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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 7:15:23 GMT
It must have been 1975 or 1976 when Anderson was a guest on the American "The Mike Douglas Show" talk\variety show.
I would guess it was around that time because he still had really long hair.
He joked that Tull could not perform on the show because the TV studio's electrical capacity would probably be overwhelmed by the band's equipment.
But they showed a film clip of Tull performing a song from AQUALUNG.
Fellow guest, Anthony Newley, then chimed-in that it was refreshing to see another performer use his hands expressively while singing (as Newley was known to do).
Anderson said something like "but what does it all mean?"
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 13, 2017 12:43:40 GMT
The Mike Douglas Show Season 14 Episode 208 - June 30, 1976 LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 13, 2017 16:57:05 GMT
Interesting story from 1976 by Tullpress !!! LINK Ian Anderson materialized. He looked like an angular, Angle bone totem with a five-day growth of beard. With him was space age keyboardist David Palmer. It was time to rehearse.
Ian and David were onstage. David at his synthesizer and Ian with a humble guitar upon his knee. An interesting dynamic occurred. While singing, Anderson sported a deep heartfelt smile. Every time the music stopped, his face slipped into an exasperated "well what next" expression. The dissatisfaction was more than rehearsal jitters. It was more than obeisance to an important publicity break. It was more than the flogging — self and otherwise — administered by the artist as perfectionist. It was plain puke-flavored frustration. Something was wrong with the sound. Apparently, a little wonder piece of electronic gear was needed. When questioned earlier by Jethro Tull legates, the Douglas staff reassuringly claimed to have what was needed. They were mistaken. There was a whole lot of patching going on; but to no avail. Ian preferred not to present a sound that was a poor advertisement for his work. What to do? A prolonged conference went on in the backstage corridor. Chrysalis Records offered a snippet of film of Jethro Tull in performance. Agreed.
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Post by rredmond on Feb 13, 2017 18:30:27 GMT
Great stories. I wonder if there's a YouTube of this anywhere. The snarky "What does it all mean" or the sound problems. Good links! --Ron--
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 19:20:12 GMT
I often wondered why Anderson didn't just sing an acoustic song on his own. Now I know- even that was more than the small show could electronically handle! One of the links above indicates that Bob Hope was also a guest that afternoon. I'd forgotten about that.
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