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Post by faintingeagle on Nov 24, 2015 4:07:58 GMT
Hello. I am a more recent Tull fan, and in watching some live footage from the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. I couldn't help but notice Ian Anderson's yellow tights, loin cloth, and a ripped jacket/robe. I guess my question is, does any one know the story behind this outfit? or at least the reason for the ripped smoking jacket/robe? haha Thanks
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 24, 2015 9:15:36 GMT
Hello. I am a more recent Tull fan, and in watching some live footage from the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. I couldn't help but notice Ian Anderson's yellow tights, loin cloth, and a ripped jacket/robe. I guess my question is, does any one know the story behind this outfit? or at least the reason for the ripped smoking jacket/robe? haha Thanks Hi faintingeagle and a warm and friendly welcome to The JT Forum. As a newer Tull fan you'll find lots of memorabilia here to look at along with plenty of other items such as concert reviews, both past and present, and a friendly membership to talk to. As for your query about Ian's stage apparel I'll have to throw that question over to the membership to answer although the coat I believe was stolen at a gig in Dublin. Anyone know for sure ?
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 24, 2015 12:04:47 GMT
Hello. I am a more recent Tull fan, and in watching some live footage from the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. I couldn't help but notice Ian Anderson's yellow tights, loin cloth, and a ripped jacket/robe. I guess my question is, does any one know the story behind this outfit? or at least the reason for the ripped smoking jacket/robe? haha Thanks Hi faintingeagle and a warm and friendly welcome to The JT Forum. As a newer Tull fan you'll find lots of memorabilia here to look at along with plenty of other items such as concert reviews, both past and present, and a friendly membership to talk to. As for your query about Ian's stage apparel I'll have to throw that question over to the membership to answer although the coat I believe was stolen at a gig in Dublin. Anyone know for sure ? Hello faintingeagle and a Welcome from me too. You know it's a good question and not one that an answer comes to mind or that I've come across in my anorak Tull travels. Here's a thread with a catchy title What Would You Like To Ask A Band Member Past Or Present jethrotull.proboards.com/thread/2467/ask-any-band-member we could stick that question in there. Cheers nonrabbit
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Post by tullpress on Nov 24, 2015 23:37:42 GMT
The black & red check coat was a frock coat, made especially for IA. It was torn during the Dublin gig at the National Stadium, 27 September 1969, when the crowd got a little enthusiastic after the show. Some words from Ian about it here -- www.tullpress.com/mm16oct71.htmHe continued wearing it through 1970 and 1971, and it was auctioned off in a quiz in the 1987 Crest of a Knave tour programme ... so a Tull fan, somewhere, has this item in their possession. Lucky them :-) A
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 25, 2015 9:25:26 GMT
The black & red check coat was a frock coat, made especially for IA. It was torn during the Dublin gig at the National Stadium, 27 September 1969, when the crowd got a little enthusiastic after the show. Some words from Ian about it here -- www.tullpress.com/mm16oct71.htmHe continued wearing it through 1970 and 1971, and it was auctioned off in a quiz in the 1987 Crest of a Knave tour programme ... so a Tull fan, somewhere, has this item in their possession. Lucky them :-) A Thanks a lot for the info - I should have known to visit tullpress to find the answer but you know . . . old age and alcohol
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 25, 2015 11:47:19 GMT
Such a great page and one of the first that I discovered on my Tull education.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 19, 2019 6:20:32 GMT
www.loudersound.com/features/anarchists-fire-and-rocknroll-the-ultimate-guide-to-the-1970-isle-of-wight-festivalAnarchists, fire and rock'n'roll: the ultimate guide to the 1970 Isle Of Wight FestivalBy Greg Prato (Classic Rock) 20 hours ago Classic Rock They thought the 1970 Isle Of Wight festival was going to be several days of peace, love and music – just like Woodstock the previous year. They thought wrong Anticipation for Hendrix’s performance was high and building. But before Jimi it was the turn of Jethro Tull. Leader Ian Anderson’s memories of the festival are not very fond ones, despite the band putting in a strong performance: “Things were going around both backstage and front of house that made it a little unpleasant for everybody. It was out of control, and the organisers were struggling to keep the thing from degenerating into something quite horrible. It was perhaps a testimony to the local police, and generally the welcoming residents of the Isle of Wight, that the thing happened at all.” Interestingly, it was Tull’s refusal to play Woodstock that set up their Isle of Wight appearance. “We were invited to play Woodstock and didn’t,” Anderson says. “Mainly because I didn’t want to spend my weekend among a bunch of unwashed hippies. It was too much of a defining moment for a brand new band. It would have been the beginning and the end for us – as it was for Ten Years After. As it turned out, I think it was a defining moment in that change from the hippy ideals to the rather dark and pragmatic side of music. “At the Isle of Wight we knew we were unlikely to get paid, and we determined early on that this was something that we really just had to go through and try and keep a modicum of a smile on our faces. So we just kind of got on with it and did our bit. It was not a good gig, it was not a bad gig, it was just a little frenetic and a little tense.”
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