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Biography
primary sources|date=January 2011Infobox musical artist | name =Blodwyn Pig| image =| caption =| image_size =| background =group_or_band| birth_name =| alias =| origin =| instrument =| genre =Blues rock| occupation =| years_active =1968–1970, 1990s| label =Island Records, Chrysalis Records| associated_acts =| website = http://www.squirrelmusic.com/ squirrelmusic.com| current_members =| past_members = Mick Abrahams Andy Pyle Jack Lancaster Ron Berg Hunt Sales | notable_instruments = Blodwyn Pig were a United Kingdom|British blues – rock music|rock band (music)|group founded by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams , after he left Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull in 1968 due to a falling-out with Tull leader Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson .
Career
Abrahams' falling-out with Anderson was said to have originated in differences between the two on original materialCitation needed|date=April 2008—Abrahams wishing to stay close to Jethro Tull's blues and jazz roots, Anderson wishing to develop less overt blues and jazz material—and Abrahams' unwillingness to work seven days a week (the latter according to Circus magazine).
He left Jethro Tull after their debut album , This Was , was released, and formed Blodwyn Pig with Jack Lancaster ( saxophone ), Andy Pyle ( bass guitar ), and Ron Berg ( drum s); future Yes (band)|Yes and Flash (band)|Flash guitarist Peter Banks became one of several guitarists to succeed Abrahams after he left to form his own band for a time.
With Abrahams and Lancaster in the lead, Blodwyn Pig sound recording and reproduction|recorded two albums, Ahead Rings Out in 1969 and Getting To This in 1970. Both reached the Top 40|Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart and charted in the United States; Ahead Rings Out displayed a jazzier turn on the heavy blues–rock that formed the band's core rooted in the British 1960s rhythm and blues scene from which sprang groups like The Yardbirds , Free (band)|Free and eventually Led Zeppelin . Saxophonist–singer Lancaster (who often played two horns at once, like his idol Rahsaan Roland Kirk ) was at least as prominent in the mix as Abrahams; some critics thought this contrast bumped the band toward a freer, more experimental sound on the second album.
The single (music)|single "Summer Day" from Ahead Rings Out failed to record chart|chart , but the quartet became something of a favourite on the underground concert circuit. Largely due to Abrahams's disillusionment with the business side of music, Blodwyn Pig eventually became an on-again, off-again concern; Lancaster at one point became a record producer, and Pyle eventually joined Savoy Brown . Over the years since their original formation, Blodwyn Pig reformed several times, usually with Abrahams and Lancaster leading the group, and recorded two more albums in the 1990s.
Discography
Ahead Rings Out ( Island Records|Island , August 1969)
Getting To This ( Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis , April 1970)
Lies (1993)
All Tore Down: Live (1994)
Pig-in-the-Middle (1996)
The modern Alchemist (Indigo Rec. 1999)
All Said And Done Shakedown Records 2004 two- Compact disc|CD 1 DVD boxed set
External links
http://www.mickaby.freeola.com/ Mick Abrahams - Blodwyn Pig Official Site
Category:British rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1968
