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Post by warchild82 on Oct 3, 2010 16:17:44 GMT -5
Hello all. I thought it would be nice to start an appriciation thread for John glasscock. He was an awesome base player and he loved working in tull. what all do you think of him andcan you all give me any bio info as well?
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Post by Bwanabob on Dec 20, 2010 13:14:47 GMT -5
Shame his party appetites and unlucky health cost him dearly. I remember seeing JG (the only time) in '77. My seat was pretty much in front of him, maybe slightly to his left. Some guy in the first row had smuggled in a bong. During one of the quieter moments, the guy pulled it out and held it up to JG. He started laughing and shook his head, saying "Not now."
I bet he would still be in the band had he survived. Such a tragedy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 9:56:32 GMT -5
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Post by Mix on Dec 22, 2010 11:17:18 GMT -5
Loved John's work with Tull. He really brought something to the table. JHH had the persona, Peggy had the talent, John had them both.
Anyone come across any interviews with John?
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Post by janu on Dec 22, 2010 11:54:18 GMT -5
From the article: They were a band of talented, hard working musicians with an original sound that's never been duplicated. After three years of struggle and lean times, they were on the verge of serious success, only to see it crumble right in front of them in a few short and tragic months, through no doing of their own. Defunct now for over twenty five years, their misfortunes were only too common in rock 'n' roll. If you were lucky enough to have seen them perform, you know their music, a fusion of authentic flamenco and progressive rock 'n' roll was not. Madre mía! a flamenco and progresive rock 'n' roll band, it had to be appealing to listen. Thanks Derek for this history of Carmen. It would be interesting to look for more anything of them. pd. On youtube there're some films and certainly it sounds flamenco style
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 17:01:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 9:25:17 GMT -5
The Carmen Cd's are avaialbe, they are packaged 2 lps on 1 disk
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Post by Stjerky on Jan 25, 2011 7:29:03 GMT -5
The Carmen Cd's are avaialbe, they are packaged 2 lps on 1 disk Those who live in Scandinavia or UK can find this double album from Spotify. Listening to it now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2011 11:10:20 GMT -5
Also you can get them from Amazon for very reasonable prices
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Post by Nonfatman on Jan 25, 2011 13:16:02 GMT -5
The Carmen Cd's are avaialbe, they are packaged 2 lps on 1 disk Those who live in Scandinavia or UK can find this double album from Spotify. Listening to it now. Hey, Jyrki, nice to see you here again, as you are one of our earliest members when we were first getting this started! How's things? Any recent Pyknic gigs? Do you guys have any videos that are on youtube? If so, I'd like to post one or two here, especially Fat Bad Man! Also, I meant to ask you, have you ever heard of the Finnish Tull tribute band, Limingan Tull, who take their name from the Finnish province Limingantulli? We did a little write-up of them not too long ago in our Tull Tribute Band department, and I thought you might know of them. Jeff
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Post by Stjerky on Jan 26, 2011 4:40:47 GMT -5
How's things? Any recent Pyknic gigs? Do you guys have any videos that are on youtube? If so, I'd like to post one or two here, especially Fat Bad Man! The Pyknics is trying to write new songs, but it is a bit slow, because everybody is so busy with work, family etc. Moved the Limingan Tulli stuff I wrote to the tribute bands section.
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Post by martinbarreshat on Oct 11, 2011 8:00:27 GMT -5
I find it hard to decide who my favourite Tull bass player is.It's between Glenn Cornick and John but i think i prefer John.The bands sound really improved when he joined.Jeffrey Hammond Hammond just wasn't a natural bass player.
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Post by My God on Oct 11, 2011 8:11:28 GMT -5
I find it hard to decide who my favourite Tull bass player is.It's between Glenn Cornick and John but i think i prefer John.The bands sound really improved when he joined.Jeffrey Hammond Hammond just wasn't a natural bass player. Yes Martin, I prefer John Glasscock over Jeffery Hammond. For some reason David Pegg didn't really move me that much. On this postcard day.
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Post by Stjerky on Oct 13, 2011 2:22:53 GMT -5
Jeffrey is my favourite person in Jethro Tull, so I like to see/hear him in bass.
John Glascock was also great in The Gods (pre Uriah Heep).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 1:42:40 GMT -5
I like both John Glascock and Glenn Cornick. I think I really prefer Glenn's though. He had a much more fluid and warm bass that I think worked really well with what they band was trying to do at the time (Love his playing on the Isle of Wight album).
That being said John had a great sense of rhythm and melody and sounded great alongside Barrimore Barlow.
I said I prefer Glenn's, but in all honesty his sound wouldn't have worked as well as John's on albums like Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses--or even Too Old to Rock and Roll.
Ian wasn't bad when he played on most of the Stormwatch album either. I've always loved the bass on Dark Ages and I believe Ian played Bass on that one.
I'll have to check out Glascock's playing with The Gods.
On the wikipedia page of his brother is says that John also played with the Bee Gees. Didn't expect to see that one.
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Post by Trainspotter on Jan 16, 2013 5:59:54 GMT -5
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Post by jtul07 on Jan 16, 2013 7:05:23 GMT -5
Never heard of "Toe Fat" before. This is quite interesting and full of rock history. I like this part : "The name was decided over dinner when Bennett and his manager attempted to create the most disgusting band name possible."
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Post by Mothfairy on Jan 17, 2013 1:15:31 GMT -5
John Glascock was pretty amazing. Happens to be on my favorite album as well.
So unfortunate what happened. I first learned what happened to him from my father, I wasn't around then...but I have had abscessed teeth and also have a slight heart condition and my father would remind me about what happened to John, and it made me more vigilant.
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Post by Non Rabbit on Jan 19, 2013 8:58:43 GMT -5
Agree that Jeffery Hammond's bass playing was a bit mechanical but he had to reach a standard very quickly and did so sucessfully. Onstage he was a big, big part of the visual thing Tull were doing at the time
Glen Cornick was a powerful player and I love listening to his stuff. He departed Tull too early methinks.
Also agree that John had both the skill and charisma. Onstage I watched him almost as much as the main man. His playing was effortless as he sort of mimed the bass lines. Also looked really chuffed just being in the band. A great talent sadly gone.
The other bassists don't really stand out for me I'm afraid.
NR
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Post by Geoff CB on Jan 19, 2013 19:49:01 GMT -5
Agree that Jeffery Hammond's bass playing was a bit mechanical but he had to reach a standard very quickly and did so sucessfully. Onstage he was a big, big part of the visual thing Tull were doing at the time Glen Cornick was a powerful player and I love listening to his stuff. He departed Tull too early methinks. Also agree that John had both the skill and charisma. Onstage I watched him almost as much as the main man. His playing was effortless as he sort of mimed the bass lines. Also looked really chuffed just being in the band. A great talent sadly gone. The other bassists don't really stand out for me I'm afraid. NR I don't need to reply as I just totally agree with this, although I'd add Peggy to the list of likes. G
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