Gwyn Ashton’s A Night Of Guitar

In this brand new guitar show award-winning guitarist Gwyn Ashton takes the audience on a journey through many styles of guitar music; from finger style acoustic folk, Americana, lap slide, Celtic and Delta bottleneck slide, to electric boogie, swamp rock and Chicago, Texas, Mississippi Hill Country and British blues, all played with dexterity on genuine period-correct instruments of the day.

With the use of electronic wizardy, Ashton layers guitar, bass and organ sounds to create experimental soundscapes, with his palette of effects pedals.

Blending in African and Indian rhythms on foot operated percussion and thumb picked bass guitar lines, he captivates and mesmerises his audiences, encouraging crowd participation with plenty of humorous banter and storytelling from a lifelong journey of being on the road through over 30 countries.

Ashton’s talents have been recognized and praised by luminaries such as Robert Plant, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Mick Taylor, Johnny Winter, Eric Johnson - all who have witnessed and commented on Ashton’s prowess over his 30+ year career of playing festivals, guitar shows, trade shows, workshops and venues across Europe, Australia, The Balkans, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and parts of the USA.

He has toured with Status Quo, Peter Green, Canned Heat, Roger Chapman, Johnny Winter, The Yardbirds, Slade, Wishbone Ash, The Sweet, The Troggs, and Magnum. Ashton has co-headlined European festivals with Mick Taylor and Robben Ford, opened shows for Junior Wells, Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, Buddy Guy, BB King, Robin Trower, Dan Baird, Tony Joe White, Steve Hackett, Joe Louis Walker, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Bonamassa and he has been invited onstage to perform alongside Mick Fleetwood, Hubert Sumlin, Canned Heat and many others. He was also considered at one time by Burke Shelley to join Welsh band Budgie.

Signed to Virgin Records, France, in 2001 Guitar Part Magazine awarded Gwyn Ashton third position as Guitarist of The Year. First and second places went to Jeff Beck and Gary Moore. Ashton’s albums have received numerous “albums of the year” awards by guitar magazine press and radio stations in many countries. He has had five Top Three “Tracks of The Week” in UK Classic Rock Magazine.

Ashton has recorded 10 albums, some with members of Robert Plant’s, Rory Gallagher’s and Alex Harvey’s bands plus members of Deep Purple, Icehouse, Whitesnake and Guns N’ Roses, to name a few.