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BarryGlibb 
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 Topic: Jethro Tull : thanks for the memories
Posted: January 08 2013 at 03:53 |
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2012 marks the first year since their inception in 1968 that Jethro Tull did not perform a concert.
They performed over 3,000 concerts from 1968-2011. Can somebody come up with another progressive rock band that comes close to this record of performing at least one concert in each year for 44 years straight? I was fortunate to see them in '77, '84, '94, 2005 and 2011...although the 2005 and 2011 concerts were vocally dismal the music was still superb.
Maybe that 50th anniversary instrumental Tull masterpiece album of the
21st century will be recorded in 2018 with Anderson, Barre, Abrahams,
Barlow, Bunker, Cornick, Evan, Giddings, Hammond-Hammond, Palmer, Pegg
and Perry (a quadruple trio i.e. 3 guitarists, 3 bass players, 3
keyboard players and 3 drummers and obviously one flute ). That would be
one hell of a way to sign off. We can only hope.
So I raise a toast to the once great Tull, thanks for all those years that have given me some of my finest memories.
Edited by BarryGlibb - January 08 2013 at 03:55
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 05:34 |
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I consider the TAAB tour a Jethro Tull tour in all but name, but I am, of course, hoping for another collaboration between Anderson and Barre, which would make them Tull once again. I do agree that an instrumental album with a line-up like, or close to, what you are hoping for would be an awesome way to sign off though.
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lazland
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 13:35 |
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The old guard are starting to get very old, and will disappear completely as a matter of pure natural ageing. Let us, then, celebrate the fact that there are son many new modern artists coming along to take their place and continue the genre we love.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 15:08 |
 lazland wrote:
Let us, then, celebrate the fact that there are son many new modern artists coming along to take their place and continue the genre we love. |
Yes, there are many new artists to save the genre. But for me they can't replace the old Guards. No giants, no new Floyd, Tull, ELP etc.
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HackettFan
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 17:33 |
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They were always the best band to listen to while gathering around a bonfire in the woods. I saw them live on two tours. One of the few bands you can rave about with non-Prog fans. Who didn't like to do air flute in the mirror while no one was looking? Just random thoughts here about a great band.
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 18:05 |
lazland wrote:
The old guard are starting to get very old, and will disappear completely as a matter of pure natural ageing. Let us, then, celebrate the fact that there are son many new modern artists coming along to take their place and continue the genre we love. |
Let's do both, I say. Let's celebrate both modern prog, as well as the pioneers of the genre, soon to be reaching for their walking chairs!
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 18:39 |
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Saw them live in 2011. Great show.
Ian's voice is starting to give, but the guy still shreds the flute!
It's a shame that he never really gave himself credit for his own music in the shadow of others like Zeppelin (or so I've heard).
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Posted: January 08 2013 at 19:41 |
lazland wrote:
The old guard are starting to get very old, and will disappear completely as a matter of pure natural ageing. Let us, then, celebrate the fact that there are son many new modern artists coming along to take their place and continue the genre we love. |
Well Ian Anderson said that the documentary of Anvil inspired him to continue music for a long time.
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 07:50 |
I can't think of any band that has played so many tours for so many years. I saw Ian Anderson tour solo in 2011 and his voice was really poor despite the music being superb. The time is here for Tull along with many of our old guard heroes to retire.
Tull has always been one of my favorites and I can't even count how many times I saw them live-many times catching the start of tours in upstate New York in the fall and the end of the same tour in NYC in June! They were always a great live act. They didn't produce exact renditions of the studio material live, which made it interesting. Ian enjoyed tweaking arrangements and adding new little instrumental bits before, during and after classics.
Celebrate them, keep listening to their great work, and move on to newer bands too!!
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 08:36 |
dbrozz wrote:
Saw them live in 2011. Great show.
Ian's voice is starting to give, but the guy still shreds the flute!
It's a shame that he never really gave himself credit for his own music in the shadow of others like Zeppelin (or so I've heard).
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Starting to give? I saw him many times in the 90's where it was painful to watch him.
Edited by Evolver - January 09 2013 at 08:36
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 10:29 |
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Tull is dead, since Ian Anderson can't sing anymore. It was embarassing to see him singing on the TAAB tour in 2012. So much so that he had other guy singing for him for the most parts.
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 11:44 |
NotAProghead wrote:
lazland wrote:
Let us, then, celebrate the fact that there are son many new modern artists coming along to take their place and continue the genre we love. |
Yes, there are many new artists to save the genre. But for me they can't replace the old Guards. No giants, no new Floyd, Tull, ELP etc. |
Heck ... I'm not sure that anyone ever replaced Bach, Haendel or Vivaldi ... but then, we did end up liking Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky years later ... so what you saying? ... that you're stuck in time?
It all continues and tomorrow the name is Debbie ... or John ... no biggie!
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 12:48 |
Junges wrote:
Tull is dead, since Ian Anderson can't sing anymore.. |
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Mark Twain 
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 13:57 |
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The real Jethro Tull died 40 years ago. The Ian Anderson Band would have been a fairer title. In fact, beyond that original line-up, it's never been a band at all, it's a solo project with sidemen.
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prog4evr
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 23:21 |
BarryGlibb wrote:
2012 marks the first year since their inception in 1968 that Jethro Tull did not perform a concert...
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All that you say is most amazing about the mighty Tull - I guess I wasn't following them much since the 1980s. There is probably no other prog band in history that has toured that long - not even Genesis (were they really 'prog' after the mid-80s?)...
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Posted: January 09 2013 at 23:43 |
DiamondDog wrote:
The real Jethro Tull died 40 years ago. The Ian Anderson Band would have been a fairer title. In fact, beyond that original line-up, it's never been a band at all, it's a solo project with sidemen. |
NotAProghead wrote:
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
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Posted: January 10 2013 at 00:19 |
After Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond burned his stage clothes & went back to painting, I lost interest.
Mind you, I saw the first TAAB tour in 1972. Glenn Cornick and his band Wild Turkey opened for Tull, it was a remarkable evening.
I understand aging very well! Thanks, Ian for the many years of very hard work!
Edited by cstack3 - January 10 2013 at 00:20
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DiamondDog
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Posted: January 10 2013 at 02:47 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
DiamondDog wrote:
The real Jethro Tull died 40 years ago. The Ian Anderson Band would have been a fairer title. In fact, beyond that original line-up, it's never been a band at all, it's a solo project with sidemen. |
NotAProghead wrote:
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
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Ian Anderson lives. RIP Tull
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 16:45 |
Jethro Tull is Ian Anderson and Martin Barre!
All other musicians though extremely talented are secondary.
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cstack3
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 17:11 |
Dr. Occulator wrote:
Jethro Tull is Ian Anderson and Martin Barre!
All other musicians though extremely talented are secondary. |
Possibly...but I like to point out that all of the commercial successes of Jethro Tull included Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond on the bass guitar (and "Japanese electric guitar," per Ian's comment onstage during the "Minstrel" show!)
Considering he was taught to play the instrument by Ian and then basically self-taught, I like to think of Jeffrey in the same class as Rutherford, Squire and Lake. He was remarkable. No other bassist for Tull had his unique manic energy, although Cornick was close.
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