by Andy Powell
12 Dru Frabriek, Ulft, Netherlands
13 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
14 De Pul, Uden, Netherlands
15 Gebouw T, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
17 Die Kantine, Koln, Germany
18 Outbaix, Ubach-Palenberg, Germany
19 Live Club Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany
20 Rosenhof, Osnabrueck, Germany
21 Blues Garage, Hannover-Isernhagen, Germany
22 Pulp, Duisburg, Germany
24 Hirsch, Nurnberg, Germany
25 Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
26 Musiktheater Piano, Dortmund, Germany
27 Ducsaal, Freudenburg, Germany
28 Cafe Hahn, Koblenz, Germany
29 Scala, Ludwigsburg, Germany
31 Freiheiz, Munich, Germany
February
1 Sounddock 14, Dietikon, Zurich, Switzerland
2 Alte Molzerei, Regensburg, Germany
3 Alte Piesel, Fulda, Germany
4 Komma, Wurgl, Austria
5 Reigen, Wien, Austria
7 Kulturladen, Konstanz, Germany
9 Musiktheater Rex, Lorsch, Switzerland
10 Zur Linde, Affalter, Germany
11 HsD, Erfurt, Germany
12 Spectrum, Augsburg, Germany
13 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
15 Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
16 Music Hall, Worpswede, Germany
17 Amager Bio, Kobenhavn, Denmark
18 KB, Malmo, Sweden
19 Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg, Sweden
March
2 Theatre de Sochaux, Sochaux Cedex, France
April
6 La Poudriere, Leffrinckoucke, France
7 Le Forum, Vaureal, France
24 Bridge Street Live, Collinsville, USA
25 Ramshead Tavern, Annapolis, USA
26 Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, USA
27 Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, USA
28 Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, USA
29 American Ukranian Cultural Center, Whippany, USA
30 B.B. King’s, New York, USA
May
1 Winchester Music Hall, Lakewood, USA
2 Callahan’s, Auburn Hills, USA
3 Midway Tavern, Mishawaka/South Bend, USA
4 Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, USA
6 Shank Hall, Milwaukee, USA
7 Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, USA
8 Knuckleheads, Kansas City, USA
June
2 Highlands Festival, Amersfoort, Netherlands
July
21 Burg Herzberg Festival, Fulda, Germany
August
6 La Foire Aux Vins, Colmar, France (with Thin Lizzy and Toto)
September
20 Theatre Krizanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia
22 Fest Les Grosses Guitares, Messimy, France
October
4 The Guildhall, St Ives
5 Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne
6 Cheese & Grain, Frome
7 Corn Exchange, Exeter
8 Swindon Art Centre, Swindon
9 The Maltings, Farnham
11 Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
12 Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe
13 Robin 2, Wolverhampton
16 The Flowerpot, Derby
17 O2 Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
18 The Ferry, Glasgow
19 The Jam House, Edinburgh
20 Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly
21 Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
23 Bootleggers Music Bar, Kendal
26 Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford
27 Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton
28 The Lowry, Manchester
30 The Stables, Milton Keynes
31 King Edward VII Hall, Newmarket
November
2 Picturedrome, Holmfirth
3 The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield (AshCon)
December
8 Espace Athena, Saint-Saulve, France
9 Le Bota, Brussels, Belgium
10 New Morning, Paris, France
11 Le Cafe-Musiques Portail, Salon de Provence, France
12 Luz de Gas, Barcelona, Spain
13 Sala Cats, Madrid, Spain
2013
January
15 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
16 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
17 Mezz, Breda, Netherlands
18 Pop Podium Romein, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
19 De Pul, Uden, Netherlands
20 ECI Cultuurfabriek, Roermond, Netherlands
22 Twist, Germany
23 Harmonie, Bonn, Germany
24 Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse, Esslingen, Germany
25 Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany
26 Ballhaus, Rosenheim, Germany
27 Alte Seilerei, Mannheim, Germany
29 Ampere, Munchen, Germany
30 Hirsch, Nurnberg, Germany
31 Jazzhaus, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
February
1 Chollerhalle, Zug, Switzerland
2 Muehle Hunziken, Rubigen, Switzerland
3 Gewelbe Haiming, Haiming, Germany
5 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
6 Sudhaus, Tubingen, Germany
15 Rosenhof, Osnabrueck, Germany
16 Zur Linde, Affalter, Germany
17 Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig, Germany
19 Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany
20 Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
21 Moritzbastei, Leipzig, Germany
22 Blues Garage, Hannover-Isernhagen, Germany
23 Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
24 Musiktheater Piano, Dortmund, Germany
28 Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, USA
March
1 Towne Crier, Beacon, USA
2 Record Collector, Bordentown, USA
3 American Ukranian Cultural Center, Whippany, USA
5 Bridge Street Live, Collinsville, USA
6 Bull Run, Shirley, USA
7 Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, USA
8 Iridium, New York, USA
9 Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, USA
10 Wellsboro House, Wellsboro, USA
11 Winchester Music Hall, Lakewood, USA
12 Callahan’s, Auburn Hills, USA
13 Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, USA
14 Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, USA
16 Festival Place, Alberta, Canada
19 The Venue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
20 JazzBones, Tacoma, USA
21 Aladdin Theater, Portland, USA
April
10 Le Ziquodrome, Compiegne, France
11 Le Plan, Ris Orangis, France
12 Toulon Omega Live, Toulon, France
29 Stary Dom Club, Domecko, Poland
30 Bielskie Centrum Kultury, Bielsko Biala, Poland
May
1 Sala Urzedu Gminy, Kolbudy, Poland
2 Klub Wytwornia, Lodz, Poland
3 Centrum Kultury Grodzisk, Mazowiecki, Poland
4 Rock Festival, Krosno, Poland
5 Burnley Rock & Blues Festival
9 Jolly Joker, Istanbul, Turkey
10 Jolly Joker, Ankara, Turkey
July
20 Montraker Live Festival, Vrsar, Croatia
August
24 Fiesta City Festival, Verviers, Belgium
October
4 Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne
5 Cheese & Grain, Frome
6 Robin 2, Wolverhampton
7 Swindon Art Centre, Swindon
8 Islington Academy, London
10 The Globe, Cardiff
12 Wilbarston Hall, Wilbarston
13 The Wharf, Tavistock
15 The Stables, Milton Keynes
16 King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Newmarket
17 Dorking Halls, Dorking
18 Pictured
rome, Holmfirth
19 Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton
20 The Box, Crewe
22 The Flowerpot, Derby
23 The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne
24 Bootleggers Music Bar, Kendal
25 The Jam House, Edinburgh
26 Ironworks, Inverness
27 The Ferry, Glasgow
30 The Artrix, Bromsgrove
31 The Brook, Southampton
November
2 The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield (AshCon)
16 Bluesonalia Festival, Konin, Poland
2014
January
15 Rockfabrik, Uebach, Germany
16 Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
17 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
18 De Pul, Uden, Netherlands
19 Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, Netherlands
20 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
22 Twist, Germany
23 Die Kantine, Koln, Germany
24 Die Scheuer, Idstein, Wörsdorf, Germany
25 Cafe Hahn, Koblenz, Germany
26 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
28 Reigen, Wien, Austria
29 Ampere, Munchen, Germany
30 Hirsch, Nurnberg, Germany
31 Zum Rautenkranz, Barby, Germany
February
1 Zur Linde, Affalter, Germany
2 Alte Piesel, Fulda, Germany
4 Rosenhof, Osnabrueck, Germany
5 Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
6 Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
7 Blues Garage, Hannover-Isernhagen, Germany
8 Music Hall, Worpswede, Germany
9 Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany
11 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
12 Kulturladen, Konstanz, Germany
13 Spectrum, Augsburg, Germany
14 Ducsaal, Freudenburg, Germany
15 Die Halle, Reichenbach, Germany
18 Alte Seilerei, Mannheim, Germany
19 Burghof, Lurrach, Germany
20 Casino Theater, Burgdorf, Switzerland
21 Chollerhalle, Zug, Switzerland
22 Muehle Hunziken, Rubigen, Switzerland
25 Eskulap, Poznan, Poland
26 Oerodek Kultury Andaluzja, Piekary Slaskie, Poland
27 Dom Kultury, Kety, Poland
28 Muzyczna Owczarnia, Szczawnica, Poland
April
5 Arc En Ciel, Lievin, France
9 3 Frontieres, Bartenheim, France
10 Divan du Monde, Paris, France
11 Salle Des Fetes, Savigny Sur Orge, France
12 Atelier Des Moles, Montbeliard, France
15 Lou’s Blues, Indialantic, USA
16 The Plaza Live, Orlando, USA
17 Bamboo Room, Lake Worth, USA
18 Ringside Café, St Petersburg, USA
19 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, USA
21 Rhythm & Brews, Chatanooga, USA
22 Neil’s, Memphis, USA
23 Duling Hall, Jackson, USA
24 The Warehouse Live, Houston, USA
26 Poor David’s Pub, Dallas, USA
27 The Roost, Austin, USA
29 The Dirty Bourbon, Albuquerque, USA
May
1 Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA
2 The Rhythm Room, Phoenix, USA
3 Ramona Mainstage, Ramona, USA
4 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, USA
5 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, USA
6 Auburn Event Center, Auburn, USA
8 Aladdin Theater, Portland, USA
9 JazzBones, Tacoma, USA
11 Triple Door, Seattle, USA
July
25 Rock of Ages Festival, Stuttgart, Germany
26 Chateau De Beaufort, Luxembourg
August
10 Cambridge Rock Festival
September
5 Stargazer Theater, Colorado Springs, USA
6 Soiled Dove, Denver, USA
8 Knuckleheads, Kansas City, USA
10 Famous Dave’s, Minneapolis, USA
11 Turner Hall, Milwaukee, USA
12 Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, USA
13 Alton Amphitheater, Alton, USA
14 Midway Tavern, South Bend, USA
15 Callahan’s, Auburn Hills, USA
17 Music Box, Cleveland, USA
18 Record Collector, Bordentown, USA
19 Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, USA
20 Center for the Performing Arts, Natick, USA
21 Ramshead Tavern, Annapolis, USA
23 Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, USA
24 B.B. King’s, New York, USA
25 Boulton Theater, Bay Shore, USA
26 Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, USA
27 Towne Crier, Beacon, USA
28 Infinity Hall, Norfolk, USA
29 Sportsmen’s Tavern, Buffalo, USA
30 Hugh’s Room, Toronto, ON, Canada
October
24 Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne
25 The Wharf, Tavistock
26 The Scene, Swansea
27 Llandudno Junction Labour Club, Llandudno
29 Quarterhouse, Folkestone
30 Harpenden Public Halls, Hertfordshire
31 Picturedrome, Holmfirth
November
1 Chesterfield (AshCon)
2 Yardbirds, Grimsby
4 The Stables, Milton Keynes
5 The Waterfront, Norwich
6 The Brook, Southampton
7 Martlets Hall, West Sussex
8 Islington Assembly Hall, London
9 King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Newmarket
11 The Flowerpot, Derby
12 The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne
13 The Ferry, Glasgow
14 The Jam House, Edinburgh
16 Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
18 Bootleggers Music Bar, Kendal
19 The Grand, Clitheroe
20 Leamington Assembly, Leamington Spa
21 Corn Exchange, Bourne
22 O2/2, Leicester
2015
January
9 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
10 Sudhaus, Tubingen, Germany
11 Spectrum, Augsburg, Germany
13 Hirsch, Nurnberg, Germany
14 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
15 Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany
16 Musiktheater Piano, Dortmund, Germany
17 Cafe Hahn, Koblenz, Germany
18 Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany
20 Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
21 Muehle Hunziken, Rubigen, Switzerland
22 Ampere, Munchen, Germany
23 Jazzhaus, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
24 Zur Linde, Affalter, Germany
25 Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
27 Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
28 Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
29 Amager Bio, Kobenhavn, Denmark
30 Blues Garage, Hannover-Isernhagen, Germany
31 Music Hall, Worpswede, Germany
February
1 Forum Berufskolleg Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn, Germany
3 Harmonie, Bonn, Germany
6 Podium Victorie, Alkmaar, Netherlands
7 De Pul, Uden, Netherlands
8 Club Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
9 Parktheater, Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
March
28 Le Forum, Chauny, France
April
8 Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
9 One-Eyed Jack’s Roadhouse, Lynnwood, USA
11 Aladdin Theater, Portland, USA
12 Triple Door, Seattle, USA
14 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, USA
15 Yoshi’s, Oakland, USA
17 Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol, USA
18 Bar and Grill, Corona, USA
23 Coach Hous
e, San Juan Capistrano, USA
25 Ramona Main Stage, Ramona, USA
26 The Rhythm Room, Phoenix, USA
29 The Roost, Austin, USA
30 Poor David’s Pub, Dallas, USA
May
1 Aztec Theatre, San Antonio, USA
2 Dosey Doe, Conroe, USA
4 Duling Hall, Jackson, USA
5 WorkPlay, Birmingham, USA
6 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, USA
16 Metropolis Studios, London (vinyl recording)
21–23 Le Triton, Les Lilas, France (live DVD recording)
25 Le Portail Coucou, Salon De Provence, France
26 Cafe del Teatre, Lleida, Spain
27 Sala Caracol, Madrid, Spain
28 Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
29 Private Show, London
July
5 Wutzdog Open Air, Dornstadt, Germany
11 Barnyard Cresta, Johannesburg, South Africa
12 Barnyard Parkview, Pretoria, South Africa
15 Rivonia, Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Barnyard, Willowbridge, Cape Town, South Africa
24 Keitelejazz, Äänekoski, Finland
October
2 The Haymarket, Basingstoke
3 Islington Assembly Hall, London
5 Dorking Halls, Dorking
6 The Stables, Milton Keynes
7 The Assembly, Leamington Spa
8 The Lowry, Salford
10 Chesterfield (AshCon)
11 The Engine Shed, Lincoln
13 Fibbers, York
15 Floral Pavilion Theatre, Merseyside
16 The Picturedrome, Holmfirth
18 King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Newmarket
20 Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
22 Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon
23 Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
25 Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea
27 The Flower Pot, Derby
28 Bootleggers, Kendal
29 The Ferry, Glasgow
30 The Jam House, Edinburgh
31 Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly
November
1 Riverside Lodge, Morpeth
3 The Grand, Clitheroe
5 The Brook, Southampton
6 Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Minster
7 Cheese & Grain, Frome
8 Phoenix Theatre, Exeter
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Our thanks to Nigel Osborne and Tom Seabrook at Jawbone Press for taking on the book, and to Tom for all his hard work on proofing, typesetting, and indexing. Huge thanks to the following, who all contributed to the end result: Hannah Lawrence for undertaking the research at BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham (a location not wholly convenient to either Belfast or Connecticut); Olwyn Dawson (always awesome) for help with interview transcribing; Rainer Frilund for generously checking the Select Discography and suggesting additions and corrections; Simon Atkinson for generously providing the 1969–99 concert listings; Mark Case for the cover design; Bob Lefsetz for allowing us to reproduce his Letter about ‘Blowin’ Free’; and the eagle-eyed Tony Bacon.
Andy thanks
All our fans who have supported us through the years and those who have urged me to pen this book. Pauline, and our sons Richard, Aynsley, and Lawrence, for their love, patience, and understanding on this journey. The current members and former members of Wishbone Ash, who have kept it real through the years. Leon Tsilis, Dr. John Brady, Guy and Sue Roberts, Andy Yates. Mike, Pauline and Guy Holt, Dave and Daniel Moore for their unswerving support, help and continued inspiration. Kate Goldsmith and Billy James for their work in publicising what we do. Simon Atkinson, Rainer Frilund, Detlef Assenmacher for their help and studious cataloguing of the band archives. Patrick Fuchs for his insightful interviews. Pat Hyre for her exquisite Wishbone Ash jewelry. Kevin and Lyn Chilcott and family for their inspiration and incredible guitars. Jon Case for his amazing hand-crafted guitars and graphic design work. Andreas Kloppmann for the pickups. Our crew members through the years: Kevin Harrington, Chris Runciman, Terry Finn, Mark Emery, Mel Baister, Mal Ross, Richard Ames, Howard Barrett, Dudley, Mal Craggs, Granny Grange, Tom Hagan, Nick Sholem, Tony Self, Penny Gibbons, Sandro, Russell Sidelsky, Daniel Vetter, Holger Brandes, and Chris Boast. Our merchandisers: Carol Farnworth, Jan Krinsky, Susanne Panhans, Gema Dilf. There will be some crew folks that I’ve missed but I thank you all for helping us on our way. Thanks also to Christian Guyonnet, Mikaël Samson, and Martin Müller for the visual cataloging of our recent shows, and Tom Greenwood and Stephan Ernst for our recorded sound production. Barry Riddington and Malcolm Holmes plus Ralf Blasberg at our record labels. Special thanks to our agents: Patrik Mertens at A.S.S. Concerts and Promotion GmbH (Germany), Andy and Sarah Nye at Andy Nye Music (UK), Döm Bérard at 106 db (France), Rudolph Heiniss at NeBeLux (Netherlands), David Salter and Norman Dugdale (South Africa), and Steve Ozark at Oz Talent (USA). Our excellent legal team at Walker Morris: Patrick, Sam, Phil, Helen, Rose, et al.
