Andy Summers

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author composer guitarist human photographer songwriter

Andy Summers is an English guitarist and composer best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band The Police.

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Andy Summers canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Circa Zero ⓘ
The Animals ⓘ
surface form: Eric Burdon and the Animals

John Etheridge ⓘ
Kevin Coyne ⓘ
Robert Fripp ⓘ
Soft Machine ⓘ
The Police ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award (with The Police)
coAuthor Robert Fripp ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-12-31 ⓘ
endTime (membership in The Police) 1986 ⓘ
familyName Summers ⓘ
fullName Andrew James Summers ⓘ
genre ambient music ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
givenName Andrew ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as member of The Police)
hallOfFameInductionYear 2003 ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
memberOf The Police ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableSongwritingContribution "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ
surface form: "Every Breath You Take" (guitar arrangement and parts)

Message in a Bottle ⓘ
surface form: "Message in a Bottle" (guitar parts)
notableWork album "Bewitched" ⓘ
album "I Advance Masked" ⓘ
album "Invisible Threads" ⓘ
album "Mysterious Barricades" ⓘ
album "The Golden Wire" ⓘ
album "World Gone Strange" ⓘ
album "XYZ" ⓘ
lead guitarist of The Police ⓘ
memoir "One Train Later" ⓘ
photography book "Throb" ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Poulton-le-Fylde ⓘ
surface form: Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California (periods of life)
spouse Kate Summers ⓘ
startTime (membership in The Police) 1977 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic use of chorus and delay effects on guitar ⓘ
use of complex chord voicings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills → musicBy → Andy Summers ⓘ
The Police → member → Andy Summers ⓘ
The Police → guitarist → Andy Summers ⓘ
The Jim Carroll Band → hasMember → Andy Summers ⓘ
"Every Breath You Take" → guitarist → Andy Summers ⓘ
subject surface form: Every Breath You Take
"Every Breath You Take" → hasGuitarRiffBy → Andy Summers ⓘ
subject surface form: Every Breath You Take