Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash

Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
Origin	Torquay, Devon, England
Genres	Rock, Progressive rock, Hard rock
Years active	2005 – present
Associated acts	Wishbone Ash Ted Turner (guitarist)
Website	www.wishboneash.co.uk
Members
Martin TurnerRay Hatfield Danny Willson Dave Wagstaffe
Past members
Rob Hewins Keith Buck

Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash is a British rock band led by Martin Turner, original bassist, lead vocalist and songwriter of Wishbone Ash. Including various reunions, his tenures with the "original" Wishbone Ash band lasted 1969-1980, 1987–1991 and 1995-1996.

This incarnation came together during 2004 and initially saw Turner joined by guitarists Keith Buck and Ray Hatfield, as well as drummer Rob Hewins. The band has toured extensively throughout the UK and also in Europe and its live performances focus on material from Wishbone Ash's heritage years, mixing live standards with lesser heard songs from the Wishbone Ash back catalogue, as documented on the New Live Dates Vols. 1 and 2 albums, released in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Original Wishbone Ash member Ted Turner has guested with the band onstage, as documented on the live albums. In March 2008 Keith Buck left the band and was replaced by Danny Willson (ex-Showaddywaddy). In December of the same year it was announced that drummer Rob Hewins had been replaced by Dave Wagstaffe (ex-John Wetton, Ken Hensley).

In 2008/09 the band embarked on the Argus Tour, featuring performances of the classic album in its entirety. In addition, in October 2008, the band appeared on a month-long theatre tour with Focus and The Groundhogs, called Classic Legends Of Rock.

In 2008 Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash also released a studio re-recording of Argus entitled Argus Through The Looking Glass. Recorded principally by the band's first line-up with (Turner/Buck/Hatfield/Hewins), it featured additional contributions from new guitarist Danny Willson as well as guest appearances by John Wetton and Geoff Downes of Asia.

In July 2010 the band appeared at the innaugral High Voltage festival at Victoria Park, London. They were again joined onstage by Ted Turner.

The band's first DVD recording, filmed at the Y Theatre in Leicester in March 2010, was released in January 2011. It features a setlist containing tracks from many of the classic Wishbone Ash albums, including a four-song segment of songs from Wishbone Four and the complete Argus.

Live albums

• New Live Dates Vol. 1 (2006)
• New Live Dates Vol. 2 (2007)

Studio albums

• Argus Through The Looking Glass (2008)

DVDs

• The Life Begins Tour (Live In Leicester) (2011)

External links

• Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash official site.
• Ted Turner's Website