Theme Week: Progressive - Wishbone Ash
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[Live WMKC Studios Memphis, TN - 08/21/72]
[From The EP "Live In Memphis"]
Wishbone Ash were to their 1970's British fans what the Allman Brothers are to southern rock Americans: a hard rockin' salt-of-the-earth band with two lead guitarists - easy enough to nod to at the backyard BBQ yet interesting enough to take a long hard listen to over a few Buds. This 10 minute track, written for their "Pilgrimage" album, was originally only available on the hard to find "Live In Memphis" Promo EP. It's now available as a bonus track on the 30th anniversary re-issue of the seminal "Argus" album. They seem to be going for something akin to King Crimson lite, however not many of my fellow Americans know much about them so I thought this would make a nice post. "The Pilgrim" is an instrumental with both guitarists taking the the reigns in their nimble hands. This was recorded for Memphis radio station WMKC without overdubs in 1972 - sounds pretty nice for a 32 year old recording. They're still touring today. Enjoy!
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1 Comments:
Thanks for the tune and the info re. the re-release of Argus. Argus is aural comfort food for me and although I have it on tape (and haven't found time to convert it to CD) I may just get the new edition.
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