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Post by petersadler on Mar 21, 2008 17:01:44 GMT
COLD FLAME based in Derbyshire England are the premier Jethro Tull tribute act in the Midlands and North in England.In recent years they have played with Mick Abrahams, Clive Bunker, Anna Phoebe and Paul Burgess as well as supporting Wild Turkey on tour. Background Info...... Cold Flame were brought up on the classic British rock and blues bands of the late 1960's and early 1970s and this is something that is clearly registered in the bands approach to live and studio music. Formed in 1984 primarily to perform original rock and blues music, the five piece band has developed over the years and now play in a variety of rock/blues styles that nevertheless still owes much to classic rock.Whilst performing mostly in the north of England, Cold Flame have travelled further afield playing throughout the country and occasionally in mainland Europe.Since the band formed they have both headlined and supported name bands in a variety of indoor and outdoor music venues Cold Flame have released several live and studio albums over the years and in 2007 released a double live cd which has already sold in both the UK and Europe as well the USA.When not performing their original electric and acoustic music, Cold Flame moonlight as the premier Jethro Tull tribute band in the midlands and north of England with a two hour plus show packed with Classic Tull material and high on humour and visuals featuring Tull classics from 1968 to the present day. For further info on the band check out the following websites... www.coldflame.com www.myspace.com/coldflameukyou can contact the band direct at info@cold-flame.co.uk
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Post by admin on Mar 21, 2008 22:21:00 GMT
and of course go see for yourself too!
Fri Mar 28th Hark 2 Towler Bury, Lancashire Jethro Tull Tribute 9.00 pm April Sun Apr 11th The Moon and Sixpence Glossop, Derbyshire Rock 9.00pm May Fri May 16th The Pub Lancaster, Lancashire Rock 9.00pm Thurs May 22nd The New Roscoe Leeds, Yorkshire Jethro Tull Tribute 9.00 pm June Sun Jun 8th Hadfield Carnival Hadfield, Derbyshire Rock 1.00pm October Sat Oct 4th Hark 2 Towler Bury,Lancashire Jethro Tull Tribute 9.00 pm Thurs Oct 9th The Limelight Club Crewe,Cheshire Jethro Tull Tribute 8.00 pm Fri Oct 10th The Bull's Head Hayfield, Derbyshire Acoustic 9.00 pm Sun Oct 26th The Pub Lancaster, Lancashire Rock 9.00pm November Thurs Nov 20th The New Roscoe Leeds, Yorkshirehire Jethro Tull Tribute 8.00 pm Sun Nov 23rd The Robin 2 Bilston,West Midlands Jethro Tull Tribute 8.30 pm December Sun Dec 7th The Partington Theatre Glossop, Derbyshire Acoustic 8.00 pm
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Post by petersadler on Mar 22, 2008 12:41:41 GMT
As friend and occasional roadie for Cold Flame what has struck me in recent years is that many of the Tull shows played by the band attract more non Tull fans than Tull fans.Amazing really given that Cold Flame always impress the punters that more real Tull fans dont come along for what is after all a great opportunity to meet and mix with fellow fans of the music of Jethro Tull.I think if you asked the band themselves, they would be the first to point out that all they are trying to do is celebrate Tulll music with like minded people some of whom may be stimulated enough to check out the real deal in their local record stores.
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Post by fatman on Apr 4, 2008 4:35:32 GMT
Check out the New York area Tull tribute band, War Child. They play most of the catalogue through SFTW. They are doing three Long Island gigs upcoming in the next several months. Go to their web site warchildlive.com. At this point I would rather see a great Tull tribute band than Tull themselves.
Jeff
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Post by tullistray on Apr 16, 2008 22:38:06 GMT
It is of course strictly one man's opinion but I cannot join with that sentiment, in part, because I hold imitators in contempt, but, also because everything I have seen on the net of Tull imitators I would rank as a crass embarrassment w the exception of some Italian guy, wonderful version of Broadford Bazarr. I am a living contradiction though to the extent that there have been a few GDead imitators, the Zen Tricksters and Dark Star Orchestra who are outstanding, even providing the keyboard player to the actual post Jerry Dead. But the Dead is a different deal in that ninety per cent of what they do is improvised, so imitating in the strictest sense is not as doable, but they are both truly great and I used to have similar sentiments about the Tricksters during the last days of the actual band. A couple Beatle imitators from the Chicago area, American English and Liverpool Legends (managed by George's oldest sister Louise) really are quite brilliant.
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Post by marcie on Apr 19, 2008 11:39:33 GMT
It is of course strictly one man's opinion but I cannot join with that sentiment, in part, because I hold imitators in contempt, but, also because everything I have seen on the net of Tull imitators I would rank as a crass embarrassment w the exception of some Italian guy, wonderful version of Broadford Bazarr. I am a living contradiction though to the extent that there have been a few GDead imitators, the Zen Tricksters and Dark Star Orchestra who are outstanding, even providing the keyboard player to the actual post Jerry Dead. But the Dead is a different deal in that ninety per cent of what they do is improvised, so imitating in the strictest sense is not as doable, but they are both truly great and I used to have similar sentiments about the Tricksters during the last days of the actual band. A couple Beatle imitators from the Chicago area, American English and Liverpool Legends (managed by George's oldest sister Louise) really are quite brilliant. I can appreciate your sentiments as I'm not a huge fan of tribute bands, but there are exceptions. "The Dayglo Pirates" are a UK based Tull tribute band whose frontman, Paul Forrest, recently appeared with Jethro Tull as a special guest in honour of their 40th anniversary. It is highly doubtful that had Paul and his bandmates come across as a crass embarrassment to the powers that be (i.e. Ian Anderson), he would not have received an invite to perform at this show. Have a look at a video clip from the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDUC87pmh4Not bad, eh? Best, Marcie
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Post by tullistray on Apr 19, 2008 17:15:46 GMT
You nailed that Marcie, in addition in a reverse kind of way got to be a real kick and acknowledgement for Cold Flame to be invited along w the real thing. Seems like he was real tempted to stick his flute between Martins leg or do that freakish bird thing that Ian used to do behind Martin so real credits to Martin for creating some of his solos under such duress throughout, particularly, his earlier career , won't come across on the tape. Miles Davis used to do something like that late in his career with his young players, who doubtless already were somewhat intimidated to share the stage with the legend, Miles would walk up to the guitarist like Mike Stern and be staring at him from about six inches away as he created his solo. Yikes!
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Post by SilverHamer on May 4, 2008 14:33:39 GMT
Marcie thank you very much for posting that video on youtube! As I watched Paul performing and doing his little Ian 'flute guitar' imitation standing next to Martin...I couldn't help wondering if Paul was freaking out inside seeing Martin actually standing there doing those guitar riffs instead of the Dayglo guitarist. What an incredible experience that must have been!!! Of all the IA tribute guys I have ever seen, Paul is about the very best.
As far as my view of tribute bands is concerned...I don't hold them in contempt unless they are wrecking the music. I'm sort of a Tull tribute performer myself in a sense, but by the same token I am not attempting to make a living at it either because I know I'd starve...HAHAHA. Hey, to quote a line from that great R&B song from the 70's..."Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, Baby!"...but there ARE some pretty good tribute acts out there.
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Post by fatman on May 8, 2008 4:22:17 GMT
War Child, the New York area Tull tribute band will be playing at the Cutting Room in NYC on May 14th at 10:00 p.m. These guys are great and they play a lot of material that Tull never does anymore. Some examples are By Kind Permission of, Quizz Kid, For Later, Play in Time, Witch's Promise, Critique Oblique, a thirty minute Brick, a full version of Minstrel and a whole lot more. Check them out next week if you can.
Jeff
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Post by silkenmist on May 8, 2008 11:40:42 GMT
It is of course strictly one man's opinion but I cannot join with that sentiment, in part, because I hold imitators in contempt, but, also because everything I have seen on the net of Tull imitators I would rank as a crass embarrassment w the exception of some Italian guy, wonderful version of Broadford Bazarr. I am a living contradiction though to the extent that there have been a few GDead imitators, the Zen Tricksters and Dark Star Orchestra who are outstanding, even providing the keyboard player to the actual post Jerry Dead. But the Dead is a different deal in that ninety per cent of what they do is improvised, so imitating in the strictest sense is not as doable, but they are both truly great and I used to have similar sentiments about the Tricksters during the last days of the actual band. A couple Beatle imitators from the Chicago area, American English and Liverpool Legends (managed by George's oldest sister Louise) really are quite brilliant. I can appreciate your sentiments as I'm not a huge fan of tribute bands, but there are exceptions. "The Dayglo Pirates" are a UK based Tull tribute band whose frontman, Paul Forrest, recently appeared with Jethro Tull as a special guest in honour of their 40th anniversary. It is highly doubtful that had Paul and his bandmates come across as a crass embarrassment to the powers that be (i.e. Ian Anderson), he would not have received an invite to perform at this show. Have a look at a video clip from the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDUC87pmh4Not bad, eh? Best, Marcie Hello Marcie: I am not a such a big fan of Tull Tribute Bands, but I must say that this band, as well as Paul Forrest, reminded me of Ian and Tull back from the 70's, they definitely have got the music, flute and song down pretty good. Thanks for sharing that. Regards, Silken...
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Post by beastie on Sept 3, 2008 8:14:30 GMT
Interesting thread....surely we are not taking ourselves too seriously are we??? As Ian once sang life's a long song but the tune ends too soon for us all' lets not take this tribute thing too seriously its just a bit of fun - a nice way to meet up with fellow Tull fans and chat about the merits of Passion Play, Under Wraps and MAYBE fingers crossed a new Tull studio album in 2009 etc etc....
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 5, 2008 4:22:02 GMT
great music deserves to be performed and heard live well beyond the era of the composer (see: classical music) who knows what the fate of all the original rock and roller's compositions will be in the distant future....frozen moments on You Tube and its decendants or rock and roll repretory played and bounced about on stage by the correct performers?
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Post by beastie on Oct 17, 2008 18:36:15 GMT
I did say that I would do a review of Cold Flame on one of their Tull shows so with a few minutes to spare before Friday night takes over.....here is the promised review.
Cold Flame live at The Limelight Club Crewe in Cheshire Thursday October 9 from 9 o'clock onwards.
So here we are in our group of three and the first thing to say is looking around the barely half full concert hall this venue has seen better days and could do with a touch of paint and a lot of heating - its freezing.House lights dim and on stroll all five members of the band whilst an intro tape plays Tull like sounds.Cheers all round and we are into Living in the Past in a flash with flautist Pete Cheetham prancing around in Anderson's chequed tailcoat from 1970.This version of the tune follows the normal pattern only to go off at a tangent right at the end with extended flute tootling and full band movement all over the stage.A great start and then into Mainland Blues which has long been a tour de force for Cold Flame.The band can rock with the best of them and the dueting between Peter and the brightly waistcoated Robert Barnes on guitar was real thunder and lightning stuff. A quick run through two bluesy tracks from the This Was album gave the band the opportunity to display their close affinity to the blues. Then the acoustic guitar came out as the audience were treated to tunes from Songs from the Wood/Stormwatch and Aqualung with Mother Goose in particular sounding rather authentic complete with the band's very own Jeffrey HH - Pat Rowbottom wearing knee high boots and maroon smoking jacket. The acoustic highlight however was reserved for Dun Ringill - quite brilliant extended rendition. Of the rock stuff Cross Eyed Mary and Aqualung showed just how good the band can be and when Peter left the stage for a short break, the instrumental version of Pibroch into Black Satin Dancer was not only brave but brilliant. Okay there was the odd note here and there but as the group wound up to the finale with Dharma and a very heavy Loco Breath, you had to admire Cold Flame.Two hours plus of quality Tull music takes some doing.This is a band of very good musicians who work very hard in playing to the crowd.Their enjoyment in playing is as obvious as the crowds was in giving them an encore and I like the way they slip in some of their music here and there as well which works very well with the Tull stuff..A shame that more people didnt come on the night but for those who did, there were smiles all around. We managed to get the setlist after the gig from Peter so here it is for you all. LIVING IN THE PAST MAINLAND BLUES SOME DAY THE SUN WONT SHINE SERENADE TO A CUCKOO JACK IN THE GREEN ONE BROWN MOUSE PLAY IN TIME HUNT BY NUMBERS SLIPSTREAM/MOTHER GOOSE DUN RINGILL PIBROCH - ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS THICK AS A BRICK/CROSS EYED MARY WE USED TO KNOW/FLUTE SOLO/BOUREE WIND UP NEW DAY YESTERDAY JIGGERYPOKERY/AQUALUNG BROADSWORD
DHARMA 4 ONE/GUITAR SOLO/LOCO BREATH
beastie x
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Post by rockisland on Oct 17, 2008 19:01:35 GMT
You forgot to add that Superman turned up on the stage when they were playing Broadsword! haha that was so funny!
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Post by beastie on Oct 17, 2008 19:18:29 GMT
Oh yeah forgot about that - good call Rock Island it was funny as was the plastic guitar gag.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 17, 2008 19:44:54 GMT
Thanks for the review beastie - looks like you had a good time. Cold Flame seem like an excellent tribute band so I hope they visit other parts of the country so we can all get to hear them. Interesting set list as well. Once again, thanks for the review.
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Post by rockisland on Oct 17, 2008 19:56:50 GMT
Oh yeah forgot about that - good call Rock Island it was funny as was the plastic guitar gag. Sure was funny. Even funnier is that it was my dad that was dressed up as Superman! I couldn't stop laughing. Superman will be at Cold Flame's gig on 23rd November at The Robin 2 in Bilston. That should be awesome.
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Post by beastie on Oct 18, 2008 10:36:15 GMT
Its funny because we thought everyone in the audience really enjoyed the band but not because it as a tribute to Tull. We felt that not for the first time Flame are not jumping on the tribute thing . Its more about celebrating the music of Ian Anderson and co almost from a fan perspective.And the other thing is that Cold Flame do play original bits and medley tunes in a way that you dont get tribute bands doing. I think you are right Maddog when you suggest the band should try playing down in the south more but would hard core Tull fans be that interested ? beastie x
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 18, 2008 15:41:49 GMT
Its funny because we thought everyone in the audience really enjoyed the band but not because it as a tribute to Tull. We felt that not for the first time Flame are not jumping on the tribute thing . Its more about celebrating the music of Ian Anderson and co almost from a fan perspective.And the other thing is that Cold Flame do play original bits and medley tunes in a way that you dont get tribute bands doing. I think you are right Maddog when you suggest the band should try playing down in the south more but would hard core Tull fans be that interested ? beastie x I reckon that if there was to be another UK Tull convention that they'd be well worth booking. Seismic Ring always went down well at past conventions and most fans would relish the chance to hear Tull music live which Tull themselves don't play these days. Having said that I went to see the Dayglo Pirates in Kingston a few years back and they were very good as well but lack of publicity meant that it was a very small audience. Publicity is everything. One thing is for sure I'd love to be able to see and hear Cold Flame.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 30, 2010 10:31:31 GMT
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Post by beastie on Sept 24, 2010 14:58:05 GMT
You might be interested in this bit of Tull tribute news.... Quietly still doing the rounds on a weekly basis Cold Flame remain an active gigging band who apparantly are still incorporating Tull music regularly in their sets.This year they have been joined by guest flautist Mark Parkinson who hails from Chorley in Lancashire. Apart from his slots with the Flame, Mark is often seen on the Manchester jazz circuit. Couple of shows that I've just read where Mark is definitely with the band are The Old Market Tavern in Altrincham,Cheshire this Saturday and The Pub in Lancaster, Lancs a week tonight. Sounds like worth a trip out if you live in the north west. Check out their websites for gig guides and news www.coldflame.com and they are also on myspace. Recommended listening is their double live album Live Up the Pool which captures one of the band's Tull tribute shows.
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 24, 2010 15:30:57 GMT
You might be interested in this bit of Tull tribute news.... Quietly still doing the rounds on a weekly basis Cold Flame remain an active gigging band who apparantly are still incorporating Tull music regularly in their sets.This year they have been joined by guest flautist Mark Parkinson who hails from Chorley in Lancashire. Apart from his slots with the Flame, Mark is often seen on the Manchester jazz circuit. Couple of shows that I've just read where Mark is definitely with the band are The Old Market Tavern in Altrincham,Cheshire this Saturday and The Pub in Lancaster, Lancs a week tonight. Sounds like worth a trip out if you live in the north west. Check out their websites for gig guides and news www.coldflame.com and they are also on myspace. Recommended listening is their double live album Live Up the Pool which captures one of the band's Tull tribute shows. Thanks beastie they sound like a band worth going to see.
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Post by beastie on Sept 26, 2010 15:26:07 GMT
Cold Flame live at The Old Market Tavern Altrincham in Cheshire with guest flautist Mark Parkinson
We went along to see the Cold Flame last night in Altrincham so figured a post on the forum was in order. Lots of original material played in the first set with a couple of Free numbers finishing off with Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues. Packed audience who warmly applauded but you got the feeling that many were here to watch the band play some Tull. That happened in the second hour long plus set which was laced with Tull material giving the opportunity for guest flautist Mark to excel - the crowd willed him to stand on one leg which to his credit he did on several occasions. The finale of Locomotive Breath gave the air guitarists something to really let themselves go on and guaranteed an additional encore which strangely enough turned out to be Led Zep's Rock n Roll - cue more audience participation dancing right in front of the band. They wanted more but it was getting late. Well worth the trip however and the taxi ride home. Didnt get all the first set down but for the Tull numbers in the second set here is the list as played last night.
Mainland Blues/Play in Time/Sweet Dream/Bouree/We used to know/New Day Yesterday/Dharma for One - Bomb in the Dressing Room - Dharma for One/Cheerio/Pibroch/ Call of the Rainbow[Flame original]Oh Well[Fleetwood Mac/Locomotive Breath/Rock n Roll[Led Zep
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 26, 2010 16:52:32 GMT
Thanks for the gig report beastie, it sounds like it was a really good night. Cheers!
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Post by beastie on Sept 26, 2010 17:25:14 GMT
Yeah Bunkerfan it was a top gig and something that is worth catching again. Made a slight modification to the review cos I missed out Pibroch - see thread.
beastie x
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 1, 2010 20:28:53 GMT
Nice to see our young friends in India doing a Tull cover. I think the lad on flute has a bit of talent, not sure about the rest. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (Covered by IIT Bombay Students)
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 3, 2010 17:02:44 GMT
As my last post of a Jethro Tull tribute band has been deleted from youtube I'll try again with this cover of "My God" Jethro Tull My God live by Undertull @ CrossRoads, Rome 14 october 2010
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 12, 2010 10:21:57 GMT
Just uploaded to youtube Undertull playing "Nothing is easy". I've tried loads of times to play drums to this track and every time I make a mess of it, the timing, on this like most of Tull's music is difficult to follow, so I for one take my hat off to these guys.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 12, 2010 17:16:21 GMT
Just uploaded to youtube Undertull playing "Nothing is easy". I've tried loads of times to play drums to this track and every time I make a mess of it, the timing, on this like most of Tull's music is difficult to follow, so I for one take my hat off to these guys. They certainly sound like a great band. Thanks for posting Bunkerfan
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 14, 2010 10:03:38 GMT
Paul Forrest (Dayglo Pirates' former front-man) performing at the Itullians Jethro Tull convention in 2008 (In Alessandria, Italy), with the band Beggar's Farm (Italian Jethro Tull Tribute band). The band performed Jethro Tull's 1978 release "Heavy Horses" in its entirety and Paul joined them on the song: "One Brown Mouse". Former Tull bassist Jonathan Noyce joins them here - and check out Ian Anderson's comments at the end of the performance!
Acres Wild from the same gig.
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