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Mick Abrahams
MICK ABRAHAMS BAND
JETHRO TULL/BLODWYN PIG
The
late 1960s yeilded a remarkable crop
of British blues-based rock guitarists, including
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher,
Peter Green... and Mick Abrahams.
A
founder member of Jethro Tull, Mick recorded
there first album 'This Was' which was an immediate
UK chart hit. After his departure from the Tull
in 1968, Mick formed his own band, dubbed Blodwyn
Pig by a stoned hippy friend just back from
the Bhuddist trail. Their two albums 'Ahead
Rings Out' and 'Getting To This' were a delightful
amalgam of the 'progressive blues' of 'This
Was' and the jazzier influences of saxophonist
Jack Lancaster, and both albums spent several
weeks in the UK Top Ten charts. America too
embraced the band in the course of two tours
there.
The early seventies saw Mick on 'Top Of The
Pops' and 'In Concert' on Radio One with The
Mick Abrahams Band, showcasing two fine guitar
driven rock albums in 'A musical Evening with
Mick Abrahams' and 'At Last'.
Here in the new millennium and Micks recording
career is busier than ever. One of the hallmarks
of a great guitarist is the development of a
personal style – and the big, rich sound
of Mick's rolling and tumbling licks are instantly
recognisable, whether he is blasting out a blurred-fingere
eye-bulging rocker or making his guitar weep
to a mournful slow blues. |
