Martin Turner Interview

Barkless Dog · #1 03-14-2007, 07:48 AM

Check out the cool Martin Turner Interview. I was a fan of Wishbone Ash as a kid in High School. I remember my brother getting the yellow live double record set. It strikes me know that they were kind of a Brit Greatful Dead. Anyways a great interview.

http://www.gibsonbass.com/martinturner.php

jerry · #2 03-14-2007, 08:12 AM

I dug them a lot as a kid too, they played around NYC a lot back then. I recently rented a documentary from Netflix about the making of Argus that was pretty cool.

Kink Rimson · #3 03-16-2007, 02:24 PM

That's fantastic.
So he was only using the neck pickup all that time?!
AMAZING tone, great melodic yet aggressive playing.

**petch** · #4 08-13-2007, 10:45 PM

I just ran into this thread. Martin was my fave and biggest influence early on. I had no clue it was a P-bass on There's The Rub, and also surprised at the neck pickup bit. Brilliant interview; thanx for the link!

gomez hacienda · #5 08-14-2007, 10:10 AM

"Handy" has always been my fave, I think off the 1st album. Great melodic playing, nice jazzy double stops and that 'scat' singing...it was like no rock band I'd heard at that time. We used to cover a few of their tunes, but Martin's voice was the deal breaker.

My mates and I were HUGE Wishbone fans, and anybody else we told would always say, "Who?"