05/10/2026
***A Couple of Andrews — Our Story***
I’ve been in the entertainment world for most of my life.
I composed my first song at 13 years old, and by 18 I was already working professionally in the industry. Over the years, I’ve appeared in national commercials for companies like Yamaha and Atari, and I’ve written jingles for various brands. By the time I was 25, I had composed more than 200 original songs and scored two feature films—one of which I also produced and performed the entire soundtrack for.
Music and performance have always been the thread running through my life.
In addition to composing and studio work, I spent years performing as a DJ and karaoke host throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas. During the MySpace era, I built an audience of over 30,000 followers and was living in Las Vegas at the time. In 2007, I was voted “Best Of” by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
I’ve performed on many stages in Las Vegas over the years, including venues such as the Hard Rock Hotel’s The Joint in Beacher’s Madhouse, the Stratosphere’s Theater of the Stars in the televised show Singsations, and also in Bite. I've also performed several times at Mandalay Bay in the House of Blues as a guest singer for Purple Reign, the Prince tribute show.
Over time, I’ve released more than 200 original songs under various pseudonyms, with millions of views on YouTube. I’ve also created side projects, including a comedy nostalgia music show called Frimmy The Frog, which has built a decent following on TikTok.
For most of my life, my identity has been tied to creating, performing, and building something out of music and entertainment.
***How Jessica Entered the Story***
In 2012, I was supposed to attend my nephew’s wedding in Lake Tahoe with my girlfriend at the time. Five days before the trip, that relationship ended abruptly and painfully. I was devastated, but I wasn’t going to miss my nephew’s wedding.
I went anyway.
The first day there, after wedding rehearsals, I walked across the street to the Harrah’s hotel to get out of my head for a while. I had about $100 to my name at that point. I had already spent most of what I had the week before while dealing with the breakup.
I walked into the casino and didn’t really know what I was doing or why I was there. I just needed a distraction.
Within about ten minutes, I noticed a blackjack dealer on break. Something about her stood out immediately. I remember thinking I needed to sit at her table at some point that night.
When she returned from break, I waited for her table to open and placed my $100 down. It was a $25 minimum table, higher than I normally would have played. I didn’t care.
I just wanted to stay there.
I was handed four green $25 chips. I placed my first bet—and won. Then I bet again—and won again.
We started talking between hands.
Her name was Jessica.
We spoke a little about our lives, nothing dramatic, just a conversation between two strangers. As the night went on, I somehow kept winning enough hands to stay in the game. That $100 lasted me the entire Tahoe trip.
More importantly, it led to something else—I added her on Facebook before the trip ended.
***A Life Together Begins***
After about a year of courtship, Jessica moved in with me in Las Vegas. We were officially together and building a life side by side.
Three years later, I proposed to her at the Bellagio after dinner. I got down on one knee, and she said yes.
We were married in a small, private ceremony at a chapel in Las Vegas, with just my mother as a witness.
Jessica is a trained opera singer, and over time we started experimenting creatively together. We were trying to figure out what we wanted to do musically as a duo.
At first, we created a deliberately over-the-top comedy project—parody songs and chaotic videos. It actually gained over a million views on YouTube, but it was never taken seriously. People could tell we were trolling, and it didn’t land the way we had hoped.
We learned from that.
***Becoming “A Couple of Andrews”***
By 2016, we decided to change direction completely.
We both loved old-school Las Vegas—the lounge acts, the personality, the energy that used to define the city. We felt like that version of Vegas was disappearing.
So we decided to bring a piece of it back.
We created a live performance act built around cover songs, personality, and stage presence. We rebranded ourselves as:
Franky & Jessica Andrews
and called the act
A Couple of Andrews
It was a return to simplicity—live shows, private events, corporate performances, and small stage gigs.
The act began gaining traction. We were even preparing for a cruise ship tour when everything came to a sudden halt.
***The Collapse***
When COVID hit, everything stopped overnight.
Entertainment was one of the first industries to shut down completely.
We lost everything almost instantly.
At that time, the only thing we had left was our car.
We ended up delivering food just to survive, living out of that same car during the pandemic. There were days we didn’t know where we would sleep, or what the next week would look like.
Eventually, through a series of temporary arrangements, we were taken in by kind people who gave us a place to stay. We are still deeply grateful for that.
Even then, stability was fragile. We bounced between living situations, never fully settled, always uncertain.
***Rebuilding Again***
Eventually, Jessica made the decision to step away from the uncertainty of entertainment. She found a stable corporate job. Later, she was able to get me hired at the same company.
For the first time in a long time, we had stability.
Jessica had worked there for almost four years and myself for almost one year. We were able to breathe again. We had a home. We could plan ahead. We could exist without constant survival stress.
It felt like we had finally made it through the worst of it.
***The Diagnosis***
Then everything changed again.
I was diagnosed with re**al cancer.
That is where we are now.
This part of the story is not easy to live through, and it is even harder to describe. Day to day life has become a challenge in ways most people don’t see. I struggle with basic function and constant pain. Sitting for extended periods while working is physically difficult, and often exhausting.
Jessica is not only working full-time as a supervisor at that major company—often long hours—but she is also my caretaker at home.
This is a painful and very physically demanding condition, and it affects both of us every single day. There are nights where neither of us sleep well if even at all. There are moments that are difficult to describe without getting too personal.
We are tired. But we are still moving forward.
***Where We Are Now***
This page—this project—is part of what we’re building in the middle of all of this.
Music has always been my life. Performing has always been my identity. Even now, in the middle of health challenges and uncertainty, I am still creating, still writing, still building.
This is not about pretending things are easy. It’s about continuing anyway.
We are sharing this journey not for sympathy, but for honesty—and for anyone who has followed our work, supported us, or is just discovering us now.
If you’re here, thank you for taking the time to read this.
There will be more posts—some about the music, some about the journey, and some about what life looks like in real time as we go through this.
We are still here. We are still building. And we are still A Couple of Andrews.
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