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Post by Dan on Oct 22, 2010 7:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by TM on Oct 22, 2010 9:03:55 GMT -5
I just returned from the Morristown NJ show, a very fun night in which I got to hang out with Paul and his friend Dennis, Barry and Big Dave, my friend Rob (making an unplanned and last minute appearance), Ken Green and others. A thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying concert, with a great song selection and fresh new arrangements. Ian's voice was good enough in the first set, outstanding in the second. For Bouree and Change of Horses (which was beautifully played and sung), Ian had a special guest, female violinist Marissa McCarter, who I believe has performed with Ian previously. This was different from the Peekskill show, which did not include a guest violinist. Happily, John O'Hara did not play nearly as much accordian as he did in the last solo tour; at no time was I annoyed by it being overused last night. Bungle in the Jungle was dropped from the set list, replaced by In the Grip of Stronger Stuff. The new song, Adrift and Dumbfounded, was stunning, a great song that would be equally approrpriate as a Tull song; it is about a parent-child relationship involving a teenage daughter who has gone astray. There is a second new song, indeed, an instrumental, which is as of now unnamed; Ian jokingly referred to it as "that fucking tune." It was fine, but in several places sounded very reminiscent of past Tull songs, maybe a bit too reminiscent. After the show we asked Dave Goodier about a song we thought we saw in a setlist the other night, by the name of "It'll Get you to Next Week." David explained there is no such song, and that whoever entered that on the setlist website probably got that from Ian joking that the song "may get one (i.e., a name) next week." Standouts that brought down the house were The Hare Who Lost his Spectacles (the other Hare song sounded much better than it did the last time around too) and the full Bursting Out version of Brick, standing ovation for that one of course, and the Budapest that was played last night was maybe best-ever. Aqualung was the same re-worked version from the Divinities era, but the Locomotive Breath was an entirely new arrangement. My favorite of the night: the incomparably beautiful Wond'ring Again. I give this show an A- based on a fresh setlist, great performances -- Florian was superb -- terrific jokes and banter, receptive audience, a good two hour, nineteen song set, and a fun atmosphere with Ian clearly enjoying himself. Here's the setlist: Acoustic 1.Life's a Long Song 2.Up To Me 3.Nursie 4.Set Aside 5.The Hare In The Winecup (New Song) 6. In the Grip of Stronger Stuff 7.Wond'ring Again/Wond'ring Around 8.Andante [Florian Guitar Solo] 9.Adrift & Dumbfounded 10.The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 11.Prelude in C Major 12.Bouree Electric 13.Thick As a Brick 14.Bach's Toccata in Fugue 15.A Change Of Horses 16. Unnamed new song (instrumental) 17.Budapest 18.Aqualung Encore: 19.Locomotive Breath
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The one thing that I would like to add is how much Ian really enjoyed himself last night. It seems the 'weight' of Jethro Tull is lifted off his shoulders leaving him very much at ease or relaxed in this context. The audience was great as well. Enthusiastic, but very respectful of the subtleties all the same. The end of Thick As A Brick brought the audience to their feet for a prolonged standing ovation. Ian appeared genuinely touched when the audience continued to stand and applaud him. He thanked us graciously then said with a smile "It was fucking brilliant wasn't it"? Great night with Jeff (again), my friend Dennis, who I haven't hung with at Tull show in years, Barry and Dave - thanks Barry for the seat upgrade! - and nice to see Jeff's bud, Rob who showed up last minute. Thanks to everyone for a terrific night. Look for my HD videos of all the new songs as well as some other special moments coming soon! Cheers,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2010 14:40:17 GMT -5
very glad to hear this...hoping Ian is in good cheer in Lowell I was glad to hear Wondering Again ... finally made it to the play list heard from Peeksville show and it sounded pretty good as did the entire show, the new song A Drift and Dumbfounded is a strong Ian song. I think this is a better set list than the 2009 solo shows and I am looking foward to the show(s) might have to add another show on to my list .
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Post by TM on Oct 22, 2010 15:00:35 GMT -5
very glad to hear this...hoping Ian is in good cheer in Lowell I was glad to hear Wondering Again ... finally made it to the play list heard from Peeksville show and it sounded pretty good as did the entire show, the new song A Drift and Dumbfounded is a strong Ian song. I think this is a better set list than the 2009 solo shows and I am looking foward to the show(s) might have to add another show on to my list . You are not alone! Have a great time my friend.
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Post by Icecreamman on Oct 22, 2010 20:23:43 GMT -5
Jeff and Paul---Great work in getting the video greeting from Ian to the Board! And great review of the show Jeff----now you've enticed me to consider going to the Westbury show....Mike
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Post by TM on Oct 25, 2010 8:38:02 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. Have a great time!
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Post by TM on Oct 25, 2010 8:44:18 GMT -5
Jethro Tull's flutist frontman bringing his solo act to areaFriday, October 22, 2010 By Michele Angermiller SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Ian Anderson When: 8 p.m. today Where: Scottish Rite Auditorium, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood Admission: $37-$69.50; (856) 858-1000 or (brepresents.com) Ian Anderson, famed for fronting the heavy British rock band Jethro Tull, is showing audiences he is not "Living in the Past" on his current North American tour. Anderson's feet are planted firmly in the present. He even joined Facebook this summer with a Jethro Tull fan page (watch out, Lady GaGa). The singer will present some new material as well as classical workings (including the epic "Aqualung") from the Jethro Tull catalog, 8 p.m. today at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood. "There will also be some rare Jethro Tull stuff that hasn't been played for a long time," Anderson says. "It was fun to dust off (the catalog) and find opportunites to bring it to life again." One such song, "Wond'ring Again," may make it into the set. The selection, suggested to Anderson by a a fan three months ago, has a deep resonance for the environmentally conscious musician. The lyrics, "the natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old," address issues from nearly 40 years ago that are still relevant in 2010. "The lyrics fired me up," he says of rediscovering the song, a sequel to the song "Wond'ring Aloud." "It was recorded in 1971, but it sounds like it could be written for today." Anderson, who took up the flute (he maintains it is an easy instrument to play) after deciding he would never be as good on the guitar as Eric Clapton, will be joined by his band, which includes Jethro Tull bassist David Goodier; Bristol, England-based drummer Scott Hammond; German rock and flamenco guitarist Florian Opahle; and classical musician John O'Hara, who also plays keyboards and accordion with Jethro Tull. His solo career includes four diverse solo album: "Walk into Light" (1983); the flute instrumental "Divinities" (1995). which reached number one on the Billboard classical chart; the acoustic collections of songs, "The Secret Language of Birds" (2000); and "Rupi's Dance" (2003). In addition to his numerous recording credits, Anderson was awarded a doctorate in literature from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh in 2006. Anderson finds the title humorous, since school wasn't one of his favorite things growing up. "If you live long enough, they say nice things about you and give you stuff," jokes Anderson, who, at 63 has been happily married to his wife, Shona, for 34 years. "I'm not an academic. I wouldn't have done what I've done if I had been." www.nj.com/entertainment/times/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/128772635379100.xml&coll=5
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Post by TM on Oct 25, 2010 8:46:35 GMT -5
The mad flutist: You never know where a conversation with Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson will take youPublished: Monday, October 25, 2010 By John Benson Correspondent@News-Herald.com To many folks, Ian Anderson is just another crazy rock 'n' roller. The mad Jethro Tull flutist extraordinaire looks like a pirate, speaks like a poetic lunatic and has made a career singing about the down and out "Aqualung" and a "Bungle in the Jungle." During a recent phone call with Anderson in his U.K. home, the classic rocker lived up to his billing as the 63-year-old mused about a plethora of non-sequiturs offering some insight into his music, mind and life. The reason for the interview is the multi-talented performer, who has more than 30 recordings to his credit and has sold more than 60 million albums, is now touring "An Evening With Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson," which comes to Cleveland on Thursday at PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre. The conversation started simply enough, with some idle chitchat about his memory of Northeast Ohio over the decades. This led Anderson into telling a protracted story about how his last tour through town involved his keyboard player getting a stomach-churning ride in a Blue Angels jet. Eventually, Anderson turned the discussion back to the Rock Hall City. "My memory of Cleveland is not rock 'n' roll, but it's something more," Anderson said. "To me, it's what the American thing is about. It's about people doing dangerous things and exploring the limits of technology and human endurance and all the rest of it. So it's wagon trains and the kind of spirit of the West and that kind of stuff. I'm kind of old-fashioned about those ideals that we all look up to America for. Bill Hailey & The Comets and Elvis Presley — take it or leave it. No big thing in my life, but the space stuff, the aviation stuff, the pioneering spirit and cowboys and Indians … "And some of the great people in the entertainment industry, not necessarily from music, but I often think after another actor or some great movie star passes away, I didn't see enough of his movies. We live in that time, or I do, where I'm aware of passing years and things I haven't done and would like to have done and things I would have liked to have done but am far too scared to do. So Cleveland means to me, our keyboard player being sick upside down in a very fast jet." Sans any hint of G-force or any need for airsickness bags, fans of Jethro Tull can expect to hear all of the band's hits, some deeper cuts and even a few new songs Anderson wrote for the tour. That includes a reworked version of Bach's "Prelude in C Major" with a flute melody, as well as originals such as the upbeat "Hare in the Wine Cup" and the acoustic "Adrift and Dumbfounded." "There are two kinds of people, broadly speaking, who celebrate Jethro Tull," Anderson said. "There are those who celebrate the band because it's a bit of nostalgia and familiarity. They want to hear the mainstream stuff. And there's the perception of Jethro Tull as the rock band. And then there are the other people who come to see the band who are a little more eclectic in their interest, who like the folk-y stuff, the acoustic stuff, the world music, classical and jazz influences. Those are the people I'm leaning more towards when I do solo tours." Finally, both sets of fans seem to be united when it comes to complaining about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's snub of Jethro Tull. Recently, the downtown Cleveland institution announced its nominations for the Class of 2011, which, once again, left off any mention of Anderson and his band. "I've been to the Rock Hall, and I remember seeing the impossibly small outfits that I used to wear next to the more impossibly impossible small outfits that Rod Stewart used to wear," Anderson said. "It's impossible to imagine getting into them. I've come to the conclusion the Rock Hall has a really, really bad dry cleaners. It makes us all look like we're midgets. "My feeling of the Rock Hall is that it is fundamentally an American institution and it should be there to celebrate American artists, primarily. As a musician in terms of output, I don't feel what we do is fundamentally American. It's more European. Now, should they be desperate and have a really bad year of people who can't show up to be inducted, I'll be there. Just as long as they take me out to Denny's and I get to choose from the back page's senior citizens' menu. I ask my senior citizen steak to come pre-chewed." www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/10/25/life/nh3180663.txt
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Post by tootull on Oct 25, 2010 9:12:44 GMT -5
John, I'm surprised! What's not to like? Jeff Oh well! I don't understand the praise - call me confused. haha Now that's only two things I don't like about Tull/Anderson = the lyrics to A Small Cigar and this reading of the Hare. (& beware, I really don't mind the original Hare) Not alone: My wife did not like this reading, too.
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Post by rodster on Oct 25, 2010 9:24:36 GMT -5
Just got word that something ugly must have went down in Pennsylvania. The band had the bar shut down for the Jim Thorpe show. That's too bad. Nothing ugly from what I saw (with the exception of a few fans ;D). The bar was only shut down during the actual show, it was open before and during intermission. Signs on the door said it was at the request of the artist. It was fine with me, I prefer not to have people walking in front of me while I'm trying to enjoy the show. And a great show it was!!!! 'Up to me' and 'Budapest' were my favorites but the whole show was fantastic including story time with Ian!
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Post by TM on Oct 25, 2010 10:02:31 GMT -5
Just got word that something ugly must have went down in Pennsylvania. The band had the bar shut down for the Jim Thorpe show. That's too bad. Nothing ugly from what I saw (with the exception of a few fans ;D). The bar was only shut down during the actual show, it was open before and during intermission. Signs on the door said it was at the request of the artist. It was fine with me, I prefer not to have people walking in front of me while I'm trying to enjoy the show. And a great show it was!!!! 'Up to me' and 'Budapest' were my favorites but the whole show was fantastic including story time with Ian! That's nice to hear, thanks for the correction.
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Post by Nonfatman on Oct 25, 2010 13:42:17 GMT -5
John, I'm surprised! What's not to like? Jeff Oh well! I don't understand the praise - call me confused. haha Now that's only two things I don't like about Tull/Anderson = the lyrics to A Small Cigar and this reading of the Hare. (& beware, I really don't mind the original Hare) Not alone: My wife did not like this reading, too. I think much of the praise is for the fact that they actually did this, and it had the typical elements of humor, playfulness and theatricality that recalls their earlier years. Plus, to do something so different, from Passion Play no less, was an inspired choice, at least that's the way a lot of people felt. I know you did not share in that view, which is fine, I was just trying to see what your thoughts were, i.e., why you didn't care for it. Also, did you happen to see the exciting story of how Paul and I met Ian, thanks to Quizz Kid who made it all happen, and what did you think of the videotaped greeting that he did for members of The Jethro Tull Board?!!! Jeff
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Post by TM on Oct 26, 2010 19:16:07 GMT -5
Jethro Tull's Anderson gives solid show at Penn's PeakOctober 25, 2010 Those of the sellout crowd who went to Ian Anderson's show Sunday at Penn's Peak expecting Jethro Tull – and since it was billed as "an evening with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson," who didn't? – got what they came for. But they also didn't. What they got were Tull songs – 13 of the 18 played in a two-hour (plus an intermission) show. But many were played in decidedly un-Tull fashion. With a four-man band, Anderson gave a largely acoustic, gentle presentation from the Tull catalogue that leaned hard on the lesser-known but still lovely, and filled in with a song from one of his solo discs, a song so new it hasn't even been named and a few Bach compositions. Anderson's voice, maligned in recent years, is clearly now more constricted from age (he's 63) and wear. But he also has gained texture, and he sounded good through the show. The lovely started the night: The gentle lilt of "Life is a Long Song," with Anderson on mandolin, then switching to the flute – as he did all night -- to the cheer of the crowd. He followed that seated, playing the flute, on "Up to Me" a lesser-known cut from Tull's "Aqualung" album. That set the pace for the first half of the show, as the songs were full of unusual, sometimes whimsical, instrumentation: xylophone and synthesizer on "Nursie," piccolo on a dramatic "In the Grip of Stronger Stuff" and a combination of accordion, bongos and middle eastern drum on "Hair in the Wine Cup." Only "Adrift and Dumbfounded" had a taste of Tull's heavier guitar. Particularly nice was "Set-Aside" from his 2000 solo disc "The Secret Language of Birds." Played with just him on flute and guitarist Florian Ophale, it lamentingly told the story of the United Kingdom's policy of paying landowners to keep land fallow rather than farm it. Anderson telling stories was a significant part of the show. He introduced many songs with asides on how they were written or short tales relating to them. He apologized for the depressing nature of the lyrics to "Wond'ring Again," saying, "I'm just kind of a morbid, depressed, dark kind of character," though not as bad as Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, who wrote "The Wall," he noted. He even did a five-minute dramatic reading of "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" from "A Passion Play." ["1973 – the year of prog rock, God help us," he said. "Thank you for going along with that."] And he turned the show over to Ophale for a five minute solo instrumental, "Andantino," to his keyboardist for Bach's "Prelude in C Major" and largely to his band for the Gaelic jazz of Tull's "Boulree," which close the first half, though he won the audience's cheers by standing on one leg to play the flute and skipping and slinking across the stage. The second part of the show was more Tull, opening with a 17-minute slice of the multi-movement suite "Thick as a Brick," which got a standing ovation. As he sang, Anderson moved with grand and sweeping gestures and finished in a lone spotlight, letting audience utter the last word of the lyrics, "Brick." But he also played another Bach composition, "Toccato in Fugue," and a song he wrote for Ravi Shankar's daughter, Anoushka, "A Change of Horses," which with accordion and flute was particularly nice. Throughout the show, the audience warmly responded to all of Anderson's detours – giving him at least three standing ovations and cheering even Ophale's solo turns and the new, unnamed song. But the closing gave the crowd what it clearly wanted most. A lovely, 17-minute "Budapest," with its mid-section of drumbeat, mandolin and flute, had them stomping and clapping along. (It got one of those standing ovations.) And though a nine-minute "Aqualung" was so dramatically re-arranged to be almost unrecognizable – starting with accordion and flute – the audience still responded with whoops. ["Some songs are so recognizable you know them from the first notes," he teased the crowd.] And an encore of an eight-minute "Locomotive Breath" got the same response. So it was disappointing there was no "Bungle in the Jungle" or "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day," as media reports had him doing on other tour stops. But if the audience didn't get exactly what they came for, they still got something very good. articles.mcall.com/2010-10-25/entertainment/mc-lvmusic-tull-20101025_1_jethro-tull-s-anderson-penn-s-peak-wond-ring
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Post by TM on Oct 27, 2010 9:46:58 GMT -5
Jethro Tull singer takes a riskBy: Scott Tady, Times Entertainment Editor Beaver County Times Wednesday October 27, 2010 10:24 AM MUNHALL — Ian Anderson took an intriguing risk Tuesday, deconstructing his most famous song. Face it: His 1,000 fans stuffed into the Carnegie Library Music Hall weren’t going to leave satisfied unless they heard Anderson play “Aqualung.” Most specifically, they craved those six monster guitar riffs that launch and crop up a few more times in that ultra-classic rock song from Anderson’s band, Jethro Tull. Performing in Munhall as a solo artist, Anderson gave the audience those riffs, though not until his next-to-the-last song, and only after he had teased them with a five-minute intro that reinterpreted “Aqualung” with accordion and flute supplanting the guitar. During that intro, the song took all sorts of surprising twists, including a two-man drum solo featuring an African hand drum. Veering awhile into the realm of unrecognizable, Anderson and his four backing musicians eventually harnessed their blustery jam back into familiar territory, but still waited until the song neared its finish before lead guitarist Florian Opahle at last unleashed the DA-DA-DA-DA-DA... DA riffage that everyone desired. At the song’s conclusion I held my breath to see how the predominantly middle-aged audience would respond. After a moment’s hesitation, the crowd broke into enormous applause topped only that night by the standing ovation Anderson earned with a run through side one of Jethro Tull’s 1972 album “Thick as a Brick” near the beginning of the show’s second set. Anderson’s voice, an acquired taste to begin with, has lost some potency, as evidenced by threadbare moments during “Thick as Brick.” But he still captivates with his wry humor and the flamboyant stage poses he strikes while playing a mean flute. And while it’s those 1970s Jethro Tull hits that fans clamor for, Anderson still writes good songs, as shown Tuesday by the guitar-powered “Adrift & Dumbfounded,” a tune about a young woman facing critical decisions in a precarious world. Advertisement Claim Free Listing Anderson recounted the tale of a furry critter that had invaded his English garden, only to find doom in the form of a terrier. “This is all we have left to remember him by,” Anderson dryly said, introducing the song “Hare in the Wine Cup.” Anderson admitted his songs can get depressing, “though not quite as gloomy as Roger Waters,” he said of his Pink Floyd contemporary. In the early 1970s, Jethro Tull, like Pink Floyd, was lumped into the progressive-rock movement, which Anderson told Pittsburgh area fans, “was some of the most anal music we’ve heard. “Anything Genesis could do, we could do worse,” Anderson quipped, before launching into Jethro Tull’s 1973 spoken word piece “The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles” — yes, another one with a hare — one of those well-meaning but overwrought album cuts that made many music critics hate progressive-rock. Anderson laughs about it now, as he proved Tuesday by pulling out an old-fashioned book, putting on bifocals, and reading aloud the lyrics with the purposeful exuberance of a Shakespearian actor. Anderson took a serious tone for the night’s encore selection, a powerful “Locomotive Breath.” When the show ended and the house lights came on, one spectator literally was rolling in the aisles. He was an evidently drunken guy, in his mid-40s, who throughout the second set kept heckling Anderson to play “Aqualung.” The man’s disruptive yelling enraged surrounding spectators, especially a 65-year-old fan who gave him a shove that sent the heckler tumbling down five or so steps in the upper balcony. The tumbling loudmouth bounced back up, seemingly unhurt, and continued to shout and slur his words some more. The consensus in the crowd was that he had gotten what he deserved. Scott Tady can be reached online at stady@timesonline.com www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1373/2010/october/27/jethro-tull-singer-takes-a-risk.html
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Post by Nonfatman on Oct 27, 2010 14:02:49 GMT -5
This is really shaping up to be Ian's most unique and interesting tour ever, not just because of all the new material, actual rare gems, fresh arrangements, etc. but also because the venues are getting more and more intriguing! Last night they played at the Carnegie Library (!) near Pittsburgh, a library for crying out loud, how cool is that?!!! And next month they are playing at a 275 seat venue called The City Winery, a freakin' winery of all places! It is certainly great to be a Tull fan! Below is a picture of the Carnegie Library Music Hall, and for further information about the unique architecture of the Library, the link to the website: www.librarymusichall.com/library/Jeff
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Post by Icecreamman on Oct 27, 2010 15:30:19 GMT -5
This is really shaping up to be Ian's most unique and interesting tour ever, not just because of all the new material, actual rare gems, fresh arrangements, etc. but also because the venues are getting more and more intriguing! Last night they played at the Carnegie Library (!) near Pittsburgh, a library for crying out loud, how cool is that?!!! And next month they are playing at a 275 seat venue called The City Winery, a freakin' winery of all places! It is certainly great to be a Tull fan! Jeff Jeff, I agree with you, but I believe City Winery is a wine bar/restaurant/ performance space, not an actual winery. It's still an unusual and intimate place to see Ian Anderson & Co. perform, and the perfect place to hear him play "Hare in the Wine Cup"! or should I say "The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles in the Wine Cup"
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Post by Nonfatman on Oct 27, 2010 23:39:37 GMT -5
This is really shaping up to be Ian's most unique and interesting tour ever, not just because of all the new material, actual rare gems, fresh arrangements, etc. but also because the venues are getting more and more intriguing! Last night they played at the Carnegie Library (!) near Pittsburgh, a library for crying out loud, how cool is that?!!! And next month they are playing at a 275 seat venue called The City Winery, a freakin' winery of all places! It is certainly great to be a Tull fan! Jeff Jeff, I agree with you, but I believe City Winery is a wine bar/restaurant/ performance space, not an actual winery. It's still an unusual and intimate place to see Ian Anderson & Co. perform, and the perfect place to hear him play "Hare in the Wine Cup"! or should I say "The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles in the Wine Cup" Mike, The City Winery is first and foremost an actual winery (hence the name), where wine is actually made and stored, barrels and barrels of it, and only secondarily is it a wine bar and small stage. As the website explains, it is Manhattan's first actual winery in forty years. www.citywinery.com/winemakingJeff
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2010 11:40:35 GMT -5
Anderson enjoys hands-on approach in music, business www.observer-reporter.com/or/entertainstory/10-26-2010-ian-andersonBy Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com Tales of chicanery and double-dealing in the music industry over the last 60 years or so are about as common as A minor chords. Bookshelves groan with volumes dedicated to the subject. It's hard to imagine Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson waking up one morning and finding his fortune has evaporated, however. He may be a flute-playing rocker who found the spotlight in the Flower Power era, but it becomes clear in conversation that he's also a shrewd, hands-on businessman who keeps a watchful eye on the profit-and-loss statement. He pieces together the logistics for his own tours, down to the travel and hotel arrangements, and swats aside the notion of having an entourage tend to those seemingly picayune details. "Most musicians are just lazy," the 63-year-old Anderson explained by phone earlier this month from his home in the rural reaches of western England. "They like to have servants. They like to have people, lackeys, do things. They have to have tour managers and personal roadies and people who change their guitar strings for them and carry their luggage." He continued, "I think it's a rather bad experience to believe that you live in this rarefied world where you believe you are terribly important, and there are all these people fussing about and taking care of things. But you're not your own man. You're totally dependent on these folks." Anderson's independent streak also shines through in his musical life, where he continues to front Jethro Tull while also touring and recording on his own. He'll be flying solo into the Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead Tuesday. He's not touring to push a new album or project. "It's what I do, I'm a musician," he said. But he will be playing some new songs that he'd like to record next year and, perhaps, make them available as downloads as he finishes them. There hasn't been a new Tull album since a 2003 Christmas set, but one of the band's most-revered discs, 1969's "Stand Up," is being reissued this week in a deluxe form, with bonus tracks and a live DVD added. "Stand Up" contains "Living in the Past," which, along with "Aqualung" is one of the oft-played Jethro Tull staples of classic rock radio. "I don't think in these days, the idea of making an album every year, or every couple of years, is at all feasible or advisable," Anderson said. "And, frankly, at my advanced age, I don't think I want to enter into a room with no windows for three months while I write, arrange, rehearse, record, mix and master an album. I don't really relish the thought of that." At his advanced age, though, Anderson is getting some laurels heaped on him, including some honorary degrees and an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) medal from Queen Elizabeth II. It's the same award the Beatles received in 1965, and, like the Fab Four, Anderson felt a little ambivalent about it when he got the news. "I had a little problem with it at the time. It was just after (Prime Minister) Tony Blair had left government, and like many people, I was very strongly opposed to the Iraq invasion." But Anderson decided to accept it anyway. And even though he condemns Blair's foreign policy decisions, he points out that the former premier recently offered guidance on choosing charities to donate proceeds from concerts he played in Israel. "No one is really as bad as they're made out," Anderson said. "It's just a terrible error of judgment. There are a lot of bad things about Tony Blair, but there are probably a lot of bad things about me, too. But, on balance, I'm an OK guy." Jethro Tull's pied piper relishes rocking livewww.nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/article_e92b8a21-32e1-5dd9-841a-f671c43e70a3.htmlBy Tom Lounges Times Correspondent nwi.com | Posted: Friday, October 29, 2010 12:00 am WHAT: An Evening with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson WHEN: 8 p.m. Oct. 30 WHERE: Rialto Square Theater, 15 E. Van Buren Street, Joliet, Ill. HOW MUCH: $35, $45, $55, $65 and $75 FYI: (815) 726–7171 or RIALTOSQUARE.COM Ian Anderson – known throughout the world of rock music as the flute–playing vocalist of the legendary Jethro Tull – performs on Saturday with his solo band tomorrow in Joliet, Ill. "While it's a show by the Ian Anderson band, the repertoire will be largely comprised of Jethro Tull songs, some classics and some forgotten little gems, and perhaps a few that we have never before performed live on stage," Anderson said. While Anderson admits audiences would never let him leave a stage without breaking out such landmark JT show staples as "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," and "Cross–eyed Mary," he expects the set list will be pleasing and a bit surprising. Perhaps "two or three selections" from his catalog of eclectic solo recordings – "Walk into Light" (1983), "Divinities" (1995), "The Secret Language of Birds" (2000), and "Rupi's Dance" (2003) – will be included in the two unique sets of music planned for Saturday's show. "The first is mostly acoustic and the second predominantly electric," he explained, "with a 20-minute bathroom break, which is an important part of the evening out as you know." Anderson's musical choices on this tour will include Tull's 1972 epic "Wondering Again," which deals with such still topical issues as "economic globalization, population increase, pollution, and climate change." Another surprise will be a rare live treatment of Tull's 1974 hit single "Bungle in the Jungle," which Anderson has not performed on stage in decades. Those and other favorites will be heard along side of a few new ones, "Adrift and Dumfounded" (about social pressure) and "A Change of Horses." Anderson founded Jethro Tull in 1967, naming the band after an 18th century agriculturalist, and has proceeded to become one of rock music's more unique and recognizable stars during his 40–plus years of nonstop recording and touring with the fabled group. Widely recognized as the man who introduced the flute to rock music, Ian Anderson remains the crowned exponent of the popular and rock genres of flute playing. In addition to classical flute, he also plays ethnic flutes and whistles, along with acoustic guitar and the mandolin family of instruments, providing the acoustic textures, which are an integral part of most of the Jethro Tull repertoire. After a global 2010 summer tour that brought Jethro Tull to Ravinia in Highland Park, Ill., in June, Anderson has returned to these shores leaving most of his legendary prog–rock group at home in England. His core band on this tour includes David Goodier (Tull's bassist), classical multi–instrumentalist John O'Hara (currently Tull's keyboardist and accordionist), along with British drummer Scott Hammond, and German rock and flamenco guitarist Florian Opahle. Anderson has kept fans happy in recent years by raiding the dusty vaults at EMI Records and remastering long-shelved and often–never released original tapes into wonderful CD and DVD compilation packages. The most recent was last year's "Jethro Tull: Live At Madison Square Garden 1978." Anderson just wrapped up work on a new set, scheduled for release just before the holidays. This one pairs a remastered version of Tull's second album, "Stand Up," with assorted unreleased bonus songs recorded during that same time, plus a live concert DVD companion of Tull performing in 1970 New York's Carnegie Hall during the "Stand Up" tour.
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Post by TM on Oct 30, 2010 12:31:45 GMT -5
Thanks as usual Triple T.
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Post by tootull on Nov 11, 2010 12:06:24 GMT -5
>> ONLY IAN ANDERSON/JETHRO TULL COULD'VE MADE THE FLUTE A ROCK STAPLE. fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/112010/11112010/587305HE PLAYS VIRGINIA NOV. 14, 15. Legendary musician Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull plays two shows in Virginia Date published: 11/11/2010 By JESSE SCOTT FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR Ian Anderson is half musical genius, half meticulous elitist. Off the stage, the legendary Jethro Tull flautist/lead singer steers clear of rock music, doesn't enjoy being asked about when a new Jethro Tull album will be released, and spends the bulk of his time at his U.K. office. On the stage, none of Anderson's eccentric hoopla matters. And really, it shouldn't. For more than 40 years, the British legend has effortlessly made the flute cool--and has sold nearly 60 million vinyl records, eight-tracks, and CDs along the way. Anderson will play the National in Richmond on Sunday, and the Birchmere in Alexandria on Monday. How has this success happened? "In reality, I don't know exactly how," Anderson said in a phone interview from the United Kingdom. "I would like to think that in the period of 42 years, we've managed to stay outside the mainstream of rock music, while keeping afoot and being accessible and not too difficult to listen to. "It's all about being different, but not too different." Jethro Tull's sound is indeed different. The way Anderson seamlessly weaves flute elements and deeply intellectual lyrics to a full electric backdrop has yet to be replicated in modern music. Jethro Tull has released 25 albums over the years--most of which Anderson will pull from on his current tour. The first half of the show will primarily be acoustic before he rips into an electric storm during the homestretch. The show "is one that embodies 80 percent of Jethro Tull music, but not necessarily all of the best-known songs," said Anderson. "An Ian Anderson show goes a little deeper and wider into the Jethro Tull cataloge. "It's a fairly eclectic mix." For this tour, Anderson has opted for a handful of intimate venues in hopes that the focus will be less on atmosphere and more on the music itself. "We like to keep the riffraff out," said Anderson. "We hope the folks who get loud and drunk will stay at home and watch football." And as for that new Jethro Tull album? Don't count on it anytime soon.
"Every time I get that question, it's like I wiggle on the end of a hook," Anderson said with a laugh. "There are pretty complex reasons as to why we haven't done it I'll continue to follow my creative instincts.
"I'm not writing to please other people."What: Ian Anderson When and where: Sunday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m. at The National, Richmond. $42.25-$59.25. Info: 804/612-1900; thenational va.com Monday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. The Birchmere , 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $79.50. 703/549-7500; birchmere.com Info: j-tull.com Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to play The Nationalwww2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2010/nov/11/w-ande11-ar-645214/By BY HAYS DAVIS | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Published: November 11, 2010 During a particularly fanciful period for rock'n'roll in the 1970s, Ian Anderson and his band Jethro Tull decided to take the label "progressive rock" to its extreme and release an album containing one song spread over two sides. Defying all expectations, "Thick as a Brick" went to No. 1, as did its follow-up, 1973's similarly structured "A Passion Play." Anderson, who will perform at The National on Sunday, is proud of these period pieces -- just don't call them "prog." "Progressive rock" in its lowercase is fine," said Anderson, 63, speaking from his home in the United Kingdom. "It's when you get to that term 'prog rock,' which was a rather sort of historical and over-the-top moment back in the early'70s. That's somewhat different, and liable to abuse and to a certain amount of mockery." After forming in 1967, Jethro Tull (hastily named after the English agriculturist in time for a club date) began as a grittier blues-influenced band, although its sound evolved considerably during the next few years. The 1971 album "Aqualung" brought the band international recognition, with the title track and "Locomotive Breath" remaining a constant in its live sets. The grand concept of 1972's "Thick as a Brick" was intended to poke fun at then-popular prog-rock bands, although the satirical intent ended up being overshadowed by the record's popularity. During the next two decades, Jethro Tull continued its musical growth, with its lineup shifting as the band updated its sound. For Anderson, the band's singer/songwriter/flutist and sole constant, the band's assimilation of various music forms was a natural process. "It's a mixture of folk music, of music from different countries, different parts of the world: jazz, blues, classical music. And broadly, within the framework of acoustic rock, which perhaps gives, in itself, the best definition of what Jethro Tull has been called, mostly in Europe . . . a folk-rock band." With no immediate plans ahead for Jethro Tull, Anderson is taking time to perform some solo shows with his own band, a venture he thinks allows him more freedom to consider some surprises that might be difficult with a Tull show. "We're always working on new things, even during the course of a tour, that might be little changes in arrangements and new ideas that pop in. "That's part of the fun of being a musician. It doesn't have to be the same every night. It's not like doing 'Hamlet'; it's more like doing an omelet. You can toss in a few things you didn't put in the last one." Tull news posts = giving back to the band that has given me the music that I enjoy the most. Cheers! ...wish good luck...make the clasp
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Post by TM on Nov 11, 2010 14:35:18 GMT -5
Triple T keeping us abreast of all the IA news out there. Thanks bro!
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