Who is this 29 year old Andy McKee? Recently a craze has broke out in the guitar world with an Internet sensation phenom from Topeka, Kansas that has inundated viewers all over the world on the site YouTube. The guitar style that Andy’s known for specifically: Drifting is its name. So what is drifting you might be asking yourself?
Drifting can best be described as an American Fingerstyle that is a mixture of finger plucking, tapping, and striking the body or neck of the guitar to create a seemingly transcendental drum beat.
Andy is simply what we call world-class and inspiring to anyone that’s even attempted to play guitar, or even someone who is a complete novice. To say the least, he is at a different echelon than most people even dream of.
Currently signed to Candyrat Records, his YouTube and Myspace are currently achieving over 16 million views and quickly closing in on the 17 marker. He has been asked to be on WoodSongs, an old time radio station with 900,000 daily listeners and featured in 491 radio stations around the world as well as the late night talk show: Last Call with Carson Daly.
But don’t just take my word for it because he is something that you will have to see to understand. So check out one of his songs here from 2006 hit simply entitled Drifting:
