This is just a fan based profile. This is not the band running this. No i am not andy powell. ha. I can answer any questions you ask me because I have met the band.
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.
Wishbone Ash rides the wave into 2006 with a new studio recording, "Clan Destiny," and international tour dates On the heels of a whirlwind year, Wishbone Ash begins 2006 with what has become an annual tradition: a tour of Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland, followed by spring tours of the United Kingdom and the United States. Amid touring, the band promotes its latest studio recording, Clan Destiny, set for an April 24 worldwide release on Eagle Rock (in the U.K. it will come out on Talking Elephant, the bands longtime label). Wishbone Ash is the pioneering British twin-lead guitar band that influenced the likes of Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden, along with a crop of new, young guitar bands. The band features founding guitarist Andy Powell, whose name is often associated with the Gibson Flying V, which he has popularized over the years. The lineup includes Finnish guitar slinger Muddy Manninen and the longtime rhythm section of bassist Bob Skeat and drummer Ray Weston. 2005 was a banner year for Wishbone Ash, and not only because the band celebrated its 35th anniversary. There were tours of Turkey, France, Germany, Poland, Holland, Belgium; two tours of the States and two of the U.K.; two fan conventions on two continents; appearances at major festivals, the recording of Clan Destiny; a DVD recording; a tribute CD release; and the publication of a guitar tablature book of Wishbone Ashs music. According to Powell, this year revolves around Clan Destiny. Recorded in the States at Blue Jay Studios in Carlisle, Mass., the CDs 11 tracks were recorded in an impressive 22 days. Powell says, We went in the studio very well prepared. The album has a lot of energy, a lot of creativity. Clan Destiny was produced by Powell and engineered by Will Sandalls. The albums name is a pun that came to Powell while he was doing yard work at his Connecticut home. Were like the greatest unknown band, so theres something clandestine about that, he explains. Theres a lot of clandestine stuff going on in the lyrics. The pun comes in because of Wishbone Ashs extended family of fans, and there are so many former band members; its like a clan. We often question the destiny of this clan but it always survives, year after year. According to Powell, The work seems, to my ears, to be a natural follow on from [previous studio release] Bona Fide, but with even more focus on the songwriting. Formed in October 1969 in London, 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 Ashs trademark. Throughout the years, many notable musicians have contributed their talents to the band, including Asias John Wetton, Trevor Bolder from Uriah Heep and Laurie Wisefield, who would later play guitar for Joe Cocker and Tina Turner.filter:Glow(color=COLOR,strength=4);height:0px;
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