Andy now in his 20th year as a performing musician, is often been thought of as a real "musicians musician" with his great improvisational skill and ability to create a show on the fly to fit the tone and mood of an audience or venue.  One would not expect to hear Andy perform a song twice the same way.   He performs a unique selection of acoustic material that ranges from gentle ballads and pointed originals, to hard driving country blues and slide guitar using various tunings and harmonics. His own distinct interpretations set him apart and give even old traditional blues a new face. He keeps his audiences enticed with a great flow and versatility as his fingers move effortlessly across the neck of the guitar while simultaneously singing, picking rhythm patterns and playing melodic leads while improvising with his own compositions or adding his own styling to selection of traditional standards. 

As a touring solo performer, Andy has played Folk and Blues Festivals, Special Events, Acoustic venues, House Concerts, Colleges, and has been featured many times on Radio and Television shows. He is a seasoned performer known for his Acoustic Guitar finger picking with the Blues influence. He has been compared to artists such as Chris Smither, Jorma Kaukonen and Ton Rush.


University Radio York (URY) is the oldest student radio station in the UK, and one of the most award-winning. The URY Music Team hosts sessions, interviews artists and promotes the local music scene across the station.

My name is Shane. I began playing piano at the age of 4 and by age 14, I won 1st place in a Nat'l Talent Competition in the US, cut a record with Capital Records and was awarded a monetary music scholarship from Julliard School of Music in NYC.  In New York,  I honed my talent as a Singer/Songwriter, and was an accepted member of the AGAC American Guild of Actors & Composers in NY, of which I am very grateful.  I continued writing, recording music, performed in off-Broadway theater productions, put together a top-40 band & sang in various clubs, casinos, etc.  Soon, I recorded with top producers at Phila. Int'l Recording Studios.  However, due to the drastic change in the music industry, the money I received in the music business was not enough to pay my mortgage, bills in a single home in New Jersey.  I changed careers and became a NJ State Correction Officer & entertained the sick in hospitals & nursing homes on my days off.
The Colleges I attended were La Salle University in Philadelphia and Camden County College.  My studies included Industrial Relations, Corporate Communications, Contract Compliance, Psychology & Law; and earned highest honors Golden Key &  Phi Theta Kappa & PSI Beta.  
In 2001, I was a crucial part of the Urgent Response to NY on 9/11 as Team Leader of C.I.S.M.'s Int'l Critical Incident Stress Mgt Team (I was personally requested and dispatched out of New Jersey for four long grueling months).  As a result, I underwent my own brutal recovery & intense therapy needed to restore my own health due to life
threatening assignments & intense exposure to bio-hazardous & deadly toxins.  The only thing that brought relief was listening to and playing music.  I began recording songs with Grammy Award winning Producer Andy Kravitz & jumped back into my music career with a new defiance and conviction.  Andy helped bring out my most beautiful & orchestral rock sounds from deep within my soul & out into his studio in NJ.  I recorded with the Hooters Band with Producers John O. Senior & Rob Hyman & cut my 1st album "SHANE and THE HIGH COMMAND".  
Presently, I am a member of the Nat'l Academy of Recording Artists (NARAS) & Voting Member with the professional Grammy Assoc.  One of high points in my career was the release of my song "Arise". This was a blessing from God.  It is a strong ballad about and an Anthem for Survivors and Peace Makers around the world. I'm very thankful to have worked on this project with great Award-Winning Producers and Artists, namely: David Longoria, Robert Eibach, Andy Kravitz, John O. Senior, Blue Eagle and Michael Lazarus.  
LOVE AND HELP ONE ANOTHER NO MATTER WHAT!!
Sing more ... Dance more ... Smile more ... Love more ... 
Love Always,
SHANE 
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