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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 29, 2024 15:35:16 GMT
Haha, that's a great list. You go through it saying, "I thought he was dead...I thought..." Debbie Harry's nearly 80!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 25, 2024 11:08:13 GMT
Lovely tribute, John.
Thinking of you, Graham.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 25, 2024 6:53:31 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 21, 2024 23:06:02 GMT
This is not a criticism just an observation. On the General discussion page there are a lot of pinned stickeys and thread announcements, some of which havent had a post for months or longer or are events that happened long ago. More recent topics like the Christmas 2023 shows, Seven Decades 2024 tour or the Martin Barre tour 2024 (which really should be pinned at the top) are near the bottom of the page. My thought is that a casual visitor might scan the topics and not find the more current ones, just before the Xmas 23 shows that topic dropped onto page 2 at one point. Many thanks for pointing that out, cs2003.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 2, 2024 16:54:56 GMT
Hear Hear!!
When I gave you the title of Scenic Tour Manager (21st November 2013, to be exact), I knew it was well-deserved.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 2, 2024 16:46:49 GMT
Happy New Year all!! steelmonkey has me beat, I've only been a Tull fan for 37 years Wishing everyone a great 2024! Happy New Year, All !! I beat Bernie by months. I found Tull in the same year; however, it was definitely before December. But who's counting?
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 30, 2023 16:02:10 GMT
I watched an interview with Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds. They met when they were kids and now live in Sicily. Jim says that they're like Jack and Victor from Still Game walking over the hills and putting the world to rights.
Then I saw this Martin Barre interview and, it's well, quite the contrast. Musically, Martin should still be playing alongside Ian. I've no idea what Martin's and Ian's personal relationship was like, but it must have had something going for it. I wonder why Ian 'talked' him out and what was the deal.
Anyway, here's a pleasant and funny interlude from two old rockers.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 30, 2023 15:51:37 GMT
That’s true, but I was saddened more by Martin’s words about his and Ian’s lost musical/personal relationship. I’ve always been less of a puritan about the Tull name and the abscence of Martin, and I still think use of the name and other guitarists is perfeclty valid. At the same time it’s hard not to feel for Martin during this interview. It’s easy for anyone who knows Ian’s ways to imagine the conversation … ”he talked, I listened”… I’m sure Ian thinks he’s doing it right this time, a conversation rather than a letter and headline, but still. Also, since they haven’t really gone into detail on the split, I may have subconsciously been hoping there was something mutual in wanting to split up. But now we find out that it was indeed a unilateral sacking on Ian’s part, Martin would have continued playing if it were up to him. It’s a bit wrenching to think about. That is sad.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 22, 2023 17:23:50 GMT
The White Bear, Masham, N. Yorkshire. Gorgeous part of the world This photo doesn't do it justice - check the website, and the Tripadvisor link, for better images plus, the stuffed white bear behind the bar - maybe stabbed by a broadsword? Owned by Theakston's Brewery, and had a strong link with folk/rock music. Some of the members of Lindisfarne performed there recently. www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/03/08/folk-legends-reunite-for-white-bear-gathering/"... The connections between Lindisfarne and Theakston’s goes back to 1981, when the band played their Christmas season at Newcastle City Hall and Theakston’s sponsored the beer, backstage. The friendship between T&R Theakston director Simon Theakston and Ray Jackson, then of Lindisfarne, has endured ever since. Arising from the strong connection between the two, this led to the first and only Theakston’s Music Festival which was staged in 1982 at Nostell Priory, Wakefield, where the lineup included Jethro Tull with Lindisfarne headlining..." www.whitebearmasham.co.uk/www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g670891-d2144087-Reviews-The_Public_Bar_at_the_White_Bear-Masham_North_Yorkshire_England.html That looks like a nice pub I would deffo go down there to see Lindisfarne I've seen them not so long ago in a lttle venue nearby, they were fantastic There are so many bands that I say "Oh, I must go and see" Lindisfarne included, and yet I never get round to it"
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 21, 2023 17:25:58 GMT
Barnaby Jones sings Tull Sadly, there are two versions on that video at 1.33 and 4.06 to save your ears!! It was so bad that one of them got shot in the end. The first person to guess correctly gets their ears syringed.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 21, 2023 17:15:44 GMT
The White Bear, Masham, N. Yorkshire. Gorgeous part of the world This photo doesn't do it justice - check the website, and the Tripadvisor link, for better images plus, the stuffed white bear behind the bar - maybe stabbed by a broadsword? Owned by Theakston's Brewery, and had a strong link with folk/rock music. Some of the members of Lindisfarne performed there recently. www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/03/08/folk-legends-reunite-for-white-bear-gathering/"... The connections between Lindisfarne and Theakston’s goes back to 1981, when the band played their Christmas season at Newcastle City Hall and Theakston’s sponsored the beer, backstage. The friendship between T&R Theakston director Simon Theakston and Ray Jackson, then of Lindisfarne, has endured ever since. Arising from the strong connection between the two, this led to the first and only Theakston’s Music Festival which was staged in 1982 at Nostell Priory, Wakefield, where the lineup included Jethro Tull with Lindisfarne headlining..." www.whitebearmasham.co.uk/www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g670891-d2144087-Reviews-The_Public_Bar_at_the_White_Bear-Masham_North_Yorkshire_England.html
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 27, 2023 20:41:00 GMT
I'm going on holiday for a week so I'll be back posting again on Sunday 3rd September. Have a great one, John!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 12, 2023 8:37:45 GMT
So looking forward to this. My second fav album. Here's a blast from our past ( 11 years ago!) while we wait. Interview with Iain McCaigThanks for reminding us of that great thread nonrabbit I was reading it and found it fascinating.....then I saw I had commented on it at the time I'd forgotten I woz there hahaha, Nice one n/r I've done that too....I think
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 10, 2023 7:40:26 GMT
So looking forward to this. My second fav album. Here's a blast from our past ( 11 years ago!) while we wait. Interview with Iain McCaig
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 6, 2023 18:39:27 GMT
It was B&TB that brought me back to the fold when it first came out, and it might work its magic again
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 1, 2023 8:05:51 GMT
Good tribute. I didn't know him near as long as the rest of you, but I share in sorely missing the man. Always so pleasant! Be well all. Straight back at you rredmond
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Post by nonrabbit on May 30, 2023 15:02:30 GMT
So, they reckon that AI will make us extinct in the future. Maybe, not yet. I typed "A Scottish flute player standing on one leg" in ChatGPT's generate an image function. This is what it came up with Why has he got a tail(!?)
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Post by nonrabbit on May 30, 2023 14:34:52 GMT
I used to have an image of us four Mods sitting in an office in the Gatehouse of Tull Towers. Probably a turret.
The property's rent didn't come cheap and crikey, nor did we look forward to the yearly meeting with the Landowner (!). Still, it was comfortable - with bookshelves full of music books, old, worn cushions (cast-off from the big house) and surrounded by a luscious garden, albeit a bit out of the way.
It was set in the 50s/60s (morphing into an Ealing film), with Graham - the Tull Sage - puffing on a pipe and answering any question that came in about Tull.
I tapped away on the typewriter ( it hummed..) and brewed countless pots of tea ( 1950’s office lady) with a cake treat on a Friday. "Oh no, I mustn't."
When we weren’t all around a table in deep discussion, John entertained us by playing the drums ( in the garden), and Bernie - 'The American' - entertained us with his quickfire humour and tales of his many adventures in far-flung places - and Tull concerts.
We were a team with Graham at the helm.
Thank you to John, Bernie and Jim, who’s kept Graham’s Forum ongoing and updated us with everything Tull and entertaining.
Graham's extensive knowledge, warmth, and charm can be witnessed here in the Forum.
Enjoy!!
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Post by nonrabbit on May 30, 2023 14:34:17 GMT
Thank you so much Patti for sharing this article !!! When I joined the Forum in 2013 it was quite a blessing in so many ways. Meeting the moderators and members has made life so much better as well.
Graham was a TRUE TULL Fan and very talented in music all his life. GOD BLESS GRAHAM and The Jethro Tull Forum !!!! Ten years ago, Jim!! I remember when you did, and it's been a pleasure to have met and known you for that time.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 30, 2023 13:30:54 GMT
I still find myself planning to share some teeny information with him about Tull and beyond before i remember he is gone. I know.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 29, 2023 20:08:27 GMT
A beautiful eulogy for our much-missed Graham from his friend, Peter Twitchett. Graham on the rightWhat do you say about a man who was a part of your life for 50 years? Graham Maisey, a stalwart of Croydon Folk Club, struck a commanding figure yet was one of nature’s gentlemen and I shall remember him with great affection. I first met Graham when he was singing with the group Garden Party in the Scandis Coffee Bar in Croydon. I can even remember the date: 7 January 1972. Subsequently Garden Party (Graham, Mick Longhurst and Dave Greenough) turned up at the Waddon hotel, where I was running a weekly folk club. They settled in so well that they soon became resident singers and good friends. The residency was a role that Graham kept on when the rest of the group moved away. We then ran the club together until I moved away from the area. He maintained his role at the club until he too moved away, leaving the club in the capable hands of Rita Cherriman. He was an accomplished singer and guitar player who always picked interesting songs to entertain an audience. He was a longtime resident of the Croydon Folksong Club, the design editor of the Penny Dreadful folk magazine and a member of the Waddon Mummers. A highlight here was the Mitcham Mummer’s Play, which was mainly ad-libbing, keeping loosely to the plot! He was heavily involved in the folk world in south London as a member of Garden Party and later Bikki Tockit with Mick Scott and Roger Wheble. Graham’s skill as a graphic artist was put to good use in producing camera-ready layouts of the Penny Dreadful for professional printing. In addition he was a broadcaster on Woolwich and St Helier Hospital Radio. He was also a long time fan of Jethro Tull and was the administrator of their online forum. We not only ran Croydon Folksong Club together but we shared car rides, gigs and folk festivals. He was a genial man, ably supported by his wife, Eileen, and daughter. He had a wicked sense of humour that he used without causing offence. One club regular enjoyed him singing Whip Jamboree. Unfortunately she could never join in the chorus at the right time. So it went “Whip (whip) jamboree” etc. Graham always played on this delay with a perfectly straight face. Also, if you dared to sing When The Old Dun Cow Caught Fire, instead of shouting “MacIntyre” he would shout out something like “Mönchengladbach!” Heady stuff. He later moved to Cornwall with his family, where he was very happy. However, he suffered with ill health as time went on. A stroke meant he found it difficult to play the guitar, but he began again at his youngest granddaughter’s insistence. She had just bought a nylon-strung guitar and needed some guidance. Graham, being Graham, got his guitar out of its case, put new strings on it and started practising. Graham, you will be greatly missed by all those who know and love you. I shall remember him with great affection. Graham Maisey, born 1948; died 1 July 2022. This article appeared in Folk London 322, December-January 2022-23 folklondon.co.uk/2023/02/graham-maisey-1948-2022-singer-guitarist-and-stalwart-of-croydon-folk/
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 17, 2023 19:57:36 GMT
I wonder if I can get to Godforsaken Illinois...maybe if old friend Ray is 'in' ( Tullistry) How is Ray doing?
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 17, 2023 19:56:16 GMT
Both - I think! Are we middle-aged or just old? Sorry, Americans banned that word.
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 17, 2023 9:59:35 GMT
There are fanatics here Boring It's often reared its head that you are either a die-hard fanatic or a troll if you dislike anything. That's a tall order for a fan of a band that has been around since the Middle Ages!
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 17, 2023 9:53:43 GMT
And now I am dreaming about a concert scenography with a ship and I.A. singing while holding the wheel and lights flashing syncronized with lightings in the video... And some machinery sprying droplets of water over the people in the first rows syncronized with the music! 🤪 Ill have some of whatever you are on please A large dose of Tull imagery and Magic
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 17, 2023 9:52:02 GMT
"Ian needs to give up being lead vocalist."
Agree.
I love that the Tull magic is still around, thanks to Ian, and I loved being around at the start to witness it at its finest. However, had he continued to write and produce - and use the Tull name but with a different vocalist, the output would have been better. You can't help but think that he's also limited the songs to his vocal capacity.
Plenty of bands have changed vocalists - Uriah Heep, off the top of my head. Cue great vocals; flute-playing, and collaboration:)
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 12, 2023 19:03:05 GMT
I liked that interview as much as he's not using that "salesman happy chappy voice" that he usually does. He sounds more genuine, even though it's a promo.
Where the album falls for me - on scant listening - is what he asks for at the end of the interview, that it should
"feel familiar but different."
It feels familiar - lyric-wise as well, but sadly the same.
It's fine to be negative as long as you're not hounded out for it.
Never here!
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 12, 2023 18:47:50 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 28, 2023 17:24:23 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 25, 2023 19:42:48 GMT
I've been a Tull fan for more than 50 years and what really has turned me off for the last few records is the only consistent lead instrument is Ian's voice, spouting almost spoken lyrics that are not in any way catchy. Remember when Tull songs were so musical, exciting and featured long instrumental sections that rocked! Powerful and very moving guitar, organ and flute solos in most every song. Ian seems determined now to get some spoken message across with the band serving only as some sort of rhythm for his lyrics like a soundtrack in the background. I never fully understood what Ian was singing about and I've heard him say he deliberately wrote his lyrics to be open to interpretation, but they were beautiful and catchy, they touched the heart, now I really don't care what he's going on about. I too hope the Rokflot will be more back to form but from the snippets I've heard it's just more of the same. Ian Anderson has created the best music I've heard in my life for half a century and I am extremely grateful to him but I just can't pretend to much enjoy what he's been putting out for years, especially since Martin left. I agree with this 100 per cent. I've loved Tull since 1972 , a big part of my life and always so very special , each album and tour a real event. The last album that seemed like proper Tull was "Dot Com". Ian's lyrics were always wonderful, inviting us in to come to our own conclusions , the interplay between the instrumentals rewarded repeated playing. Now it is unfortunate that his voice has faded, but this has led to a series of albums of near spoken word ,always lagging slightly behind the beat .Ian was always the perfectionist and must know that he just cant sing anymore, is it his ego that prevents him from letting someone else do the singing? The shared vocals in concert just make his voice seem worse. The lyrics are no longer open to interpretation ,instead being a series of statements ,often little more than a list. I blame his changed style of working , as he says he now sits down on a certain date and forces himself to write ,rather than waiting for the muse to visit as previously. Its quite telling that his interviews that were always interesting now are very much of the "old guy who knows best giving us a lecture" type and I don't listen to them very often anymore. The band now could be anyone, anonymously playing by numbers, the instrumentation flat and predictable (though to be fair, Joe is much more suited to the Tull style than ever Florian with his string bending ruining of "Budapest" et al was). Its a difficult one. Tull have been too big a part of my life to just lose interest, but I hardly play the last few albums. Id still like to be pleasantly surprised and will of course buy the new release, but I don't expect to get much out of it. I'm pleased we still have him of course, and he cant help getting older, with all its limitations, but we see our own mortality mirrored too and its a bittersweet pill. To those who still have enthusiasm and love anything IA does, I'm pleased for you, back in the day I felt the same, but that ship sailed some time ago. All I have is a Shadow. Good points.
As a Tull fan for many years, I couldn't say I liked all the albums; that would be rare. For me, the recent ones are merging into one long song.
I appreciate Ian's talent and the musicians associated with the band; however, I wish he would be more imaginative and give more creativity and input to them.
This point has been discussed over the years.
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