jason
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Post by jason on Mar 20, 2010 18:05:32 GMT
Greetings!
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 20, 2010 18:55:31 GMT
Greetings, This looks like a wonderful site and Tull is my favorite band. I have been a fan of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson's music since I was a lad and have seen them and IA live many times over the years. So it is good to here among like-minded people. My other musical tastes are rooted in the trad. music of the British Isles and Europe as well as Early music. In addition to Tull, I am into stuff like Planxty, Blowzabella, Dead Can Dance and Richard Thompson. The medieval bagpipes and the tenor recorder are my main axes. I am a pipe-smoking scholar of history and Scottish Gaelic Studies as well. I also enjoy art, literature, folklore and the great outdoors. Thank you for having me here. Le deagh dhurachd (Scot. With best wishes), Jason Jason, welcome along to The Jethro Tull Forum. It's good to have a scholar of history etc with us here as you'll be able to help us with any relevant discussions of that order. Also Ms Nonrabbit has another Scot on board to disuss Gaelic Studies with ;D May I also take this opportunity to welcome Hipflaskandy and Caledvwlch to The Jethro Tull Forum. I look forward to reading your posts and thoughts about Jethro Tull et al
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jason
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Post by jason on Mar 20, 2010 19:31:15 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 20, 2010 19:48:03 GMT
Jason The Cornish bagpipes are a new one on me. We've only lived in the south west for around 7 years, Mrs Maddog and I are born and bred Londoners. There's one Cornish expert (so he claims!) where I work and I'll see if he knows anything about them when I go back in next week. 3 days off, bliss Cheers Maddog
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 20, 2010 20:22:34 GMT
Well welcome Jason a pleasure to meet you ;D I'm a Scot - one of the West coast Scots/Irish on me mother's side and I met an Irishman and moved over to Northern Ireland ...and I'm none the wiser so maybe you can fill me in on what they're all about ;D I am a Folkie newbie coming from the rock side of the seventies and yep I've listened to a lot of Planxty too. Serious/ natural musicians. Tull has been consistant tho! Check out some of the new boys too - Lau/Slide which you probably know about anyway - they're on myspace on my signature. Look forward to your posts
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jason
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Post by jason on Mar 21, 2010 0:09:50 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 21, 2010 2:59:31 GMT
During the I.A. tour...four of us (three californians and a guest star from Louisville) shared a row in Modesto...though sorta far flung ( SF, Bakersfield, sacto) we're gonna do it again when Tull comes west...I know there are a few Tull forum members in SoCal, as well...and a Coloradan who is known to make the trip to the coast if the wind is high, the moon is up and the setlist is intriguing!
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jason
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Post by jason on Mar 21, 2010 3:08:03 GMT
Hi Steelmonkey. Sounds fantastic and what a wonderful why to phrase the thought. Thanks
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 21, 2010 8:48:25 GMT
Actually Jason I don't know any of the Cornish language myself but my two granddaughters are learning the rudiments of it at school. Seems to be a mini revival of the language although I get the idea that it's a tourist thing initially but that if it catches on it may develop and the use of it expand to other areas. www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ukrab/elb.htmComero weethMaddog
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 21, 2010 11:30:17 GMT
My OH, who's Irish, plays the Scottish bagpipes - this interchanging of cultures like Braveheart where the Irish actors played Scots and vice versa ;D He tells me that the Scottish bagpipes have 3 drones ( the bit at the top) and the Cornish ones have 2 therefore advantage Scotland for a fuller sound. No doubt an argument in piping circles - incidently there is a Piping College in the middle of Glasgow. www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/One of my best concerts apart from Tull was The Piping Championships in Blair Castle in Perthshire - held in the Baronial Hall resplendent with hanging stags heads and tartan banners - class. My impression of Cornish culture - the Truro Library has a fascinating room dedicated to it, is that it's more akin with the Welsh/ Breton /Manx brothers than the Scottish Irish ones. There was a joke made years ago by a Glasgow journalist about celtic culture - the boat carrying them via Central Europe dropped off the more cowardly ones along the way and the hardier ones hung on till they reached the coasts of Ireland/Scotland with Scotland being the last port to disembark - they wanted the full use of their tickets
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hipflaskandy
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Post by hipflaskandy on Mar 21, 2010 14:32:28 GMT
May I also take this opportunity to welcome Hipflaskandy and Caledvwlch to The Jethro Tull Forum. I look forward to reading your posts and thoughts about Jethro Tull et al Hipflaskandy here - thanks for the welcome. Off to see Tull in Derby tomorrow night - interest rekindled of late (long story!) - but made the leap to buy ticket and that's what made me do a bit of long-overdue surfing and found this site. Couldn't get one nearer my home in Leeds - York etc sold out. Cheers for the hello.
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jason
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Post by jason on Mar 21, 2010 18:27:05 GMT
Welcome Hipflasjand
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Post by admin on Mar 21, 2010 21:18:10 GMT
May I also take this opportunity to welcome Hipflaskandy and Caledvwlch to The Jethro Tull Forum. I look forward to reading your posts and thoughts about Jethro Tull et al Hipflaskandy here - thanks for the welcome. Off to see Tull in Derby tomorrow night - interest rekindled of late (long story!) - but made the leap to buy ticket and that's what made me do a bit of long-overdue surfing and found this site. Couldn't get one nearer my home in Leeds - York etc sold out. Cheers for the hello. Hi and welcome Andy, enjoy the show, you're in for a great night. Fill us in the details too.
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