Andrew Burnett Creeggan (born July 4, 1971) is a former member of the

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. He was also a member of the trio

The Brothers Creeggan The Brothers Creeggan was a Canadian alternative rock/jazz band composed of Jim Creeggan (upright bass, guitar, bass guitar, vocals), Andy Creeggan (guitar, piano, accordion, percussion, vocals) and Ian McLauchlan (drums). The group has released ...

, and a solo

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having released three

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Career

Barenaked Ladies

Creeggan was born in

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. Along with his brother Jim, he was invited by

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and

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(then performing as Barenaked Ladies as a duo) to play a Christmastime club show with them in

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, with Andy playing conga drums. The two were then invited to join the band. Only six months later, at the beginning of the summer of 1990, he joined the

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exchange program for a trip to South America. While he was gone, the band met

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, and invited him to join the band. Creeggan returned at the beginning of 1991 to find Tyler having taken his percussion role. He switched over to keyboards (still playing congas on a few songs) and a few other occasional percussion and musical instruments. He played on two of the band's early demo tapes, ''

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'' (before he left for South America), and ''

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'' (after he returned). He also played on the band's first two official releases, ''

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'' and ''

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''. Creeggan was never completely comfortable being in the band, and wanted to continue his education in other musical areas. He recounts, "I wanted space for my music, my personality. I was always very interested in instrumental music and I wanted to take advantage of having been accepted at the Faculty of Music at McGill University in Montreal and really pursue theory and composition." According to Steven Page, "Andy had considered leaving the band as early as the rehearsals for the latter album, but was convinced to stay for the recording and tour." Creeggan departed at the conclusion of the tour. They recorded their third album, ''

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'' as a quartet and asked Kevin Hearn to join the band for the subsequent tour in 1996.

The Brothers Creeggan

The two Creeggan brothers also had their own writing interests (Barenaked Ladies music mostly coming from Page and Robertson) and in 1994 released an album titled ''

''. They have since released three more albums—''The Brothers Creeggan II'' (1997), ''Trunks'' (2000) and ''Sleepyhead'' (2002)—and toured in support of them. Their music consists mostly of songs fusing

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and

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. The duo have been on hiatus since 2003.

''Andiwork''

Creeggan's three solo works—''Andiwork'' (1997), ''Andiwork II'' (2004), and ''Andiwork III'' (2011), are more contemporary classical, with touches of jazz and rock. The albums are largely instrumental pieces.

References

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