Views from 40 Years of Jethro Tull 1968-2008

And not one of them had the sense to record it. There are no live recordings of the original four piece except the BBC stuff.
Anderson has said he has studio outtakes from the first album, but somehow I doubt they will ever see the light of day.

 

November -slightly scattered

Nov. 04, 1970 Jethro Tull is the first rock band to play New York’s Carnegie Hall
Nov. 9, 1992 Anderson's prize harmonica is stolen from the Saint Denis
Theatre (Theater) in Montreal. Ian offers a reward for it's return.
Nov. 12, 1980 The Slipstream Video is filmed at the L.A. Sports Arena
in California, including live footage from the A tour.
November 22, 1993: Release date for Nightcap.
November 24, 1984: Ian Anderson suffers laryngitis. Jethro Tull cancels
its second and third shows at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
November 29, 1968: Release date for the Christmas Song/Love Story
single.


November 30, 1996: Glenn Cornich undergoes open-heart surgery. Misses
an appearance with Wild Turkey, at the UK Jethro Tull convention.
Nov. 17, 1946 Martin Lancelot Barre is born in Kings Heath, Birmingham,
England.
Nov. 17, 1987 Tull appears on MTV for an interview and two live songs.
November 5, 1993: Jethro Tull performs their first show in Argentina,
at the Estadio Obras in Buenes Aires.
November 7, 1970: In New Music Express, Ian Anderson says that his
original reason for wanting to start a group, was to meet girls.
November 20, 1969: Jethro Tull begins the first of four consecutive
sold-out shows, at the Filmore West in San Francisco.
November 21, 1987: At a benefit for world hunger, held at the United
Nations, in New York, Jethro Tull plays an acoustic set for Hungerthon 1987.

1976 "Ring Out Solstice Bells" EP is released.
1977 "Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull is released.
1983 Ian Anderson's first solo album "Walk Into Light" is released.

 

December

Dec. 3, 1977: WOR-TV in New York records a Jethro Tull video special called "Minstrel in the Gallery"
Dec. 7, 1977: The concert documentary "Minstrel in the Gallery" airs on WOR-TV, New York.
Dec. 5, 1984: While touring Australia, Ian Anderson is told that his young son was rushed to hospital with peritonitis. Anderson flies to England for his son's operation. He then returns to Melbourne for a show that night.
Dec. 9, 1975: Ian Anderson is featured on the cover of Circus Mag.
Dec. 14, 1969: Jethro Tull is scheduled to play a soldout show in Chicago at the Kinetic Playground. But, the show is moved to the Aragon Ballroom because the Playground allegedly is burned down by gangsters
Dec. 18, 1984: Tull appears on an American TV show called Rock Influences, which covers the history of progressive rock.
Dec. 1970 Tull performs "Witch's Promise" on the British TV show Top of the Pops.
Dec. 1983 Ian Anderson performs "Fly by Night" on the Leo Sayer show for BBC.
Dec. 1991 Ian Anderson appears on the cover of Music Collector Mag.
Dec 11, 1968: At the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus in England, future Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi plays his only show as Tull's guitarist. Jethro Tull were the "new kids" invited as guests on the show at the request of a Rolling Stone member or two.??
Dec. 1968: Guitarist Mick Abrahams leaves Tull over musical differences with Ian Anderson.
Dec. 1970: Bassist Glenn Cornick leaves Tull to form the band Wild Turkey and is replaced by Jeffrey Hammond.
Dec. 1987: Ian Anderson gives a one-minute Christmas message on BBC-TV.
Dec. 1987: In an interview for A New Day, John Evans reveals that his stage act and dress were inspired by his love for comedian Chico Marx.

-tootull

 

Rock Island tour

I was sitting stage left - eye level with the band at Hamilton's Copps
Coliseum for the Rock Island Tour. Ian Anderson was introducing a song
from the 20th. box-set. (He was commenting on the cost of the box-set.)
I yelled out, "I got it cheap", Anderson turned his back to me and
flipped his tail and said into the mic, "cheeky". My section burst out
with laughter. Great show that night, great interaction for me.

 

1994, stationed in HI at the tender age of 17 my buddy and I were cruising around and he popped in Original Masters. Asked me if I liked Tull, I responded with "Never heard of them" or something akin to that. He selected track 9 (Witch's Promise) and it's been a slow love affair ever since. I think it was 3 years ago when I realized Jethro Tull had eclipsed my former numero uno band, Pink Floyd.

 

It was indeed JH-H on bass replacing Cornick. I saw the tour in June of '71.

 

to wags,

AFAIAC, in many regards, MitG is a superior album to at least TaaB and SU. Even though it's half an Anderson solo album, it has a unity of style, of sound, and inspiration (1st person, real personal lyrics), Jeffrey is at his top with the group - the finesse of his playing in Black Satin Dancer is incredible, Ian's voice is as good as it will ever be, and David Palmer's string quartet arrangements are to die for!!

 

I grew up on Tull and loved them dearly:

Nov. 6 1971 Carmichael Auditorium, U. of NC Chapel Hill, NC. USA
Played Aqualung, Benefit, Standup, ect. (I was 12 !)
Anderson, Barre, Evans, Hammond-Hammond, Bunker

May 5, 1973 Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson U. Clemson, SC. USA
Just missed Passion Play, they showed the intro film, but the show was already 2 hours late. Amazing show, TAAB, Aqualung, Benefit, Standup
Anderson, Barre, Evans, Hammond-Hammond, Barrimore-Barlow

Jan. 17, 1975 Civic Center Asheville, NC. USA
Tull had rented the Asheville Coliseum for the full week prior to this show, for rehearsal. This was the beginning of the US War Child tour, Asheville not Nashville. I had a big date (she had to drive), we snuck a bottle of red wine in for occasion.

John Glascock's band Carmen (flamenco rock) opened.

7/11/77 Omni Atlanta, Ga. USA
Songs from the Wood

23/11/77 Coliseum Greensboro, NC. USA

5/10/82 Coliseum Hampton, Va. USA

2/10/98 Walnut Creek Amphitheater Raleigh, NC. USA

1/7/00 Walnut Creek Theater Raleigh, NC. USA

 

Saw Tull in Baltimore, Md. for the Thick As A Brick tour in 1971 <?>

Went up from Alexandria, Va. with a bunch of buds in a VW van. Had a great time. On the way up, some joker whipped out some real Peyote, small, dried up cacti buds that all of eagerly chewed up and promptly got the worst case of dry-mouth that you could ever imagine. Suddenly we all realized there wasn't a beer, a coke, absolutely NO liquid in the van whatsoever. These things are dry, NASTY and taste awful! Absolute MISERY until we arrived in Baltimore! The driver was <wisely> too paranoid to stop and make us vulnerable to "the man". Ack!
Them suckers didn't kick in until the show, however, and I'll never forget how powerful that show was. None of us had really heard the TAAB album yet, as I recall....
A great memory, after all. I never got to see them again live.

 

I was too young to attend...but sure remember hearing the stories of this evening from my brothers. What a mess. They didn't have concerts at Red Rocks for years after this incident.

http://www.tullpress.com/lafree18jun71.htm

 

1971 in Charlotte, NC during the Aqualung tour. One of my first concerts, and one of those that leave you with a speechless smile.

 

Tull plays Red Rocks in 2008.

AUG. 12 > Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheater - on sale Feb 4th

 

Geoff Docherty - A Promoter's Tale, Rock at the Sharp End, published in 2002.

After crowds of 1,500 people crammed into the Bay to see Jethro Tull, Geoff knew he needed a bigger stage and moved to The Locarno on Newcastle road in 1970.


http://www.sunderlandecho.com/daily-feature/Meet-the-music-man.3714795.jp

 

Jethro Tull tour 2008

Russia/Ukraine -Winter 2008
FEB.
21 St. Petersburg, Russia Oktyabrsky Hall
22 Moscow, Russia MDM Palace Theatre
24 Odessa, Ukraine Operetta Theatre
UK 40th Anniversary Tour - Spring 2008
APR.
6 Swindon Wyvern Theatre
8 Oxford New Theatre
9 Manchester Lowry Lyric
10 St Albans Arena
11 Brighton Dome
12 Cambridge Corn Exchange
14 Cardiff St David's Hall
15 Salisbury City Hall
16 Bournemouth Pavilions
17 Basingstoke The Anvil
18 Bristol Colston Hall
19 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
30 Dunfermline Carnegie Hall
MAY
1 Edinburgh The Queens Hall
2 Glasgow The Pavilion Theatre
3 Aberdeen Music Hall
6 Inverness Eden Court
7 Perth Concert Hall
8 Newcastle City Hall
9 Carlisle Sands Hall
10 Sheffield City Hall
11 York Grand Opera House
13 Liverpool Philharmonic
14 Llandudno Venue Cymru
15 Blackburn King George's Hall
16 Peterborough Broadway
17 Ipswich Regent Theatre
28 London Royal Festival Hall
United States - Fall 2008 (more dates to be announced)
AUG.
10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena - on sale Feb 2nd
12 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater - on sale Feb 4th

 

Besides the wonderful "Thick As A Brick Tour" in 1972 (?), I really enjoyed the 1998 JT concert at the Dallas Fair Park Coleisum. What made it even more special, was that I had encourage three friends of mine to go that concert...We were ALL Pleased. It was Rocking Evening !!

 

1/30/08 German, Swiss, Czech dates announced

http://www.j-tull.com/tourdates/index.html#german


German, Swiss, Czech - Spring/Summer 2008
MAY
30 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle (with Orchestra)
31 Steinbach-Langenbach, Germany Naturtheater
JUNE
1 Hamburg, Germany Stadtpark
20 Heidenheim, Germany Im Brenzpark
21 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Castle Amphitheatre
22 Kamenz(Dresden), Germany Hutbergbühne
JULY
11 Tuttlingen, Germany Ruine Hohnberg
12 Viernheim, Germany Eisporthalle
13 München, Germany Tollwood
16 Stuttgart, Germany TBA
18 Kempten, Germany Big Box
21 Lucerne, Switzerland Blueballs festival
AUG
21 Beverungen, Germany Am Weserufer
22 Bad Brückenau, Germany Kurpark
23 Hanau, Germany Amphitheater
24 Bonn, Germany Museumsmeile

 

tour will celebrate the history of Jethro Tull.

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2004398.0.tull_goes_on_tour.php

The Jethro Tull Effect
http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_2878.shtml

 

http://www.j-tull.com/tourdates/index.html#german
updated: Feb 11/08
United States - 2008 (more dates announced)
AUGUST 3 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion TICKETS ON SALE 2/16 with Peter Frampton
4 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion TICKETS ON SALE 2/16
9 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - TICKETS NOW ON SALE with Peter Frampton
10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena - TICKETS NOW ON SALE
12 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater - TICKETS NOW ON SALE

 

any details of the upcoming dvd celebrating 40 years yet?

 

I might go see this....but I gotta say....I just heard the dumbest radio commercial for it.

"I'm Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Join me as I bring the band to your town along with my flute".

 

Ian Anderson's Diary - January 2008

http://www.j-tull.com/news/diaries/iaja2008.html

 

Growing up in Detroit , we were graced with Tull concerts many times thruout their career. Their Benefit & Aqualung tours , playing at the Eastown & Michigan State Fairgrounds, were classics. They set up for 3 or 4 nights at Cobo Hall for "A Passion Play" (I attended 2 nights)

My first summer free of school, 4 of us (two couples) drove down to Cape Hatteras for a week to enjoy the ocean. We had a cheap 8 track tape player in the car, and only had like 6 tapes to keep us company. One of the was Aqualung
(I think we also had Johnny Winter And..), and a small bag of microdot LSD.
When we got there, we realized that there was not much to do there but drive around, jump into the ocean, watch for dolphins, & listen to our meager music collection.
So every morning we'd get up eat breakfast, drop a tab, & go driving around , listening to music. Our favorite tape instantly became Aqualung - we literally learned every word & sang along....lol. What a crazy beautiful time it was, so detached from reality, but so in love & entralled by the music pouring forth into our brains.

 

yes, I saw that. I was wondering if any more info was available since it is supposed to come out next month.

 

I have a Tull memory to share...although it's kind o' embarassing.

The venue was Massey Hall, the year was....1991 or 1992; I don't have the stub in front of me.

Myself and three other friends had front row tickets, dead centre. I had camped out to get the tickets as the concert was on a friend's birthday so I brought him for free.

During the concert, we start smoking skunk-y buds...and Ian stops the show to complain from stage; "I thought this was a non-smoking auditorium" or something similar. He even glared at us while speaking.

We extinguished the offensive...to him...culprit and he continued with the show...but man, I felt three feet tall. One of my friends was complaining that Ian had "outgrown" his audience...we weren't the only ones smoking but we were directly in front of him....but I still felt guilty about pissing him off....he needs his lungs for his vocals and his flute so I don't blame him for saying something.

 

No further info here, I'll be sure to scream out the details when they become available.