BASED IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, ANDREW "ANDY DIRTYHAND" CARRIERI HAS BEEN A LEADING FIGURE IN THE ITALIAN BLUES SCENE SINCE THE LATE 1980S. WITH HIS FIRST BAND, THE JACK DANIEL'S LOVERS, HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM IN 1983, A RECORD THAT WENT ON TO ACHIEVE LEGENDARY STATUS IN HIS HOME COUNTRY. IN 1990, HE JOINED FORCES WITH BASSIST MAX PITARDI, DRUMMER CESARI FERIOLI (WHO WOULD LATER SPEARHEAD THE BIG MOJO PROJECT IN THE 2000S, BLENDING ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH THE BLUES), AND LEGENDARY HARMONICA PLAYER EGIDIO "JUKE" INGALA TO FORM DIRTY HANDS. OVER THE YEARS, THE BAND RECORDED FOUR ALBUMS AND TOURED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. 
ABOVE ALL, ANDY CARRIERI IS AN OUTSTANDING BLUES GUITARIST. ON HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM, "ALL THINGS BRIGHT", CARRIERI RETURNS TO THE ROOTS OF CLASSIC BLUES, FEATURING ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ALONGSIDE INSPIRED INTERPRETATIONS OF SONGS BY BIG BILL BROONZY, LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS, AND BIG JOE WILLIAMS. HIS ELECTRIFYING FINGERPICKING AND SLIDE GUITAR WORK DEFINE A REMARKABLE STYLE THAT IS RAW, SOPHISTICATED, AND UNMISTAKABLY MODERN. A RECORDING OF RARE ELEGANCE.