{"id":1104,"date":"2022-11-28T15:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamband.co.uk\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:29:46","slug":"andrew-mitchells-second-act","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andywoodmitchellonrecord.com\/?page_id=1104","title":{"rendered":"ANDREW MITCHELL\u2019S SECOND ACT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1104\" class=\"elementor elementor-1104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4517ec3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4517ec3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cb19c4\" data-id=\"6cb19c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e850f58 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e850f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ANDREW MITCHELL\u2019S SECOND ACT<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b00be animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b00be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1988 \u2013 1989<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8af0d08 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8af0d08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52c0360\" data-id=\"52c0360\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e475b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e475b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Under the guise of Andrew Mitchell\u2019s Second Act this incarnation was perhaps the least effective version of the band, coming as it did at the end of Andy, Neil \u00a0and Austen\u2019s flirtation with the blues in the Spring of 1988 and the guys were attempting to find another direction . The original line up had an additional keyboard player\u00a0<strong>Richard Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0as well as Neil.\u00a0<strong>Paul Williams<\/strong>\u00a0on Bass and\u00a0<strong>Rob Robinson<\/strong> on Drums.\u00a0 Although quite a few new songs were written during this short lived amalgam. Only\u00a0 Two demos\u00a0were recorded\u00a0with this\u00a0version of the band\u00a0so didn\u2019t\u00a0spawn any releasable recordings.\u00a0The most notable event from the band\u2019s point of view was the brief period in which rare groove legend (from his days with\u00a0<strong>Cymande)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sam Kelly\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>joined the band replacing Rob, though somewhat gingerly and work began on the\u00a0their very\u00a0first full length album\u00a0<strong>Less is More\u00a0<\/strong>like the previous EP it was released on the band\u2019s own label. 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