A tip from the great Mark Erickson brought this 1969 classic back. Wikipedia describes this band’s early work thusly, “Wasa Wasa retained a heavily blues influenced sound that was hard-driven and propelled by Edgar Broughton’s gritty vocal style, which was similar to that of Captain Beefheart and Howlin’ Wolf.”
http://www.edgarbroughton.com/
Complete List Of Edgar Broughton Band Albums And Discography
On June 29, 2022, the great Pat Thomas tweeted out this fantastic flyer for the Glastonbury Festival of 1971.
Noticing that my new favorite psychedelic band, The Edgar Broughton Band, was fifth on the bill, following only Fairport Convention, David Bowie, Melanie and Joan Baez and well-ahead, billwise, of such future relatively well-known greats such as Traffic, Hawkwind and Brinsley Schwarz, I became excited and tweeted out the following fanboy response to Edgar Broughton:
Hey
“@instantainicus ! What was it like to play Glastonbury in 1971! I love the Edgar Broughton Band!”
Mr. Broughton was kind enough to tweet the following poetic response:
“It was free and we were as free as we could be. We wanted better, not necessarily more. We were working class lads having the time of our lives in a very loud dream.”
On January 8, 2023 Edgar Broughton again Tweeted about early Glastonbury festivals:
“Over the holiday I had the pleasure of reading The Last Weekend in Wonderland by Simon Lyons. A great story of the early days of festival going before glamping. Weeley and beyond with a reunion trip to Glastonbury. Funny, touching, atmospheric and evocative of the time. Loved it.”
-Edgar Broughton
Over the holiday I had the pleasure of reading The Last Weekend in Wonderland by Simon Lyons. A great story of the early days of festival going before glamping. Weeley and beyond with a reunion trip to Glastonbury. Funny, touching, atmospheric and evocative of the time. Loved it. pic.twitter.com/TaXZANXB21
— edgar broughton (@instantainicus) January 8, 2023
Apparently it’s a lovely book. Anyone interested in purchasing The Last Weekend in Wonderland by Simon Lyons may do so here at the publisher’s website.
