Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free

[Imiss954]

Losing my cherry in the back of a 72 Chevy Nova......

[MrOldhippy1956]

with $17 I could get a ticket and a great bag of weed to see them back when I was 15!!!!!

[theglobaltiger]

Where's the flying saucer in that photograph above? The original sleeve design had a flying saucer on it.

[spython33]

the dislike button should be illegal to these songs

[guildx700]

Smooth, slick.....wonderful. 1972. What can one say?

[SwanSongRecords]

@JoeMahMainMohn I'd rather not, you're barely even a teenager.

[01SweetJay]

I used to play this and go for a run from Canada to USA when a 14 year-old kid could do that and not be pulled in by the Border Patrol for sneaking into the longest unprotected Border in the World.This song is a bittersweet memory.

[csteno]

this is a great song! timeless!

[SwanSongRecords]

Totally not seeing these people live later.

[eddyhunter69]

Guitarist like Argus...today...ummmm...not!!.­..these was a great time for the music!!

[50bcrich]

Remember riding around listeing to Argus and Live Dates on an old Craig power play 8 track! Still love it to this day.

[Pigeon55]

Iconic album sleeve too, i'm talking about the good old days of vinyl, don't you just hate progress ?

[Yearst]

@Pigeon55 vinyl was too prone to scratching. i bought "albums" twice, sometime more. I wasn't very careful with them. snap crackle pop!

[bangulo2012]

@Pigeon55 Vinyl is still around and kicking. I have my records since i was child and still play records and you can buy todays hits still on vinyl.

[MIDZVIPEAL]

this album is like fine wine ! it enlightens the soul !

[Desmeii1]

fan-fuucken-tastic song!!!!!I"m to young to have seen them but wish I could of...I know the album well as my Uncle played it alot as it was his time not mine,dreams are free.Awesome band & Argus is an awesome album.Rock on.......

[989Mojo]

@Desmeii1 Totally agree......................I know every single note from Argus from when I was 14 yrs old and I still love it.

[skunkdad7]

Thanks ! This song kicks fucking ass ! Dude !

[evebarnard]

the dogs bollox tune

[Overlorde1]

"Thought I had a girl, I know because I seen her"...awesome !! Oz

[fffbinks]

brings back memories of beer bongs and great times

[grandfunkie]

Front row. 1972.

[mark136129]

great that radio did not kill off this tune.

[skunkdad7]

@mark136129 Too long for the radio dummies ...What a great great song ...so awesome !

[HASHMASTER9]

@skunkdad7 it was played on FM stations way back then when FM radio was great, not like today where it's all junk, even talk radio on FM, why?

[HASHMASTER9]

Respond to this video... back in the day when FM radio was great, you could hear this song. there was no top 40, or pop music or talk radio on the FM dial . it was all underground or AOR music. oh for those days

[Playback007able]

Tight, great guitars, vocals, lyrics. This is the full deal. Never tire of listening to perfection, eh?

[riotofdablood]

i'm from morocco, i'm 21 and i'm diggin this. i was lucky to hear "papa was a rolling stone" on the radio, it saved me from the trash you hear today.

[blackandtanful]

ｳｨｼｭﾎﾞｰﾝ･ｱｯｼｭでは､最もｷｬｯﾁｬｰでｱｸティヴ­チューン､百眼の巨人アーガス､恐れ入るツインの冴!

[TheRocdoc1]

I still have the album I bought in 1973, and I play it on the turntable I bought that same year. I have it on CD also but the vinyl version is 100 times better.

[124slowhand]

My band played a bunch of ash in the late 70s. wow!!

[papabray]

we would go see them every year around thanksgiving time in St. Louis during the 70' s , was always a great show .

[papabray]

we would go see them every year around thanksgiving time in St. Louis during the 70's

[boisebusaboy]

well i am 66 and still got most of my teeth and i still have this album i would not take any thing for it even new teeth

[conanhayle]

errrr ! not from argus but from wishbone ash

[mcgaheefamily]

This song has a great guitar and perfect Harmonies

[mcgaheefamily]

This son has sum great guitar and good Harmoney

[MultiGubgub]

78 in Stuttgart, 83 in Chadds Ford......they are one of the best underated bands of all time

[clapadamclap]

i was born in the wrong era!!!! godamnit!!!!

[Lytinweedle]

Yup, still got my LP :)

[Emonster20]

this is rock everybody not shitknot!

[OSCALETRAINGUY]

I was there...Awesome..MUZIC....what can Be Said!! thanks Man!

[tdavidc80]

Saw them several times in the early 70s - GREAT live band!! Seem to remember a really good live version of this which lasted a VERY long time - the memory goes when you age!!

[fortheloveoftunes]

0:27 Good matching song to "School´s Out" (Alice Cooper) "Wishbone Ash" (april 1972) "Alice Cooper" (june 1972) go figure! .-)

[rageagainstsonny]

My dad used to roadie Wishbone Ash!!

[egnbigdave]

this makes me want to get my copy out of the loft.. Really need to get it on CD. Very underated band.

[berserkley]

THE classic example of the great band that no one remembers. (Except for the people posting here, natch!)

[remfanbeforu]

I also have this album, given to me in '76 by a boyfriend. Where did the time go? My hairs is not golden brown anymore, but it still blows free like a cornfield! I always remember my "first love" when I hear this song. Thank you for posting it!

[LWayne38]

@remfanbeforu I saw the Ash in Seattle around 73-74 cant remember exactly, it was the 70's ya know. But yeah man, I can relate to a much simpler time. That all you had to worry about was where the next beer or bag of weed was coming from. Cruizn in my old Merc Comet with the tunes blasting to beat holy hell.

[micropirate]

How this song did not make The Rolling Stone top 100 guitar songs is beyond me. It has the killer Flying V on lead and a screaming strat that generate awesome individual and blended tones.

[KarenWoods1]

Just love this album so much :D))

[treborob]

Sublime! Brings you nearer to God whatever that is, or nirvana etc

[uglybettyx1]

splendida!!!

[farber2]

sforgendenen verclemptsnitch

[stonekeeper86]

I remember my older brother jammin' to this and thinking it was a killer song. I'm 45 now and it still has the same effect!!!

[QuoTime]

Wishbone Ash's finest moment. Blowin' Free is a true rock classic.

[caslox]

@QuoTime I think Argus was and is one of the all time classic rock albums, had the great fortune to see Wishbone in concert at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester, must be all of 39 years ago, those were great times.

[waiting4guffman]

de fyurgin de yurgin de dirgen nnn bork bork bork!!!

[bombasticb]

This was one of those Guitar riffs all budding players used to try to do

[Sphinx905]

wow, what memories.....i'm 52 and used listen to this for hours. Soooo good. They just don't make it this way anymore. I feel privileged to have been there when they did.

[kiketve2]

@Sphinx905 ME TOOOO!!!!

[remfanbeforu]

This was an amazing LP! tyvm for posting! Have the vinyl, can't find a stylus! lolrof



[TazMify]

Oh yeah man, I was introduced to this band, some years ago.

Me and my friend was starting guitar, and his dad had a Strat signed by Eric Clapton, and we would sit and listen to 'the king will come' while jamming out on that strat, without knowing wtf we were doing.

Man i miss that time!

Love Wishbone Ash. Most underrated band ever.

[JustAintthatWay]

of course it's impossible to pick an alltime favorite greatest rocker love song

but gosh how ive loved this song since the very first time i heard it

cant say i was ever all that into wishbone ash (altho live dates is fabulous stem to stern) but blowin' free is truly and w/o exaggeration a masterpiece

[marynightshade]

I hadn't heard this since the mid-70s, but I distinctly remembered the melody-I always thought this was a great song, thanks for posting it.

[d1sailer]

this is just...f'n great

[iFaceBookedYourDads]

haha I'm so lucky, I saw Wishbone Ashe play a few years ago at a place called the Acorn, not too far from where I live... No idea why they decided to come and play in Cornwall (UK)...

[cl0ud149]

Remember seeing Wishbone Ash at the Oval, London, also on the bill were ELP, Focus and Genesis (Peter Gabriel days), not a bad day...

[jamesnjawja]

eins best fookin gud video und sung

[obscurebandfan]

The bass playing is so Steve Harris, just listen.

[ultrakool]

@obscurebandfan maybe. i still think he copped squires style (tone and pick)

[obscurebandfan]

@ultrakool Harris or Martin Turner?

[TheMishting3000]

2:29 at 5:19 it's very good rock instrumental.

[ultrakool]

very chis squire-ish tone on the bass

[obscurebandfan]

@ultrakool Yeah, but you can also hear the roots of Steve Harris in this.

[thebiglebowski1993]

Great Song, saw them last night, I am only a teenager but my dad has about 2000 albums mainly from the 70's like this on vinyl, they will all be mine one day.

[jakestaylor]

Y'know its really nice to see other people of around my age on something like this. I'm 21 myself and my dad got me into these, I ain't looked back. One of the great underrated bands of the golden age of music

[90zosoman09]

this is an amazing song, I want to find the version that was rerecorded years later though just to see how cool it is. my friends say it's pretty cool, problem is I'm 15 and I hang out with guys that listen to the same stuff, so the group I hang around with doesnt get along with people to well that are our age lol. We have a beliefe that you should care you know, not alot of teenagers do anymore.

[BennyJ69]

Why was i not introduced to this band earlier?!

Damn you Dad for not telling me about this band sooner.

[xxthelastonexx]

Saw Ash live tonight for the third time. they played this and ballad of the beacons as the encore, truly stunning set. They came on to the pilgrim and finished on Pheonix, only to come on again with these belters!

[sgtrock66]

some of the best music I've ever heard. Brings back so many good memories. I love listening to Argus as I run down a country road with my convertible.

[1FleaBittenVarmint]

Like that great philosopher Homer Simpson once stated, "Everyone knows rock'n'roll acheived perfection in 1974.

[OverYourDeadBody]

Some of us were lucky and found the girl and then the wind really blew!

[budsnook]

These were 'gooood' days!

[budsnook]

These were 'gooood' days!

[keyanntee]

my favourite WA track ever

[tubeboob191]

this song makes me want to punch a hole in the wall- then sit around in a cast listening to this song over and over again thinking about how stupid i was!

[obscurebandfan]

These guys rule, I heard that they were a huge influence on Iron Maiden so I bought Argus and I must say, they're better than Maiden.

[merlinpi1]

wishbone ash red lion leytonstone '73 mad micro-dot acid,big charlie lovely bouncer on the doors...happy teen-memories...love and peacepudding

[timthemagicbus666]

brilliant tune - what else can i say

[rosilybird123]

Banging prog rock at its best, shook me brains out to this more than once

[TheMishting3000]

Today Saturday, March 6th 2010 00h45. i Listen Wishbone Ash My Favorite Music.

[ace51515]

as good as it gets

[TheMishting3000]

Aujourd'hui le 12 Février 2010 00h00

[timmyspence]

this song is gold

[JustAintthatWay]

@timmyspence pure unadulterated

[robertdegiro]

great memories thanks

[P7ish]

Awesome then. Awesome now

[ManfredGermanNorth]

Eines der besten Stücke, finde ich. Wird auch sehr oft live gespielt. Wishbone Ash ist im Februar 2010 wieder in Deutschland.

[Avixz]

Ja definitiv eines der besten

[andyinoregon]

Twin lead guitars then, twin lead guitars now, twin lead guitars FOREVER!

[Azalaksh]

i remember seeing them at the Paramount in Portland OR in summer of 1972..... we dropped acid that day and sat around on the sidewalk in the sun waiting in line to get in - the show was a mind-blower! :D

[Mjackdaddy]

I heard this on deep tracks the other day, brought me back to some great memories. My first concert was Argent, Wishbone Ash, and It's a Beautiful Day. Houston Colliseum, 1972. The middle dreamy part, echoing around the hall, smoke rising through the air,..magic. I will always love this song.

[fortheloveoftunes]

Copenhagen (Amager Bio) 25. feb. 2010

[2012VerySoon]

I remember this like it was yesterday, I seen them in Hawaii, Ca. Fl. il and Mo.

Lot of LSD in those days. 70's I'm 50

My first concert was Rolling Stone and Stevie Wonder. I was 11, KICK ASS!

[bibby5000]

lucky!!!! im 22 and would give my entire set of teeth to be around in those days!

[Avixz]

yep :P Golden years. At least in terms of music.

[JustAintthatWay]

@bibby5000 hold on to your choppers mate

as good as this tune is it aint THAT good

and i think 5 out of 5 dentists would agree

[RaboStoKabo]

@bibby5000 i'm 15 and i'd give my arms and legs to be around in those days!

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

@bibby5000 We used to listen to this at the end of 74 and early 75 when we were supposed to be at school. Goood memories. It was great to be a kid in the 60's and teen in the 1970's and have great music like this for the soundtrack of our lives. You got good taste.

[CJWULF777]

@bibby5000 You are a wise young person, more and more of your generation are breaking away from the "formula" shit alt rock, Hip hop, rap crap that all sounds the same and using their brains and finding that MELODY IN MUSIC IS EVERYTHING!

[111chazz]

@bibby5000 He He! Keep your teeth my friend and enjoy now. Believe me now a days you are better off as there was no internet and it was all down to buying with very little. We seemed to seek out the good stuff though, just like you. Peace and love and happiness in your world. Chazz.

[ThePammyg]

@bibby5000 I was around in those days , saw these guys twice in Dallas, unfortunately, I did so many drugs back then, I now no longer have teeth, so I could use some LOL- bestof times4ever

[270ambrose]

@bibby5000

Im 62 and saw them live and...... would love a set of teeth in these days

[rockerbox1973]

@270ambrose i`m 57 and so would i

[conanhayle]

@270ambrose you can have mine there in a box on the shelf

[bibby5000]

@270ambrose so you payed your debt then :p

[Sombooodeh]

@bibby5000 Agree, huge fan and I'm 18, almost 19. Would do nearly anything to be around those days. 

[dandeexxxx]

Stones and Little Stevie? Wasnt anybody big available? nice start!

[TheMishting3000]

VERY VERY GOOOD THEIR SONG!!!!! i linsten them all the days :P

[yatsa]

Was lucky enough to see them back in the 70's.... awesome band

[rockchick80s]

Thanks Dekemc for the share. Exactly how old are you????? lol

[Spitfireseven]

Dang! I just mentioned to someone in Germany that this was the one song that was not posted and WHAMMO!! You posted it! Dang! That is so cool. Thanks Avixz!!!!!!!!!

[Spitfireseven]

OOOOPs! That was Nov 12th of  2008!!!

[SpeccyUK]

Thanks for putting this up Avixz, I've still got my copy of the album I bought in 1974, it will never be sold, not for a billion pounds.....LOL

God bless Ash.

[Avixz]

Np :)

Yeah, I'd love to have this on record.

[DAVEDOUGHY]

@SpeccyUK wish,i were as lucky,this vinyl is very tough to come by!

[TheMishting3000]

i will listen always for all my life for 35000 years.

[Mcvity]

thx for sharing this, fantastic stuff :)

[GlitchMasterz]

this is their best song!

[videodog52]

Thanks for the great music, Avixz!

[pyrpaul]

i had the pleasure of working with andy powell on the road for 3 dates in ireland, it was fantastic

[oscar6418]

empress club,new brighton 1975

[klinmfredft]

Eles são do tempo em que, para ser músico, era preciso entender de música.

[jasbigj]

I saw these guys play at the American Theater in St. Louis in 1993 followed by Uriah Heep, Blue Oyster Cult, and Nazareth. Great lineup and show.

[dandeexxxx]

Amazing Ash played first

[bendobrin]

great sound.

[bikemech121]

I think the "blown free" title is a hint as to the generosity of the girl. Suppose he may have been used to paying for it. Brilliant band, my all time favourite after all these years.

[ongaonga1]

faaaaaaaaaaaantastic

[redbirdwell]

I saw Wishbone Ash in the 70's when they played at the Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee. It was the first concert that I ever went to.

I was dating a girl who had golden brown hair and they played this song. It felt like the whole concert hall was rocking.

What a concert and what a girl.

[BartConrad101]

They had a total understanding of music and how to make it..Pure Quality.

[dandeexxxx]

I thought I had a girl-I know because I seen her! In my dreams everything was all right!  Ash!

[zerone11]

good song and time in my life great times back then

[pinkbluebell1956]

Its just so nostalgic, and forever!!!!!!!

[ronMexico121]

2:55

Yeah that's it...

[andyinoregon]

How this song never became as big a hit as "Reelin' In The Years" is something I will never understand. Both are brilliant guitar anthems.

[alohajacksan]

Semper Fi Andy!!

Doc

[dandeexxxx]

promotion.

[bullrocker86]

brilliant.

[psyzippo]

incredible man... and yes, this album is indeed amazing!!! all sangs hit that spot!

[asands123]

~_~ this song makes me happy

[syr1811]

GREAT song! In fact, this is my favorite song off of this AMAZING album. Tough though, 'cause EVERY song on Argus is Great! Thanx for posting this. I've been waiting to find this one. Great share Avixz!