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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 15, 2009 15:35:15 GMT -5
When and where did you first see Tull, and what was it like? It would be interesting to hear everyone's first experiences and recollections of their first Tull concert.
Jeff
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Post by Mothfairy on Sept 15, 2009 16:24:08 GMT -5
Oh I like this....it was in 1999, I was still a teen, it was at the Bank Boston Pavillion (that's what it was called at the time, the name changes) I was with two friends. Lots of Dot Com was played, but I didn't know any of it, I hadn't yet bought that album or anything. I didn't care as long as I heard, "Cross Eyed Mary" that's what I was longing to hear the most. And I did hear it of course. When we first sat down and looked around us, shocked by the conservative looking people, in suits.....at a rock concert....was a little freaked out....Me and two friends weren't all about sitting in our seats during the show, so we got scolded many times by the staff and told to sit down. Also to be quiet. We asked if we were in church. We were finally shooed over to the side of the seats to an area where you don't have to sit...a lot of people joined us. We all danced around. Lots of people like to come up to us to do the old, "When I was your age and first saw Tull it costed me $4 and that was 30 years ago...yadda yadda" My friends and I made up stories and were telling people that we came from Arizona and Ohio, we were all sisters, we'd been touring with Tull for 5 years, that we were rich, etc." I don't know why. But it was funny. There was a guy in medieval looking attire leaping around all over the place. That was interesting. It was definitely a lot of fun. I've had funner Tull shows than that, but still a good time.
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Post by Dan on Sept 15, 2009 20:59:18 GMT -5
My first show was at the age of 16 on Oct. 8th 1978 at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
If I'm not mistaken TM and Jeff were also there one of those nights of a three day schedule for Tull.
The upcoming Tull DVD from MSG was recorded on Oct.9th but I swore Ian said it was being telecast the night I was there and being excited that I could watch it later when I got home. The excitement was short lived because there were no VCR's or ways of recording stuff way back then!
We had crappy seats that were behind the stage but thrilled to be there nonetheless.
Looking at the Ministry of Information website it states that Ian was struck from a bolt or something from behind the stage and distracted by firecrackers, threatening to cancel the following nights telecast.
It certainly wasn't me and I don't recall any of that.
I went with about 3 other friends and because my mom thought we were too young to be going to NYC on our own sent my older brother (22 then) as a chaperone.
Older sibling screwed up our train departure time , mixing his A.M.'s and P.M's, and ended up missing our train ride home because he was buying beer for us at Grand Central Station!
With only about $18.00 between 4 of us, we were forced to wander the streets of N.Y. until the next morning trying our hardest not to look like a gang.
Had a pair of telescopic binoculars stolen while I napped briefly at Penn Central and a homeless guy flipped through my Bursting Out program as I slept.
Still have the program but had to buy new binoculars for my friend.
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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 16, 2009 11:28:23 GMT -5
My first show was at the age of 16 on Oct. 8th 1978 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. If I'm not mistaken TM and Jeff were also there one of those nights of a three day schedule for Tull. The upcoming Tull DVD from MSG was recorded on Oct.9th but I swore Ian said it was being telecast the night I was there and being excited that I could watch it later when I got home. The excitement was short lived because there were no VCR's or ways of recording stuff way back then! We had crappy seats that were behind the stage but thrilled to be there nonetheless. Looking at the Ministry of Information website it states that Ian was struck from a bolt or something from behind the stage and distracted by firecrackers, threatening to cancel the following nights telecast. It certainly wasn't me and I don't recall any of that. I went with about 3 other friends and because my mom thought we were too young to be going to NYC on our own sent my older brother (22 then) as a chaperone. Older sibling screwed up our train departure time , mixing his A.M.'s and P.M's, and ended up missing our train ride home because he was buying beer for us at Grand Central Station! With only about $18.00 between 4 of us, we were forced to wander the streets of N.Y. until the next morning trying our hardest not to look like a gang. Had a pair of telescopic binoculars stolen while I napped briefly at Penn Central and a homeless guy flipped through my Bursting Out program as I slept. Still have the program but had to buy new binoculars for my friend. Great story, Dan, I love hearing this kind of stuff from other fans. OMG, wandering the streets back in the Bad Old Days of NYC, must have been a scary experience. Reminds me of the movie, The Warriors, which was from that same period. It could be that all three shows were worldwide telecasts, and the first night, October 8th, was the one they made the big deal about because that was the first time anything like that had ever been done. Good memory on your part, Dan, because I was definitely at that show -- my second Tull show ever -- because I remember them really promoting the global telecast thing. Funny about you going with a chaperone, because the year before, SFTW, I was only 16 and I too went with a chaperone, a friend of my mom's whose 12 year-old son was already into Tull. That didn't stop me from smoking a little, though, when it was offered. I remember the train ride in on the LIRR, the entire car was filled with smoke and older college kids from SUNY/Stony Brook (where I grew up) were drinking whiskey from felt-covered flasks. Jeff P.S. One thing I remember about that 1978 show, was that it was really short. Uriah Heep, I think, was the opening act, and Tull played only 90 minutes. |
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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 16, 2009 11:41:58 GMT -5
Oh I like this....it was in 1999, I was still a teen, it was at the Bank Boston Pavillion (that's what it was called at the time, the name changes) I was with two friends. Lots of Dot Com was played, but I didn't know any of it, I hadn't yet bought that album or anything. I didn't care as long as I heard, "Cross Eyed Mary" that's what I was longing to hear the most. And I did hear it of course. When we first sat down and looked around us, shocked by the conservative looking people, in suits.....at a rock concert....was a little freaked out....Me and two friends weren't all about sitting in our seats during the show, so we got scolded many times by the staff and told to sit down. Also to be quiet. We asked if we were in church. We were finally shooed over to the side of the seats to an area where you don't have to sit...a lot of people joined us. We all danced around. Lots of people like to come up to us to do the old, "When I was your age and first saw Tull it costed me $4 and that was 30 years ago...yadda yadda" My friends and I made up stories and were telling people that we came from Arizona and Ohio, we were all sisters, we'd been touring with Tull for 5 years, that we were rich, etc." I don't know why. But it was funny. There was a guy in medieval looking attire leaping around all over the place. That was interesting. It was definitely a lot of fun. I've had funner Tull shows than that, but still a good time. Holly, I know what you mean about dancing around during a Tull show. My friend Mike and I did a lot of that when we were younger, especially during Jump Start, and sometimes drew similar complaints from people behind us. I wonder if that medievally dressed guy was Ken or Scott Green. They used to dress that way at Tull shows, and I know they've seen a ton of shows up that way. I'm pretty certain I went to a show at Bank Boston Pavillion, but I'm a little confused. That's not the old Boston Garden, is it? I seem to recall going to an outdoor show in Massachusetts in the early 1990's and I think it was the Pavillion that you mentioned. What I recall was that we had to park some distance away and walk to the show, which was in a clearing in some park-like area, with lots of trees around. I know that it was in Mass, but am I confusing that venue with another venue? Jeff |
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Post by Ulla on Sept 17, 2009 7:07:36 GMT -5
My first show was the one in Cologne in 1980 (I have to check the ministry for the correct date) and I was 15. I grew up in a little village, just 1500 people, but some older firends of mine booked tickets and a bus for 60 people - all Jethro Tull fans from that little village. 4 of them saw the frist Tull show in Germany and to me they were real heroes at that time. So I asked my parents to get the allowance to go to the gig. And they said: "Girl, you are 15!!!" what meant: "NO!!!" The morning of the gig I went to school and bumped into one of the organisers of the trip and he told me, that he heard on the radio that there are still tickets available and that they have 1 spare seat on the bus. So I bunked off school, went home, took all my pocket money (80 Deutsch Mark) and told my mother: "I´m off to the Tull show." We arrived at the gig and I had to realise that it was totally sold out. Shock, horror. So I started to ask everybody for a spare ticket. 10 minutes before the show started a guy came to me and said, that around the corner was a man with 1 ticket to sell. The original price for a ticket was about 23 Deutschmark. So I found this man and asked for the price. Guess waht he said? Right: 80 DM  I started bargaining and ended up with 40 DM and a kiss ;D I ran into the hall, it was a seated gig and my best friend had a seat reserved for me in the 10th row. They lights went down, then the stage was illuminated in a deep blue light, that changed to red and all of a sudden Ian stood in the centre of the stage with his back to the audience, wearing a long coat, he turned around and started the show. But I was in tears. I was so happy, I still can´t describe that feeling. At the end of the show we were allowed to leave our seats so I made my way to the front row and stood infront of Peggy. And I was in tears again. When I came back home my parents were sitting in the kitchen waiting for me. They both went berserk and I was not allowed to leave the house for the next 2 weeks. But my first Tull live show was worth it ;D |
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Post by TM on Sept 17, 2009 9:46:27 GMT -5
My first show was the one in Cologne in 1980 (I have to check the ministry for the correct date) and I was 15. I grew up in a little village, just 1500 people, but some older firends of mine booked tickets and a bus for 60 people - all Jethro Tull fans from that little village. 4 of them saw the frist Tull show in Germany and to me they were real heroes at that time. So I asked my parents to get the allowance to go to the gig. And they said: "Girl, you are 15!!!" what meant: "NO!!!" The morning of the gig I went to school and bumped into one of the organisers of the trip and he told me, that he heard on the radio that there are still tickets available and that they have 1 spare seat on the bus. So I bunked off school, went home, took all my pocket money (80 Deutsch Mark) and told my mother: "I´m off to the Tull show." We arrived at the gig and I had to realise that it was totally sold out. Shock, horror. So I started to ask everybody for a spare ticket. 10 minutes before the show started a guy came to me and said, that around the corner was a man with 1 ticket to sell. The original price for a ticket was about 23 Deutschmark. So I found this man and asked for the price. Guess waht he said? Right: 80 DM I started bargaining and ended up with 40 DM and a kiss ;D I ran into the hall, it was a seated gig and my best friend had a seat reserved for me in the 10th row. They lights went down, then the stage was illuminated in a deep blue light, that changed to red and all of a sudden Ian stood in the centre of the stage with his back to the audience, wearing a long coat, he turned around and started the show. But I was in tears. I was so happy, I still can´t describe that feeling. At the end of the show we were allowed to leave our seats so I made my way to the front row and stood infront of Peggy. And I was in tears again. When I came back home my parents were sitting in the kitchen waiting for me. They both went berserk and I was not allowed to leave the house for the next 2 weeks. But my first Tull live show was worth it ;D Great story Ulla! It must have been early in the year with Tull promoting Stormwatch, yes? In 1980 we here in the US only saw Tull promoting 'A' with those 'cute' jump suits. |
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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 17, 2009 10:21:55 GMT -5
My first show was the one in Cologne in 1980 (I have to check the ministry for the correct date) and I was 15. I grew up in a little village, just 1500 people, but some older firends of mine booked tickets and a bus for 60 people - all Jethro Tull fans from that little village. 4 of them saw the frist Tull show in Germany and to me they were real heroes at that time. So I asked my parents to get the allowance to go to the gig. And they said: "Girl, you are 15!!!" what meant: "NO!!!" The morning of the gig I went to school and bumped into one of the organisers of the trip and he told me, that he heard on the radio that there are still tickets available and that they have 1 spare seat on the bus. So I bunked off school, went home, took all my pocket money (80 Deutsch Mark) and told my mother: "I´m off to the Tull show." We arrived at the gig and I had to realise that it was totally sold out. Shock, horror. So I started to ask everybody for a spare ticket. 10 minutes before the show started a guy came to me and said, that around the corner was a man with 1 ticket to sell. The original price for a ticket was about 23 Deutschmark. So I found this man and asked for the price. Guess waht he said? Right: 80 DM I started bargaining and ended up with 40 DM and a kiss ;D I ran into the hall, it was a seated gig and my best friend had a seat reserved for me in the 10th row. They lights went down, then the stage was illuminated in a deep blue light, that changed to red and all of a sudden Ian stood in the centre of the stage with his back to the audience, wearing a long coat, he turned around and started the show. But I was in tears. I was so happy, I still can´t describe that feeling. At the end of the show we were allowed to leave our seats so I made my way to the front row and stood infront of Peggy. And I was in tears again. When I came back home my parents were sitting in the kitchen waiting for me. They both went berserk and I was not allowed to leave the house for the next 2 weeks. But my first Tull live show was worth it ;D I love that story. Reminds me of the rebellious stuff I was starting to do at around that same age. And I love both the A album and A tour. A is widely criticized, I know, but to me it is one of Tull's most important and timeless works, a real heavyweight Tull album. It is just so......menacing. Very effective in what it set out to do. Jeff |
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Post by bobo the monkey on Sept 17, 2009 14:48:53 GMT -5
My first show took some effort....when the Passion Play tour was announced, well before we had heard any of the album, we spent the night in a parking lot of a record store (Julie Js record shop-South Colorado boulevard-Denver) only to learn...the next morning, that the best seats had been all held back fro the promoter-some guy from San francisco named Bill Graham, in lieu of the regular denver guy, barry fey...so we got the best we could---10th row center...and started counting days....along the way, the preview bit started getting constant airplay (Overseer Overture) and we knew something BIG was coming our way. The big night finally came....the very day the Play was released in England, July 6, 1973...and we were blown away----six songs...just under 3 hours ( no break): Passion Play, TAAB 'middle bit', Mary, Aqualung, Locomotive breath and Wind Up. Ian surprised us all with loads of soprano sax playing...the local paper had a picture of him on the front page with the caption: jetrho Tull presents the 'Benny Goodman Story' ( the small sax looked like a clarinet, I guess, to the dumbass writer.)
The only, teeny drawback was that most of the play was unfamiliar and too much to digest, new...but still: WOW....we went home to count minutes till Passion Play was released in the US.
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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 17, 2009 15:29:13 GMT -5
My first show took some effort....when the Passion Play tour was announced, well before we had heard any of the album, we spent the night in a parking lot of a record store (Julie Js record shop-South Colorado boulevard-Denver) only to learn...the next morning, that the best seats had been all held back fro the promoter-some guy from San francisco named Bill Graham, in lieu of the regular denver guy, barry fey...so we got the best we could---10th row center...and started counting days....along the way, the preview bit started getting constant airplay (Overseer Overture) and we knew something BIG was coming our way. The big night finally came....the very day the Play was released in England, July 6, 1973...and we were blown away----six songs...just under 3 hours ( no break): Passion Play, TAAB 'middle bit', Mary, Aqualung, Locomotive breath and Wind Up. Ian surprised us all with loads of soprano sax playing...the local paper had a picture of him on the front page with the caption: jetrho Tull presents the 'Benny Goodman Story' ( the small sax looked like a clarinet, I guess, to the dumbass writer.) The only, teeny drawback was that most of the play was unfamiliar and too much to digest, new...but still: WOW....we went home to count minutes till Passion Play was released in the US. What a memorable first show to see....Passion Play just as it was being released, without really knowing what to expect! I missed all those heady days....too young. My first show wasn't until SFTW. BTW, there used to be a rock memorabilia store on West 8th Street in the Village, called It's Only Rock and Roll. One day, circa 1987 or 1988, when I was hunting down loads of Tull stuff, I was at that store and saw they had an entire original press kit from the PP tour, with tons of clippings and reviews from all across America, and even faded slips of paper showing hotel and road expenses, which were clearly written by Ian, all for $30.00. One of my best finds ever. Jeff |
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Post by TM on Sept 17, 2009 15:51:20 GMT -5
Remember Ray from the old board? He always raved about Passion Play. In fact if I could locate and get him on here I'm sure he would continue to this day. He always said NO ONE even came close to matching Tull in concert back in those days.
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Post by Mothfairy on Sept 17, 2009 17:48:05 GMT -5
Oh I like this....it was in 1999, I was still a teen, it was at the Bank Boston Pavillion (that's what it was called at the time, the name changes) I was with two friends. Lots of Dot Com was played, but I didn't know any of it, I hadn't yet bought that album or anything. I didn't care as long as I heard, "Cross Eyed Mary" that's what I was longing to hear the most. And I did hear it of course. When we first sat down and looked around us, shocked by the conservative looking people, in suits.....at a rock concert....was a little freaked out....Me and two friends weren't all about sitting in our seats during the show, so we got scolded many times by the staff and told to sit down. Also to be quiet. We asked if we were in church. We were finally shooed over to the side of the seats to an area where you don't have to sit...a lot of people joined us. We all danced around. Lots of people like to come up to us to do the old, "When I was your age and first saw Tull it costed me $4 and that was 30 years ago...yadda yadda" My friends and I made up stories and were telling people that we came from Arizona and Ohio, we were all sisters, we'd been touring with Tull for 5 years, that we were rich, etc." I don't know why. But it was funny. There was a guy in medieval looking attire leaping around all over the place. That was interesting. It was definitely a lot of fun. I've had funner Tull shows than that, but still a good time. Holly, I know what you mean about dancing around during a Tull show. My friend Mike and I did a lot of that when we were younger, especially during Jump Start, and sometimes drew similar complaints from people behind us. I wonder if that medievally dressed guy was Ken or Scott Green. They used to dress that way at Tull shows, and I know they've seen a ton of shows up that way. I'm pretty certain I went to a show at Bank Boston Pavillion, but I'm a little confused. That's not the old Boston Garden, is it? I seem to recall going to an outdoor show in Massachusetts in the early 1990's and I think it was the Pavillion that you mentioned. What I recall was that we had to park some distance away and walk to the show, which was in a clearing in some park-like area, with lots of trees around. I know that it was in Mass, but am I confusing that venue with another venue? Jeff Well at one point it was called Fleet Pavillion or something too...actually here is a link, it's this place they change names whenever the banks merge en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Pavilion I have spent many a Tull show sitting there like a bump on a log, and that's fine, but this was my first show, I was quite young...and they weren't going to keep me sitting on my hiney the whole time. We were all corralled in what was the "smoking section" just off to the side of the stage. The medievally guy I saw looked about mid to late 20's and this was in 99...seemed pretty cool... Sorry this took me so long, I have mono and with the kids...I've had like no internet time so if I'm scarce around here you'll all know why! |
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Post by Max Quad on Sept 23, 2009 17:03:24 GMT -5
I'd like to suggest moving this topic to a more appropriate category. Okay here is my story. It's early November 1972. I turned 17 on November 8. I had a Tull buddy in high school and we wanted to see Tull at MSG on November 13. The show was sold out. My buddy had a "friend" at Willowbrook Mall who was "selling" Tull tickets. I think we paid the scalper $8.50 for the $7.50 face value ticket. From Wayne, NJ we took the 191 bus (that unheralded bus was the link to the great NY concerts during the years before we could drive ourselves) into Port Authority. Before the show we went to Steak and Brew. All the steak you could eat and beer you could drink for a fixed price. Age didn't matter. We didn't pay the bill. Stupid kids running through the streets of NYC laughing. My ticket stub is located at this web-site. ( I need to figure out how to upload images). ARRRGGGHH. I need to leave.... www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tickets_searchdb.pl?artist&Jethro%20Tull |
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Post by tootull on Dec 18, 2009 17:16:22 GMT -5
There was a time when you were so young and walked in their way...
On June 04, 1972 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto - Free tickets.
The Thick As A Brick newspaper was handed out on Yonge Street to promote the concert...never heard of Tull before this. I was amazed & hypnotized by the concert. Best concert of my life, no doubt.
The Toronto Star's William Burrill in memories of Maple Leaf Gardens wrote about my first Tull concert, describing only the beginning of the show...
"The gimmick I liked best was perhaps the most subtle."
"It was during a Jethro Tull concert in the early '70s,
when Tull was touring to promote their album Thick As A Brick.
The show was late in starting, as always, so the already-ugly
crowd turned homicidal when their chants of 'Tull! Tull! Tull!
Tull!' were ignored and--worse--some unannounced opening act took
centre stage, alone in the spotlight with an acoustic guitar,
playing really cheesy folk songs.
This weirdly dressed sissy boy strummed and sang as the crowd
rioted, surging forward and pelting the poor bastard with
their empties and screaming for 'Tull! TULL! TUULLL!!!'
louder than ever.
'Oh, you want to hear Jethro Tull,'
the folkie said, as if just then clueing into the cause
of the mob's mass hysteria. 'I know one of their songs!'
He then actually started playing the acoustic guitar intro
to 'Thick As A Brick' an act of sacrilege.
Just as the crowd was about to pounce and pound into puree
this opening act interloper, he finished the quiet acoustic
guitar intro riff and--BOOM!--the stage lights up and the rest
of Tull kicked in at full force. The band had been onstage all
along hidden by darkness. And this folkie fool that the crowd
almost killed was, of course, Tull frontman Ian Anderson himself."
- William Burrill
Remember: Life is a long song. But the tune ends too soon for us all.
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Post by Nonfatman on Dec 18, 2009 17:44:00 GMT -5
Alan and JohnN, what a great way to be initiated into Tull, by seeing Brick played in its entirety at your first Tull concert. I'm sure you were both totally blown away by that!
My first show was not until SFTW, but I remember how exciting that was too. I recall these two guys, both dressed as Ian, walking around the perimeter of the Garden carrying a banner, in Gothic typeface, which read: 'Ian Anderson is My God.' And I remember Ian opening with Wondring Aloud, and how I loved hearing To Cry You a Song, which was the last time Tull ever played that song live I think.
And I remember taking the train to and from the show, which was an experience in itself, because I'm from Stony Brook so the train was packed with college students from Stony Brook University, smoking weed and drinking from flasks in the smoking car. Nobody cared in those days. Can you even believe they had smoking cars back then?
Jeff
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Post by Tullite on Dec 19, 2009 15:51:57 GMT -5
i remember it like yesterday but cant remember last week !! i was just comin up to my 18th birthday only on a small wage as an apprentice painter & decorator so for 2 tickets and the train fare to liverpool was a lot to lay out i was married with a family by then to !! so it wasent taken lightly , by the way it was the war child tour , fin work at 5pm rushed home showered changed and out for the train , seated and waitin for tull to appear these girls turned out on stage all in sexy outfits , my ex wife said is this tull ? no wonder shes now my ex !! anyway they turned out to be the all girl band fanny ( there werent many girl bands in those days !! ) so they played and warmed us up for the main act and boy what a performance ian and " mad " john evans stole the show !! i couldent afford a program but by then i dident need one the theatrics were amazing and the music werent bad either !! they did a longer than expected encore so we ended up missing the train home !! i dident know at the time that , that was to be my first of many shows and expieriances of the next many years.
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Post by magicjeff on Jun 6, 2010 9:08:00 GMT -5
My first Tull concert was on March 10th 1975 at Madison Square Garden. I remember getting tickets sometime in December and realizing that I had about 100 days to wait so I had a countdown on my school notebook and each day I X'd off a number as I inched closer to the magical day when I would get to see my favorite band.
It was the Warchild show and one thing that stands out in my mind was I think during the Sealion song seeing a fake large Zebra come out on stage and somehow one of the band members (Jeffrey Hammond I think) got some white balls from the back of the zebra and began juggling the balls.
Ian Anderson said "I bet you never thought you'd be seeing somebody juggling zebra shit".
Please let me know if this really happened or if it was just in my imagination. After all these years I can't be sure. Jeff
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Post by Nonfatman on Jun 6, 2010 9:27:16 GMT -5
My first Tull concert was on March 10th 1975 at Madison Square Garden. I remember getting tickets sometime in December and realizing that I had about 100 days to wait so I had a countdown on my school notebook and each day I X'd off a number as I inched closer to the magical day when I would get to see my favorite band. It was the Warchild show and one thing that stands out in my mind was I think during the Sealion song seeing a fake large Zebra come out on stage and somehow one of the band members (Jeffrey Hammond I think) got some white balls from the back of the zebra and began juggling the balls. Ian Anderson said "I bet you never thought you'd be seeing somebody juggling zebra shit". Please let me know if this really happened or if it was just in my imagination. After all these years I can't be sure. Jeff  Welcome to The Jethro Tull Board, Jeff! That's a great Tull discovery story there. I can't say whether that happened, because I was just getting into Tull at that time, but was a little too young for concerts then, and didn't see them until 1977. But it sounds very much like something they would have done, and I understand that the War Child tour was one of the greatest. Thanks for your interest here, I look forward to your participation, and if you have a look at some of our topics, I think you will find some very interesting and funny stuff! Cheers,  Jeff |
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Post by Max Quad on Jun 6, 2010 21:50:44 GMT -5
Jeffrey did in fact juggle zebra poop during the War Child tour. I was at both MSG shows in 1975. It was especially memorable for me, since I am a juggler myself. When Jeffrey was done juggling he threw the zebra poop out into the audience. How I would have loved to catch me some zebra poop. For both shows my seats were almost identical. The first row of the second section on the orchestra.
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Post by Morthoron on Jun 11, 2010 22:15:10 GMT -5
Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, 1977!
It was the 'Songs From The Wood' tour. Flawless performance -- needless to say, I was hooked. Looking back, I didn't do too bad for a teenager, concert-wise: Alice Cooper at 12 years old, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep at 13, Yes at 14, Pink Floyd at 15, and Tull at 16!
Funny thing, I remember the concerts like they were yesterday, but I don't remember the years 1977 through 1982. My friends assure me I enjoyed myself.
Ummm...what were we talking about again?
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Post by Dan on Jun 12, 2010 1:13:21 GMT -5
Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, 1977! It was the 'Songs From The Wood' tour. Flawless performance -- needless to say, I was hooked. Looking back, I didn't do too bad for a teenager, concert-wise: Alice Cooper at 12 years old, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep at 13, Yes at 14, Pink Floyd at 15, and Tull at 16! Funny thing, I remember the concerts like they were yesterday, but I don't remember the years 1977 through 1982. My friends assure me I enjoyed myself. Ummm...what were we talking about again? Welcome aboard and what a great way to be introduced to the live Tull Shows! I hope you thanked whoever (whomever?) took you to those shows as a young lad. Were you a fan or aware of the band before you went to that first show? What Tull shows have you seen since and your opinion of those shows? Dan |
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Post by Morthoron on Jun 12, 2010 7:26:06 GMT -5
Welcome aboard and what a great way to be introduced to the live Tull Shows! I hope you thanked whoever (whomever?) took you to those shows as a young lad. Were you a fan or aware of the band before you went to that first show? What Tull shows have you seen since and your opinion of those shows? Dan Thanks, Dan. And as far as who took me to the shows, I remember that my older cousins lied to my parents regarding the Alice Cooper show when I was 12. That, my friend, was a life changing event. I thought to myself, you can hang yourself on stage, carry around boa constrictors and sing about dead babies -- AND GET PAID FOR IT? I immediately liquidated my assets (about $35) and bought a used Silvertone guitar. Was I aware of Tull? In the mid-70's Tull was an institution. What a great time for Rock! I seem to remember listening to "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll pretty extensively on 8-track, as well as Aqualung. But the first concert is what really sealed the deal. How many Tull shows have I been to since? I don't rightly know. More than 20, I would guess. One concert I particularly remembered was in the early 80's: Tull and Fairport Convention at Cobo Hall. Dave Pegg stayed on stage for both sets, and Fairport really made Tull work -- they almost stole the show! |
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Post by tootull on Jun 12, 2010 8:59:09 GMT -5
Welcome morthoron, I was 16 for the December 31/'71 Toronto, Ontario, Maple Leaf Gardens 'Killer' tour and the June 04/'72 Gardens 'Brick' tour concerts. The Alice Cooper (hanging) & Jethro Tull concerts were surreal for me. www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/setlist/72b.htm4/6/72 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Canada Flute-topia or The First Half Support: Claire Hamill. Thick As A Brick Pt.1/ Flute Solo (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée (fragment))/ Thick As A Brick Pt.1 contd./ News & Weather/ Thick As A Brick Pt.2/ Drum Solo/ '218 Babies'/ Thick As A Brick Pt.2 contd., Cross-Eyed Mary, A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Wind-Up/Guitar Solo/Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General, Wind-Up (reprise) cheers! |
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Post by Morthoron on Jun 12, 2010 12:29:05 GMT -5
Welcome morthoron, I was 16 for the December 31/'71 Toronto, Ontario, Maple Leaf Gardens 'Killer' tour and the June 04/'72 Gardens 'Brick' tour concerts. The Alice Cooper (hanging) & Jethro Tull concerts were surreal for me. Thanks tootull. The Cooper concert I saw was for the 'School's Out' album. Interesting line-up as far as backup bands: Captain Beefheart, Jo-jo Gunn and some guy named Captain Beyond. Beyond what, I don't know, because he certainly wasn't beyond Captain Beefheart. And I would have loved to see 'Thick as a Brick' at the old Gardens. It would be like the Olympia in Detroit. Old hockey rinks were crazy places for concerts and hockey games. |
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Post by Geoff CB on Jul 11, 2010 9:36:43 GMT -5
July '72, Thick as a Brick Tour, Festival Hall, Brisbane. This was my first major concert and wow, what a concert! We missed the last train home, so my Mum had to drive from Ipswich to Brisbane to pick us up. I was just a schoolboy...  |
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