Andrew Charles Grammer is an American singer/songwriter and record producer originally from California. A relative newcomer to the American music scene, his debut self titled album was released in 2011 however his musical origins can be traced back to his youth where Grammer learnt to play the trumpet, followed by the guitar and piano under the constant encouragement of his father Red Grammer who was a singer/songwriter at the time. At the age of 15 he turned his talents to songwriting, and by 20 he left Binghamton University in his hometown of Chester, New York and returned to the Los Angeles area where he currently lives.
He pursued a degree in Music Industry Studies at the California State University in Northside and with his early interests in music he set about making a name for himself in the industry in which he had studied. He takes his main influences from a mixture of three main genres. The guitar lead music of John Mayer and Jason Mraz; the piano heavy Coldplay, Onerepublic and The Fray and the complex lyrical ability of hip hop artists such as Lauryn Hill, Jay Z and Kayne West.
His beginnings are humble, starting at the very bottom as a street busker before being discovered in 2010 by his manager and signing to S-Curve Records. His debut video to single 'Keep Your Head Up' was featured as iTunes Video of the Week in 2010 and went on to chart within the top 100 of the US Billboard chart, a difficult feat for a new artist. Due to the interest around this release, the debut album topped the US Billboard New Artist Chart. In January Billboard noted Grammer as an artist to watch after the success of his debut, his ever growing fan base and a successful supporting slot for the Plain White T's.
After the release of the album, Grammer earned another prestigious opening slot for Natasha Bedingfield on her Less Is More Tour in June 2011. After a successful promotional campaign and an original release, Grammer released the anticipated first single of his follow up 'Back Home' on March 25, 2014. The album 'Magazines or Novels' charted at #27 on the US charts, a huge gain commercially for the young artist.
Andy Grammer at House of Blues Chicago: I didn't know what to expect going into this show. I'm a huge fan, but he started selling records off the streets, and he has a very interesting story. I admire him for how much he has accomplished. The show turned out to be amazing. I loved every single song he sang. He did a lot of promotion for his new record, and he sang a lot of songs off the current record too. He did skip one of my favorites which was "You should know better". Other then that he literally sang every single song that I knew and it was amazing. He seemed so down to earth and happy to be on stage. His on stage performance was amazing. He played piano and guitar during the show, and he is very good at doing both. My favorite songs that he sang were 'Miss Me' and 'Keep Your Head Up'. Those are some of my absolute favorites. He brought up some people from the audience on stage too. A girl who was right in front of me passed out she was so excited. The crowd seemed to be a little calmer compared to other shows. The 3 opening acts were very talented, and I got to take a picture with one of them after the show so that was pretty cool. I was very happy to be there, it was one of the best nights I've had in a long time.
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