<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho u-Andrews enezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala, umkhaya wakubo wathuthela e-Auburn, ME, futhi wahlala lapho kwaze kwashona unina. Ngo-1946, wabuyela emuva eDorchester, MA. Ngemuva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme ngo-1948, u-Andrews wajoyina i-US Army futhi wachitha iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga ezintathu eJalimane lapho, ngaphezu kwenkonzo yakhe yezempi eyayihlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza eBerlin Airlift ngesikhathi  <response>: ngesikhathi sokuvimbezela, wayejabulisa amabutho ngezikhathi ezithile emisebenzini ekhethekile. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwakhe ngokuhloniphekile ebuthweni lezempi, u-Andrews washada nesithandwa sakhe sasesikoleni esiphakeme, waba ubaba wamadodana amahlanu nendodakazi eyodwa, futhi waqhubekela phambili nomsebenzi wakhe njengomculi womculo wezwe namaqembu amaningana endaweni eseningizimu-mpumalanga yeMassachusetts. Omunye wemidlalo yakhe yokuqala wawungo-1954 e-Nicks Place ogwini lwaseNantasket eHull, MA. Kusukela ngo-1952 kuya ku-1954, u-Andrews wadlala emasontweni amaningana nomngane wakhe futhi inkinobho accordionist, uVictor Jenkins. 