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Band Member Profiles
Andy Pyle - Bass
1986-87, 1991-93
Andy Pyle has been a cornerstone of the UK music scene since the late sixties, with a career which pre-dates Wishbone Ash itself. Andy began playing with the band McGregors Engine in his home town of Luton, Bedfordshire in 1967. He then joined Blodwyn Pig, which included Mick Abrahams, who had left Jethro Tull in 1968. After Blodwyn Pig split, Andy joined Juicy Lucy (which included Micky Moody, later of Whitesnake) and Savoy Brown, as well as sessioning for Rod Stewart on his 1971 album "Every Picture Tells a Story".
In 1975/76 Andy spent a year recording and touring with former Ten Years After guitarist Alvin Lee, before joining the Kinks in 1977 for a two year period of touring and recording, with Andy featured on the albums "Sleepwalker" and "Misfits". In 1980 Andy worked with Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore, before joining Chicken Shack for live work during the mid eighties.
Following the departure of Mervyn Spence, Andy Pyle was offered the vacant bass position in Wishbone Ash early in 1986. An intensive period of touring followed - including appearances in Russia in 1987 - before Andy stepped aside to allow for the reformation of the original Wishbone Ash line-up. Andy's Powell and Pyle remained close friends and continued to collaborate on song material - Andy Pyle is featured as co-writer of the "Strange Affair" title track. Andy Pyle, meanwhile, joined Gary Moore once again and appeared on 1990's million selling "Still Got the Blues" album.
In 1991 Andy rejoined Wishbone Ash in the wake of Martin Turner's second split with the band. A two year period of live work followed, as documented on 1992's "The Ash Live in Chicago".
More recent times have seen Andy performing as a member of original Uriah Heep member Ken Hensley's band, appearing on the album "Running Blind" (2002). He also played in a one-off concert by Ken Hensley and John Wetton, which was filmed and recorded for the live DVD release "More Than Conquerors" (2002).
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