(L to R) Andrew Vincent, Scott 'Amish' Terry, Bryan 'Catfish' Curry
Andrew
Vincent
has
been
converting
the
doubtful
with
his
brand
of
frank,
simple
narratives
and
witty
wordplay
since
he
started
laying
songs
to
tape
years
back
as
a student
at
Waterloo.
As
enthusiasm
grew
for
his
songs,
AV
began
playing
out
in
local
cafés
and
such,
and
before
long,
To
Thine
hit
the
streets
on
cassette.
As
popularity
for
the
cassette
grew,
To
Thine
found
its
way
to
disc
while
AV
made
the
move
to
the
Capital
City
and
began
preaching
to
the
people
with
voice
and
five-string
guitar.
With
time,
AV
longed
to
rock
and
thus
steered
toward
electric
tendencies,
enlisting
various
Ottawa
ne'er-do-wells
as
his
backing
bands.
The
Pirates
were
soon
formed,
with the late Ian Tolton (now Bryan
Curry)
on
bass
and
Scott
Terry
on
the
traps,
breathing
new
life
into
the
Ottawa
rock
scene.
During their tenure in Ottawa, the Pirates became known as one
of
the
city's
best,
igniting
dance
floors and singalongs
with
an
arsenal
of
modern
classics. The
Pirates
dropped
I Love
the
Modern
Way
in
the
summer
of
'04,
their
most
focused
rock
collection
to
date.
"Martha"
and
"Bahamas"
dole
out
the
kind
of
anthemic
rock
that
the
Pirates
are
praised
for
in
the
Capital;
"Good
Time"
and
"Cover
It
Up"
prove
that
AV
is
still
a lyrical
master.
AV is now living in Toronto, working on a PhD and a slew of new songs. He'll be playing all over into 2007, and promises a new album by late spring. Keep up to the minute on AV happenings by visiting his MySpace page!
REVIEWS
Praise for I Love the Modern Way
****- Andrew Vincent's natural talent for taking awkward thinking and turning it into perfect words is centre stage here. - Dylan Young - Hour.ca
"...he ropes audiences in with super-structured lyrics riding on wit, wordplay, pop-cultural allusions and Ottawa in-jokes." -
Joshua Ostroff - Eye
Read
the
Splendid
review
of
A
Short
Trip...
Read
the
Mote
review
of
A
Short
Trip...
Read
the
Toronto
Eye
review
of
To
Thine
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