Wishbone Ash can trace its origins back to Torquay, a seaside resort in the south west of England. It was here that Martin Turner and Steve Upton first performed together - Turner bass - Upton the drums, before moving to London in 1969 to seek fame and fortune. It was in the capital that a decision was made to place an advert for a keyboard player and a lead guitarist. The following audition threw up 2 guitar leads but nobody could decide who to choose and the trademark twin lead sound of Wishbone Ash was born. Ted (David) Turner and Andy Powell soon went through the poverty and growing pains of a new band but were fortunate that Miles Copeland was championing their cause and a fairly rapid progression was achieved.
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Open Road Lyrics
Wishbone Ash
I was somewhere on the open road,
Between the east and the west -
It was a no mans land,
And rumor says that it was a wilderness.
Forty days it took me, forty nights,
Ive done some wrong,
But Ive done some right.
Theres no turning back,
cause the lights are burning up ahead.
Lead me to an open road
And put me on the freeway.
Lead me to an open road
And put me on the freeway.
I was traveling twice the speed of sound,
Down a white line
Trying to be in the right place
At the right time.
You cant stop me making tracks
Now Im on the run,
cause I set my sights on this road I ride
Its the only one.
Lead me to an open road
And put me on the freeway.
Lead me to an open road
And put me on the freeway.
I can read the signs that I left behind
Like an open book,
And I cant forget the things that you said
And the way you looked.
I still hold the keys to the memory of the times weve seen,
So when I look back,
Things are not as black as they might have been.