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Risk Assessment, Andy’s newest and eight album was released 6 October 2011, premiering at his performance for National Story Night in Jonesborough, Tennessee and then available during the National Storytelling Festival. It is the perfect mixture of his work for families, adults, children, and all the rest of us! Stories of Aunt Marguerite, Drucilla, Dr. Mary Francis, and a mysterious glowing phantasm at camp – powerful, heartwarming, hilarious stories, of life and love. Mostly hilarious! Friends’ favorite song, “Crickets in the Kudzu” recorded by popular request, and a special visit from a couple of clowns (Bil Lepp and Kevin Kling) to help raise funds for “Keep It!”, a program to provide library books for Ivory Park in South Africa. This may easily be Andy’s best work yet.
Andy’s seventh CD and Bonus DVD, Lip Service, release date 1 October 2010 is a musical album of a whole new caliber. Andy whistles. Andy whistles a lot. Andy sings. Andy’s previous CDs have won numerous Storytelling World awards, and two Just Plain Folks awards. After a lot of fan nagging, Andy is tickled to present this record featuring whistling and mouth-music on every track. The album includes multi-tracked a capella extravaganzas as diverse as “Low Rider” and “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”, along with original songs and adventurous arrangements.
“Andy Offut Irwin immediately impressed us as the finest whistler we’ve ever heard, featured on his new CD.” ~ Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, multiple GRAMMY winners and GRAMMY nominees 14 consecutive years
Read Review of Lip Service from Georgia Music Magazine
Andy’s sixth release, Crowd Control, is a storytelling album with a little music, released 23 October 2008, Echo Lake Records. It was awarded HONORS for the category STORYTELLING RECORDINGS from the 2010 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARDS. Aunt Marguerite gets her own Blue Law amid stories and songs of kissing balls, night toddlers, Mexican food, Shakespeare, chickens, and that flying kapoo. And don’t be surprised to hear from Uncle Charles. Recorded live at the International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Andy’s fifth release,Bootsie in Season,came out 23 September 2007, Echo Lake Records. It has won two national awards. Winner 2009 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARD: Stories for Adult Listeners for the story “The Beauty Pageant.” Winner 2009 JUST PLAIN FOLKS AWARD: Best Storytelling Album. You’ll hear about a cemetery, an undeniable ghost, rubber snakes, mannequins, deer in town, deep abiding friendship, and how Aunt Marguerite became a recovering racist.
Andy’s fourth release, Book Every Saturday for a Funeralwas released 19 October 2006, Echo Lake Records and was the winner of the 2008 STORYTELLING WORLD RESOURCE AWARD for Storytelling Recording. His most poignant collection of stories, this album will make you laugh and cry and sometimes not be sure which! And you will love it! We are reintroduced to Aunt Marguerite and learn what she means to her friends and what our friends should mean to us. A profound humorist’s true work of art!
Andy’s third release,
Christmas at Southern White Old Lady Hospitalwas released 14 Dec. 2004, Echo Lake Records. It is markedly different from earlier albums, as it is Andy’s first purely storytelling recording where we first become acquainted with the brilliance of his humor. We first meet Aunt Marguerite, octogenarian and newly licensed MD, a true lady of the south and force of nature. Hilarious! Touching! Nationally Award-Winning! Christmas at Southern White Old Lady Hospital was the winner of the 2008 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARD for Storytelling Recording as well as the winner of the 2006 JUST PLAIN FOLKS AWARD: Best Storytelling Album.
Banana SeatAndy’s second release and first CD debuted 1995, Echo Lake Records. It is mostly music, and highlights Andy’s range of ability as an unequaled songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, whistler, humorist, and humanitarian. To many, the one beloved story he tacked on the end became the favorite: ”Johnny and Kenny lived in Nelson Heights…” and a storyteller was uncovered beneath all that musical talent. Needless to say, this album has been sold out as a CD for many years, but was re-released October 1, 2010 and first available at THE NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL.
Andy’s first release, on cassette only, was released in 1990. All music, all wonderful, all sold out, no longer available in any format. It was an amazing first album, a perfect preview of things to come with the clever songwriting and ingenious turn of a phrase. Clamydomonas(sp?) was a release of Conscientious Fish Productions.
Link to purchase this book Andy’s delightful lesson plan (I Got Those) Low Down Dirty Emergent Reader Blues is adaptable to all ages, kindergarten through middle school. 
Using storytelling and engaging the student in writing his own poetry and music as a tool to learn parts of speech and other literacy concepts, it is included in LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN THE STORYTELLING CLASSROOM, 2009, Norfolk, Stenson, and Williams. The book is a wonderful resource for developing literacy skills using storytelling and was a WINNER of 2010 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARD in the category, SPECIAL STORYTELLING RESOURCES
“One of the funniest, most creative talents I’ve ever seen. He knocked my socks off !” ~ Pierce Pettis
