Andrew McMaster

Andrew McMaster (born 27 July 1941) is a Scottish songwriter. He was a member of the band The Motors and wrote the lyrics and music of their hit songs "Dancing the Night Away", "Airport" and "Forget About You" with Nick Garvey. He also wrote works that were recorded and released by Anita Harris, Alex Harvey, Ducks Deluxe (a band he was previously a member of), and James Dewar.

Early life McMaster was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in the city's Calton area, which is part of Glasgow's East End.

Career Early career In May 1968, one of his songs, "Tuppenny Bus Ride", was released by singer Anita Harris.

Ducks Deluxe In 1972, he joined pub-rock band Ducks Deluxe as a keyboard player. The rest of the line-up consisted of Sean Tyla on vocals, Martin Belmont on lead guitar, Tim Roper on drums and Nick Garvey on bass. McMaster played on their second album, Taxi to the Terminal Zone, which featured one of his compositions, "Love's Melody", it contained a song that would prove to be the band's biggest hit, "Airport", going to number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1978, The second single from the album, "Forget About You", also written by McMaster, reached number 13 in the UK chart, in August 1978.

Solo writing and recording After The Motors, McMaster wrote and recorded some solo recordings in 1987, but only one song, a single, "No Joy", was released.

James Dewar's solo album Stumbledown Romancer featured four songs written by McMaster, on which he also played "organ, piano and synthesisers": "Love’s Melody" (previously released by Ducks Deluxe), "Goodbye Love", "Bright Lights" and "Lay Down the Night".

McMaster's most recent work includes the singles "Agenda 21" (August 2016), "Catchy" (October 2016), and "Switzerland" (February 2017). In April 2017, McMaster released the album, Agenda 21. was released in April 2021, followed by another single, "Road to Montgomery" in September of that year.