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Jethro Tull
- Thread starter Rob W
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Oh man, I can't believe I missed this thread for so long...
Jethro Tull was my all time favorite band for about 2 years after I first got into them. Still one of my favorites. I mostly listen to the older stuff though. This Was, Aqualung, Stand Up, Benefit, and the two single-song albums, Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
Glen Cornick and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (don't forget that 2nd Hammond!
) were huge inspirations to my bass playing early on.
I think Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond quit to become a carpenter, or something like that?
Martin Barre is an incredible guitar player as well. Sossity, Look Into the Sun, We Used to Know, Wondering Aloud, My God, Up To Me, Slipstream, Cheap Day Return. Those are some of my favorite songs ever for guitar.
Jethro Tull is amazing!
Jethro Tull was my all time favorite band for about 2 years after I first got into them. Still one of my favorites. I mostly listen to the older stuff though. This Was, Aqualung, Stand Up, Benefit, and the two single-song albums, Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
Glen Cornick and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (don't forget that 2nd Hammond!
) were huge inspirations to my bass playing early on.I think Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond quit to become a carpenter, or something like that?
Martin Barre is an incredible guitar player as well. Sossity, Look Into the Sun, We Used to Know, Wondering Aloud, My God, Up To Me, Slipstream, Cheap Day Return. Those are some of my favorite songs ever for guitar.
Jethro Tull is amazing!
Strange, last night I saw a dream about Aqualung which wasn´t my favourites among Tull albums(though I listened it a lot), and now I found this thread that has been going here over some years! A worldwide JT conspiracy
What made this band so meaningful for so many people? I was also a huge JT fan. This was and Living in the Past were my biggest faves, but I liked all their albums until Passion Play.
I think that this is something bigger than bass sound or playing. Jethro Tull managed to spread something very valuable to our rotten brains. I´m from Finland, far from America(and I noticed that one member in this thread is from Hungary), so this must be something over the language barriers and nations. WHAT IT IS? When I was in my teens my english skills were not good enough to understand Andersons lyrics. So it´s not the lyrics only. "There must be something out there, said the Joker to the Thief" (not sure is this quote from Dylan correct)
What made this band so meaningful for so many people? I was also a huge JT fan. This was and Living in the Past were my biggest faves, but I liked all their albums until Passion Play.
I think that this is something bigger than bass sound or playing. Jethro Tull managed to spread something very valuable to our rotten brains. I´m from Finland, far from America(and I noticed that one member in this thread is from Hungary), so this must be something over the language barriers and nations. WHAT IT IS? When I was in my teens my english skills were not good enough to understand Andersons lyrics. So it´s not the lyrics only. "There must be something out there, said the Joker to the Thief" (not sure is this quote from Dylan correct)
We used to play locomotive breath with my covers band for a few years, I didnt mind when we dropped it cause those \ slides down from the 'E' used to burn my finger (I had to swap fingers half way through, - is that how its played? Also, bouree has always been right up there in my bass psyche. Tull used to regularly come way down here to New Zealand almost annually to play a gig at a small town in the North Island called New Plymouth for a local gang, - no official promotion or advertising, just cause thaey had a 'thing' going with those people down there.
The main albums of Tull I listened to in my youth were Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Minstrel In The Gallery and Benefit. I always thought Hammond was an exceptional player. But other players of Tull's are "more" bass players. But Hammonds efforts are remarkable to me. I had not picked up a bass and yet the lines captivated me. I was to be much more influenced by Geddy Lee and Steve Harris, then the fusion players like Berlin and Jaco came along but I remember those Tull albums. Great memories.
Man what about some transcriptions online. There is enough interest in this thread over time. Come on guys post something. Not TAB please
Man what about some transcriptions online. There is enough interest in this thread over time. Come on guys post something. Not TAB please
+1 transciption, i only saw the tab for bouree and that stopped before that fine solo, how strange.How about the script for locomotive breath maybe i was burning my 1 finger for nothing all those years.
Yay, hurray and various other happy noises.
Tull is coming to Belgium in june next year
Looks like they're on tour with a violin player (can't remember her name). So I guess that means they'll be bringing the old Tull with a new touch Anybody seen that show and care to share their experiences?
Tull is coming to Belgium in june next year
Looks like they're on tour with a violin player (can't remember her name). So I guess that means they'll be bringing the old Tull with a new touch
Anybody seen that show and care to share their experiences?
I dont get choked up and teary- eyed much...but I'm like a soft mass of love when it comes to this band. Well...especially the early music.
Hammond -Hammond, Cornick, Barre, Evans, Barlow, Bunker, and Ian A are heros of mine..to me that was Tull at the top of originality, playing, and concept.
They influenced everything for me in music...along with others..but they were always and still are my premier sentimental fav. I even wore a Jethro Tull logo'd T shirt into grade 8 history class the day I knew we were actually going to take up the real Jethro Tull from the textbook. My 50 something "greyed" history teach looked a little shocked and puzzled..maybe even amused .
BTW H-H quit to become an artist- his original interest. It even made Circus mag at the time...how things have changed!
Mitch
Hammond -Hammond, Cornick, Barre, Evans, Barlow, Bunker, and Ian A are heros of mine..to me that was Tull at the top of originality, playing, and concept.
They influenced everything for me in music...along with others..but they were always and still are my premier sentimental fav. I even wore a Jethro Tull logo'd T shirt into grade 8 history class the day I knew we were actually going to take up the real Jethro Tull from the textbook. My 50 something "greyed" history teach looked a little shocked and puzzled..maybe even amused .
BTW H-H quit to become an artist- his original interest. It even made Circus mag at the time...how things have changed!
Mitch
I too loved JG's playing and tone...I especially love the tone on Stormwatch but I'm not sure how many of those tracks were laid down by IA. Does anyone know what rig JG was using? I heard he had a 70s SVT but I can't corroborate this.
Man, I TOTALLY remember this thread the day Glenn Cornick posted. Wicked cool. Glad to see this still has legs. Tull are the dictionary definition of "underrated".
I'm starting a new project called 21st Century Jones, and among the weird ass covers we are rehearsing is 'Nothing is Easy'. I'm singing it as well, a bit of a challenge 'cause I love digging into the walking bass under the vocal. Makes me appreciate our drummers nimbleness which is necessary to pull this off.
At the risk of repeating myself, I am reminded of just how big an influence this band had on me in my formative years. Have you noticed that mention of the name Tull usually brings forth a snort of contempt from many 'players'? Really undeserved.
At the risk of repeating myself, I am reminded of just how big an influence this band had on me in my formative years. Have you noticed that mention of the name Tull usually brings forth a snort of contempt from many 'players'? Really undeserved.
Excellent clip! Brings back some great memories.
I saw Tull many times, best concert band ever IMO. And I actually met (and partied with) Glenn Cornick a few times around '79 or so after the Paris thing. He was working with a band called "Strings" in L.A. at the time. Sort of an ELO-ish type thing, they were smokin' hot. I guess they never went anywhere though.
Old thread but just had to post this....
I'm selling a neck on UK Fleabay, and a Californian ebay member called Glenn Cornick messaged me asking if a friend of his in the UK could pick it up, so i said no probs. I then clocked his name again, and asked him if he was THE Cornick, ex bass player with Tull on their 1st 3 albums. He said he was.
I saw Tull when i was 22 in 1976, and John Glascock R.I.P. was the bassman...Anderson called him " Brittle Dick " on stage that night. Never saw Glenn on the bass, as i was still at school ( IIRC ) when he left.
Anyways - he reckons the friend that will pick it up is no other than Clive Bunker - ex Tull drummer. Again , he was gone by the time i saw Tull live - but frickin hey - i got pics of the band members up to date, and if it aint Clive - i will smack him
I'm selling a neck on UK Fleabay, and a Californian ebay member called Glenn Cornick messaged me asking if a friend of his in the UK could pick it up, so i said no probs. I then clocked his name again, and asked him if he was THE Cornick, ex bass player with Tull on their 1st 3 albums. He said he was.
I saw Tull when i was 22 in 1976, and John Glascock R.I.P. was the bassman...Anderson called him " Brittle Dick " on stage that night. Never saw Glenn on the bass, as i was still at school ( IIRC ) when he left.
Anyways - he reckons the friend that will pick it up is no other than Clive Bunker - ex Tull drummer. Again , he was gone by the time i saw Tull live - but frickin hey - i got pics of the band members up to date, and if it aint Clive - i will smack him
