MISSING PICTURE
Albums:
Ahead
Rings Out - 1969
Getting
To This - 1970
Lies
- 1993
All
Tore Down - 1994
The
Modern Alchemist - 1997
Live
At The Lafayette - 1997
The
Full Porky - 1998
The
Basement Tapes - 2000
History:
A quirky detour of late-'60s British progressive/blues rock, Blodwyn
Pig was founded by former Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams, who left
Tull after the This Was album. Abrahams was joined by bassist Andy Pyle,
drummer Ron Berg, and Jack Lancaster, who gave the outfit their most distinctive
colorings via his saxophone and flute. On their two albums, they explored
a jazz/blues/progressive style somewhat in the mold of (unsurprisingly)
Jethro Tull, but with a lighter feel. They also bore some similarities
to John Mayall's jazzy late-'60s versions of the Bluesbreakers, or perhaps
Colosseum, but with more eclectic material. Both of their LPs made the
British Top Ten, though the players' instrumental skills were handicapped
by thin vocals and erratic (though oft-imaginative) material. The group
were effectively finished by Abrahams' departure after 1970's Getting to
This. They briefly reunited in the mid-'70s, and Abrahams was part of a
different lineup that reformed in the late '80s; they have since issued
a couple of albums in the 1990s.
History Source: UBL, Richie Unterberger