This is just a fan based profile. We DONT have a way of contacting the band. This is not the band running this. No i am not andy powell. ha. So we won't be able to answer all questions but we'll try our best.
35 years and still taking it to the streets
Its a milestone year for Wishbone Ash as they tear up the highway and cut loose in the studio.
In 2005, British twin-lead guitar band Wishbone Ash celebrates 35 years of rock n roll in true Ash fashion: touring, touring and more touring in Turkey, Germany, Holland the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Plans are also under way to record a new studio album and to release a live CD.
Formed in October 1969, Wishbone Ash was gigging by 1970. The band garnered notice in the early days for a unique blend of blues, jazz and English folk. But it was the way the guitars played melodic leads together that would become Wishbone Ash's trademark, inspiring such bands as Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Throughout the years, many notable musicians have contributed their talents to the band, including Asia's John Wetton, Trevor Bolder from Uriah Heep and Laurie Wisefield, who would later play guitar for Joe Cocker and Tina Turner.
Late in 2004, founding guitarist Andy Powell, bassist Bob Skeat and drummer Ray Weston were joined by Finnish guitar slinger Muddy Manninen, who replaced fellow Finn Ben Granfelt. Wishbone Ash introduced Manninen to a receptive crowd at the annual UK AshCon in October, and US fans came out to get a look at the new guitar duo in action on a late fall tour.
One of Helsinkis top players, Manninen is a natural fit with the Ash. He played alongside Granfelt in the acclaimed 80s outfit Gringos Locos, something of a twin-lead guitar band itself. He and Powell share musical influences such as John Renbourn, Peter Green and Albert King. With Manninen, Wishbone Ash regains a slide guitarist; he is also an accomplished acoustic player and songwriter.
With a new band member comes a new dynamic that Wishbone Ash fans have embraced enthusiastically. It is this synergy that the band hopes to capture in the studio this summer. Writing is scheduled to begin in May. There are also plans to release an XM Satellite Radio show, recorded in December 2004 and broadcast in February 2005, as a live CD in the US.
In response to the disastrous events in Southeast Asia, Wishbone Ash has pledged support for tsunami relief. The net proceeds from four shows, one in each of four scheduled tours, will be donated to one of the tsunami relief funds.
Fans in the US can look forward to a convention on June 3-4 at the Moonshine Theater in Scranton, PA.
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Big Fan here ! ....... I think your music has definitely stood the test of time. Just heard a song on the local radio station and I was pleased to hear that it was some NEW ASH !
I can hardly wait to own it !!
HumboldtMyche
Hey, would you consider putting up "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda", "Faith, Hope, and Love", "Changing Tracks", "Come Rain, Come Shine", or "Cosmic Jazz" on the mini player? That would be so awesome. Even just one out of the request list would be sweet. Thanks.
Lata
I haven't seen the band since they did the "4" tour in Florida with Climax Blues Band on their "Rich Man" outing. Must have been 1973-1974. That was in DeLand, Florida in the pit at Stetson University. I remember the drummer starting to miss beats late in the show...that's when the lead singer acknowledged a pall of marijuana smoke in the air over the stage...and cited the smoke as the reason. He said something like: "You guys sure smoke a lot of weed down here in Florida, don't you?" What that remark came a rousing unison reply "Yeah!!!" followed by people throwing lit joints onto the wooden stage platform. Someone jumped up and swept them off with a pushbroom fearful of the fire hazard!
I'm a late bloomer to Argus...a real gem of a classic LP if there ever was one.
I'm leaving to search for something new,
Leaving everything I ever knew.
A hundred years in the sunshine
Hasn't taught me all there is to know.
In the valley, we will gather there,
Helpless in our surrender.
Tomorrow the plow becomes the sword -
Make us stronger in our danger.
Time will pass away,
Time will guard our secret.
I'll return again
To fight another day.
I'd have to be a warrior -
A slave I couldn't be -
A soldier and a conqueror,
Fighting to be FREE
Thank you for the lovely birthday wish! Really completed my day! Perfect!
Long Live Wishbone Ash! I am a longtime fan since the 70's. I have partied with all of you except for Martin Turner. Too bad about the recent Buffalo show getting cancelled because of the idiot club owner.
I love ye guys!*! My aunt gave me copies on casette of your original vinyls from the early 70s, I love them!!
To the meaning of this comment... When are ye guuys coming to play in Ireland huh?? I'm still waiting!!
