Jethro Tull

[EasyAce]

I liked the earliest Jethro Tull (still do), from This Was through Benefit, but I'd sooner
listen to Mick Abrahams's post-Tull project . . .

Just a lot more fun.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

My all-time favorite band. We had a "flautist" in our band back in the day, and we played covers of most of Tull's songs at one point or another...including the entire Thick as a Brick album.

Who didn't. Where did all those flute tooters go? One second I'm trading solos off with them and then they were suddenly gone. I miss when bands had a more interesting mix of instruments.

 

[judson]

the longevity of quality that ian anderson produced that exceeds todays standard is a great reminder for me

and he is still rolling..

 

[SixAngryStrings]

SO good! Tony Iommi wanted Black Sabbath to be as good as them

And, well..

 

[Roberteaux]

I saw Jethro Tull during their War Child tour of 1974.

They were very, very good... the sound was perfect, and there was quite a bit of theater built into their performance... and so they were even interesting in the visual sense.

That is also the concert where I became aware that there was a type of guitar called a "Gibson Les Paul". Martin Barre was playing a gold top, and I was at the concert with another kid who played the guitar. Finding Martin's instrument to be really cool, I asked my friend what sort of guitar Martin had in his mitts, and so learned of the existence of the model.

--R

 

[Dr.Distortion]

Saw them at San Diego Stadium. Trower opened. Tullovision, Warm night under the stars...

 

[Barnaby]

Saw 'em in Adelaide, but don't remember exactly when. Late 80s or early 90s, I think. Not long after the whole Metallica disaster.

I have a pretty solid collection, although not all of their stuff. I tend to prefer earlier rather than later like most other people. My favourite remains the 'Bursting Out' live album. Recently, I bought the Tull String Quartets. I thought it was just OK on a first listening, but it's really grown on me.

 

[Bill Hicklin]

Alt hough I certainly have affection for the earlier, rawer material, my favorite Tull remains the 70s arc of prog-cum-folk, from Aqualung through Stormwatch. I can even respect the ambition of high-concept projects that didn't really come off, like A Passion Play.

Never much liked their synthesizer period in the 80s.