{"id":16704,"date":"2022-02-19T11:56:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2022-02-19T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:56:55","slug":"classic-rock-legends-wishbone-ash-embark-on-eagerly-awaited-u-s-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/classic-rock-legends-wishbone-ash-embark-on-eagerly-awaited-u-s-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Legends Wishbone Ash Embark on Eagerly Awaited U.S. Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wishbone Ash\u2019s U.S. tour will kick off on Feb. 23 and run through May 24. The tour, with legs in the Northeast\/Midwest and South\/West, will continue the band\u2019s 50th Anniversary celebrations and will also mark the golden anniversary of their landmark album, \u201cArgus.\u201d

\u201cThankfully, before Covid-19 shut live music down around the world, we did manage to celebrate our 50th anniversary by touring Europe and other territories in support of our new album, \u2018Coat of Arms,\u2019\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says founding member Andy Powell (guitar, lead vocals).\u00a0\u201cThe USA was not quite so lucky, missing out on the party. So we\u2019ll be resuming the celebration for our friends and fans who missed out due to the pandemic.\u201d<\/em>
Formed in October 1969, Wishbone Ash pioneered a melodic style of twin-lead guitar that inspired such groups as Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Influenced equally by British folk traditions, American jazz and R&B, the band played to public and critical acclaim.

\u201cArgus\u201d (1972), their double-platinum third album, is interwoven with spiritual imagery, featuring such classics as \u201cThe King Will Come,\u201d \u201cThrow Down the Sword\u201d and \u201cBlowin’ Free\u201d \u2013 all three are still staples of Wishbone Ash\u2019s regular concerts. The album\u2019s iconic cover design is one of Hipgnosis\u2019 legendary works – a sentry surveying a misty landscape – encapsulating the title of the album, which was taken from Greek mythology\u2019s one-eyed watcher.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of \u201cArgus,\u201d the band will perform the album in its entirety at selected shows on the tour.

Slated for later this year is an \u201cArgus\u201d limited-release special box set containing the remastered album plus historical live albums, previously unreleased, from the original band, back at that time.
The quintessential road band, Wishbone Ash has gained worldwide recognition, based firmly on a regime of relentless touring and recording. Power and melody have made the Ash a hard act to follow, while they are currently being discovered by new generations of loyal rock fans.

Powell trades licks with Yorkshire’s Mark Abrahams, who has been playing Wishbone Ash tunes since his youth. Bob Skeat keeps the low-end rocking, working the grooves with newest band member Mike Truscott on drums. Mike also hails from Yorkshire, England, like Mark Abrahams.

In just the last few years, tours have been set in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, as well as Japan and South Africa. Each year, approximately 30,000 actual road miles are racked up, plus countless flights, taking the band\u2019s special brand of twin lead guitar-based rock around the planet.
\u201cEveryone by now knows that Wishbone Ash is one of the hardest working bands in rock today and so it really was a major blow, to be wrenched out of our comfort zone – being on tour,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Powell says.\u00a0\u201cA lot of personal, financial and physical adjustment was needed in taking this forced hiatus, for all of us, but we kept ourselves busy. I\u2019ve been working on my gear and working on songs. I also started my online\u00a0patreon.com\/andypowell<\/a>\u00a0site where I dispense road stories, guitar tips and songwriting insights. This kind of thing has kept us focused and creative individually, but there\u2019s nothing quite like a life on the road, especially if you\u2019ve been living that way for 50 years!\u201d<\/em>

Their last U.S. concert was at the Triple Door in Seattle on Friday the 13th of 2020.\u00a0\u201cI looked like a hermetically sealed passenger when I boarded the plane for home,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Powell says.\u00a0\u201cWe were getting intel about the Covid situation from the authorities as we rounded the corner up through California and Washington state, the virus seemed to be on our heels.\u00a0After that, the whole world seemed to shut down and we had to make some major adjustments. We miss all our friends and fans around the U.S. and the world, in fact, and the camaraderie and support that brings.\u201d<\/em>

For tour dates and more information visit:<\/strong>www.wishboneash.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow the band on Facebook (@wishbone.ash.official), Instagram (@wishboneashofficial) and Twitter (@wishboneash_com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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