WISHBONE ASH

Wishbone Ash arrived on the scene in 1970 already displaying a level of skill and sophistication that they had no right to be able to. Through endless touring of the UK college and ballroom circuit they had already developed a sizeable following by the time their debut was released.

Wishbone Ash shows the band as a fully realised outfit that only needed fine adjusting to the sound that the band would make their own. Driven twin guitar rock with touches of boogie, jamming and progressive rock. Blind Eye, the opener, has always been a favourite of mine and is very spontaneous. Lady Whiskey has a dirty, bassy riff and extended work out. Errors of My Way is quite pastoral and almost folky in comparison and features some lovely twin playing. Queen of Torture isn't melodic enough to hold my attention on too many listens whilst Handy shows fully the talents of Ted Turner and Andy Powell and is often overlooked by fans and has, unfortunately, been missing from live sets for some years. Phoenix is the album's centrepiece as it still is in the band's live shows to this day. Regretably the band never really tried to repeat the songs structure fully.

For what was essentially a bunch of young kids the album shows great maturity and complexity and must be considered as an essential listen to any fan of seventies guitar rock. 4.5 Long live Wishbone Ash.

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