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Wishbone Four is the fourth studio album by British rock band Wishbone Ash, released in 1973. It was a departure from their previous album, Argus , in that it lacked that recording's overall cohesion and atmosphere and the loose conceptual framework of a stately, pastoral and warring medieval England.
Wishbone Four (1973) Live Dates (1973) First Light (2007) June 1974 – November 1980 ... Jamie Crompton – guitar, backing vocals; Steve Upton – drums, percussion;
Wishbone Ash on stage in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, in 1972. Wishbone Ash was formed in October 1969 by bass guitarist Martin Turner and drummer Steve Upton. When Tanglewood's original guitarist, Martin's brother Glenn Turner, left the trio and returned to his native Devon, their manager, Miles Copeland III, advertised for a guitar player and also for a keyboard player.
Turner joined Wishbone Ash in 1969. Extensive touring followed, whilst also recording the albums Wishbone Ash, Pilgrimage, and Argus. He left the band after their fourth album, Wishbone Four, in 1974. His main guitar during this period was a Gibson Les Paul. He also used a Fender Stratocaster and vintage lap steel guitars.
[3] Also in 2023, Wishbone Ash undertook a 50th anniversary tour celebrating the album, and recorded and released Live Dates Live, as a tribute to the original Live Dates. [ 3 ] Band founder and original bass guitarist Martin Turner also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the album in 2023, by touring across the UK. [ 4 ]
Laurence Mark Wisefield (born 27 August 1952) is an English guitarist and vocalist, best known for his contributions to Wishbone Ash during the 1970s and 1980s. Early career [ edit ]
Birch joined Wishbone Ash in 1997, performing on the Trance Visionary, Psychic Terrorism, and Bare Bones [2] albums. He toured extensively with the band, performing lead vocals on songs such as "Persephone" and "Phoenix", before leaving in 2001.
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars, praising the instrumentation and writing that "it set up the commercial breakthrough enjoyed by the band's next album, Wishbone Four, but over the years it came to be seen as the quintessential Wishbone Ash recording, the one that best realized the group's complex vision ...