Blodwyn Pig were a British rock group founded by Mick Abrahams after he lef… Read Full Bio ↴Blodwyn Pig were a British rock group founded by Mick Abrahams after he left Jethro Tull in 1968. (Abrahams had a major falling out with Tull leader Ian Anderson.) Blodwyn Pig consisted of Abrahams (guitar and vocals), Jack Lancaster (saxophone), Andy Pyle (bass guitar), and Ron Berg (drums).
The band recorded two albums: Ahead Rings Out (1969) and Getting to This (1970). Both reached the lower half of the British top ten. On the first album they played a heavy blues-rock rooted in the British 1960s R'n'B scene from which sprang groups like the Yardbirds, Free, and eventually Led Zeppelin, but Blodwyn Pig had a different twist on the genre thanks to Lancaster's sax being so prominent in the mix, which led them to more creative sixties underground jazz-influenced music on the second. The single "Summer Day" from Ahead Rings Out failed to chart.
The band recorded two albums: Ahead Rings Out (1969) and Getting to This (1970). Both reached the lower half of the British top ten. On the first album they played a heavy blues-rock rooted in the British 1960s R'n'B scene from which sprang groups like the Yardbirds, Free, and eventually Led Zeppelin, but Blodwyn Pig had a different twist on the genre thanks to Lancaster's sax being so prominent in the mix, which led them to more creative sixties underground jazz-influenced music on the second. The single "Summer Day" from Ahead Rings Out failed to chart.
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patrick ward
Still 2 of the best albums I have ever bought! Blodwyn Pig and Getting to This!!!! No Sunday afternoon was complete until John Peel had played a track or 2 of theirs on Top Gear!!!!
brotzmannsax
Ahead Rings Out is a five star classic with one of the coolest album covers ever.
Chris Riches
I saw Blodwyn Pig at their height at a small club in north London, I recall that it was a great gig, but they didn't play this. I was right at the front and yelled for them to play this, but Mick yelled back "we don't do that any more." I saw Mick again, some 30 years later, at a squash club in the Cotswolds, doing a solo act. Still great on guitar.
Marcelo Peres
Caraca nunca tinha ouvido falar desses caras. Muito bom...batera fera...
Robert Watson
This is very awesome. Real bluesy jazz rock thing to come out of England.
Dako Déjà Vu
Fantástico Jack Lancaster al más puro estilo Roland Kirk, fantástica banda.
Gary Griffin
A great but forgotten band
Bob Saturday
not totally , great or forgotten
Beverly Teboe
This is the first time I ever heard of this band, and the first song I've ever heard by them, but I would classify it as more of a jazz band than a rock band. I love jazz.
robertsrecords
this one of their jazzer tunes.. I have listened to this band since 1969.their first album is really great.. it;s called Getting To This..check it out..