Andy Skib (born November 9, 1985,

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) is the lead singer of the rock band

Midwest Kings Midwest Kings (aka MWK) is a touring band based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose most notable member is David Cook, winner of the seventh season of American Idol. Described as a "regional touring band", the Midwest Kings play throughout the midwest, in ...

(MWK). He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with ''

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'' season seven winner

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. Skib has previously co-written songs with former David Cook bandmate

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, who also served as lead guitarist for their band,

(MWK). Additionally, he has co-written songs with artists Zac Maloy (

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, Graham Colton, and

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(

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). Skib is also known for his most recent solo project, To Have Heroes. Skib is a member of David Cook's band, The Anthemic, providing rhythm guitar, keyboards and backup vocals. Skib and the rest of The Anthemic worked on Cook's second album for 19/RCA Records. The album, entitled ''

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'', was released on June 28, 2011.

Musical background

Skibb's musical influences are Sting and

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Early career: 2002–2008

*The Pearls *

–

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*Bryan Jewett

2008–present

*To Have Heroes *

*David Cook – ''

'' *David Cook – ''

'' *David Cook - ''

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Appearances

On tour

From January 18–25, 2009, Skib traveled with bandmates

(born December 20, 1982) (guitar and lead vocals),

(born December 22, 1982) (music director, lead guitar), Kyle Peek (born February 3, 1988) (drums, backing vocals), and Joey Clement (born May 21, 1981) (bass guitar) to the Middle East to complete a

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Tour. The band visited seven bases on their trip to Kuwait and Iraq and played songs from

as well as crowd-pleasing covers including

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and

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. In mid-February 2009, Skib embarked on a nationwide tour serving as rhythm guitarist and keyboardist in addition to singing backup vocals for The Declaration Tour to support the platinum-selling, major-label debut

. Skib has had the opportunity to perform lead vocals on "Make Me" and "'Til I'm Blue" (

songs) more than once during the run of the tour. The tour began at Club Downunder in Tallahassee, Florida on February 13, 2009, and was originally set to end in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 25, 2009. The tour was extended through the fall and came to a close on December 1, 2009, at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina after 154 shows. In mid-May 2009, Skib and bandmates took a short break from the North American leg of the Declaration Tour to travel to

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in the Philippines. The band played a one night concert playing to upwards of 40,000 attendees at the

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on May 16, 2009. In mid-October 2011, Skib embarked on his second nationwide tour with David Cook, this time to support Cook's second album "

." The tour, which was co-headlined by Gavin DeGraw, began on October 9, 2011, at Penn State University, and ended in

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, at Appalachian State University on November 11, 2011.

Music videos

Discography

Songs written

Songs produced

Studio albums

Single(s)

References

External links

MWK Official MySpace

To Have Heroes Official MySpace

Tour Dates (via Official David Cook website)

Andy Skib's Twitter page.
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