click their name to visit their own website
No Easy Road - Live 2012
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
Martin Turner
- lead vocals, bass
Ray Hatfield - guitar, harmony vocals
Danny Willson - guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Wagstaffe - drums, percussion, harmony vocals
With millions of album sales and concert attendances worldwide,
Wishbone Ash’s heritage is one of the most enduring and best loved British
rock acts is assured.
Wishbone Ash was formed by West Country musicians Martin Turner and Steve Upton,
who arrived in London in 1969 to embark on their musical journey. Intent on
creating a musical sound that was rich in texture and melody, Martin Turner
envisaged the band’s innovative harmony-guitar hallmark and guitarists
Ted Turner and Andy Powell were recruited via a now legendary Melody Maker advert.
The partnership of the original line-up of Wishbone Ash forged a unique musical
identity that would produce some of rock music's best loved works and influence
numerous successful bands. Wishbone Ash would become synonymous with high quality
guitar-driven melodic rock music.
Over four decades later, the enduring music of the classic marks of Wishbone
Ash continues to delight audiences worldwide through both live performances
and a rich legacy of recorded work that continues to be enjoyed by fans old
and new. Classic album releases such as Argus, Pilgrimage, There’s the
Rub, New England and Live Dates defined the Wishbone Ash sound and have touched
the hearts of several generations of music fans. As lead vocalist and key creative
force, founding original member Martin Turner was central to the critical and
commercial success of Wishbone Ash’s most revered albums, with his passionate
vocal delivery, songwriting ability, keen melodic sense and production values
being a key ingredient in the definitive Wishbone Ash sound. Martin Turner continues
to perform the band’s best loved works with his current line-up. Martin
Turner’s Wishbone Ash features guitarists Ray Hatfield and Danny Willson,
and drummer Dave Wagstaffe and remains faithful to the original Wishbone Ash
blueprint.
No Easy Road - Live Dates 2012 follows hot on the heels of
the highly acclaimed Life Begins and Live Dates 2011 tours and focuses on material
from the classic eras of Wishbone Ash, featuring stage favourites mixed with
classic album tracks.
Coinciding with the tour Martin Turner publishes, for the first time, his personal
memoirs in the autobiographical book No Easy Road – My Life and
Times with Wishbone Ash, documenting the defining years of one of the
UK’s best loved rock bands as well as his personal life journey within
music. The story is told in unprecedented detail, leaving no stone unturned
– the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth! No Easy Road is
packed with anecdotes from both the road and the recording studio with Martin
Turner’s candid style of storytelling making it an essential fly on the
wall insight into the inner workings of an internationally successful rock band.
Martin Turner describes working with his current band as “an extremely
rewarding experience on both a musical and personal level, with a positive vibe
not unlike the early days of Wishbone Ash. We have a great time revisiting many
of the classics from the vintage days of Wishbone Ash, recreating the essence
of many songs, reminding us all of the diversity contained in the Wishbone Ash
back catalogue.”