Mick Abrahams

Michael Timothy Abrahams (born 7 April 1943) is an English guitarist and band leader, best known as being the original guitarist for Jethro Tull.
Abrahams was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. 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 once the album was finished. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt folk and jazz influences. He was replaced first by Earth guitarist Tony Iommi who would leave Tull after only a few weeks to return to his band, which would later evolve into Black Sabbath, and then by Martin Barre who remained with Jethro Tull until the band initially ceased in 2011.
Abrahams went on to found Blodwyn Pig and the group recorded two albums, Ahead Rings Out (1969) and Getting to This (1970) before breaking up in 1970. Abrahams soldiered on with the short-lived Wommet, then the Mick Abrahams Band and has continued to release albums by himself and with reunited versions of Blodwyn Pig. He has worked as a driver, lifeguard and financial consultant, occasionally playing gigs, especially to support causes in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel praised Jethro Tull while Mick Abrahams was with the band, but seemed to become less keen on them after the guitarist left. The DJ was enthusiastic about Abrahams' band Blodwyn Pig, playing tracks by them and having them in session on Top Gear. After Abrahams left that band, JP then had the guitarist's next band, Wommet, in session, on 31 October 1970, but they were so short-lived that the session turned out to be their only recording.
After that, Peel featured a couple of sessions by the Mick Abrahams Band and introduced two In Concert shows with sets by them in the early 70's. Judging by his comments on air and in his journalism, Peel not only admired Mick Abrahams as a musician but liked him as a person, later informing his audience that Abrahams was cleaning windows in Luton and seemed quite happy with life. However, he doesn't seem to have revisited the Mick Abrahams Band's recordings in later decades.
== Sessions ==
Two sessions with Mick Abrahams Band, one with Wommet. Also two with Jethro Tull, one with Blodwyn Pig.
;Mick Abrahams Band
1. Recorded: 1971-03-30. Broadcast: 10 April 1971
*Not To Be Arrange / Seasons / Winds Of Change
2. Recorded: 1972-01-12. Broadcast: 04 February 1972. Repeated: 17 March 1972
*The Good Old Days / Let Me Love You Baby / Absent Friends / Whole Wide World (1st TX 17/3/72)
;Wommet
1.Recorded 1970-10-20. First broadcast 31 October 1970.
* The Way You Look / How Can You Love Me So / City Of Gold / Greyhound Bus 
== Live ==
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Recorded 1970-11-05, Paris Theatre, London. Broadcast: 15 November 1970
# Greyhound Bus
# How Can You Love Me So
# City Of Gold
# Seasons
# Slow Down
Recording date and venue unknown. Broadcast: 06 June 1971
# set unknown
== Other Shows Played ==
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*09 May 1972: When I Get Up (LP - At Last) Chrysalis
*06 June 1972: Absent Friends (LP – At Last) Chrysalis
== Se Also ==
*Record Collection: A
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists