Andy went from placing 2nd in the World Championship Mandolin Contest at age 16 to winning Guitar Center’s Guitarmageddon contest, a few years later. It would be hard to find someone so proficient in so many different styles of playing…

He shares a really special story about a Martin guitar he bought for his grandfather (the person who taught him to play music), and how he got the money to pay for the guitar…

An important lesson on what to NOT take for granted… his “coming of age” double LP he put out… and his follow up LIVE album, and the backstory behind the making of both…