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Jethro Tull

#201
I saw Tull again at Massey Hall in Toronto this last sat pm....to my surprise the bassist was playing a 6 string Anthony Jackson Fodera ..with his fingers...and wearing a "floral" shirt tucked in. He was of course very good..but I still found it a little odd for the band.

Well, they were very together and polished as a band..if lacking the inspiration and energy of Tull of old....but Ian struggled with almost every singing note he had to hit. It was painful to watch and hear and I think its even gotten worse than the last time I saw them a few years ago. As a result I think at least half the whole show were instrumentals.
Does anyone know what happened exactly to his voice? There has been so little in the media Operation? Nodes? Smoking? Never got the whole story.....

Anyways, great just to hear/see Ian , Martin, and their new band again no matter what.
 
#203
Great thread to rekindle - I have been a big Tull fan since the mid 70's.... songs like 'Living in the Past' and 'Inside' still move me - Loved Glenn Cornick and John Glascock. "Hunting Girl' Live on Bursting Out is a great representation of John's playing.
 
#204
Many, many years ago I was grooving to Motown and the Beatles, never thought about playing bass, not untill I heard the Stand Up album! I went out and got a Teisco Del Rey p copy bass from the local pawnshop. Enough said.:bassist:
 
#206
Thor said:
Listened to both Aqualung and Benefit over the weekend.

The bass arrangements really knock me out. I'd love to work
with a band that could do a credible cover of 'To Cry You a
Song'.
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Oh man, I never thought I'd hear anyone else say that! That's Tull's coolest song in my opinion and it's my dream to do a dead on cover of that too!

How many cigarettes did I bring along?
 
#207
I had the chance to support Jethro Tull on the J-tull.com Tour for some gigs in Europe. It was a great inspiration to watch and hear Jonathan Noyce playing all these wonderful Basslines.
He´s a great Bass Player.
2 Years later I heard another Jethro Tull- Musician playing Joni Mitchell- Covers at the Cropredy Festival in England.
Martin Allcock played and recorded with Tull from 1988- 1991 as a Keyboard- Player.
Maart played all the Pastorius- Bass- Parts on the Fretless that night. He was one of the best Jaco- Impersonations I´ve ever heard.
 
#208
Woo Jethro Tull!!!

Guys, I know this is going to sound weird, but check out their 1984 album Under Wraps, particularly the tunes "Nobody's Car", "Heat", and "Apogee". "Heat" is now one of my favorite songs ever, even though it's on their most universally hated album. (I absolutely love virtually all of what they made before and since too, though.)

For the record- by the time I was like 15 I owned all of Tull's studio albums! Yay for young Tull fans! An interesting thing to note, though, is that my appreciation for Tull has grown as I've become more educated about music. Even though they weren't virtuosos like some of the other groups that get clumped into the prog rock category, the music is just so well written, arranged, and performed that I don't think any other rock band compares.
 
#215
My first concert was Tull. It was the Aqualung tour (6/71) when I was eleven (I went with my older brother and his friends). Great concert. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond was new to the band and Clive Bunker was still on drums.
I saw them again on the War Child tour (75?) with the same lineup except Barrie Barlow was on drums.
The last time I saw them was the Songs From The Wood tour (78?) with John Glascock on bass.
Cornick was really good but all of them were good. Jeffrey H. layed back on his first album (Aqualung) but if you listen, he played good lines. By Passion Play he was a full fledged modern bass player with a great pick style/tone. He also had great stage presence. Glascock was good and had a cool midrangey live tone (played thru Marshalls). I like all three.
Rob W said:
I don't think I've ever heard anybody here ever mention digging any of Jethro Tull's bass players. They've had a few really great ones IMO.

Glenn Cornick was the first and I really love all his work on the first few albums. It would have been really interesting to see what might have become of him if Ian hadn't kicked him out of the band (for partying too much!). After leaving Tull he played in another band, Wild Turkey, for a few years then packed it in. Some of his great highlights are Bouree and Inside which have some great melodic parts.

Jeffery Hammond was not in the same league I suppose, but he'll be the first to agree with that. He was basically handed a bass by Ian and asked to learn to play very quickly, so Aqualung was actually weeks into his bass playing carreer. Actually considering that, he did pretty well!

The next great one was John Glascock who was there from '76 to '79 when he died from heart trouble. He was a really great player though - especially some of his work on the Heavy Horses album.

Dave Pegg. Actually, Dave's a great bass player, but I never much cared for his tone (rather bright and thin). Lots of people liked Peggy though.

The new guy, Jon Noyce has done some fine work on the J-Tull.com album and it was nice to see BP Magazine write a short article on him a few months back. Finally somebody in that magazine who I've actually heard!

So, out of the bunch, I think I've come to appreciate Glen Cornick the most, with John Glascock a close second. Anybody else have an opinion (or care at all!)?
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#216
I wish I had seen Cornick , and the 'Brick and Passion Play tours live. I did see JHH only once on the Minstrel tour, then I think I skipped Glascock and saw Dave Pegg when he just joined. I loved the first three..but Pegg and subsequent players were kind of flat to me in that band.

The entire Passion Play tour is on You Tube in pieces..taken from 2 different concerts ( one of them from here at Maple Leaf Gardens). I would have given one of my basses to have been there now!

:D
 
#220
I'm going to risk posting this without much if any pre-reading.
I saw Thor's name so I figured I was safe enough and might be forgiven if this is already old news at TB but it's new to me...again!
I only just found it:

Isle of Wight 1970:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZZ35zOtmFc

Fred

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I was a sophomore in high school then but to me this was :eek: like "WOW!
Still is.
 

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