Career
In 2001, at age 21, Andersen moved to the United States, joined blues frontman Terry Hanck"s band, and quickly became a figure on the West Coast blues scene. Andersen later played in Charlie Musselwhite"s band and got a Blues Music Award (formerly WC Handy Award) for best contemporary blues album for Charlie Musselwhite"s Delta Hardware. Then, when Little Charlie Baty retired from touring, Andersen took his place as guitarist in the Nightcats, and the new name of Rick Estrin & the Nightcats was formed.
Andersen has also done extensive touring with Elvin Bishop on the Red Dog Speaks Tour.
They currently reside in San Jose, California where Andersen is Chief Executive Officer of Greaseland Studios. In 2013, Andersen was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the "Gibson Guitar" category.
In 2014, 2015, and 2016 he was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the "Best Instrumentalist – Guitar" category.