Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis is an American piano/

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player who has worked with many popular musicians, including

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, Guns N’ Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the

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. In 1999 he was voted “Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year” by the L.A. Music Awards. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa Goich, an author (14 Days/Savio Republic, The Breakup Diary/Virtual Bookworm).

Recordings

Andreadis performed vocals, organ, piano,

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and harmonica on three albums with Carole King, and has appeared on her 1994 live album '' In Concert''. He has also played keyboards on the Boneshakers' latest release. He has also contributed to the work of former Guns N' Roses members, including ''

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'' by Slash's Snakepit, and the 2001 album ''Rock & Roll Music'', by the band Col. Parker, which features former Guns N' Roses member

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. In 2007, Andreadis appeared on the album ''Dopesnake'', by Hollywood Roses, a Guns N' Roses tribute band, which includes such artists as Gilby Clarke, Mick Taylor, Pat Travers and Tracii Guns. In 2007 he also contributed keyboard work to Billy Bob Thornton's album ''Beautiful Door''.

Video, film and television

Andreadis' video work includes: Michael Jackson's "Give In to Me"; Guns N' Roses' "November Rain", "Yesterdays", "Garden of Eden" and "Estranged"; Carole King's '' In Concert''; and Alice Cooper's "Brutal Planet" and "Dragontown". Andreadis' work can also be heard on many film soundtracks, including... Keenen Ivory Wayans' ''

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'', the United Artists release, ''

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'', and the M.P.C.A. film ''Breakfast with Einstein''. He appeared on the soundtrack to "Me and Will" with Guns N' Roses' drummer, Matt Sorum,

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' bassist, Jimmy Ashhurst, Mick Jagger's guitarist,

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, and Wild Colonials' guitarist, score composer, Shark. He played keyboard for Velvet Revolver and Ziggy Marley's cover of

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's " Money", which they recorded for use on the soundtrack for the 2003 film Italian Job. His TV credits include a recurring role on '' Full House'', ''

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'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', the

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with Guns N' Roses, and NBC's ''Three Sisters''. He has done commercial voice-over work for McDonald's (with B.B. King),

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and Toyota. Andreadis also wrote and performed the theme song for the Disney Channel's ''The Z Games''. He once appeared on an episode of '' Trading Spaces''.

Live appearances

Over the past two decades, Andreadis has toured with

, Alice Cooper, Beth Hart, Bruce Willis,

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, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, the Boxing Gandhis, Gilby Clarke, and Duff McKagan. He toured with

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on their Use Your Illusion Tour between 1991 and 1993, appearing on the Use Your Illusion I and II live videos filmed in Tokyo,

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, in 1992. In 1996, Andreadis joined

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’s band Blues Ball, touring live with them; in 1999, when Slash reformed his prior band Slash's Snakepit, Andreadis joined them as well, providing keyboard and harmonica work. In 2008, he joined the tour of Billy Bob Thornton's band

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, as keyboard player. He currently conducts a weekly

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at the Baked Potato with his band The Screaming Cocktail Hour. The

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-based jam regularly attracts such names as

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, Joe Sample, Patrick Moraz, Steve Lukather, Mike Landau, John Stamos, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke, Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Carole King, Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, Howard Leese, Joe Lynn Turner, Bob Daisley, Ace Frehley, Eric Singer, Randy Castillo and Mike Inez. In September 2009, Teddy Andreadis took part to the recording of one track on

's first solo album, ''

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Solo album

In 1996, Andreadis released a solo album, '' Innocent Loser''. Among those featured on the album are Guns N’ Roses band members

, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, drummers Greg Bissonette and Pat Torpey, guitarist Steve Lukather, and Carole King. The album includes the ballad "Ragman", and "Shotgun Shack", which focuses on social issues. The album also features guitarist, producer and writer, Lanny Cordola, arranging and playing an array of exotic instruments, Andreadis says of his album, “We were going for a

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vibe, New Orleans kind of stuff. You know, Dr. John, some Stones…Americana rock. But we’re trying to keep it heavy, so that when you play it, it’s something that hits you from the beginning and makes you want to stick around ‘til the end.”

References

External links

Official Website
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