Mackay was innate within Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, and grew higher within central London. He attended Reading University, where he played by owning the class action known as the Nova Express & struck higher a friendly relationship using fellow student Brian Eno. He joined Roxy Music around 1971, fallowing answering an ad located by singer Bryan Ferry, and before long brought Eno into a class action too. He besides taught good-whale as a music teacher at Holland Park Comprehensive in that time period.

Mackay played keyboards, hautbois & sax within Roxy Music, & presently became known for his "duckwalk" put-on when swimming sax solos.[http://www.roxyrama.com/biographies/biography_andymackay-frameset.html] By having his quiff & mutton chop, Mackay's early appearance suggested an ironic throwback to Fifties rock & roll performing artist. His songwriting credits include "A Song For Europe", "Three and Nine", "Love Is The Drug" & "Tara".

He freed 2 solo albums in a Seventies, & composed the music for the album Rock Follies, which reached number one on the British chants around 1976. Mackay likewise worked using Mott The Hoople, John Cale, Pavlov's Dog and Eddie And The Hot Rods. Around 1981, he published Electronic Music: A Instruments, The Music & The Musicians.

Fallowing Roxy Music's dissolution inside 1983, Mackay joined with Roxy guitar player Phil Manzanera to form The Explorers, featuring Bryan Ferry soundalike James Wraith on lead vocals. the class action freed a self-titled album inside 1985, and resurfaced around 1988 as Manzanera and Mackay. Under this title, it freed a farther ii albums which combined fresh poop using reissued tracks from either the Explorers album.

From either 1988 to 1991, Mackay largely abandoned music to take a three month Bachelor of Divinity program at King's College London. He recorded the Christmas album in 1989 with The Players, a class action of English folk musicians.

He participate in the Roxy Music reunion concerts of 2001 and 2003, and has written music for British television.

Discography

Solo albums

In Search of Eddie Riff (1974) Resolving Contradictions (1978)

Rock Follies

Rock Follies (1976) ''Rock Follies of '77 (1977)

Explorers/Manzanera and Mackay

The Explorers (1985) Crack The Whip (1988) Up In Smoke (1988) The Explorers Live at the Palace (1997) The Complete Explorers (2001)

Players

Christmas'' (1989)