Thick As A Brick

[hobbit709]

[thereismore]

1. They are still playing, the oldest rock band in the world. Anderson is the only original member, but

what a badass.

[thesquanderer]

3. Oldest rock band still playing? I think that would be the Stones.

But I'm a bigger Tull fan than Stones fan!

[thereismore]

4. Nope nope and nope. The Tull is 2 years older than the Stones, little known fact!

[Ferd Berfel]

9. Another little known fact

Ian Anderson had/has a Salmon Farm business

Don't know if he still owns it.

[thereismore]

10. Never knew that. nt

[Ferd Berfel]

11. I used to subscribe to National Fisherman

the trade paper of the commercial fishing industry

THey did a spread on it. I kept it for years but can't find it now. Probably search their website.

[Ferd Berfel]

12. OK have to add this

I saw JT 3 times live

Twice at the Electric Theater in Chicago (later changed to Kinetic Playground after they got sued by the Electric Circus)

THe bill was:

THe Litter (never went anywhere)
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin

for $5 ye haw

THen saw JT at Majestic Hill Lake Geneva WS - OUtdoor venue

[Journeyman]

2. Better than 40 years on, and our wise men still don't understand what it is to be stupid . . .

[passiveporcupine]

5. Oh the memories

thank you!

[MuseRider]

6. I think I read they will be around here

this summer. I should go back and check. I saw them maybe 3 times? Back in the day, can't remember. I do remember Ian getting angry and leaving the stage during one performance when the morons in the balcony thought it funny to throw lit firecrackers down on the rest of us. He came back once they stopped and played. I was just listening to Songs From the Wood the other day. Incredible band.

Must get tickets.

[dhill926]

7. man, I wore this album out back in the day...

[chknltl]

8. OMG now look what you started!

I dimly recalled that I was at my first Jethro Tull Show when Ian Anderson said something about his forthcoming Thick As A Brick album. Ok so thanks to the wonders of the intertububes and the graciousness of an audience member with a taperecording, I can relisten to that very show! From Berlin Germany, Jan, 1972, (starts about 18 min. mark)

[Half-Century Man]

13. JT on relying on the Divine to solve an ever accelerating life.

GFLWT

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. Jethro Tull saved my life!

Well... my romantic life. Starting in fourth grade and all thru the rest, I was the only boy in school playing flute. For so many years it was not cool to be me. Then suddenly with Ian Anderson prancing around in his boots and bathrobe, the other kids (and girls!) began to see the flute as a cool, rocking instrument!

Thanks Ian, and Tull for helping me morph from flute section band nerd... to a rock prince...at least thru high school!

(But luckily, not many years later, I discovered the world of irish flute, and band like the Chieftains, Bothy Band, Boys of the Lough...)



thanks, hobbit709, for sparking the memories!

[glinda]

15. I saw them! Great concert with some amazing stage visuals.