Sorrel and Valediction are two of my favorite Wishbone Ash songs. The solos on those tracks are killer, especially on Sorrel. On Valediction I love the reggae interlude. Great stuff.
I bought Argus on vinyl around 79, just because I liked the album art and the UFO on the back cover, thought it was a cool band name also. I had never heard of them before, but it ended up being a favorite album.
THANK YOU for acknowleging the greatest, most overlooked guitar band of all time. Been a fan since '71 and proud to personally call Andy Powell a friend. He has kept the band alive for over 50 years and they're still rocking the world...They are currently sharing a bill with Sting, Vintage Trouble and Joe B in France this weekend. Please look at the band's history again sometime soon, they wrtote the book on dual lead guitar.
Well said Fred, I totally agree. I was into Ozark M D around the same , the Grateful etc . Just the same, with the flood of great music, at the time, WBA held their ground
Original line up still the best. Nothing can beat Martin Turner's bass playing in my opinion, Ted and Andy just gel and Steve Upton's drumming is priceless. Still watching both versions of the band whenever possible. Talk about living in the past! 🤣
Argus favourite album of all time . Someone else also mentioned the band Budgie the track Breadfan is amazing. This band influenced Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth, Alice in Chains and Queens of the Stoneage worth a chordplay session 👍👍👍
Our band used to play their music back in the early '70s and my entire family are absolute fans of them. We have seen them so many times. Good job. Thanks for sharing!
And hey gang, I've always wondered what "Wishbone Ash" meant or where it came from, and according to what I just discovered, it was a completely random name: "After the band members wrote several suggested band names on two sheets of paper, Martin Turner picked one word from each list - 'Wishbone' and 'Ash'." - Wikipedia THE MORE YOU KNOW...
Yeah... People tend not to mention "Pilgrimage," (2nd album) - which is actually a little more jazzy(??), and different from the first... and despite its many critics, I quite like "Wishbone 4" too (these four albums brilliantly re-rendered on the first "Live Dates!") Terrible quality slippage, I thought though, on "Locked In," before the magnificent "There's the Rub," and "New England," with Laurie Wisefield - who was well played into the band by then! [After which, with apologies to them, I began to turn more to other artists - many more American bands, and Dire Straits. And Andy's increasing falling out with his bandmates began to bother - not least with the original appealing Wishbone sound]!
Thanks for the early Ash primer! My first exposure to them was an 8-track of New England. Great album if you get a chance to check out. I also love my Live at the Marquee Club with Laurie Wisefield and Trevor Bolder joining Andy Powell and Steve Upton for a great show.
I enjoyed this lesson, David. Whenever I listen to Wishbone Ash's Argus I think of Epitaph's Outside the Law, and whenever I listen to Outside the Law I think of Argus.
Maiden was influenced by them big time. It's interesting that Martin Birch was the engineer on several Wishbone Ash albums and he ended up being Maiden's producer.
This is really good to hear..first saw the Ash in Oct 77 on my 18th and still catch them every UK tour even now..a unique sound. Andy Powell's 'twin' guitar partners over the years, Muddy Manninen and Mark Abrahams have breathed new life into their classics like Phoenix and Pilgrim among others. You've done the band justice with this lesson. Thankyou.
If you're a die hard Wishbone Ash fan,you must listen to the live in Chicago album.This album was also released in Germany as The King will come.It's one of their finest live albums imo.
Thanks very much for this David. Any more delving into Wishbone Ash's material, especially the earlier albums with Ted Turner and Lawrie Wisefild would be much appreciated! To us long time fans Andy Powell's "Eyes Wide Open" is a great read on the history and ups & downs of his and the band's 5+ decades on the road.... recommended to all! 👍
Hi @jeremysmallhorn3956. I'm pretty sure that Laurie Wisefield replaced Ted Turner when he left the band, so it was Andy Powell and Laurie on the album "There's The Rub". Laurie had been in a twin guitar band called "Home" and he later went on to be MD and guitarist for Tina Turner on numerous tours over the years, and he also toured with Joe Cocker and Roger Chapman. He's currently in a band called Snakecharmer, along with ex-members of Whitesnake & Thunder.
@@seanandben Yes, you're quite right, I should have phrased that part a bit more accurately .... Andy & Ted then Andy & Laurie from the excellent "....Rub" album/band era. Thanks also for the info on Laurie's career after Ash, will have to wander down that road a bit further - any suggestions, links etc .. very welcome 👍
I’m from NYC and have always been a big fan of Wishbone Ash! I remember seeing them at the Academy of Music on 14th Street when they released Argus in ‘72. Needless to say it was an incredible show! Thanks for the lessons on Wishbone Ash, you hit it outta the park!
Thanks for highlighting Wishbone’s music, their guitar sound is unique to them and, as you say, much appreciated over the years especially by all their UK fans. You’ve done a great job analysing and playing the selected pieces, you obviously have a great ear for it! 👌😀
one of my favorite bands growing up as a kid....highly underrated !Seen them when I was in the military in Germany. Still play in Europe I guess....not sure if they've ever been to America. Really cool double leads though !
I was 17 and WIshbone Ash were one of my favorite bands. I listened to their records hundreds of times, particularly Argus. So, thank you so much for showing me finally how to play Blowin Free and those other songs. Love you man !! ❤
Hi David, thanks so much for doing this breakdown on Wishbone Ash. You are the first youtuber of note to look at this wonderful band. They have been forgotten/overlooked by all to date. Hopefully with this video and possibly others more people can hear a band that influenced so many other bands that followed them. Back in 1970 Wishbone Ash signed a deal with MCA Records, after none other than Ritchie Blackmore recommended them to producer-cum-A&R man Derek Lawrence after supporting Deep Purple at a gig in Dunstable. Besides being greeted with all the critical praise they had dared to hope for - NME even called it “the clincher” - In 1972 Argus entered the UK chart at No.8 and peaked five places higher, bringing them their first gold disc. Even more impressive, readers of Sounds placed it ahead of Machine Head by Deep Purple, Bowie’s The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull and Mott The Hoople’s All The Young Dudes. It was also voted album of the year by Melody Maker at the time. Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden and various others went on to mime the Wishbone Ash twin-guitar sound, usually with far bigger sales.
Brilliant, this really takes me back. Argus is a fabulous album. Would love to have the parts for "Silver Shoes", "Hometown" from "There's The Rub" album analysed as well as "Eyes Wide Open" form the "Clan destiny" album. A great live rock number! Love it
...thanks for that, bro....i was well into Paul Kossoff and Wishbone Ash as i was learning to play guitar and this has served me well in my fifty odd years of gigging....!!!
David Brewster, you absolute star 🌟. Thank you so much for this. Ted Turner (IIRC) was the strat player. Argus is definitely their Magnum Opus, but I'm a huge fan of their melodic / harmonic rock style, so there's something on every album for me. Those interested should also check out the There's the Rub, New England, and Strange Affair albums. Pilgrimage, the second album has some interesting Jazz influences on the instrumental Vas Dis
LATE NIGHT, You should do a lesson about how iron maiden and wishbone ash use Etudes and Interludes sections for harmonized 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and 6ths. Dennis Straton Iron Maiden guitarist was very influenced by Wishbone Ash because he would creates harmonized Motifs for the Etude and Interlude sections. What is the differences between an Etude section and interlude section? is what the YT lesson would be about because iron maiden and wishbone ash use Etude sections and Interlude sections. Most classical composers didn't harmonize 4ths or 5ths because those are perfect intervals which don't have a SAD tonality or HAPPY Tonality. That is why classical theory teachers will often teach students to only harmonized 3rds or 6ths because they have a tonality of either Sad or Happy.
The first four albums are excellent with some beautiful guitar tones, and quite challenging to play. Andy Powell's flying V had a maestro trem and Ted Turner obviously had one on his strat.
I saw them open for Johnny Winter at San Francisco's Winterland hall venue in 1974 they played the Argus album front to back, I already had the Lp so you can imagine how much I dug it , they were simply perfect. 😊
David, Argus has always been one of my favorite albums! I have to mention Martin Turners' ability to play bass and sing, there are some great old vids of WA out there!
Lot of 2112 chords sounds like around 10 minutes in. Another great one imo, hall of the mountain king. Criss was a killer player. Thanks again, time for me to shut up and play😊
Many thanks Dave from across the pond. I really enjoyed that. Anyone new to the band do check out the 7 minute 59 second live version of Blowin Free on you tube.Recorded at Bristol in 1989, Ash at their best , with some blistering guitar work from Andy Powell.
Not only influenced Iron Maiden but K.K. Downing always credits Wishbone Ash for inspiring how he and Glenn Tipton approached their guitar parts in Judas Priest.
The album versions are all a half-step higher for King Will Come but on the FLAC version it is ALSO in standard EADGBe tuning like it is live. So FLAC and live is standard, but at least on youtube the album version is half step higher
does the bass join in on the main riff, please? I saw the band when they first started out when they were supporting Deep Purple . I had never heard anything like it and I thought it was amazing and still do but But I think we need some twin bass guitars or even triple twin guitars and a bass yea
Saw them a couple of months ago in Bowling Green, KY. Fantastic. The bass player has been in the band for decades. Check out the guitar work in this live cut of Blowin’ Free: th-cam.com/video/3bv9UqPdrnY/w-d-xo.html
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Sorrel and Valediction are two of my favorite Wishbone Ash songs. The solos on those tracks are killer, especially on Sorrel. On Valediction I love the reggae interlude. Great stuff.
Thanks for covering an often overlooked band in the US. Really enjoyed hearing the chords and riffs for their music.
Great! They are still awesome live. The whammy bar is on a Flying V! Andy Powell has 3 or 4 Vs that he uses on stage.
I bought Argus on vinyl around 79, just because I liked the album art and the UFO on the back cover, thought it was a cool band name also. I had never heard of them before, but it ended up being a favorite album.
THANK YOU for acknowleging the greatest, most overlooked guitar band of all time. Been a fan since '71 and proud to personally call Andy Powell a friend. He has kept the band alive for over 50 years and they're still rocking the world...They are currently sharing a bill with Sting, Vintage Trouble and Joe B in France this weekend. Please look at the band's history again sometime soon, they wrtote the book on dual lead guitar.
Well said Fred, I totally agree. I was into Ozark M D around the same , the Grateful etc . Just the same, with the flood of great music, at the time, WBA held their ground
Original line up still the best. Nothing can beat Martin Turner's bass playing in my opinion, Ted and Andy just gel and Steve Upton's drumming is priceless.
Still watching both versions of the band whenever possible. Talk about living in the past! 🤣
Your knowledge of the old stuff amazes me. Ever heard of Budgie? Fathers of prog metal. Great stuff again
BTW, you have beautiful vibrato
Argus favourite album of all time . Someone else also mentioned the band Budgie the track Breadfan is amazing. This band influenced Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth, Alice in Chains and Queens of the Stoneage worth a chordplay session 👍👍👍
Our band used to play their music back in the early '70s and my entire family are absolute fans of them. We have seen them so many times. Good job. Thanks for sharing!
And hey gang, I've always wondered what "Wishbone Ash" meant or where it came from, and according to what I just discovered, it was a completely random name:
"After the band members wrote several suggested band names on two sheets of paper, Martin Turner picked one word from each list - 'Wishbone' and 'Ash'." - Wikipedia
THE MORE YOU KNOW...
You the man
Thank you. Awesome lesson.
Thanx man! I've learned some nice new licks to some songs I've been jamming to for over 50 years.
A band which inspired Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden has to be significant! Wishbone Ash’s first and third albums - absolute classics 👍
Yeah... People tend not to mention "Pilgrimage," (2nd album) - which is actually a little more jazzy(??), and different from the first... and despite its many critics, I quite like "Wishbone 4" too (these four albums brilliantly re-rendered on the first "Live Dates!") Terrible quality slippage, I thought though, on "Locked In," before the magnificent "There's the Rub," and "New England," with Laurie Wisefield - who was well played into the band by then! [After which, with apologies to them, I began to turn more to other artists - many more American bands, and Dire Straits. And Andy's increasing falling out with his bandmates began to bother - not least with the original appealing Wishbone sound]!
I saw them recently in KY and they played the Argus album in its entirety.
@@TheSpydersBand I saw them on the UK Argus tour last year 👍
Never really was exposed to "Wishbone Ash" before . Very interesting band to check out !! Thank you for this !!!
Thanks for the early Ash primer! My first exposure to them was an 8-track of New England. Great album if you get a chance to check out. I also love my Live at the Marquee Club with Laurie Wisefield and Trevor Bolder joining Andy Powell and Steve Upton for a great show.
YES!
I've been waiting for this!
I enjoyed this lesson, David. Whenever I listen to Wishbone Ash's Argus I think of Epitaph's Outside the Law, and whenever I listen to Outside the Law I think of Argus.
Thanks Dave. Love Wishbone Ash !
They're awesome. Great lesson.
Maiden was influenced by them big time. It's interesting that Martin Birch was the engineer on several Wishbone Ash albums and he ended up being Maiden's producer.
This is really good to hear..first saw the Ash in Oct 77 on my 18th and still catch them every UK tour even now..a unique sound. Andy Powell's 'twin' guitar partners over the years, Muddy Manninen and Mark Abrahams have breathed new life into their classics like Phoenix and Pilgrim among others. You've done the band justice with this lesson. Thankyou.
If you're a die hard Wishbone Ash fan,you must listen to the live in Chicago album.This album was also released in Germany as The King will come.It's one of their finest live albums imo.
Thanks very much for this David. Any more delving into Wishbone Ash's material, especially the earlier albums with Ted Turner and Lawrie Wisefild would be much appreciated!
To us long time fans Andy Powell's "Eyes Wide Open" is a great read on the history and ups & downs of his and the band's 5+ decades on the road.... recommended to all! 👍
Hi @jeremysmallhorn3956. I'm pretty sure that Laurie Wisefield replaced Ted Turner when he left the band, so it was Andy Powell and Laurie on the album "There's The Rub". Laurie had been in a twin guitar band called "Home" and he later went on to be MD and guitarist for Tina Turner on numerous tours over the years, and he also toured with Joe Cocker and Roger Chapman. He's currently in a band called Snakecharmer, along with ex-members of Whitesnake & Thunder.
@@seanandben Yes, you're quite right, I should have phrased that part a bit more accurately .... Andy & Ted then Andy & Laurie from the excellent "....Rub" album/band era. Thanks also for the info on Laurie's career after Ash, will have to wander down that road a bit further - any suggestions, links etc .. very welcome 👍
I’m from NYC and have always been a big fan of Wishbone Ash! I remember seeing them at the Academy of Music on 14th Street when they released Argus in ‘72. Needless to say it was an incredible show! Thanks for the lessons on Wishbone Ash, you hit it outta the park!
Really cool, thanks! I'm seeing them live tomorrow!
Steve Harris always names Wishbone Ash as in important influence on Iron Maiden's dual-guitarist setup.
I've often thought some of their songs are like Iron Maiden like 10 years before there was Iron Maiden. Truly ahead of their time
Thanks for highlighting Wishbone’s music, their guitar sound is unique to them and, as you say, much appreciated over the years especially by all their UK fans. You’ve done a great job analysing and playing the selected pieces, you obviously have a great ear for it! 👌😀
Underrated band, great guitar parts. Thx Dave as always great lesson!!!!! keep up the great work 🎸
Thanks for this David, I've not been able to work out the second part of Blowin' Free properly for 50 years. I am ever in your debt! Brilliant!!
Me to 😂
One of my favorite groups listen to the king will come or throw down the sword or sorrel
one of my favorite bands growing up as a kid....highly underrated !Seen them when I was in the military in Germany. Still play in Europe I guess....not sure if they've ever been to America. Really cool double leads though !
I was 17 and WIshbone Ash were one of my favorite bands. I listened to their records hundreds of times, particularly Argus. So, thank you so much for showing me finally how to play Blowin Free and those other songs. Love you man !! ❤
Very nice !
🍺’ski Argus is a masterpiece!🤟
Blind eye!
Hi David, thanks so much for doing this breakdown on Wishbone Ash. You are the first youtuber of note to look at this wonderful band. They have been forgotten/overlooked by all to date. Hopefully with this video and possibly others more people can hear a band that influenced so many other bands that followed them.
Back in 1970 Wishbone Ash signed a deal with MCA Records, after none other than Ritchie Blackmore recommended them to producer-cum-A&R man Derek Lawrence after supporting Deep Purple at a gig in Dunstable. Besides being greeted with all the critical praise they had dared to hope for - NME even called it “the clincher” - In 1972 Argus entered the UK chart at No.8 and peaked five places higher, bringing them their first gold disc. Even more impressive, readers of Sounds placed it ahead of Machine Head by Deep Purple, Bowie’s The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull and Mott The Hoople’s All The Young Dudes. It was also voted album of the year by Melody Maker at the time. Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden and various others went on to mime the Wishbone Ash twin-guitar sound, usually with far bigger sales.
Recently rediscovered Wishbone Ash and learned a ton from this. Thanks.
Brilliant. Thank you. The Ash are a great band. I think the vibrato part was Andy Powell with his flying V that has a trem.
Brilliant, this really takes me back. Argus is a fabulous album. Would love to have the parts for "Silver Shoes", "Hometown" from "There's The Rub" album analysed as well as "Eyes Wide Open" form the "Clan destiny" album. A great live rock number! Love it
blowin free was the first song I learned back in the seventies, and also it's a mad house of fashion at mr. Late Nights' ... 🎵r0ck0n 🎵
...thanks for that, bro....i was well into Paul Kossoff and Wishbone Ash as i was learning to play guitar and this has served me well in my fifty odd years of gigging....!!!
David Brewster, you absolute star 🌟.
Thank you so much for this.
Ted Turner (IIRC) was the strat player.
Argus is definitely their Magnum Opus, but I'm a huge fan of their melodic / harmonic rock style, so there's something on every album for me.
Those interested should also check out the There's the Rub, New England, and Strange Affair albums. Pilgrimage, the second album has some interesting Jazz influences on the instrumental Vas Dis
Much appreciated. Great Band!
LATE NIGHT, You should do a lesson about how iron maiden and wishbone ash use Etudes and Interludes sections for harmonized 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and 6ths. Dennis Straton Iron Maiden guitarist was very influenced by Wishbone Ash because he would creates harmonized Motifs for the Etude and Interlude sections. What is the differences between an Etude section and interlude section? is what the YT lesson would be about because iron maiden and wishbone ash use Etude sections and Interlude sections. Most classical composers didn't harmonize 4ths or 5ths because those are perfect intervals which don't have a SAD tonality or HAPPY Tonality. That is why classical theory teachers will often teach students to only harmonized 3rds or 6ths because they have a tonality of either Sad or Happy.
I saw them last night in Bury St Edmunds, UK. Music is still brilliant.
Dave - There's a lot of equally interesting chord play on There's the Rub. Some killer riffing too - for instance on Don't Come Back.
The first four albums are excellent with some beautiful guitar tones, and quite challenging to play. Andy Powell's flying V had a maestro trem and Ted Turner obviously had one on his strat.
I saw them open for Johnny Winter at San Francisco's Winterland hall venue in 1974 they played the Argus album front to back, I already had the Lp so you can imagine how much I dug it , they were simply perfect. 😊
Error of my ways live is amazing
I appreciate that this is titled "Chordplay", but Wishbone Ash's solos were also fantastic.
Would love to see you do an episode on Gentle Giant - your vids are great - always enjoy them.
That's good old Andy Powell with his flying v with his whammy bar
Talk about a band that was ahead of the curve, and gets no credit at all. One of my all time favs
Thank you! My ear was never good enough to work out some of those chord progressions!
David, Argus has always been one of my favorite albums! I have to mention Martin Turners' ability to play bass and sing, there are some great old vids of WA out there!
about time !!lolx
Lot of 2112 chords sounds like around 10 minutes in. Another great one imo, hall of the mountain king. Criss was a killer player. Thanks again, time for me to shut up and play😊
Many thanks Dave from across the pond. I really enjoyed that. Anyone new to the band do check out the 7 minute 59 second live version of Blowin Free on you tube.Recorded at Bristol in 1989, Ash at their best , with some blistering guitar work from Andy Powell.
Not only influenced Iron Maiden but K.K. Downing always credits Wishbone Ash for inspiring how he and Glenn Tipton approached their guitar parts in Judas Priest.
I’d like to know how they get that clean tone which cuts through everything and yet goes into some brilliant overdrive sounds.
The first time I took mescaline was the first time I saw Wishbone Ash, 1973 at the Academy of Music in NYC. Amen.
Great job
It’s the famous Flying V with the Vibrola malarkey man 😁👍🏻😇
...and if you decide to do a follow-up lesson try Wishbone's Real Guitars Have Wings. Very interesting.
Check out albums "There's The Rub", "Just Testing". Also, "No Smoke Without Fire".
14.10 i think it was andy powell on flying v with the bar...maybe
Latter lnstrumentals from No Speak label th-cam.com/play/PLdSsAj-Nxz3WsPT_Uk_nkRzsdlWQDU4P_.html
There are two versions of the band ,one ,with Andy Powell,the other with Martin Turner,both doing Wishbone ash songs.
The album versions are all a half-step higher for King Will Come but on the FLAC version it is ALSO in standard EADGBe tuning like it is live. So FLAC and live is standard, but at least on youtube the album version is half step higher
The reason you are hearing tremelo on the chords of Throw Down the Sword is because Andy Powell played a 1967 Flying V with a vibrolo unit.
The strat part was Ted Turner, I was lucky enough to see them on the Live Dates tour and some of the sounds you referred to were his, not Andy's.
What les paul is that? I want that same exact one. Its beautiful and sounds amazing.
I'm disappointed that you didn't include anything from their best album - Front Page News.
does the bass join in on the main riff, please?
I saw the band when they first started out when they were supporting Deep Purple . I had never heard anything like it and I thought it was amazing and still do but
But I think we need some twin bass guitars or even triple twin guitars and a bass yea
Will you ever record à lesson on Blowing Free ?
Pick any album... the guitars shred. Be sure to listen to "coat of arms" from 2020
Martin Turner the Bass player has his own band, playing all their songs and his new ones as Martin Turner Ex wishbone ash.
Saw them a couple of months ago in Bowling Green, KY. Fantastic. The bass player has been in the band for decades. Check out the guitar work in this live cut of Blowin’ Free: th-cam.com/video/3bv9UqPdrnY/w-d-xo.html
So they do make it to US once in awhile,,,Iwas just saying in my post that I'm not sure if they've been to US before...Question answered THX
@@keithdavis2601 I saw them in Pittsburgh in, I think, 2017. Before that, it was Chicago in the early ‘70s.
Thanks for giving wishbone ash their due, now please do budgie
John Lennon invited Ted Turner over to play on his Imagine album.
I have smoked a lot of weed listening to this band...
Great playing but far too much distortion.
It must be me but this sound off
Blind eye
Live Dates was the best album
Indeed, Live Dates 2 is truly amazing.
@@MIKE-D158 ive never heard live dates 2 but i will make it my mission lol