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A quirky detour of late-'60s British progressive/blues rock, Blodwyn Pig was founded by former <a href="spotify:artist:6w6z8m4WXX7Tub4Rb6Lu7R">Jethro Tull</a> guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:4qYX9CIAU5uSBDaety7Ci9">Mick Abrahams</a>, who left <a href="spotify:artist:6w6z8m4WXX7Tub4Rb6Lu7R">Tull</a> after the This Was album. <a href="spotify:artist:4qYX9CIAU5uSBDaety7Ci9">Abrahams</a> was joined by bassist Andy Pyle, drummer Ron Berg, and <a href="spotify:artist:5c60EzpBd722ru1EY4kjwq">Jack Lancaster</a>, who gave the outfit their most distinctive colorings via his saxophone and flute. On their two albums, they explored a jazz/blues/progressive style somewhat in the mold of (unsurprisingly) <a href="spotify:artist:6w6z8m4WXX7Tub4Rb6Lu7R">Jethro Tull</a>, but with a lighter feel. They also bore some similarities to <a href="spotify:artist:5s4z3mRAE7nxE3jjft8J3h">John Mayall's</a> jazzy late-'60s versions of <a href="spotify:artist:2ScuQMRWThcifBRIvNDFDC">the Bluesbreakers</a>, or perhaps <a href="spotify:artist:7zSHQFzTnqpcbrmroB7bvM">Colosseum</a>, but with more eclectic material. Both of their LPs made the British Top Ten, though the players' instrumental skills were handicapped by thin vocals and erratic (though oft-imaginative) material. The group were effectively finished by <a href="spotify:artist:4qYX9CIAU5uSBDaety7Ci9">Abrahams'</a> departure after 1970's Getting to This. They briefly reunited in the mid-'70s, and <a href="spotify:artist:4qYX9CIAU5uSBDaety7Ci9">Abrahams</a> was part of a different lineup that reformed in the late '80s; they have since issued a couple of albums in the 1990s. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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