Andy Frasco & The U.N.
Andy Frasco & The U.N. are a genre blending rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2007. The band consists of Andrew Frasco (lead vocals, keys), Sam Kelly (saxophone), Mike Gantzer (guitar, vocals), Andee "Beats" Avila (drums, vocals), Floyd Kellogg (bass guitar), Allie Kral (fiddle, vocals), and Andrew Cooney (guitar, vocals). Rich Derbyshire (bass guitar, vocals) of Wild Adriatic shares bassist duties with Floyd Kellog. Historically, the band has also included a rotating and evolving cast of additional band members to form the U.N. Additional featured members of the U.N. include Daniel Avila (guitar), Supa Man (bass guitar) from the band Philosophy of Soul, and Matt Owen (tuba) of Eclectic Tuba, as well as members of the Kris Lager Band: Kris Lager (guitar, vocals), Jeremiah Weir (organ, keys), Brandon Miller (bass guitar), and John Fairchild (drums). Dutch musicians Jelmer Olsman (bass guitar and drums), Niels Kant (trumpet) also toured with the band.
To date, the band has released ten studio albums: Love, You're Just Too Expensive (2010), Road Life Revival (2012), Just a Good Ole Time (2013), Half a Man (2014), Happy Bastards (2016), Change of Pace (2019), Keep On Keepin' On (2020), Wash, Rinse, Repeat (2022), and L'Optimist (2023)., Growing Pains (2025).
In 2017, the band released their first live album (CD and DVD) entitled Songs From The Road, which was recorded in August 2016 at the Tucher Blues and Jazz Festival in Bamberg, Germany. In September 2021, they released Live On the Rocks, an album recorded live at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on May 27, 2021.
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