Favourite Jethro Tull Drummer?
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Topic: Favourite Jethro Tull Drummer?
Posted By: Adams Bolero
Subject: Favourite Jethro Tull Drummer?
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 18:45
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I vote for
Barriemore Barlow as he drums on my two favourite Tull albums ‘’Thick As A
Brick’’ and ‘’Songs From The Wood’’ and I think he is also their best drummer
on a technical level. ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 19:40
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Yeah, I'm with you there, love Barlow ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Run Home Slow
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 19:45
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I choose Bunker just for his solo on the DVD, Jethro Tull - Nothing is easy: Isle of Wight '70 killer drum solo :-) and for the rest also, not to be missed by any fan. P.S.: love Barlow too :-) ------------- If you got ears, you gotta listen — Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 19:51
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Clive had a really tasteful drumming style but Barlow is just great in all aspects. ------------- 
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 20:29
| I don't really follow Tull ---only have a few CD's--How in hell did they manage to have so many drummers---didn't know that--- lol |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 21:46
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Barriemore Barlowe by far. His work on the Bursting Out live album is top notch, as well as all the studio albums from 1971-1979. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 22:10
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Barriemore or Clive. Between the two, you have Tull's greatest albums from their golden age (Bunker from This Was to Aqualung, Barlow from Thick as a Brick to Stormwatch). I chose Barriemore on the strength of his playing on Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. Phenomenal drumming. The rest of the drummers are non-entities, as far as I'm concerned, except for Dave Mattacks, but his best playing was with Fairport Convention, not Tull. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 22:31
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BARLOW ------------- 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 23:26
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I was just thinking about this same subject. Barlow, without question. Phenomenal. Clive Bunker. Dave Mattacks. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Heathcliffe
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 23:41
| Barlow. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 00:35
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Barlow for sure.
Bunker and Perry close behind. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 01:58
| For me, Clive Bunker WAS Jethro Tull's drummer. After that, it was session musicians, there was no Jethro Tull, only Ian Anderson and friends. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 02:34
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Barriemore Barlow! ------------- 
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 07:03
| Definitely Barriemore Barlow. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 07:40
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either Barlow or Bunker both are awesome in different ways voted Bunker ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 07:42
| Barriemore Barlow, one of a kind, brilliant musician |
Posted By: njb0168
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 07:46
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Can't vote as not familiar enough with Tull's depth of work. I also had no idea they had so many drummers! As a matter of interest and perhaps a different thread. Has a band had more drummers? Or other players? I don't mean a solo artist, but a full-time band!
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Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 07:49
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Bunker was great, love his drumming at the Carnegie Hall show, so powerful!
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 09:09
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Barriemore. To quote John Bonham "The Best Rock Drummer from England." -------------   MY IDOLS |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 09:11
Yes, you've said it. Barlow is indeed the best, with Clive right behind, and the rest, even though great drummers, follow behind.
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Fox On The Rocks wrote:Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 09:20
This
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Posted By: tullist
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 10:36
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I can think of one that stands out boldly njb, and that is Art Blakey's Jazzmessengers. Obviously the drum seat in that organization was a constant, but, in what Branford Marsalis referred to in his biography of the Messengers history as Hard Bop Academy, the parade of legends that passed thru the ranks between 1954 and 1990 is nothing short of staggering.
Also saw someone above give credit only to Clive Bunker as a great Tull drummer, actually incorrectly referring to him as the original. The original in many respects was Barrie Barlow, as he preceeded Bunker in Tull's days before they were Tull. Future Tullies John Evan and Jeffrey Hammond were also in those ranks. Plus this sort of assessment fairly screams to me of someone who knows only the tiniest percentage of Tull's output. In Tull now nearly 44 year old run of non stop quality, regardless of what proggers may estimate, in the main folks are aware of maybe the first 5 years of the band's existence. Doane Perry for instance takes a backseat to no Tull drummer, Barrie Barlow included. And I am someone who has seen each tour since 72, so the nostalgia aspect will have no currency with me, indeed many of Barlow's solo's as well as Martin's back then reeked of the excess for which Tull became the favorite whipping boys back in the late 70's, while Ian Anderson was producing some of the finest music of the band's career in that time period, but not so mainstream radio ready. Indeed Thick as a Brick, I believe their finest work, would never have found as large an audience were not the preponderance of psychedelics so prevalent in their audience for that very sober band to do their very precise, humorous and original work on. Generally speaking 45 minute attention spans, in fact over an hour in actual performance, are not a long suit of rock and roll fans. Unless their dosed.
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: October 28 2011 at 00:53
Check out this short but sweet solo by Barriemore from 1976: ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: October 28 2011 at 08:51
Yes, that Bonzo was onto somthing. ;) ------------- Property of Queen Productions... 
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Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 01:00
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Barry ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 03 2012 at 13:12
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Posted By: The-Winkler
Date Posted: May 03 2012 at 14:10
| BB |
Posted By: ZeppelinTull
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 05:43
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Barriemore was the best prog drummer, but Clive had the best feel. ------------- Find a queen without a king, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 09:26
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Clive Bunker. Without a second of a doubt! What he did on Stand Up is a thing of sheer brilliance. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 10:25
The most obvious choice from all obvious ones. Next time, please "Favourite Jethro Tull flautist" or "Favourite King Crimson guitarist" poll.
So, Barlow it is. With special regard to Scott Hammond (not on the list). ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Mr Krinkle
Date Posted: October 01 2012 at 10:47
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Barriemore Barlow. Long time fan of Jethro Tull, and a drummer myself. People use to mention Thick as a Brick or Passion Play, but for me his best drumming (studio) is on MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY, he really shines in all the tracks he plays ( the title track, Black satin dancer, Cold wind to Valhalla, Baker street muse) ------------- "...I like the way the music goes...there's a few good guys who can play it right..." |