 He first started playing guitar after seeing Led Zeppelin in December 1971.After learning to play on a black Shaftsbury Les Paul copy, and being part of amateur bands in his home town of Bournemouth, he bought his trademark 1963 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop in 1977.Andy formed Twelfth Night with Brian Devoil and Clive Mitten in 1978, and stayed until the end in 1987.