Jethro Tull (Official Thread)

[recgord27]

No Martin Barre? I thought that Tull had disbanded long ago but vainglorious Ian Anderson continues as JT!

Maybe this article explains it.

https://www.loudersound.com/news/jethro-tull-end-was-big-shock-martin-barre

 

[dr wu]

He's had several line up changes and Stormwatch was really the last one with the original players from the old days. Barre was on the later ones up to Christmas LP 2003 but none of the other 'original' players. The last 2 and touring as of 2011 has been all new guys.....not sure why Anderson calls it Tull but he owns the rights and it sells tickets and lps.

 

[dr wu]

The only time I saw Tull- MInstrel In The Gallery tour was 10/31/75 at IU in Bloomington IN.
Sadly I can't recall what they played but this was what they were playing that month at other venues.

1. Thick as a Brick
   
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2. Minstrel in the Gallery
   
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3. Wond'ring Aloud
   
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4. To Cry You a Song
   
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5. A New Day Yesterday
   (incl. flute solo)
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6. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
   
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7. Ladies
   
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8. Drum Solo
   
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9. War Child
   
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10. War Child Suite
    (Piano & Strings)
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11. Cross-Eyed Mary
    
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12. Bungle in the Jungle
    
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13. Aqualung
    (spoken intro from 'The Story… more )
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14. Guitar Solo
    
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15. Wind-Up
    
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16. Back-Door Angels
    
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17. Locomotive Breath
    (with guitar intro from '… more )
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18. Hard-Headed English General
    (Unreleased, a work-in-progress tour song)
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19. Back-Door Angels (reprise)

 

[Nai Noswad]

Hammer On Hammer.

 

[Magic]

The debut, This Was, turns 55 October 2023

This Was - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Song for Jeffrey (Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus)

 

[Magic]

War Child turns 50 October 2024

War Child (album) - Wikipedia

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Bungle in the Jungle

 

[dr wu]

One of my all time favorite bands........saw this on Connie's rock history thread:
"9/14/1979: Jethro Tull released Stormwatch, their twelfth studio album and last to feature the group’s “classic” 1970s lineup. Drummer Barriemore Barlow and keyboardists John Evan and Dee Palmer all left the band in the months after the Stormwatch tour concluded in April 1980, while bassist John Glascock died during the tour."
I agree that it was the last classic sounding Tull lp...and a pretty good one at that.
Just a few words on Glascock...a great bass player, Blackmore said once, " John Glascock is a brilliant bass player, the best in the business in rock." At various times he played for The Gods, Chicken Shack, Toe Fat, Head Machine ,Carmen, and Jethro Tull and others. Barlow (paid for John's funeral) left at the same time...he was devastated by Glascocks death and upset that Anderson had not had a fairer contract with Glascock.
A short wiki piece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glascock