July 3rd 1952 - March 16, 2015
Our condolences go to daughters Hannah, Jasmine
and Andy's
brothers and sister.
Andy fought both AIDS and cancer and in recent years
showed a strong spirit and uncomplaining resilience to his ongoing health
problems. What a sad, sad day it is today 
"I’ve never really thought of myself as a bass player. It’s just, okay,
it needs that low end and I’ll do that part, that’s easy. But, you know,
I would write a lot of the guitar riffs or lyrics, or if you needed me
to play tambourine, I was just as happy. My job was to make it work, to
bring unity. Okay, this space is yours to work in, do whatever you like
in this space, this space is yours. Do anything you like in that space.
And in such, I sort of become an arranger. And if
it was appropriate for me not to play bass, say for example most of
“All Right Now” doesn’t have any bass in it. The bass comes in the
chorus a little bit but that was appropriate cause that was all that was
needed. So my job was just to be appropriate and when people talk to me
as a bass player, I find it strange because, well, actually it was one
of the things I do, and luckily enough it’s one of the things I could do
sort of in my sleep, and people have spoken of me as a bass player ever since."
Andy Fraser March 5th, 2015
That's because Andy, you were a superb bassist.
Just stunning. Sail On my brother.
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