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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 11, 2012 8:09:03 GMT
ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/9/music/11981698&sec=musicThe big sleep
Music Myths & Legends
By MARTIN VENGADESAN
Martin Vengadesan takes leave, not just of his senses, but of a decade-long column.
. . . . Thanks to what already seems like an overlong career as a music journalist, I’ve been lucky enough to meet many of my musical idols. I’ve chatted with Jimi Hendrix’s sister Janie and B.B. King, been thanked by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. Passed some recordings to Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson. Fell on the floor dramatically when I got an email from Uriah Heep’s keyboardist Ken Hensley, and I’ll never quite forget hanging out of a minibus in Kampung Pandan minutes after a surreal half an hour with Carlos Santana. Along the way, I also got scolded by Phil Collins and Richard Marx. . . .
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 11, 2012 9:50:59 GMT
I like how he ended that;
"..After a decade, I do feel a bit worn out, and for now, I think I’ve said my piece ... but don’t you believe it!.."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 23:55:47 GMT
Byron Pop Fest Gets Historic Recognition, Sep 12, 2012 -Video www.13wmaz.com/news/topstories/article/196246/175/Byron-Pop-Fest-Gets-Historic-RecognitionWritten by Tom George 4th of July weekend in 1970, the 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival, is sometimes called the "Woodstock of the South." The three day music festival brought legends like Jimi Hendrix, the Allman Brothers, B.B. King, and Jethro Tull to Byron, where hundred of thousands gathered for the event. "You can imagine what the folks in Byron were thinking when all of a sudden, anywhere from 150 to 600 thousand in attendance coming out to see what has now become of the world's greatest bands," explains Lisa McLendon, the executive director of the Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House in Macon. She says the event was a major moment in pop culture history because at the time, the Allman Brothers were just a local Georgia band and this music festival was a major break for them. Tim Thorton was 17 at the time, and was working a popsicle truck during the concert. He said until then, growing up in Georgia, he had "never seen a real hippie before," and that in the summer heat, many in attendance tried to trade for drugs for some of his popsicles. Thornton remembered midnight fireworks for the 4th of July, and hearing Jimi Hendrix play his famous rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" and Hendrix holding his guitar up and biting his teeth into it. Thorton, who works in real estate, came across the Middle Georgia Raceway property where the event was held and decided to purchase it. After doing some clean up work, he arranged for a Georgia historical marker to be placed on U.S. 41, near where the concert took place. The marker will be put in place on Saturday with a celebration at the concert site in Byron at 3 p.m. |
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 14, 2012 8:03:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 14:01:09 GMT
Atlanta Pop Festival to be remembered this weekend - September 13, 2012, by Melissa Ruggieri blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2012/09/13/atlanta-pop-festival-to-be-remembered-this-weekend/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_music_sceneFor many Georgians, the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival is unforgettable. The concert, organized by promoter Alex Cooley, took place in Byron, Ga., on July 3-5, 1970. More than 30 acts performed during the three-day fest, including Jimi Hendrix, the Allman Brothers Band, Mountain, Jethro Tull and Richie Havens. On Saturday, an official Georgia Historical Society marker will be unveiled at the site. Additionally, invite-only screenings of a feature-length documentary about the festival will take place in Macon and Atlanta on Saturday and Monday, respectively. The film’s director, Steve Rash, said the 110-minute documentary is still a work in progress, but he wanted to “put the rumors to rest and show people some film.” The screenings will be followed by a Q&A session with Rash, who is looking for audience feedback. The ceremony for the unveiling of the historical marker is free and open to the public. It takes place at 3 p.m. Saturday at the former festival site near the Middle Georgia Raceway – 4015 US Highway 41 North, in Byron. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 14:05:33 GMT
Must repeat... ;D Ian Anderson also said: And, frankly, a week ago I would have said, “Bloody idiots, wasting their money on a bit of black plastic! Total rubbish, sand and vinyl, blah-blah-blah.” But in fact I cut the (TAAB2) vinyl just last Monday [i.e. the 12th of March, 2012] at Abbey Road Studios in London. And I have to say that, 40 years down the line it’s the best vinyl cut I have ever heard. I AD’d it next to the 24-bit master, and I thought, “This is unbelievably good!” The only thing that ever gave it away was the tiny, little bit of dust or whatever in the grooves. The occasional little click or noise artifact that you would hear that, I guess, just serves to remind you that you really are listening to a vinyl record. But, in terms of dynamics, in terms of low end/ high end frequency response, the transience, the almost complete lack of any distortion, I just couldn’t believe it. And it’s 53 minutes and 40-odd seconds long. It’s one of the longest vinyl albums to be cut. And it’s unbelievably good, and it’s only about a decibel and a half down on normal operating level. I mean, amazingly good job, actually done on the same old lathes that were used to cut the Beatles records. But, with today’s digital technology, and the better understanding of how to do these things—plus, cutting it on a copper master, rather than into soft lacquer—you can do this job really pretty well these days. I mean, it’s taken me 40 years to get a vinyl record that I actually thought, “Wow, that’s pretty good!” [Laughs] Bit of a surprise, but it made me actually rethink the whole scenario of vinyl in this day and age. But whether it’s enough to send me out to where every specialist suppliers might be able to sell me an up-to-date fantastic quality turntable, I’m not sure that it would. I think I still have one, somewhere. I was told that my old Shure V15 cartridges and styluses that I’ve had since the '70s, today avid collectors will pay up to five, six thousand dollars for one of those cartridges. Add to that the SME tone arm, and the Technics turntable and all the rest of it, you’ve probably got eight to ten thousand dollars of kit just on your turntable alone. [Laughs] So, yeah, it’s an expensive habit being an audiophile. It’s probably cheaper to seriously get into crack cocaine—just as enjoyable and half the cost. [Laughs] Read more: www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?15354-Jethro-Tull-s-quot-Thick-as-a-Brick-quot-40th-Anniversary-Collector-s-Edition-next-year&p=145115&viewfull=1#post145115 |
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 14, 2012 21:26:03 GMT
A lot Ian really knows about crack......like how much ( actually little) it costs....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 15:04:55 GMT
Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott: 'I am Johnny Cool, you know' – a classic interview from the vaults Thin Lizzy are back in the studio, so what better time to visit Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music writing – and rediscover this classic 1976 piece from Creem? Chris Salewicz guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/18/thin-lizzy-phil-lynott-interview?newsfeed=trueI sense that he also believes almost passionately in total contact with the masses who buy his records, and he seems to believe in songs, as opposed to just getting up there and creating series of sounds. "Yeah," he nods. "Well, I was a singer right, and the '60s proved me that melodies played in the rock idiom … That whole weird thing rock went through when the arrangements dominated – ELP, Jethro Tull and 10/4 time – was very harmful to rock because although there are a lot of good musicians, musicianship and melody don't always have to be the same thing. And there's a lot of false focus. "The very harmful stage of the whole thing was when the bands just got up and just let if float … put screens and films on and hoped the audiences were tripping and that they'd get off on it." |
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 18, 2012 15:26:00 GMT
Ok I take it he was joking about the first part...and the bit about Tull? Balderdash.
Tull provided a great LIve show and great musicianship.
Thin Lizzy were good but a bit boring Live.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 18, 2012 15:30:13 GMT
yeah...plus he's dead...so who's just letting it float now?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2012 13:40:34 GMT
Sweet sounds at the friendliest of forums. Sweet sounds at friendliest of festivals By Martin Stote Sep 21 2012 (Fairport's Cropredy Convention) www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2012/09/21/sweet-sounds-at-friendliest-of-festivals-65233-31860292/Cropredy (pop. 650) is listed in the Domesday Book and has the full quota of Cotswolds history and charm. In 1979 it was also home to Fairport Convention bass player Dave Pegg, who was born in Acocks Green, Birmingham, and fiddle player Dave Swarbrick, whose family had moved to Birmingham when he was very young. *On November 2, his 65th birthday, Dave Pegg is hosting a concert at Birmingham Town Hall featuring Fairport Convention, musicians from the Dylan Project, and others. Having been some days in preparation - A splendid time is guaranteed for all |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 14:37:56 GMT
From Canadian pages; No Doubt Vs. Green Day! - New This Week ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/new-this-week/no-doubt-vs-green-day-081859402.htmlEmerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Deluxe Edition), Tarkus (Deluxe Edition) I would be less than honest if I did not admit to being a rabid fan of Keith Emerson's earlier band the Nice and similarly enraptured by the early work of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, whose first two albums are presented here in remastered form and, best of all, given a 5.1 surround remix by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson---who aside from being a stellar musician in his own right is developing an enviable career in re-contextualizing classic early-'70s prog works by artists like King Crimson and Jethro Tull... I know the feeling. Seems all too contrived.
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Post by tullist on Sept 25, 2012 16:33:10 GMT
While my own possesion of any artifacts from the career of ELP is at least 35 years in arrears, I remain so sick of reviewers approaching an assignment such as that with a proviso of "I would be less than honest", like its something to be embarrassed about, which, of course, since roughly the time of the one two salvo of Passion Play and Tales of Whatever, it has been something to be embarrassed about, while leaving full time for full embrace of Madonna, Lady Gaga, Black Sabbath or Metallica to name a very few. Therein not hard for me to see how there are millions of individuals for whom casting a vote for the likes of Romney makes sense. Well and truly I do consider a vast swath of America's mindset to be brain dead and well trained.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 22:27:26 GMT
Manson's Guitar Show 17th Nov 2012 - 18th Nov 2012 Location: Exeter Venue: Corn Exchange Website: www.mansons.co.ukwww.mi-pro.co.uk/index.php/events/read/manson-s-guitar-show/016950Manson’s Guitar Show returns in November as part of the retailer and guitar manufacturer’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Still a specialist single outlet in Exeter, Devon, Manson’s has a client list that includes Led Zeppelin, Muse, Them Crooked Vultures, Biffy Clyro, Yes, Jethro Tull, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Lightning Seeds and many more. Former guests at the show have included John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness and Hot Leg, JJ Burnel from The Stranglers, Jan Akkerman, Frank Turner, Aziz Ibrahim, Martin Barre (Jethro Tull), Michael Manring, Walter Trout, Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), Jerry Donahue and a host of top clinicians and performers. Manufacturers attending the 2010 show included a mixture of the big brands such as Marshall, Fender, Music Man, Peavey Faith, Orange Amplification, Rotosound, Freshman and Yamaha plus smaller boutique manufacturers and distributors including Patrick James Eggle, Huss And Dalton, Godin, Bare Knuckle Pickups and Zon Guitars. 2012 will bring a similar mix with 100 per cent focus on guitars. A venue move to Exeter’s Corn Exchange puts the show in the middle of the city and in a venue more suited to live music as the centre’s largest musical venue. Contact Mansons Guitar Shop on 01392 496379 or sales@mansons.co.uk In days of peace |
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 26, 2012 19:02:44 GMT
ugh...Tull seperated from Saw Doctors by only a comma and space.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 15:02:22 GMT
followthemedia.com/radiopage/radio28092012.htmftm Radio Page - September 28, 2012 New owners for DAB channel Very special The Swiss Federal Department of Energy, Transport, Environment and Communications (DETEC) has approved (September 27) transfer of folk music channel Radio Eviva to new owners, including Swiss folk music legend Sepp Trütsch, from Radio Central AG. Radio Eviva operates on the DAB+ multiplex in central Switzerland plus cable, satellite and webradio. Radio Central acquired Radio Sunshine on the retirement of founder Markus Ruoss earlier this year and Swiss law allows a single owner to control only two radio channels. Both Radio Eviva and Radio Sunshine serve the Lucerne area in central Switzerland. Folk music stations are popular in Switzerland, possibly boosting DAB listeners. Swiss-German public broadcaster DRS switched folk music channel Musikwelle from AM/MW two years ago to DAB+ giving a sales bump to digital receivers, say local observers. Radio Eviva also has a respectable audience in the Swiss-German region. (See Swiss-German region radio audience chart here) (JMH) Original digital channel faces ownership change Coming of age, not profitable The UK’s oldest surviving commercial digital-only radio station, Planet Rock, seems to be on the block. Owner Malcolm Bluemel is “exploring” an exit The award winning classic rock music channel is losing between GPB 200,000 and GBP 300,000 a year. GCap Media was ready to shutter Planet Rock in 2008 when serial entrepreneur Bluemel stepped in and bought it with the financial support of UK rock music legends Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and the late Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy). Global Radio acquired GCap Media that year. Planet Rock was part of the original 1999 Digital One DAB multiplex offering. GCap Media also shed its interest in Digital One immediately prior to the Global Radio transaction. (See more on digital radio here) “Digital radio has come of age and Planet Rock is at the forefront of that,” he said to the Guardian (September 25). “I have put four and a half years of my life into this and £3m of my own money. Some people might say that I was lucky to have it in the first place, but I am not going to walk away from that lightly.” If digital radio has “come of age” it’s certainly limited to non-commercial efforts. Recent RAJAR UK radio listening figures show Planet Rock nearing one million. (See RAJAR national audience chart here) Several BBC digital-only channels have also closed in on one million listeners. After more than 20 years in the marketplace, digital radio channels in the UK continue to struggle financially. (JMH)
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News - tiny TULL mention  Saturday, Sep. 29, 2012 Food, music rule at Viva La Vista www.thestate.com/2012/09/29/2461252/viva-la-vista-gears-up-for-food.html#.UGdB81Ha_YgJust before 11 a.m., as the festival was getting underway, vendors were setting up bottles of wine under the awning at the Blue Marlin restaurant and music began to seep into the cool morning air. WXRY radio station blasted Jethro Tull and more contemporary pop music from its tent on Gervais Street, which was closed between Park and Lincoln streets for the entertainment district's signature food festival. |
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Blues, Fleetwood Mac and God: The Jeremy Spencer Interview
October 2012 by Marshall Ward Read much more: www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2012/10/01/blues-fleetwood-mac-and-god-the-jeremy-spencer-interview/RCM: Recently, you took part in the Excalibur Rock Opera, written and produced by your friend Alan Simon. How was that experience? JS: It was quite the Celtic spectacle! Performed in Merlin’s forest of Broceliande, Paimpont in Brittany [France]. It was quite a different experience for me, wearing a Celtic costume, tattoo and all. There was a huge ensemble – an orchestra, a male choir, a harpist, Irish dancers…and musicians and singers of the reformed Fairport Convention participated… Dave Pegg on bass and Gerry Conway – of Cat Steven’s fame – on drums. They reminded me a bit of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie in musical feel. Martin Barre [Jethro Tull] and Pat O’May played guitars and I performed one song – singing and playing slide.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2012 19:30:02 GMT
Oh brother! ;D Is it time Paul McCartney and his pop star pals of yore called it a day? Wednesday, October 03, 2012 www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/time-Paul-McCartney-pop-star-pals-yore-called-day/story-17024907-detail/story.htmlThe opening line-up for the eagerly-awaited return of BBC2’s Later With Jools music show has been greeted with derision by critics. Simon Parker joins them in lamenting the current obsession with pop star comebacks. "For God's sake burn it down" was how singer Kevin Rowland sneeringly opened his band's debut album in 1980. He intended Searching For The Young Soul Rebels to be a defining moment in popular music, a line in the sand, time to put the dinosaurs of rock out to grass. So it came as something of a disappointment to learn this week that the grumpy man of pop is currently leading his not-so-young soul rebels – in the guise of a resurrected Dexy's Midnight Runners – on a national tour. Thirty-two years on, we might be forgiven for sneeringly throwing the phrase back in his face: "For God's sake, Kev, burn it down." But it's not just Kevin Rowland seeking to bolster his bank balance with a round of comeback gigs this year – everyone's at it. From Jethro Tull to Madness, The Stranglers to Wishbone Ash, they all want a slice of the posthumous pie. Lamest of all, perhaps, is Paul McCartney. And at the risk of being charged with treason, accused of sacrilege, or both, isn't it time you called it a day, wack? Yes, he was a member of a groundbreaking 1960s band. But when considering his oeuvre, we shouldn't forget the soppy Wings, the unforgivable Mull Of Kintyre or the string of hopeless love songs. Granted, The Beatles were pretty good – in their day – but that's no excuse for trotting out the same tired tunes year in, year out, for half a century. You can bet John Lennon wouldn't still be struggling through an out-of-tune version of Hey Jude. So why does Paul think he can get away with it? It's generally agreed that the London 2012 opening ceremony was a triumph on every other level – yet the decision to wheel on poor old Macca at the end was a major error of judgement. An uncomfortable spectacle for those in the stadium or viewing at home, surely even the ex-Beatle himself must have realised it just wasn't working. The plain truth is his voice is no longer what it was. It's not a failure, there's no disgrace in losing some of the faculties that define our youth, Mo Farah won't be attempting to repeat his 10,000-metre triumph when he's 70 – so why should Paul McCartney try to pull off the musical equivalent? Reinvent yourself, by all means, Paul, but don't pretend you're still a teenager. This trend towards what respected music critic Alexis Petridis so eloquently described as "the middle-age-ification of rock music into light entertainment" is exemplified by the return to our TV screens of Later With Jools. Now in its 20th year, the programme's original raison d'etre was to showcase what was hottest in popular music. New acts, young bands, little-known artists at the cutting-edge of their craft and creativity – performing live. For music-lovers of the 1990s, Later With Jools was a must-see show. But no longer. The debut line-up featured Neil Sedaka, Bobby Womack, Public Image Ltd fronted by washed-up butter salesman and former Sex Pistols singer Johnny (Rotten) Lydon and – worst by far – The Beach Boys. The latter's set was a reality horror show unfolding before the eyes as the once-beautiful, bronzed and Bermuda-shorted young gods of close-harmony singing transmogrified into weary shadows of their former selves, unable to hold any sort of unified vocal tuning. It was like viewing the corpse of a loved one; never again will we be able to listen to Pet Sounds without conjuring a vision of Brian Wilson swaying at the piano, feebly mumbling the words to Barbara Ann. It's puzzling what The Beach Boys and other revivalist rockers think they might gain from such an exercise. Do they not grasp that trying to re-enact the golden days of youth serves to detract from earlier triumphs rather than enhance them. Invariably – and particularly in the case of The Beach Boys and Paul McCartney – rehashing old songs in old age has the opposite effect. But perhaps it's not the fault of the artists. When outfits like The Beach Boys and PiL spot that the only "live" music on terrestrial TV today is The X-Factor they probably see it as their duty to get back up there and strut. And surely its "our" fault for encouraging them. Having said that, you'd never guess from watching The X-Factor or Later With Jools – which appears to have never heard of electronica, hip-hop, dance or anything experimental – that the UK remains at the forefront of pop music. In the realms of dubstep, D&B and other cutting-edge genres, Britain leads the world – as it always has done. It also remains the case that, culturally and economically, pop music in all its forms is hugely important to British society. Surely its followers deserve better from the nation's foremost broadcaster. So come on BBC, let's see a bit of it reflected on the telly – and dump all those old-timers. Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 4, 2012 8:00:10 GMT
Pompous twat. I'll find out where Simon Parker lives and send "the boys" round  Think I'll email him at the weekend and remind him it's not officially JT on the road but IA's band. In any case TAAB2 is new. |
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Pompous twat. I'll find out where Simon Parker lives and send "the boys" round Think I'll email him at the weekend and remind him it's not officially JT on the road but IA's band. In any case TAAB2 is new. Right on! ;D Just a trace of pride upon our fixed grins |
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Post by broadsword on Oct 5, 2012 16:02:47 GMT
So what does this 66666666 suggest? Can you imagine Justin Bieber closing the Olympics? Or any of the X-factorBritain'sgottalentpopidol no hopers writing a decent song or playing an instrument to a world class standard? It says something that the Wishbone Ashs' of this worldare still playing such good stuff after 40+ years, long after the manufactured Simon Cowell junk has been forgotten. |
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 5, 2012 17:41:43 GMT
So what does this 66666666 suggest? Can you imagine Justin Bieber closing the Olympics? Or any of the X-factorBritain'sgottalentpopidol no hopers writing a decent song or playing an instrument to a world class standard? It says something that the Wishbone Ashs' of this worldare still playing such good stuff after 40+ years, long after the manufactured Simon Cowell junk has been forgotten. And when you read artcles which contain this quote Half of this year's 12 X Factor finalists were approached to audition for the show.
A spokesperson for the show told Newsbeat all acts had to go through the same process but that some had been asked by researchers to take part.You have to wonder how fair and above board these types of programmes are and how unbiased the judges are before auditioning any of the acts. www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19835534 |
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OCTOBER 8, 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame makes a couple good decisions Read more: open.salon.com/blog/kyleschmidlin/2012/10/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_makes_a_couple_good_decisions But time and again, art-rock bands that have sold millions of records and influenced countless musicians get the old thumb-to-the-nose from both the creative and critical classes of music culture. Why? Have the people who laugh and snigger at the very mention of Jethro Tull ever listened to Thick as a Brick, an album that predates this culture’s fascination with irony and delivers a very authentic, and relevant, message (despite its initial conception as a send-up of progressive rock concept albums)? Well, I've been second to none: |
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What's with 'The Walking Dead' and Jethro Tull?www.theinsider.com/tv/56231_What_s_with_The_Walking_Dead_and_Jethro_Tull/By David Weiner @tikiambassador October 10, 2012 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Stumbleupon Do zombies and Jethro Tull make for good bedfellows? Apparently so, as The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln just happens to be married to Gael Anderson, the daughter of legendary Jethro Tull founder Ian Anderson. The timeless rocker is busy touring with performances of Thick as a Brick 1 & 2 back-to-back, and he took time to crow about his now-famous son-in-law -- and leak a little insight into the new season of the hit AMC series, saying that although the cast is "sworn to secrecy," Andrew is "genuinely enthusiastic" about the "best stuff" they've shot yet… Video: Sneak Peek at 'Walking Dead' Premiere I asked Anderson if he had seen any advance episodes of The Walking Dead or if he could reveal any secrets at all, and he replied gamely, "You're talking to the wrong guy because Andy, and I would imagine all of his fellow actors, are absolutely sworn to secrecy. Anything that is teased in the media is very carefully thought through and very carefully put out there. Generally speaking, Andy never talks outside the actual shoot itself about what they've been doing that day. He doesn't tell his wife, he doesn't tell his children, he certainly doesn't tell his father-in-law, so they're all certainly locked down in terms of the development." So what did Anderson reveal about the upcoming season, which premieres Sunday on AMC? "What I do know is the general feeling about the show this season, is that they feel they shot some really great stuff, you know, the best stuff ever. I mean, they would say that, wouldn't they? But I think I know the difference between my son-in-law being genuinely enthusiastic and feeling that it's becoming merely repetitious, or not the fun that it was." He adds, "I can tell Andy's genuinely excited about not only doing it, but actually he's becoming excited about having the opportunity to talk about things when he does press and promo because he didn't used to do that. And having finally gotten over the hurdle of doing David Letterman a few weeks ago he's now a lot more comfortable doing press and promo than he was a couple years ago when he resolutely did nothing. Now he's realized that it's not an option, you have to do it, it's part of the contract. But he's discovered he likes it, so that's good." Since Anderson is busy touring and performing Thick as a Brick (which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year) and Thick as a Brick 2 (released this year) in concert, unfortunately he'll miss the premiere of The Walking Dead, but he knows he'll get to it soon: "I will hit the record button before I leave England again and watch it when I come back." The Jethro Tull frontman concludes jokingly that perhaps he'll have the opportunity to work with Andrew in the future on a show about his Thick as a Brick character Gerald Bostock: "When AMC decides to contract me to a series called StCleve.com … [I'll] obviously have to make sure my son-in-law is cast as the lead role in that." The Walking Dead season three premieres Sunday on AMC, and the 40th Anniversary Edition of Thick as a Brick comes out November 6. 
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