Wind & Wuthering - Genesis

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at May 10 18:00

"Afterglow" is the closing track from the 1977 Genesis album Wind & Wuthering.

The song was composed by Tony Banks, who described it as a "spontaneous" piece that was written in about the same amount of time as it takes to play it.

Arguably the best-known song from Wind & Wuthering, "Afterglow" became a staple on Genesis tours for over 10 years, from the 1977 Wind & Wuthering Tour until the 1986/1987 Invisible Touch Tour

A bass pedal is used to create a drone effect on which much of the song is structured. Live versions of the song appear on the live albums Seconds Out and Three Sides Live

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at May 10 17:59

Wind & Wuthering is a studio album by British progressive rock band Genesis, originally released in 1977. Wind & Wuthering was released within a year of A Trick of the Tail. Its recording sessions brought to a head tensions resulting from guitarist Steve Hackett's frustrations that his writing contributions weren't being accepted fully by the band. Following the tour for this album, Hackett quit Genesis for a solo career in mid-1977. Wind & Wuthering reached #7 in the UK and #26 in the US. In the US, "Your Own Special Way" gained FM airplay. The album's title derives itself from two pieces: The "Wind" comes from "The House of the Four Winds", the title given by Hackett to a piece that later became the quiet bridge for "Eleventh Earl of Mar"; the "Wuthering" alludes to the novel Wu...Read more