1988-1991: After coming to Duluth (GA) High School’s band program (such as it was) as a saxophone player Andy switched to percussion toward the end of his freshman year because the director needed “warm bodies” in the section, and for a time he took private lessons from Tim Howard. During his senior year he was section leader of both the saxophone and percussion sections and would at times switch instruments during concerts. He also played drumset in the school’s fledging jazz band as well as in special one-off band appearances, such as the grand opening of a Chick Fil-A. It was also during this time that he would begin to try his hand at bass and acoustic guitar. Other kids from the high school band often came over to jam in Andy’s basement. His parents were thrilled.
1991-1996: Andy majored in music at the University of Georgia and studied drumset under the tutelage of Dr. Arvin Scott. He first sang while playing drums in Athens, GA-based three-piece cover/original band Various Artists. This band played widely varied originals that explored feel-good pop, speed metal, free-form combo jazz, fusion, power balladry, psychedelic bossa nova grunge, epic rock, and more while covering “anything from Southern blues stuff to Hendrix”, according to one Flagpole review and “music from the 80’s”, according to another Flagpole review.
1996-2000: In the years following UGA and Various Artists, Andy taught many private students as well as classes in private schools. He did some recording and performing with Athens, GA-based (formerly Athens, OH-based and later St. Simons Island, GA-based) Set on Edge, fronted by the elusive Shannon Lewis. Set on Edge’s third CD and Andy’s first recording project A Story to Cling To was released in 2002. Said Phantom Tollbooth: “The magic in A Story to Cling To is made complete by the deft drums of Andy Womack. He doesn’t miss a beat and he’s got bursting bundles of energy to boot.” Andy also played drums for the 1999 production of 1940’s Radio Hour, once an annual Christmas tradition at Marietta’s Theater in the Square, and Barnum at Decatur’s Neighborhood Playhouse in 2000 shortly before moving to the Nashville area.
2000-2004: After moving to Nashville, Andy continued to teach music in private schools for two more years and joined progressive rock band Trilobite Café. While the Nashville Scene wrote that “their overtly pretentious style isn’t for everyone” he 
describes it as “the music I had always wanted to play, even though I’d never heard anything like it.” With bassist/vocalist Craig Anderson, violinist Tami Sturges, and keyboardist Ryan “The Casio Kid” Kamper, he recorded tracks for the band’s first CD Mexican Vacation, which was released in 2002. That summer Trilobite Café performed at the first of five Rogue Music Festivals, which was organized by Matthew Trautwein of Karma Lingo, the male members of which played at the Georgia Renaissance Festival in an alter-ego band called The Lost Boys. After Trilobite Café dissolved in March of 2003, less than a week after another Atlanta show with Karma Lingo, Andy went on to spend the rest of the year performing regionally with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jennifer Brantley while playing a couple of summer shows with the marimba-driven Kevin Lucas Orchestra (then known as Dead Musicians’ Society).
2005-2008: Andy spent a lot of time on the road between Nashville and Atlanta in 2005 and before finally moving back to Atlanta at the end of the year for the simple reason that he had gotten Lost. The Lost Boys, known to many renaissance faire patrons as 
the “Ren Fab Four”, invented rock and roll in 1599 using magical instruments provided by Merlin himself and were close companions of William Shakespeare, and according to legend all rock music today is based upon their work four centuries earlier. The band had undergone a 75% turnover, and Andy donned the renaissance drummer pseudonym of Tom Smiter and joined String (Matthew Trautwein), Angus Archibald Douglas (J.C. Long), and Aaron the Moor (Marcus Durham) as well as other characters such as Captain Crosby Nash (Geoffrey Brown), Clarence the Destroyer (Kelley Yearout), and Three Quarter Ale’s Wicked Pete Speakeasy (Dolph Amick) for renfaire, private, college, and other appearances in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Massachusetts, and South Dakota. The band’s format is one that showcases many of its members’ talents, and Andy (as Tom) sang both lead and harmony vocals, played drumset, djembe and other percussion, guitar, and even recorder, and wrote parodies and originals which included instrumental and a capella music. The interactive nature of the renfaire venue also allowed him copious opportunities to flaunt his primary comedic strength- his mastery of puns. During his time with the Lost Boys the band was voted #1 in RenaissanceFesti
val.com’s Top Music Performers of 2005, placed 2nd only to Dead Confederate in the 2006 Open Mic Madness, a single-elimination bracketed tournament of 128 rock bands once held annually at Smith’s Olde Bar, and in 2007 played a show for an enthusiastic and well-acquainted audience of about 700 people at DragonCon in Atlanta, a highlight of which was a three and a half-minute drumset solo during his signature number, “The Golden Vanity”. The band released an untitled CD, affectionately known as the “Teal Album,” in 2005 and Heroes and Scoundrels at the end of 2008. He can also be heard playing djembe on “Twa Recruitin’ Sargeants” from the Rambling Sailors’ 2007 release Wanderlust.
(Lost Boys photos courtesy of Chip Talbert)
2009- While the current chapter began with Andy serving as the musical director and drummer for the Dancing Monkey Cabaret’s first six productions as well as maintaining a limited role with the 
the Lost Boys and making sporadic appearances as Tom, the main focus during this chapter is original solo material, some of which had existed unheard for more than a decade. Andy began playing solo shows in 2009 and spent much of the year working on his newly-released debut solo album- Greatest Hits Volume 27- for which he recorded more than 90% of all vocal and instrumental tracks. During the year of 2009 he wrote his third wedding song and his first comic villain theme song, and he continues to write new songs as well as polish and/or finish older songs. At the beginning of 2010 he joined with members of 80s cover band Great Scott, and together they carry on by the name of Denim Arcade.
