ABC/Randy HolmesAndy Grammer kicks off his The Good Parts tour March 14, but he has a warm-up gig this weekend at Universal Studios Florida, playing the theme parks’ annual Mardi Gras Celebration concert series. Like most of the acts playing the series — everyone from Beach Boys to Phillip Phillips — Andy’s music appeals to a wide range of fans, and he says he’s very proud of that fact.
Andy notes that some singers’ audiences are made up of “all 17-year-olds, or it might be all 30-year olds,” but he believes his fan base is more like those of an artist who’s been around long enough to have entertained several generations.
“I remember I saw Stevie Wonder at the Palladium in L.A. and it was, like, everybody,” he tells ABC Radio. “Like, seven years old to 60… doing their thing. And m[y audience] isn’t quite that wide, but it’s wider than normal, I’d say, and I take a lot of pride in that. I think it’s really sweet.”
So why does Andy’s music appeal to everyone? He thinks it’s because his songs are about something everyone can relate to.
“When you’re writing pop songs about life, everybody goes through life,” he explains. “When you write a pop song just about the first time you fall in love, that’s a pretty small section of the people.”
Andy’s fans include the ones who’ve been with him since his first single, “Keep Your Head Up,” the ones who found him through “Honey I’m Good,” and still others who discovered him through Dancing with the Stars. Now, he says, he’s “really excited” to see how much his audience will grow in the future — or, as he puts it, “What does this look like in 10 years?”
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