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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 22, 2012 6:45:35 GMT
Yeah, That's pretty hot. Damn, Ian has better legs than me.
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Yeah, That's pretty hot. Damn, Ian has better legs than me. ;D better legs
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2012 13:59:03 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 24, 2012 18:07:13 GMT
I've already voted 'hell yes' on Ryan.....I think his participation in Loco is tremendous...I hope they sign this guy up for a long-term contract ASAP...as much as I like him and the idea of vocal assistant, I'm not sure i could deal with helper of the week/tour like the violin girl revolving door. USA tour looking good...looking good !
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 25, 2012 7:47:04 GMT
The Fillmore Miami Beach, Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach, Florida September 18th 2012
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I've already voted 'hell yes' on Ryan.....I think his participation in Loco is tremendous...I hope they sign this guy up for a long-term contract ASAP...as much as I like him and the idea of vocal assistant, I'm not sure i could deal with helper of the week/tour like the violin girl revolving door. USA tour looking good...looking good ! Though I'm not sold. You are the Ian Anderson Band balance. Tull tears (Smilies used to bug those that hate them.) ;D
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 27, 2012 7:54:27 GMT
www2.timesdispatch.com40 years later, Jethro Tull's 'Thick as a Brick' gets a sequelBy: Hays Davis. For Richmond.com Published: September 27, 2012 In 1972, the band Jethro Tull was enjoying the success of what would prove to be its most popular release, the previous year's "Aqualung." Irked by critics referring to "Aqualung" as a concept album during a time when progressive rock bands, such as Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, were riding high, Tull's singer-songwriter-flute player Ian Anderson decided to give them exactly that. Jethro Tull released "Thick as a Brick," an album of various movements and themes that consisted of a single track running the length of the entire disc. The original cover was fashioned as a spoof of a small-town English newspaper detailing how a boy named Gerald Bostock had written an epic poem that provided the album's lyrics, which were actually penned by Anderson. Ironically, Tull's creative reaction to "prog rock" ultimately became one of the genre's most beloved albums, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1972. This year, Anderson looked back to that effort with the release of "Thick as a Brick 2." "It was only in 2010, beginning of 2011, when, suddenly, the question 'Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock?' became the way to bringing an up-to-date sequel into being," said Anderson, speaking from England. "So, it was really a way of conjuring up the images of what things might have befallen the young Gerald Bostock. What his direction in life might have been." Although "Thick as a Brick 2" touches on serious, topical themes, fans of Jethro Tull will pick up on various familiar points as well. "I also wanted to make a few little discreet references here and there to little motifs and ideas from the previous 40-years-before album, and even a mention of 'Aqualung' and 'A Passion Play' in a couple of quotes." Anderson and his band are performing the entire original and new "Brick" albums on their current tour. The Tull frontman wants to be sure audiences are aware that this is not a greatest-hits show, though fans should find much to enjoy with added visuals accompanying the prog-rock classic and its sequel. Thinking back on the 1972 "Brick" tour, Anderson recalled, "Those who did not know the record terribly well might have come to the concerts and been disappointed or frustrated or irritated by the fact that it was very episodic, a lot of acoustic sections, and relatively complex music that might have been a bit beyond some of them. Poor souls."
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 27, 2012 15:54:18 GMT
Timelapse Birmingham TAAB Ian Anderson Thick as a Brick tour 2012. Stage crew setup sound, lights and video for the show. Production Manager - Chris Archer, Sound Engineer - Mike Downs, Lighting + Video designer - Mark Wheatley, Monitor Engineer - Emanuele Giovagnoliwww.youtube.com/watch?v=YY99hBqJeZw&feature=em-uploademail-newUploaded by tullmanagement
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 28, 2012 1:17:19 GMT
It's no secret...I'm truly looking forward to Jtull07's review of the concert he see's in North Carolina...many of the participant's on the other board seem to have agendas, pre-conceived notions, axes to grind or psychopatholigical personality disorders...but Jim strikes me as a true Tull fan...grateful for past, present and future Tull in all it's guises...so let's see what he writes about this leg of the brick tour...coming to a theater not quite near but near enough to me in just 21 days ( but who's counting?)
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Post by tullist on Sept 28, 2012 1:53:22 GMT
I hear you on that JTull guy, Jim I believe is his name. A kind soul, the sort who truly seems grateful for each day, a humble man. (And a serious Packer fan, which puts me right in his court) So ardent is his support that I truly hope he has a better show(s) than me. I am forty years passed being impassioned enough to do a month long pre show countdown for instance. More of a semi ger on with it stance. I could still get shut out though I have set aside the money for both Milwaukee and Chicago with no guarantee that I will not spend money I do not have if it turns to be a major cathartic event, (and then head for the next show on the itinerary) which I am not expecting, though the last show, Jun 2010 I think, was a hair better than my higher expectations. As a small aside a dear friend of mine has a close friend who is a music producer of moderate note with a last name of Tullio. This has been my word of the year, displacing other years wprds such as NOTICE. My intent, with a mixed bag of hoped for results but honestly I suppose to in small part unnerve or confuse Ian, is to squeal in high pitched voice Tullio at Ian at as yet unknown points in the show, my personal show of appreciation. (pronounced tool e o)
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 28, 2012 6:56:24 GMT
Hear Hear for JimTullfan!!! He's on our FB page - I'll send him our regards for the concert and I hope he gets to meet the band.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 28, 2012 7:58:52 GMT
It's no secret...I'm truly looking forward to Jtull07's review of the concert he see's in North Carolina...many of the participant's on the other board seem to have agendas, pre-conceived notions, axes to grind or psychopatholigical personality disorders...but Jim strikes me as a true Tull fan...grateful for past, present and future Tull in all it's guises...so let's see what he writes about this leg of the brick tour...coming to a theater not quite near but near enough to me in just 21 days ( but who's counting?) 21 days eh? Hope you've spirited away your dollars for the merchandising stall (say hi to Tom for me) so you can get the tee shirt, badge, baseball hat and hot air balloon.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 28, 2012 12:12:52 GMT
Are you saying i have hot air to spare?
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Ian Anderson Thick as a Brick/TAAB2 Concert (linked threads) www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=284402An opus revisited: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson updates "Thick as a Brick" on record and on stagewww.dailypress.com/entertainment/music/dp-fea-ian-anderson-0928-20120928,0,616199.story By Sam McDonald, smcdonald@dailypress.com | 757-247-4732 September 28, 2012 "Really don't mind if you sit this one out," Ian Anderson sings at the start of the 1972 Jethro Tull progressive-rock album "Thick as a Brick." He was singing with a wink in his voice. That album – one long track that consumed two full sides of an LP – was meant as a subtle spoof of the whole idea of the rock concept album. Anderson was celebrating and mocking all at the same time. Forty years on, Anderson's up to his old tricks. He's made an album called "Thick as a Brick 2" that carries forward the story from the original album. He knows not everyone will care. He's OK with that. Daily Press Eyewitness: Submit photos and videos from your mobile device. Your picture could be featured on Page 2 of the Daily Press. "If you look at the big picture of Jethro Tull fans over the years, it would probably impact in a positive way maybe half of them, if they gave it a listen," said Anderson of his new sequel. "Which is probably where 'Thick as a Brick' was back in 1972." Ambitious art isn't for everyone, he concedes. For the right listener at the right time, though, it can satisfy like nothing else. "Sometimes it's nice to sit down to a bit of a banquet and enjoy it," said the 65-year-old Anderson, known for his frenetic flute solos and manic minstrel stage presence. "If you want to snack on fast food, you go buy an album that's got lots of three-minute tracks on it ... But this is a project, something you can get your teeth into — for those of us who have any left. It's good to do that." At Ferguson Center for the Arts on Monday, Oct. 1, Anderson and his solo band will perform both "Thick as a Brick" albums start to finish. The shows will feature Anderson's solo band, which happens to be made up entirely of musicians who have played in the band Jethro Tull in recent years. So, why not call it a Jethro Tull concert? It's all about truth in advertising. "If it says Jethro Tull on the ticket, people will expect it to be like the Rolling Stones tour, all the hits," Anderson said. "If it simply says Jethro Tull, it sits there on a supermarket shelf loudly proclaiming its identity. It's Kellogg's Corn Flakes, it's Heinz Baked Beans. You know what you're going to get. The flavor you're familiar with … I don't want people coming along to a show only having registered the two words: Jethro Tull." While Anderson found fantastic success in the 1970s with Jethro Tull's arena-rock classics "Aqualung," "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath," he's remained eccentric compared to many of his contemporaries. His return to "Thick as a Brick" is a perfect illustration of that. "It would be inconceivable that the Rolling Stones would come out with a new album with 15 tracks on it and play the entire thing from start to finish," Anderson said. "Not a hope in hell. People don't do that anymore. Well, I do. Nobody else would be daft enough to do that. It's professional suicide. But I like to take a chance. So far, I've been getting away with it." The story that Anderson revisits is that of a character named Gerald Bostock, a fictional small-town British boy who wins a poetry contest, then creates controversy when he gets to read his epic poem "Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. television. "A hastily reconvened panel of judges accepted the decision by four leading child psychiatrists that the boy's mind was seriously unbalanced," reads the news story that graced the original album's cover. Anderson's sequel — largely set in the present day — imagines five different futures for the young man: ruthless banker, homeless drifter, soldier, religious leader, ordinary shopkeeper. The character gives Anderson the chance to comment on changes in society over the last 40 years. Making the new album and launching a theatrical tour has been a major undertaking, Anderson said. Reviews of recent concerts say he uses video projections, skits and faux YouTube clips to help tell the story. "You know it's a big project, you know it's going to require a lot of effort," Anderson said. "There's a lot of thought and preproduction work to take that onto the concert stage. If I don't do it now, I probably would find it a bit daunting at age 70. But at age 65, hey, it's just another day at the office for me." Want to go? Who: Ian Anderson Band performs "Thick as a Brick, Parts 1 & 2" When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 Where: Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Christopher Newport University, Newport News Tickets: $52-$87 from fergusoncenter.cnu.edu More information: 594-8752, fergusoncenter.cnu.edu Big music shows in Asheville area.www.citizen-times.com/article/20120927/ASHEVILLESCENE/309270092/Asheville-area-concerts-calendar?odyssey=modJethro Tull’s Ian Anderson performing “Thick as a Brick,” parts one and two, 8 p.m. today, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at U.S. Cellular Center, Haywood Street, Asheville. $35, $47.50, $72.50 and service charges at www.ticketmaster.com.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 28, 2012 17:31:00 GMT
Are you saying i have hot air to spare? Me? Never! Just make sure you spend your hard earned dollars with Tom and his chums.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 13:39:01 GMT
A slice of wisdom from The New Yorker (was not Jethro Tull; it was Ian Anderson) ;D www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/ian-anderson-beacon-theatreGoings On About Town: Night Life Ian Anderson Oct. 5: The guy standing center stage on one leg, back in the day, blowing impossibly long flute solos, was not Jethro Tull; it was Ian Anderson, fronting the band named for the eighteenth-century agriculturist. He’ll be leading a theatrical presentation of the 1972 album “Thick as a Brick.” October 5 Beacon Theatre Broadway at 74th St., New York, N.Y. 212-465-6500 beacontheatre.com Get Tickets They were gettin' tired of Johnny and all the big boys from N.Y.C. They say "Jump on board pretty baby" And I don't know but it seems like it might be a pretty good buzz to me. - Guess Who, really
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 29, 2012 15:08:38 GMT
Ian Anderson "Thick As A Brick" Asheville 9/28/12
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 29, 2012 15:11:26 GMT
www.dailypress.comAn opus revisited: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson updates "Thick as a Brick" on record and on stageBy Sam McDonald, September 28, 2012 Really don't mind if you sit this one out," Ian Anderson sings at the start of the 1972 Jethro Tull progressive-rock album "Thick as a Brick." He was singing with a wink in his voice. That album – one long track that consumed two full sides of an LP – was meant as a subtle spoof of the whole idea of the rock concept album. Anderson was celebrating and mocking all at the same time. Forty years on, Anderson's up to his old tricks. He's made an album called "Thick as a Brick 2" that carries forward the story from the original album. He knows not everyone will care. He's OK with that. "If you look at the big picture of Jethro Tull fans over the years, it would probably impact in a positive way maybe half of them, if they gave it a listen," said Anderson of his new sequel. "Which is probably where 'Thick as a Brick' was back in 1972." Ambitious art isn't for everyone, he concedes. For the right listener at the right time, though, it can satisfy like nothing else. "Sometimes it's nice to sit down to a bit of a banquet and enjoy it," said the 65-year-old Anderson, known for his frenetic flute solos and manic minstrel stage presence. "If you want to snack on fast food, you go buy an album that's got lots of three-minute tracks on it ... But this is a project, something you can get your teeth into — for those of us who have any left. It's good to do that." At Ferguson Center for the Arts on Monday, Oct. 1, Anderson and his solo band will perform both "Thick as a Brick" albums start to finish. The shows will feature Anderson's solo band, which happens to be made up entirely of musicians who have played in the band Jethro Tull in recent years. So, why not call it a Jethro Tull concert? It's all about truth in advertising. "If it says Jethro Tull on the ticket, people will expect it to be like the Rolling Stones tour, all the hits," Anderson said. "If it simply says Jethro Tull, it sits there on a supermarket shelf loudly proclaiming its identity. It's Kellogg's Corn Flakes, it's Heinz Baked Beans. You know what you're going to get. The flavor you're familiar with … I don't want people coming along to a show only having registered the two words: Jethro Tull." While Anderson found fantastic success in the 1970s with Jethro Tull's arena-rock classics "Aqualung," "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath," he's remained eccentric compared to many of his contemporaries. His return to "Thick as a Brick" is a perfect illustration of that. "It would be inconceivable that the Rolling Stones would come out with a new album with 15 tracks on it and play the entire thing from start to finish," Anderson said. "Not a hope in hell. People don't do that anymore. Well, I do. Nobody else would be daft enough to do that. It's professional suicide. But I like to take a chance. So far, I've been getting away with it." The story that Anderson revisits is that of a character named Gerald Bostock, a fictional small-town British boy who wins a poetry contest, then creates controversy when he gets to read his epic poem "Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. television. "A hastily reconvened panel of judges accepted the decision by four leading child psychiatrists that the boy's mind was seriously unbalanced," reads the news story that graced the original album's cover. Anderson's sequel — largely set in the present day — imagines five different futures for the young man: ruthless banker, homeless drifter, soldier, religious leader, ordinary shopkeeper. The character gives Anderson the chance to comment on changes in society over the last 40 years. Making the new album and launching a theatrical tour has been a major undertaking, Anderson said. Reviews of recent concerts say he uses video projections, skits and faux YouTube clips to help tell the story. "You know it's a big project, you know it's going to require a lot of effort," Anderson said. "There's a lot of thought and preproduction work to take that onto the concert stage. If I don't do it now, I probably would find it a bit daunting at age 70. But at age 65, hey, it's just another day at the office for me."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 15:59:33 GMT
www.dailypress.comAn opus revisited: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson updates "Thick as a Brick" on record and on stageBy Sam McDonald, September 28, 2012 Really don't mind if you sit this one out," Ian Anderson sings at the start of the 1972 Jethro Tull progressive-rock album "Thick as a Brick." He was singing with a wink in his voice. That album – one long track that consumed two full sides of an LP – was meant as a subtle spoof of the whole idea of the rock concept album. Anderson was celebrating and mocking all at the same time. Forty years on, Anderson's up to his old tricks. He's made an album called "Thick as a Brick 2" that carries forward the story from the original album. He knows not everyone will care. He's OK with that. "If you look at the big picture of Jethro Tull fans over the years, it would probably impact in a positive way maybe half of them, if they gave it a listen," said Anderson of his new sequel. "Which is probably where 'Thick as a Brick' was back in 1972." Ambitious art isn't for everyone, he concedes. For the right listener at the right time, though, it can satisfy like nothing else. "Sometimes it's nice to sit down to a bit of a banquet and enjoy it," said the 65-year-old Anderson, known for his frenetic flute solos and manic minstrel stage presence. "If you want to snack on fast food, you go buy an album that's got lots of three-minute tracks on it ... But this is a project, something you can get your teeth into — for those of us who have any left. It's good to do that." At Ferguson Center for the Arts on Monday, Oct. 1, Anderson and his solo band will perform both "Thick as a Brick" albums start to finish. The shows will feature Anderson's solo band, which happens to be made up entirely of musicians who have played in the band Jethro Tull in recent years. So, why not call it a Jethro Tull concert? It's all about truth in advertising. "If it says Jethro Tull on the ticket, people will expect it to be like the Rolling Stones tour, all the hits," Anderson said. "If it simply says Jethro Tull, it sits there on a supermarket shelf loudly proclaiming its identity. It's Kellogg's Corn Flakes, it's Heinz Baked Beans. You know what you're going to get. The flavor you're familiar with … I don't want people coming along to a show only having registered the two words: Jethro Tull." While Anderson found fantastic success in the 1970s with Jethro Tull's arena-rock classics "Aqualung," "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath," he's remained eccentric compared to many of his contemporaries. His return to "Thick as a Brick" is a perfect illustration of that. "It would be inconceivable that the Rolling Stones would come out with a new album with 15 tracks on it and play the entire thing from start to finish," Anderson said. "Not a hope in hell. People don't do that anymore. Well, I do. Nobody else would be daft enough to do that. It's professional suicide. But I like to take a chance. So far, I've been getting away with it." The story that Anderson revisits is that of a character named Gerald Bostock, a fictional small-town British boy who wins a poetry contest, then creates controversy when he gets to read his epic poem "Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. television. "A hastily reconvened panel of judges accepted the decision by four leading child psychiatrists that the boy's mind was seriously unbalanced," reads the news story that graced the original album's cover. Anderson's sequel — largely set in the present day — imagines five different futures for the young man: ruthless banker, homeless drifter, soldier, religious leader, ordinary shopkeeper. The character gives Anderson the chance to comment on changes in society over the last 40 years. Making the new album and launching a theatrical tour has been a major undertaking, Anderson said. Reviews of recent concerts say he uses video projections, skits and faux YouTube clips to help tell the story. "You know it's a big project, you know it's going to require a lot of effort," Anderson said. "There's a lot of thought and preproduction work to take that onto the concert stage. If I don't do it now, I probably would find it a bit daunting at age 70. But at age 65, hey, it's just another day at the office for me." while posing for the daily pressjethrotull.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=tour&thread=1627&page=37#31477I know I'm an invisible man on some sites (my badge of honour), but this site too? Yes, patience is a virtue. haha HELLO! I'm getting bored.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 29, 2012 16:32:13 GMT
Sorry TT - you're certainly not invisible. I get emailed links to all things Tull such as news articles and youtubes from a press agency and have to sift through a lot of junk and detritus and didn't realise you'd already posted it. I will inflict self harm upon myself this evening in recompense if that's OK with you?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 17:10:29 GMT
Sorry TT - you're certainly not invisible. I get emailed links to all things Tull such as news articles and youtubes from a press agency and have to sift through a lot of junk and detritus and didn't realise you'd already posted it. I will inflict self harm upon myself this evening in recompense if that's OK with you? No harm...I would never see harm done to a Tull fan...(especially to one of the friendliest of Tull fans) No harm...Just play This Was in powerful mono glory. That's all I ask. Easy! You do have this in mono? If not, refer to inflict self harm. No do-good over kill. We must teach them to be still more independent. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Acting on the assumption that mono is punishment in some circles. The wrong circles.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 29, 2012 17:17:04 GMT
Sorry TT - you're certainly not invisible. I get emailed links to all things Tull such as news articles and youtubes from a press agency and have to sift through a lot of junk and detritus and didn't realise you'd already posted it. I will inflict self harm upon myself this evening in recompense if that's OK with you? No harm...I would never see harm done to a Tull fan...(especially to one of the friendliest of Tull fans) No harm...Just play This Was in powerful mono glory. That's all I ask. Easy! You do have this in mono? If not, refer to inflict self harm. No do-good over kill. We must teach them to be still more independent. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Acting on the assumption that mono is punishment in some circles. The wrong circles. Oh yes mono it is - both on dreaded vinyl and pristine cd remaster. Will take your advice and immerse myself it its aural pleasures very shortly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 18:28:31 GMT
Oh yes mono it is - both on dreaded vinyl and pristine cd remaster. Will take your advice and immerse myself it its aural pleasures very shortly. Mono, right on! The CD pretty much nails it. Thanks goes to Peter Mew's mastering here.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2012 13:54:45 GMT
Ian Anderson explores the future in new albumhamptonroads.com/2012/09/ian-anderson-explores-future-new-album By Alan Sculley Virginian-Pilot correspondent September 30, 2012 Say what you will about Ian Anderson, but the Jethro Tull frontman isn't afraid to do things his own way. This is, after all, the guy who brought a flute into progressive rock at a time when the electric guitar ruled supreme. The eventual result was the 1971 hit album and classic rock epic "Aqualung." He also knew going into 1972 that he was ready to take the band and its music to a markedly different place. "To have made another album in the same vein as 'Aqualung' would have been, I suppose, the obvious and easy thing to do," Anderson said in an early September phone interview. "But being a restless soul, I wanted to try to do something that was quite different as a follow-up." The album Anderson wrote became notable in its own right. It was "Thick as a Brick," a full-blown concept album that consisted of a 44-minute single song about an 8-year-old boy, Gerald Bostock, who, as reported on the fictional St. Cleve Chronicle newspaper cover of the album, was disqualified from a poetry contest for content the judges found disturbing and objectionable. The twist was that the precocious - and fictional - Bostock was credited with writing the lyrics to the original "Thick as a Brick," which were said to be based on one of his poems about the trials and tribulations of growing up. Despite truly testing its fan base with such a different sort of album, Jethro Tull succeeded rather spectacularly with "Thick as a Brick," which topped the Billboard album chart. Jethro Tull went on to string together several more popular albums in the 1970s - including a second concept album, "A Passion Play" - before the band's popularity began to wane. Anderson has continued to lead various configurations of Jethro Tull ever since, releasing albums and touring on a fairly regular basis. Even though fans requested it, Anderson had always resisted doing a sequel to "Thick as a Brick" because he never had a story idea that made sense to pursue. Until now. "It wasn't something that really appealed to me to invest really any serious time or effort into until January/February of 2011, when I then came to the conclusion that I did have a way to do it, which I hadn't before, to bring that 'Thick as a Brick' identity into the current age," Anderson said. "I didn't want to go back and make a nostalgic album, just a what happened next kind of thing. I wanted to have some relevance to today." "Thick as a Brick 2" was released earlier this year as an Anderson solo album. For the sequel, Anderson imagined how Bostock's life might have evolved over the years, and he offers five scenarios - that he became a greedy investment banker, a homeless gay man, a soldier, a preacher and an owner of a corner shop. This idea allowed Anderson to touch on how the world and technology have affected the lives of the Bostock generation. Anderson even depicts the St. Cleve Chronicle as a website on the cover of "Thick as a Brick 2," suggesting its print edition had been discontinued. On his current tour, which comes to the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts in Newport News on Monday, Anderson and his backing band will play both the original and the sequel in their entirety. Anderson wouldn't have it any other way. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull performs on stage during day five of the Bluesfest Music Festival at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm on April 25, 2011 in Byron Bay, Australia. (Mark Metcalfe | Getty Images)
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Ian Anderson Coming To Mohegan Sun www.courant.com/entertainment/music-reviews/hc-ian-anderson-1002-20121002,0,6667256.story By ERIK OFGANG, Special To The Courant The Hartford Courant October 2, 2012 Ian Anderson, the lead singer for Jethro Tull and the unofficial patron saint of rock flutists everywhere, says that releasing a follow-up album to Tull's acclaimed 1972 album, "Thick As a Brick," was a little like catching up with an old friend. "I suppose it's like revisiting somebody that you vaguely remember from your school days and 40 years down the line thinking whatever happened to old Peter Smith or Freddie Jones," he says during a recent interview. When Anderson wrote the original album, the lyrics were credited to Gerald Bostock, a fictitious child character. This year Anderson resurrected that character as an adult when he released "Thick As a Brick II — Whatever Happened To Gerald Bostock?" in April. And Anderson is doing more than just visiting with Bostock — he's taking him on the road. On his current tour, Anderson and his backing band will play the original "Thick As a Brick" and its sequel in its entirety. The tour will stop at Mohegan Sun on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Anderson, who is in his mid 60s was the leader and creative catalyst for Jethro Tull, one of the 1970s most successful rock groups. Although he still tours with Jethro Tull, he says that touring under his own name allows him to experiment more. "If you see Tull you are going to expect, and I think you have almost a right to expect, it's going to be the best of, it's going to be the songs that you love the most," he says. Anderson says the new album and tour was something he began considering about five years ago. He sat down with the original album and concluded it would be possible to play in its entirety (a feat which had not been attempted since 1972). As the 40 th anniversary of the release of the original "Thick As a Brick" approached he says the timing seemed appropriate. "I don't particularly like birthdays or anniversary's, those nostalgic moments of self examination," he says, "but the timing was convenient, so I thought why not? Why be childish, why not show up at my own party?" He says when he began writing and composing the sequel he tried to replicate the creative process he had used to create the original "Thick As a Brick." For that album he worked on a strict schedule where he would write new music in the morning and then rehearse and record with the rest of the band in the afternoons and evenings. "The creative process is something that you have to be in the mood for," he says. "You have to feel the rush of excitement, that mental adrenaline has to start to flow, but in a way you have to kick start it somehow by creating a deadline, by pushing yourself into a schedule. I must wakeup at 7 o'clock I must begin writing at 7:30, I must finish by 11:30 because I have to go and do grocery shopping. It's quite good to have a schedule." He also attempted to reproduce the musical tones of the original album by using the same type of amps and the same make and models of the instruments featured on the original recording. Yet, Anderson did not want the new album to be a nostalgic walk down memory lane. "It was deliberately designed to evoke the work process and the sonic quality of the original, but musically it had to stand on its own two feet," he says. "Although there are a few references to the original album, I was sparing about that, I wanted to keep it to maybe five or six subtle references." On most of the songs on the album, Anderson says that he wrote the lyrics first and then composed the music around them that is different than how he normally writes. Thematically the album examines five possible outcomes to Bostock's life. In one version he's a successful financial tycoon, in another possible future he's homeless. The goal Anderson says is "to echo how our own lives develop, change direction and ultimately conclude through chance encounters and interventions, however tiny and insignificant they might seem at the time." He says the different paths of Bostock's life were inspired in part by his own experiences as well as those of people he was close to. "You put a little bit of yourself in there but not too much because you have to have that process of imagination and draw from a multitude of sources to build a character," he says. Ian Anderson will perform on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville. Tickets are $35. Information: shttp://www.mohegansun.com or call 888-226-7711. The fading hero has returned
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 2, 2012 7:53:48 GMT
Ian Anderson Live at the Fillmore - finale credits
Published on 1 Oct 2012 by cuyabro13
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