26 Facts About Gwyn Ashton

Gwyn Ashton has released ten albums and toured Australia, Europe and North America.

The Welsh-born Gwyn Ashton migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, with his family, in the mid-1960s.

Gwyn Ashton began playing guitar at the age of 12 and was performing in bars at 16 as well as attending festivals across Australia.

Gwyn Ashton then returned to Adelaide in 1990 where he was joined by Laurie Height on bass guitar and Rick Tredrea on drums.

Gwyn Ashton supported tours by Rory Gallagher, Junior Wells, Steve Morse and Albert Lee.

Gwyn Ashton issued his debut solo album, Feel the Heat, in 1993 via Upbeat Records.

Gwyn Ashton relocated to England in 1996 and played the European festival circuit for three years.

Gwyn Ashton questioned this and said 'we don't deserve to be on after Mick.

Gwyn Ashton then played the Paris Music Trade Show where Fender France presented him with a new Stratocaster.

Gwyn Ashton played on a derelict Dutch train carriage on the pirate station Radio London in the Netherlands and networks in Australia including various ABC stations and public radio.

Gwyn Ashton was interviewed and played a live performance in France on Paris Inter.

Gwyn Ashton then co-headlined Garden Blues Festival in Marseille with Robben Ford and on the bill with Ray Charles at Cognac Blues Passions.

Gwyn Ashton has played many guitar and blues festivals including two appearances at the Acoustic Festival of Great Britain, Popkomm in Berlin, Guitar Heroes Festival in Germany with Mick Taylor and has conducted blues masterclasses at London's Guitar Institute, Guitar X and Academy of Sound in Birmingham and Exeter, England.

Gwyn Ashton played the 10th annual 'Thanks Jimi' Festival in Wroclaw, Poland onstage with Bernie Marsden and Jimi Hendrix's brother Leon Hendrix, leading 8000 guitarists playing 'Hey Joe' in the market square setting a new 'Guinness Book of World Records'.

For five years Gwyn Ashton was Gerry McAvoy's choice for fronting the Rory Gallagher celebratory group Band of Friends, replacing Thin Lizzy, Motorhead guitarist Brian Robertson.

Since then Gwyn Ashton has been touring Europe with many acts including The Yardbirds, Johnny Winter, Peter Green, Slade, The Sweet, Canned Heat, Magnum, The Troggs and headlining his own shows.

Gwyn Ashton has played dates in England with Van Morrison, Robin Trower, Jeff Healey, Tony Joe White, Walter Trout and 15 arena shows, including Wembley, with the legendary Status Quo with Francis Rossi asking him about co-writing and Rick Parfitt wanting some slide guitar tips.

Gwyn Ashton has shared the bill twice with Joe Bonamassa, once at Birmingham NEC for Music Live and once at a guitar festival in Sweden.

Gwyn Ashton has performed at guitar shows appeared twice on Czech National TV, ZDF TV in Germany and in Bulgaria on Slavi's Show, Slavi being the 'Bulgarian Jay Leno' with an audience of two million.

Gwyn Ashton has recorded eight albums, some with special guests mentioned above.

Gwyn Ashton has been invited onstage with some of the greatest blues and rock musicians, including ex-Black Crowes Marc Ford, who asked him to play lap steel on a studio session in Los Angeles.

Gwyn Ashton jammed with Walter Trout, the legendary Canned Heat and Hubert Sumlin at blues festivals in England and Germany, bassist extraordinaire Jerry Jermott and Cactus and former Vanilla Fudge bassist Tim Bogert in Los Angeles and he even sat around David Crosby's dining room table trading licks on acoustic guitar with the former Byrd's legendary singer, songwriter.

Jackson Browne and Robert Plant have both commented favourably on Gwyn Ashton's playing and both been part of his audience.

Forever pushing the boundaries of his abilities, Gwyn Ashton's critically acclaimed latest release 'Solo Elektro' sees him reinvented as an alternative progressive blues-rock solo artist with elements of 1960s garage rock, psychedelia, acoustic roots, dance and chill-out music and some good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll.

In 2022 Gwyn Ashton released his solo album "Mojosoul" to celebrate 50 years of playing guitar.

Gwyn Ashton plays all of the instruments on the album including guitars, harmonica and foot drums.