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Bio of Fast Tony Anderson


Tony Anderson and his current sound could best be described by some as an acoustic rock/roots, alternative~country mix. With heavy doses of Dylan as his top influence, his soulful lyrics are backed and fueled through his street-raised, hard-driving guitar and harmonica rhythms & arrangements. Tony has been performing all over the country as a solo artist the last fifteen years.

As a Los Angeles native Tony began performing on the Venice Beach Boardwalk three to four days a week beginning in 1991. By mid 1992 Tony would move to Portland, Oregon for what would amount to a three-and-a-half-year stay. During this time Tony performed in many of the acoustic venues the Portland music scene had to offer. Tony's full time gig was really playing downtown Portland's Pioneer square area and riverfront walk usually five days a week to what amounted to well over 1000 days street-performing by the time he returned to Southern California in January 1996. Tony's first three independent tape/cd's are created during this time.

March of 1996 brought Tony to Austin, Texas where he further honed his songwriting and street-performing skills by playing almost every weekend on Sixth street across from the historic Driskill Hotel. Tony performs in many of Austin's acoustic clubs and coffee shops at this time. It's also at this time Tony receives a sponsorship/endorsement from Lee Oskar harmonicas, which continues to this day. August 1997 to August 1998 Tony lives and performs in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Tony performs on three separate occasions on WTUL Tulane University's college radio resulting in his fifth independent release " Live from WTUL, New Orleans." It is also during this time Tony is elected as a writer/publisher member to ASCAP. Presently Tony has been the lucky recipient of the ASCAP plus award the last five consecutive years.

Tony spends the following year in Ithaca, New York recording and playing with local musicians, which results in the 1999 release, " By Road, Rail, Sky, and Sail, etc. " After traveling to Mexico, Oregon and Australia for two months Tony returns and lives in Hollywood, California for the next three and a half years beginning in January 2000. During this time in Los Angeles Tony releases a live record, " Live on the Sunset Strip " and his eighth independent record in January of 2002 titled, " Singin' in Conversation, Talkin' in Songs. " It's during this time Tony begins performing with Boston’s own Kevin So as his opening act and supporting musician in venues all over the country.

A most memorable two month tour in 2001, with Kevin, took Tony from Boston to Chicago to Philadelphia and everywhere in between. Summer of 03' brings Tony back to Austin, TX for some great appearances at some of Austin's most notable venues for acoustic songwriters, such as, Ego's, The Hole In The Wall, and the main stage of The Kerville Folk Festival performing again with Kevin So. In 2004 Tony joins Shane Bartell for a Month traveling from Texas to Seattle through L.A. back to Austin, before joining up with Mo Pair, another notable Austin, Singer-Songwriter for a U.S. Southern Tour. Mo & Tony criss-cross parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas performing as a duo. January of 2005 sees Tony, once again, based in Hollywood, CA before touring New York City and Boston with Kevin So in the spring, In July of 2005 Kevin also invites Tony to perform with him at the famed Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma. Early 2005 sees the release of Tony's ninth independent record, " Bliss Is Hard To Resist, Volumes 1 & 2 " With the help of San Diego producer/musician/confidant and web designer, Ted Pedersen, http://fasttony.com is launched. With HUGE thanks to CD Baby, 2007 finally brings Fast Tony Anderson's songs, stories, and gospel to the worldwide web available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and many more digital outlets. Please show your support of indie artists and LIVE music! Thank you and peace, fast tony.

SOME OF THE VENUES FAST TONY ANDERSON HAS PERFORMED >

The Knitting Factory (Hollywood, CA), The Derby Club (Los Feliz, CA), The Cat & Fiddle Pub (Hollywood, CA), Safari Sam's (Hollywood, CA), Genghis Cohen (Hollywood, CA), The Rainbow Room (Hollywood, CA), Fremont Center Theater (Pasadena, CA), Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA), The Bitter End (Greenwich Village, NY), Union Square (APH heritage festival, Manhattan, NY), Mo Pitkin's (East Village, NYC), Clearwater Festival (Westchester County, NY) Kerrville Folk Festival (Kerrville, TX), The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (Okemah, Oklahoma),The Cactus Café (Austin, TX), The Hole in the Wall (Austin, TX), Ego's (Austin, TX), Club Passim (Cambridge, MA), Lizard Lounge (Cambridge, MA), Johnny D's (Somerville, MA), College of Dupage (Chicago, IL), Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL), Davenports (Chicago, IL), Moretown Town Hall (Moretown, VT), Calvary Church Concert Series (Philadelphia, PA), Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT), Kelly's Olympian (Portland, OR), Produce Row (Portland, OR), Café Lena (Portland OR), Plush (Tucson, AZ), WTUL New Orleans Radio (New Orleans, LA), Gypsy Coffee House (Broken Arrow, OK), Arkansas Tech. University (Russellville, AK), Sam Bond's Garage (Eugene, OR), Café Lenas (Saratoga Springs, NY), Happy Endings (Syracuse, NY), Big Red Barn (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)