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The show on the 5th April was so good that we
immediately re-booked the band for this October
gig - twice a year, it must be good!
There was a very big
crowd which was way up on last year and proves
our point that this is a superb band who
continue to win more and more fans. Don't leave
it too late to book your tickets for this one.
Background blurb ....
Wishbone
Ash deserve long service medals for their 30
years of touring the world. The band are
renowned for delivering high quality rock, the
sort that has depth not just volume. Stalwart Andy
Powell remembers back in the 60’s when the
band were looking for a guitarist, “they
started running advertisements in the music
papers and prospective guitarists would come to
the house and audition. It finally came down to Ted
Turner and me and they couldn't decide
between us. So the band decided not to hire a
keyboard player, as they'd originally planned
and took us both instead!"
The
group was subject to a variety of influences -
Powell was a veteran of various semi-pro blues
and soul outfits and a player who listened to
bands from Fairport Convention to the Who.
"Pete Townsend had a profound impact on me
as a rhythm player", Powell says and
credits his experience in soul bands, working
with horn section harmonies as the inspiration
for the dual lead guitar format that he and Ted
Turner developed.
Powell
continues, "It was crucial in those days
that everybody have their own sound, there was a
great spirit in the air in the late 60's. The
clubs were very active, there was a lot of
R&B and a lot of blues, like the Pretty
Things and early Fleetwood Mac. The scene was
open to anything that would expand the
imagination."
As for
the group's name, Powell explains, "We
wanted something that wouldn't tie us down to a
particular style and came up with a number of
wacky names - I remember Third World War and
Jesus Duck. Finally there were two lists, one of
which had the word Wishbone on it and the other
of which had Ash. The combination sounded
intriguing - actually, it sounded like more than
it was."
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