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  1. www.loudersound.com › features › mick-abrahamsThe manager said, ‘Ian Anderson and the boys don’t want you ...

    Apr 7, 2024 · In 2018, former Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist Mick Abrahams told Prog about the highs and lows of a career that began in the '60s and has all but fizzled out as a result of health issues. There’s a moment during this meeting when Mick Abrahams gets rather emotional and has to choke back the tears.

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  3. jethrotull.com › mick-abrahamsMick Abrahams - Jethro Tull

    Mick continued to tour and record, both as a solo act and in various reincarnations of Blodwyn Pig, The Mick Abraham’s Band and, more recently in the controversial cover band performing the music from “This Was” which recently toured the UK prompting confusion as a result of a dubious “Jethro Tull” style billing.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mick_AbrahamsMick Abrahams - Wikipedia

    He played on the album This Was recorded by Jethro Tull in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave shortly after the album was finished, but not before contributing guitar to one further non-LP single. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson ...

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › This_WasThis Was - Wikipedia

    This Was is the debut studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in October 1968. Recorded at a cost of £1200, it is the only Jethro Tull album with guitarist Mick Abrahams, who was a major influence for the sound and music style of the band's first songs.

    • 13 June - 23 August 1968
    • Terry Ellis, Jethro Tull
    • 25 October 1968

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stand_Up_(Jethro_Tull_album)Stand Up (Jethro Tull album) - Wikipedia

    The new material's departure from the band's blues-based style caused conflict with guitarist Mick Abrahams, who was a blues purist: Anderson recalled "running some of [the new songs] by Mick Abrahams, and coming to the conclusion that they weren't going up to be up his street at all" while drummer Clive Bunker stated that "when Ian started to ...

    • 17 April 1969 – 21 May 1969
    • 25 July 1969

  8. www.rockatnight.com › 2016 › 05This Was, and still is, Mick Abrahams – Rock At Night

    May 11, 2016 · The original guitarist with Jethro Tull and founder of blues rockers Blodwyn Pig, Abrahams suffered a heart attack in 2009, followed by two strokes, which doctors told him would leave him unable to play guitar again.

  9. jethrotull.com › this-wasThis Was - Jethro Tull

    THIS WAS. JETHRO TULL, STUDIO ALBUMS, 1968. Jethro Tull was initially a strange kind of blues band. Their first line-up included Mick Abrahams, Glenn Cornick, Clive Bunker, and Ian Anderson. SHOP THIS WAS ON BURNING SHED.