Andrew Crowley majored in journalism and minored in music and history at Indiana University. He attended grad school at Brooklyn College where he studied musicology and wrote his thesis on The Beach Boys. He was previously managing editor of the Emmons County Record in Linton, North Dakota. He served as features and education reporter at The Reporter-Times and earned multiple Hoosier State Press Association awards for his writing. As a freelancer his work focused on music. Highlights include interviews with Todd Rundgren, Mark Volman of The Turtles and Frank “Poncho” Sampedro of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.