Gwyn Ashton Band - When You're Alone - Live in London 1997

Описание: In January 1997 Australian guitarist Gwyn Ashton had been living in the UK for just six months and in that time he visited Amsterdam for a look around.

He went to a jazz blues jam night and got up to play with the band. The drummer wanted to do some complicated rhythmical thing but Ashton said "Let's do a dirty blues shuffle and they got the sedate crowd off their seats, a few dancing on tables. He promptly got asked to leave the club after that one number for inciting a behaviour in the audience that was deemed unacceptable!

Walking out the door, he stumbled into another bar and met drummer Mike Wiedrich playing at a club called Bourbon Street with Austin, Texas guitarist Jack Morgan.

The two became friends and after asking him if he was going back to the USA Mike told him that he was only doing a tour with that band, it was the last night and he was based in Amsterdam.

A few months later Ashton persuaded Wiedrich to relocate to the UK and they started a trio. Wiedrich replaced Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker who Ashton had gotten out of a 20 year retirement but he needed a drummer who was more into the heavier blues rock style of playing and Wiedrich fitted the bill perfectly.

Wiedrich then later got his bassist Ener Bladezipper to also relocate to the UK to join the band. Ener was playing with The Grandmothers, which was
Frank Zappa's band with drummer Jimmy Carl Black on lead vocals as he explained to Ashton "I got tired of lugging my drums around!"

These three musicians played around the UK for several years, knocking up THOUSANDS of miles of driving, playing five nights a week.

Lemmy Wilson was in London the night they played and this is the only known footage of this lineup.

This is dedicated to the memory of Mike Wiedrich who passed away in the early 2000s.

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