A POCKET HISTORY OF WISHBONE ASH

By: STEVE UPTON

 

2 May 1974 
Ted decided he wanted to leave the band and calls a meeting at 
Mile's house where we were rehearsing. It happened to be mile's 
birthday. Ted informed us he wanted to do some traveling. 
His intention was to go to Peru with his girlfriend and find the 
Lost City of Moo. He left for Peru and we heard nothing from him 
for 6 months. We became very concerned. Our first contact that he 
was there came when we played in New Orleans and the mother of Ted's 
girlfriend wrote us at the hotel we were staying in. She lived in 
New Orleans and had enclosed in her letter a letter from her daughter 
and Ted posted in Peru. According to their letter, they had arrived 
and started their trek into the mountains on foot. They had bought 
the usual supplies and also an ass to carry the supplies. They named 
the ass, "Wishbone."
The letter told how they had been in the mountains for a few days, 
but then one night as they slept they had been robbed. They lost 
everything including Wishbone Ass. The letter left us even more worried 
and I decided to make a call to England. I remembered Mile's dad and his 
CIA connections. If anyone could help, he could. A week later Ted showed 
up safe and sound, and to this day there is an Ass walking around Peru 
called Wishbone. I hasten to add Ted never found the Lost City of Moo. 

July 1974
Start rehearsals with Laurie Wisefield who joins the band.

4 August 1974 
Flew to Miami to start recording sixth album called "there's The Rub," 
Bill Szymczyk producing.

26 September 1974
Finished album flew back to London.

5th October 1974
Started UK / European Tour, the beginning of World Tour. Laurie's 
first gig at Sheffield Hall.

November 1974
Release of "there's The Rub."

17th November 1974 
Flew to America to start eleventh tour.

5th February 1975
Flew from Edmonton, Canada, and the temperature was -20 degrees below.  
We arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii the same day the temperature was 80 degrees. 

14th February 1975
Flew to Tokyo to start first tour of Japan. 

25th February 1975
Flew to Sydney, Australia to start first tour.