Mick Abrahams

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Michael Timothy "Mick" Abrahams (* 7. April 1943 in Luton , Bedfordshire , England ) is a British blues-rock - guitarist and bandleader .

biography

Abrahams began his musical career in 1964, after a few smaller bands, with Neil Christian's Crusaders, where he replaced Jimmy Page . He was an admirer of the music of Alexis Korner , one of the fathers of British blues . In 1965 he played with the Toggery Five, where Clive Bunker was on drums. In 1967 he met Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick . This laid the foundation for Jethro Tull .

Abrahams played the guitar on their debut album This Was , released in 1968. Due to disagreements with Anderson about the musical direction of the band, Abrahams left Jethro Tull after the recordings, where he was replaced by Tony Iommi for a few weeks and then permanently by Martin Barre .

Abrahams then formed the band Blodwyn Pig , which released two albums, Ahead Rings Out (1969) and Getting to This (1970) - both in the UK top ten - and performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969. In 1970 the group disbanded.

His next band was Wommett, which only existed for a short time, followed by the Mick Abrahams Band, which recorded two albums. Abrahams released several solo albums from 1975 and from 1993 again a number of albums with a new edition by Blodwyn Pig. At times he worked as a driver, lifeguard or financial advisor.

At the end of the 1990s, he performed Jethro Tull's early songs with the founding members of Jethro Tull - except Anderson - under the name "Time Was", and a live album was also created. Abrahams also played on Anderson albums and other Jethro Tull reunions.

In 2009 Abrahams suffered a heart attack and developed Menière's disease . In 2015 he brought out another album in which various guest musicians played, including Martin Barre.

Discography

Jethro Tull

Blodwyn Pig

  • 1969: Ahead Rings Out
  • 1970: Getting to This
  • 1997: Live at Lafayette (Bootleg)
  • 1999: Live at the Fillmore West: August 3, 1970 (Bootleg)
  • 1999: On Air: Rare Singles & Radio Sessions 1969–1989 (Bootleg)
  • 2000: The Basement Tapes
  • 2002: Live at the Marquee Club London 1974 (Official Bootleg)
  • 2003: Rough Gems (Official Bootleg No.2)
  • 2012: Radio Sessions '69 to '71

Mick Abraham's band

  • 1971: A Musical Evening with Mick Abrahams
  • 1972: At Last
  • 1997: Live in Madrid
  • 2008: Amongst Vikings

solo

  • 1975: Have Fun Learning The Guitar with Mick Abrahams
  • 1991: All Said And Done
  • 1996: Mick's Back
  • 1996: One
  • 2000: Novox (instrumental)
  • 2000: The Very Best of ABY (compilation)
  • 2001: Music to the Play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  • 2001: This Was the First Album of Jethro Tull
  • 2002: The Best of ABY Vol.2
  • 2002: How Many Times (With Sharon Watson)
  • 2003: Can't Stop Now
  • 2005: Back with the Blues Again
  • 2005: Leaving Home Blues
  • 2008: 65 ... The Music
  • 2013: Hoochie Coochie Man - Lost studio album - Secret Records
  • 2015: Revived!

Reformed Blodwyn Pigs

  • 1993: Read
  • 1995: All Tore Down - Live
  • 1996: Pig in the Middle
  • 2000: See My Way
  • 2004: All Said and Done
  • 2005: Pigthology
  • 2011: Times Have Changed (reissue of Lies )
  • 2013: Cat Squirrel Blues

This Was Band

  • 2001: This Is (Live)

Collaborations

  • 1971: El Pea - Various musicians, Mick plays the last track on the Greyhound Bus album .
  • 2007: Beggar's Farm - Itullians, Italian Jethro Tull tribute band. With Bernardo Lanzetti (ex-PFM and ex-Aqua Fragile) and the ex-Jethro Tull musicians Jonathan Noyce (bass) and Clive Bunker (drums).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bruce Eder: Biography on Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Mick Abrahams and Jethro Tull on rock Zirkus.de
  3. ↑ a b c d e biography on jethrotull.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Abraham's, Mick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abrahams, Michael Timothy (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British blues rock guitarist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Luton , Bedfordshire , England