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Jethro Tull

#21
Originally posted by Josh Walsh


This post is almost 3 years old!

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I'm always up for a Tull thread. Coincidentally I just listened to Songs From the Wood a couple days ago...
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This is definitive proof I have mastered the 'Search' function! ;)

As I mentioned above, I saw Tull in the Fall of 1970. I was trying to verify if Glenn Cornick was on that tour, so I emailed him yesterday. Here is the text of the message, slightly edited.

Dear Glenn,

As my memory fades, I ran across your website, and it brought back a few thoughts. I hope you could illuminate me on a few things.

I saw JT on what I believe was the second 1970 US tour. At the time I ...[was]... in Providence RI.

Did you play on this tour? The venue would have been the Veterans Auditorium on North Main Street in Providence Rhode Island.

John Evan was featured at the show as well on piano. It may have been possible the band was beginning to play a few Aqualung songs, though I am not sure.

You may have worn striped spandex style pants ...

The back up band was 'Freedom' I believe, they played a four song opener which finished with a killer cover of 'Dirty Water'. That band had 2 guitar players on stage, 1 had a Gibson Flying V [ Thunderbird ... i forget] and the other had a lefthanded Gibson double neck. If you were there and I have the right tour, this would have stood out.

Or could this have been a 1971 tour with Hammond?

Regards

[ Thor ]
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I received a response this morning! :D

Here is the text:

November 5 1970 - my last tour with the band! We were already doing 'My God' which would later be on Aqualung. I don't have any specific memories of the gig but that was a great tour.
Nice hearing from you.
Glenn
I am attaching a scan of my diary page from that month
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Here is the scanned diary page. He was obviously a lot more organized than many musicians, he still has his tour list from 1970!

Glenn is still my fave Tull bassist

Thor


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#24
I'm a relatively new member of Talkbass and just discovered this thread...I cant believe there is even one !!
Jethro Tull has been my deep down sentimental fav band since I was 11 or 12..I've listened to and been moved and inspired by the music and bass playing even before I started to play.

I've actually thought about this subject my whole life...haha....sad, I know

I suppose my choices are influenced by my favorite eras in Tull...but for inventiveness,being a little ahead of his time, flow, style and playing great parts on some of my fav Tull pieces...Glenn Cornick by a hair.I also loved that he went back and forth from pick to fingers. He was full of style at a time in the band where the grooves were more loose and jazzy...his sense of rhythem was great and his sense of melody was beautiful for the music.
There is a Tull "tribute" studio band that acutally put together a cd a few years ago..some of the members were:
Glenn Cornick
Mick Abrahms
Clive Bunker
John Wetton
Keith emerson
...and others...what a blast...Cornick played an acoustic/electric covering his own work...

I FULLY realize John Glascock was a better bassist ...but for love of the bass parts and the pieces as a whole...my heart goes to Jeffrey(or Ian:))for 'Brick and Passion Play(and Aqualung and Living in The Past)... to be fair, it did take some technical skill to do Brick and 'Play...he did get better over time. I saw the Minstral In the Gallery tour (I think) and he played well- matching striped outfit and P bass and all...

..ok Glascock for sure- great player and parts..I liked him better on the P bass than the Musicman ..thought the tone fit the band better...I used to subscribe to the original low budget tull fan mag that was independant and you had to pay in english pounds for...real good interviews though...Barriemore Barlow said how relieved and glad he was (when John) joined to finally have a real bassist to play with.

Peggy I thought was a fine player...that Ibanez 5 string with a pick was...ok:) But he really fit well with the whole scene and played great.It was interesting to hear the first 5 string incorporated into Tull...made for some interesting passages that deviated from what is burned into my memory..

Jonathen Noyce I saw 3 months ago here with them...he did a good job..personally, I dont think there is the same passion in his playing (or in some ways the music as a whole) than the early guys but its a different time...he did do a very adequate job I thought.

Very strange for me to be talking about this to people who actually care! hahaha

Cheers,
Mitch
 
#28
Funkstoner,

I tried the 2 puppets down here in Providence RI at the used record stores to no avail. Round Again Records(401-351-6292) says he has had it from time to time, just not now.

You may call him and ask for a phone call if he stumbles onto it.

The other store is In Your Ear records (401-861-1515) for future reference. The have a fairly big collection of new and used cd's and used vinyl.

later

Thor
 
#30
I found it but you can only get it in the UK
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I'm on the hunt.
 
#32
Originally posted by Thor
Ha Ha Ha !!

I love it.

Bunker, Cornick and Abrahams a tribute band.
That's Beautiful, all that is missing is a flute!

Bet they called it Blodwyn Turkey!
Or Wild Pig ...

love it!

Thanks, you made my day!

;)

Thor
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BLODWYN TURKEY...haha now you made my day!
You should hear this thing its a hoot..actually pretty good....Clive plays great...Cornick good too but I'm not a fan of his semi acoustic vibe for this stuff..and Mick is all over the songs...blasting and licking away like he always wanted to do before Ian told him "enough".. and he left. I kept thinking that this obscure project was Mick's chance to say.."see! I could have been just as good in Tull and even better!! This is what Tull's songs could have sounded like with ME!!" There was a big clash/power struggle with Ian in the early early days....:)

Someone made a cassette of it for me off the internet several years ago so I dont even know the details of how to find it again....

"New Day, Living in the Past, Aqualung,Teacher,
..even a version of Blackpool was done by an English folkie guy in a very traditional sense...very nice ..Ian must have been quite amused!

Anyone ever attend the annual Tull convention in Europe?
 
#33
Originally posted by Funkster
I found it but you can only get it in the UK
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I'm on the hunt.
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Funk,
I've seen it on CD currently in stores here in Canada...not many..

Good album...I played along with that album over and over when I was 17 or 18....DUN RINGELL!

Good tour- ..I remember how Barlow (disguised) slowly dragged his whole kit out to center stage on a wooden wheeled platform by a rope over his shoulder during intermission with all the lights up..and very few people caught it..they liked to pull little pranks every now and then...always a touch of humor and mischief surrounding their show.

HMV in Canada might have the CD
 
#34
More on the above post w/ Mick Abrahams and Clive Bunker
Here is a 1996 line -up of Blodwyn Pig

Mick Abrahams. guitar, slide guitar, vocals.

Plus varying combinations of the following musicians.

Nick Payn. Saxes & Harmonica.

Nick Pentelow. Saxes.

Mick Parker. Keyboards & Accordion.

{b]Clive Bunker. Drums.{/b]

Paul Burgess. Drums.

Graham Walker. Drums.

Steve Rodford. Drums.

Andy Pyle. Bass.

Bob Skeat. Bass.

Jim Rodford. Bass.

Big George Webley. Bass.

Dave Bronze. Bass.

Jackie Challoner. Vocals & backing vocals.

Sharon Watson (vocals/backing vocals)

Tracy Graham (backing vocals)

Nigel Williams. ( drums)
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Mick and Co. Blodwyn Pig have had a heck of a band.

Cornick wasn't in any of the official line-ups
according to the
Mick Abrahams webpage.

However, Andy Pyle is a heck of a great bassist, and one of the first people who inspired me on the bass.

If you like Tull, you'll love Blodwyn Pig!
If you like Tull, you'll love Blodwyn Pig!
If you like Tull, you'll love Blodwyn Pig!

I hope I made my point!
 
#37
Thor..I'm going to check out Blodwyn....like to hear more for sure!

The internet cd that was made by that tribute band was almost 100% NOT Blodwyn....it did not have Mick on every cut..and had all Tull cover material...it may never have even been burned as Cds...the guy who took it off the net went through the credits that were listed at source and Glenn Cornick was the bassist- hence it being even less likely a Blodwyn project. Mick sounded good on it..just that hearing him cover Martin Barre was an unusual situation I thought.

Funk...try HMV on the net- dont know if they have a website(they should)..its a chain here in Canada, and Toronto's main store on Yonge st.(Yonge and Dundas) may have one or two...I'm pretty sure I've seen them. Well..I know they did because I have that CD (I did purchase only a few years ago)

let me know...

Cheers,
M
 
#38
Unfortunately, the original US release of 'Ahead Rings Out' is out of print. I had to buy two CD's
to recreate the US release.

There are a couple of songs that really stand out. SEE MY WAY and IT'S ONLY LOVE are great.
Ballads THE CHANGE SONG and DEAR JILL are excellent. THE MODERN ALCHEMIST is a very jazzy blues, the kind of stuff presented on JT -THIS WAS.

If you are interested in the track lineup, I have it on vinyl, hehe.

This is the cover, I have used it as an avatar in the past.



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