1983, he formed his own groups, Exit, and later Scandal, the latter with

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and

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. He is still an independent music publisher, and still records.

Discography

With Pete Bardens

*''The Answer'' (1969) *''Write My Name in the Dust'' (1971)

With Follow the Buffalo

*''Follow the Buffalo'' (1970)

With Ellis

*''Riding on the Crest of a Slump'' (1972) *''Why Not?'' (1973)

With Avenir

*''Avenir'' (1975)

Solo (incomplete)

*''Black Kettle's Revenge'' *''In the Face of Adversity'' *''Spirit Higher'' *''Take a Trip with Me''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Andy 1950 births Living people Musicians from Berlin German rock guitarists German male guitarists Thin Lizzy members German session musicians