Andy Boy

Andy Boy (born Anthony Boyd, November 10, 1904 – unknown) was an American Texas blues pianist and songwriter. He was part of the "Santa Fe Group", a loose ensemble of black blues pianists who played in the many juke joints abutting the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Details of his life outside of his recording career are sketchy, including a complete lack of information relating to his death.

Life and career Anthony Boyd was born in 1904 in Galveston, Texas, United States. Andy Boy then recorded eight solo tracks in San Antonio. and when his whereabouts were queried in 1960 by Paul Oliver, Buster Pickens told him that Andy Boy was still alive and residing in New York, but thereafter the trail ran dry.

All of Boy's recordings were collated on the compilation album, Joe Pullum Vol. 2 (1935-1951), released in 1994 by Document Records. The 2021 release, I Need You Blues, covered the same material but lacks Boy's work accompanying Pullum.

Confusion In the book Blues and Gospel Records: 1890–1943 (1997), it stated that "This performer's surname was 'Boy'". However, subsequent research revealed differing information. Michael Hortig, an Austrian author, photographer and blues historian, eventually uncovered his birth details as shown above.