Pete Wylie was the man behind The Mighty Wah and all the other Wah variations during the 80's. He started his career in Liverpool with 'Crucial Three' along side Bunnyman Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope, before they all moved on to bigger and better things. He formed 'Wah' in 1979 and released "The Story of the Blues" in 1982, which was their biggest hit.... even bigger than "Come Back" which got a bit of radio play in NZ a couple of years later. He went solo in 1986 with an album and single "Sinful". "The story of the Blues" was released in 2 parts on the original single but most of the versions on other formats are now parts 1 and 2 combined, with his talking blues at the end. This is a slice of 80's music that is as strong now as it was then, lyrically and musically. You don't play this now for a bit of 80's nostalgia, you play it now because it still sounds fucking good.
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