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Artist: Wishbone
Artist: Wishbone
Artist: Wishbone Ash
During the early- and mid-'70s, Wishbone Ash were among England's most popular hard rock acts. The group's roots dated to the summer of 1966, when drummer Steve Upton formed a band called Empty Vessels with bassist/vocalist Martin Turner and guitarist Glen Turner. Empty Vessels soon changed their name to Tanglewood and moved to London; during a... [+] Read More
Artist: Ray Weston
Ray Weston was the drummer for Wishbone Ash from 1980 to 1994. At that time he joined up with a group called World of Leather, releasing several albums with them. However, by 1998 he had rejoined Wishbone Ash. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Birch
Mark Birch is the guitarist for Wishbone Ash. He came to that group after having played in a variety of local and regional bands. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle spent time working as bass player for such artists as Rod Stewart, Savoy Brown, and the Kinks. He began playing for Wishbone Ash in 1986 and worked with them until 1994. During that time he also recorded and toured with Gary Moore. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Powell
Andy Powell (b. 1950) began playing guitar in 1961. He played in numerous London-based bands for the next eight years, hooking up with Wishbone Ash at their formation in 1969. Their self-titled first album came out the next year. The only permanent member in the band, Powell still found the time to work on projects with other musicians ranging... [+] Read More
Artist: Ben Granfelt
Guitarist Ben Granfelt formed his own group, Ben Granfelt Band, in 1993. This came after working with Gringos Locos for five years beginning in 1986. He also played in two bands concurrent with his own group. Those two bands are Guitar Slingers and Leningrad Cowboys. He became a member of Wishbone Ash in 2001. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Roger Fillgate
Roger Fillgate is a product of a musical family, with the majority of his close relatives all being musicians. He began playing guitar at an early age and did some studio recording through the '80s. He started working with Andy Powell in 1993 and wound up joining Wishbone Ash in 1994. He stayed with the group until 1997. ~ Gary Hill, All Music... [+] Read More
Artist: Martin Turner
Born in 1947, Martin Turner was a founding member of Wishbone Ash in 1969. He was their regular bass player until 1980. He came back to the fold in 1988, but he only stayed with them for two years. Since that time he has been working on his own studio and playing in a local group. He released a solo album called Walking the Reeperbahn in 1999. ~... [+] Read More
Artist: Bob Skeat
Bob Skeat is a musician who, like a good number of music people, comes from a musical family. He started off playing piano as a small child, but switched to bass in his teens. He has played for such notables as Gilbert O'Sullivan, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, and Colin Blunstone. He was working as a session musician before joining Wishbone Ash.... [+] Read More
Artist: Tony Kishman
Tony Kishman played in a band called Cheap Tricks from 1973 to 1978. He released a solo album after that time. Kishman joined Wishbone Ash in 1994 and stayed with them until 1997. He left the group to continue his solo career, working on promoting his new album, Catch 22. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Trevor Bolder
Born in 1950, Trevor Bolder's first real break in the music business was in 1971 when he played on David Bowie's Hunky Dory album. He also played with Bowie on his The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. He also played on Dana Gillispie's album Weren't Born As a Man before joining the Mick Ronson Band in 1973. The band... [+] Read More
Artist: Ted Turner
Ted Turner (real name David Allen Turner) was born in 1950. He began playing guitar at the age of 17 and in 1969 became a founding member of Wishbone Ash. While still in that band, in 1971, he recorded with John Lennon. Turner left the music biz in 1974, but it was a short retirement. The next year in New Orleans he hooked up with the World Man... [+] Read More
Artist: Laurie Wisefield
Laurie Wisefield played for the band Home in the early '70s. It was while he was playing for this band that Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell saw him. When Ted Turner left Ash in 1974, Powell brought Wisefield into the fold as his replacement. He remained in the band until 1996, later playing with Tina Turner. He stayed with her until the early '90s... [+] Read More
Artist: Mike Sturgis
Mike Sturgis is a drummer who attended the University of Miami from 1982 to 1986. He toured with Bob James, playing his brand of jazz. He did various session work with such artists as Asia, Nina Hagen, Phil Manzanera, and Phenomena. He not only recorded with Asia, but also toured with them. His next career move was hooking up with Wishbone Ash... [+] Read More
Artist: Jamie Crompton
Jamie Crompton is a drummer who started off playing for various new wave-type bands, eventually hooking up with Susie Quatro in 1980. He recorded a few albums with her and toured extensively in that group. One of those tours involved an opening slot with Wishbone Ash in 1985, and that group offered him a temporary place as their drummer. He took... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Upton
Steve Upton was born in 1946; he started playing drums in 1960. He did so to be the percussion man for a band that two of his friends were forming. That group was called the Scimitars, and Upton learned his craft while performing with them. When they broke up, he played in a blues band for a time, and after that group broke up he quit playing... [+] Read More
Artist: Bobby G. Griffith
Canadian label MTCC folded soon after it released Bobby G. Griffith's debut, Living on a Wishbone. Not to be deterred, Griffith simply went to the U.S. and negotiated with Polydor to release his single "709." He signed a deal in 1972 with Ranwood, which released his biggest hit, "The Badger's Song," in America; Quality Records distributed... [+] Read More
Artist: Mervyn Spence
At the age of 16 Mervyn Spence became the bassist/vocalist for the band Trapeze. When that group broke up, he worked on solo material for a time. In 1983 he became the bass player for Wishbone Ash, replacing Trevor Bolder. He remained in that role until 1986, when he quit to pursue family matters. Since then he has been working with a loose-knit... [+] Read More
Artist: Tacye
Forging a uniquely lush, dreamy sound she dubbed "ethereal," Tacye began composing music as a child; at 17, she relocated from her native England to Egypt, increasingly absorbing Eastern influences into her subsequent songs. As a keyboardist and remixer, she collaborated with the likes of Utah Saints and Bomb the Bass, as well as writing a... [+] Read More
Artist: Prairie Soul
Formed from the Edmonton music scene, Prairie Soul started performing in 1999. Originally, violinist and vocalist Sarah Card was involved in the music industry at an early age. Classically trained on the violin at her home in Grand Prairie, Alberta, her father owned a live concert sound company. After moving to Edmonton in the mid-'90s, Card met... [+] Read More
Artist: Tron Carter
Seattle-based Tron Carter, new to the Seattle rock scene in 2006 but regularly drawing great crowds to such venues as High Dive, Nectar, and Crocodile, are on a mission to return Seattle rock to the mainstream. Their debut album - a guitar-driven affair full of huge riffs and tight melodies makes that much abundantly clear.
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Artist: Claire Hamill
Claire Hamill released her first album in 1971, called One House Left Standing. Her next album was entitled October, and was released two years later. The following year, Hamill released Stage Door Johnnies. Abracadabra came out in 1975. When her career started to lag due to punk rock fever in the music business, she joined up with Wishbone Ash,... [+] Read More
Artist: Boys Brigade
Boys Brigade was a strong pop/rock group that laid down roots in Toronto, Canada, in 1981. The band's music is somewhat comparable to that of Wishbone Ash, Rush, or Little Steven. The full roster for Boys Brigade included lead singer and keyboardist Malcolm Burn, percussionists and background singers Jeff Packer and David Porter, guitarist and... [+] Read More
