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ANDY COWAN is an award-winning writer/producer/performer, associated with two of
the five best television series of all time, as compiled in 2012 by ABC News and People magazine. Credits include Cheers (multiple episodes) Seinfeld,
3rd Rock From the Sun (both staff) and numerous
other comedies and talk/variety shows among his writing credits. As
lead vocalist, he's performed in jazz clubs and at special events throughout Los Angeles for over two decades, beginning with
his breakthrough performance of "Sinatra" singing pop and rock songs of the '80s accompanied by Jack Sheldon, Plas Johnson
& the rest of the stellar Mort Lindsey Orchestra on The Merv Griffin Show. HITCHIN' ON THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE (music,
lyrics & vocals by Andy Cowan) has won five international songwriting nods and is featured in the film he wrote and appears
in, Knocked Down, an official selection in the 2008 San Fernando Valley International Film Festival and 2009 Southeast
New England Film, Music & Arts Festival, where it won for best comedy. Clever lyrics tell a story of perseverance that
wins out at the end, with infectious steel guitar licks and arrangements by Marty Rifkin, award-winning session musician for
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Jewel.
Cowan began his Hollywood career as a segment producer, writer and performer on The Merv Griffin Show during the ‘80s, and interviewed hundreds
of luminaries, from Orson Welles to Jerry Seinfeld. He produced, wrote and hosted
his CableACE award-winning 60 Minutes send-up, 6 Minutes, for Showtime, drawing praise from 60 Minutes’ own creator, Don Hewitt. He’s
written over half a dozen original pilots (and hosted some) wrote for Ellen DeGeneres’ prime time Emmy-hosting
stint, performed in comedy clubs throughout the country, jazz clubs throughout Los Angeles... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spoAl1dNIDA ... and as a voiceover artist on Seinfeld,
3rd Rock, Lucas Films’ Star Wars, Dark Empire I & II audio books, Star Watch, Hollywood's Best Film
Directors, HBO Europe, ReelzChannel, and numerous other projects. He
regularly contributes humor pieces to multiple publications including the Los
Angeles Times, Salon and The New Yorker, wrote for MyFM in Los Angeles and the CBS Jack FM Radio Network
from 2007-'10, and has written over 200 comic panels since 2007 (one of which sent up Tim Russert
and was featured on NBC's Meet the Press) for King Features' Bizarro,
the National Cartoonists Society three-time "Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel" and successor to Gary Larson's Far Side. He wrote and co-created the comedy webisode series, Phonees,
http://www.phonees.com/index.php, featuring Danny Woodburn (Seinfeld) and Jill-Michele Melean (MADtv). Opposite Andy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUY8hBktE4w... is a comedy hybrid being developed by Endemol USA which centers on his exploits tackling "the opposite" in
his own life, the theme of an acclaimed top ten Seinfeld episode he wrote. Up & Down Guys, www.upanddownguys.com, his
comedy/talk radio show first profiled in The Hollywood Reporter, premiered in 2010 on KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles.
Another Talk Show! with Andy Cowan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhdW4WsZuyI, featuring
Jason Alexander and Sheila Raye Charles, is a 2011 TV talk show hour pilot. Profiled in Who’s Who in America,
he earned his Master's Degree in Broadcasting from Boston University and began his broadcasting career in radio and TV news
in Pennsylvania.
IMDB profile: (doesn’t include all credits from 2000s,
nor pilots…) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184518/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cowan
I am a Voice123.com <a href=" voice" >http://voice123.com">voice actor</a>
Jazz review:
http://www.ulv.edu/campustimes/032808/arts_stories/hipkitty.htm
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HITCHIN'
ON THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE
© 2008 Andy Cowan
(BMI)
3:35
By
Andy Cowan (310)393-0965
TOP 20 FINALIST WINNER
2007 AND 2008 UNISONG INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS; 2007 SONG OF THE YEAR “SUGGESTED ARTIST,” 2007 THE GREAT AMERICAN
SONG CONTEST HONOR AWARD; 2008 UK SONGWRITING CONTEST SEMI-FINALIST
CHORUS
I keep hitchin’ on the highway of life. And ain’t
nobody pickin’ me me up
I keep aimin’ to go where the luck’s gonna flow.
Where the sunshine’ll fill my cup
I keep standin’ there wavin’ my thumb. Till
the ache in my arm grows numb
Keep hopin’ for the ride to turn my tide. Keep lurchin’
on the sidelines
Searchin’ for the guidelines
Twitchin’ on the byways
Hitchin’ on the highway of life
VERSE
I try thumbin’ my way to the end of a road that fails
to bend
To a place I arrive where I get me high fives. And the key
to the city
And the heart of a pretty is a fine little ditty to tend
to
CHORUS
Keep hitchin’ on the highway of life. And ain’t
nobody stoppin’ today
I keep watchin’ ‘em slow to a crawl that’s
only a prelude to speedin’ away
Keep lookin’ in their eyes to see how clear a window
to a soul can be
Keep thumbin’ as my foes keep a thumbin’ their
nose. Keep lurchin’ on the sidelines
Searchin’ for the guidelines
Twitchin’ on the byways
Hitchin’ on the highway of life
SOLO
VERSE
CHORUS
Keep hitchin’ on the highway of life. And still nobody’s
gazing my way
I keep starin’ ‘em down with a grin till a frown
gets to beat it in a twelve round fray
Keep standin’ on the shoulder of fate. I need a pick-me-up
before it’s too late
Keep uppin’ my chin till my ship comes in. I’m
lurchin’ on the sidelines
Searchin’ for the guidelines
Strivin’ for the entry
Jivin’ for the gentry
Aimin’ to please as I bend to my knees
And I ask, “Goin’ My Way?” Twitchin’
on the byways. Hitchin’ on the highway of life
TAG
Car screeches to a halt, honks & female driver asks,
“Need a lift?”
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