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Post by conundrum on Apr 9, 2010 6:46:39 GMT
Which bands have opened for Jethro Tull? I know of a few but I am sure there are many others.
Here are the ones I know of:
Yes Mott The Hoople Gentle Giant Wild Turkey Saga Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Who else?
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Post by kleynan on Apr 9, 2010 11:49:53 GMT
did ELP open for Tull once? I thought ELP were a lot more popular in the start 70s, their US tours were huge
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Post by parkbench on Apr 9, 2010 12:01:45 GMT
Starcastle - US prog rock band, very much like YES did, I think.
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Post by TullSkull on Apr 9, 2010 14:12:39 GMT
did ELP open for Tull once? I thought ELP were a lot more popular in the start 70s, their US tours were huge Yep they sure did.. The tour of 1996. I never seen Tull with any opener back in the late 60's and 70's..
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Post by tullist on Apr 9, 2010 16:27:42 GMT
Wow, in the seventies in Chicago Tull always had openers, but rarely the good ones like they had elsewhere, re Beefheart, Steeleye Span and Fairport. Although Tull , then being a huge band, put such notables as Beefheart and I think Steeleye thru the embarrassment of actually having their enormous fan base booing them, Aqualung man, where's Aqualung, or Jimmy Page dude. Glen Cornicks Wild Turkey on the fall leg of the Brick tour were terribly good as well, plus u could just tell Glen had been in Tull, very well, uh, Tullish. But Ian's choice of opening acts thru the years have often had me wondering whether or not he had a low opinion of his audience, rarely anyone who might truly challenge the opener, such as the Grateful Dead might do. Amongst the boring to just plain awful I saw in the seventies included Livingston Taylor, John Glascock's band, many loved them, I thought they were something to get thru to get to Tull, Starcastle made me want to wretch, I am not a particularly big Yes fan, these guys were a particularly weak sister of them, Uriah Heep, literally thought I had stepped into hell in 78 as I entered the Chicago Stadium main floor and heard that squealing lead singer with a fistfight going on in front of me that my buddy broke up, lots of folks like UK, 79's opener to me over the top prog, actually playing what Tull was accused of playing, wankery, I don't care about there pedigree, besides there were jazz tinged groups like Weather Report and Pat Metheny at that time who were much better at it. Having said all that and although these crimes continued into the 80's and 90's, re It Bites, what an apropos name, there was the exception of Fairport Convention who I would love to see as their permanent opening act, and all the guest musicians I have loved, almost equally, particularly the five or so guest violinists and violists, excellent the lot of them. Procol Harum back in 93 was pretty damn good too,(their take on their very old piece A Salty Dog had to be the best thing I have ever seen any Tull opener do) ELP was lamer than ever, a textbook case of all the things Tull had been accused of that were never true, the unassailable ministers of excess, ELP.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 17:06:11 GMT
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Brewer & Shipley Livingston Taylor The Eagles Captain Beefheart Roxy Music Robin Trower Steeleye Span Carmen The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Richie Havens Gary Wright John Miles Rory Gallagher Uriah Heep (so loud they drove many from their seats) UK Whitesnake Honeymoon Suite Fairport Convention Vixen Gov’t Mule Hank Dogs Rude Boys 4 Crowns Ten Years After Willy Porter Todd Rundgren Suzanne Vega
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 10, 2010 2:10:29 GMT
Not listed above...and not counting ridiculous festival line-ups: Tir ra nog, Led Zepplin...though that may have honestly have been co-billed with Zep demanding first so they could scurry back to their holes ( needle inflicted and, uh, bodily). and the worst ever: Saga in 1982.
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Post by conundrum on Apr 10, 2010 5:59:49 GMT
I heard Saga was great and also heard that Gentle Giant was so great fans were cheering for them to come back on stage!
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 10, 2010 9:27:05 GMT
Not listed above...and not counting ridiculous festival line-ups: Tir ra nog, Led Zepplin...though that may have honestly have been co-billed with Zep demanding first so they could scurry back to their holes ( needle inflicted and, uh, bodily). and the worst ever: Saga in 1982. Please tell us about Saga. I've heard they were pretty bad or rather good, depending on your preferences, so so more information about their set on that tour would be quite educational.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 10, 2010 10:31:51 GMT
Tir Na Nog are still playing and touring they played in a local pub here they speak very highly of Tull/Cornick from that time - they exchanged hairbands with Glenn Alex Harvey, once described as the greatest ringmaster* ever in music, and the band were a force to be reckoned with and me thinks I wouldn't have them as my first choice for an opening act Having said that to have seen two great ringmasters on the same night must have been frickin awesome The great thing about the likes of Tull/SAAB and that ilk you just didn't know what was coming next in a Live concert - God those were the days The comprehensive list via Ministry of Tull www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/setlist/support.htmstories welcomed about any of these concerts * he "tried his hand "at lion taming in a previous circus job ;D
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Post by 3chordtrick on Apr 10, 2010 21:40:45 GMT
What a list - as per tootull post. Can I add Fanny to the list - I saw this group supporting JT in Edinburgh in 1974 or 75? Great act - especially as I was a hot blooded 19 year old !! I also love Uriah Heep - any more details regarding UH supporting JT - was it the very early days with Dave Byron singing ? Thanks again to all contributors for such useful information. PS Sorry to say I did not go to see JT in Bristol last month as I saw IA in Salisbury last year. Perhaps I will regret not seeing JT.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 10, 2010 23:13:33 GMT
What a list - as per tootull post. Can I add Fanny to the list - I saw this group supporting JT in Edinburgh in 1974 or 75? Great act - especially as I was a hot blooded 19 year old !! I also love Uriah Heep - any more details regarding UH supporting JT - was it the very early days with Dave Byron singing ? Thanks again to all contributors for such useful information. PS Sorry to say I did not go to see JT in Bristol last month as I saw IA in Salisbury last year. Perhaps I will regret not seeing JT. Way to go 3chordtrick ;D You must have seen them at the Usher Hall 1974?? I saw them in 1972 at the old Green's Playhouse Glasgow.
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Post by 3chordtrick on Apr 13, 2010 23:33:09 GMT
Thanks for the clarification – yes it was the Usher Hall – the premier venue in Edinburgh. I purchased tickets for the first night and had the opportunity to purchase tickets for the second night but I had an exam after the second night so I elected to not bother. What an idiot I was! To have seen JT on two successive nights at the absolute peak of their performance would have been great. Fanny were good but I do not remember too much about them – was Susie Quarto’s sister in the group? Also, it was the peak of IA “pee break” period except he has a urinal attached to the side of JE Hammond organ!! Fantastic. And all for the price of £1.20! which was the price of two pints of beer and a packet of crisps !! Thanks for the video of Fanny. It has re-activated my “hot-blooded daze”
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Post by 3chordtrick on Apr 13, 2010 23:35:26 GMT
PS - further to the above, any info regarding Uriah Heep supporting JT. Surely, in those days, UH were as big an act as JT ?
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Post by tullist on Apr 14, 2010 0:56:14 GMT
If you are a fan of Uriah Heep likely u would prefer your answer from someone else, but by 78 they were on a decided downtick in the US their peak had been 71-3, I recall their record with the mirror on it Look At Yourself, i think that was the name. Of course although they were still a stadium act by 78 Tull was on a downtick of their own, as compared to the popularity heights they had reached between 71 and 5. There certainly was no more uncool band to like. Of the 25 or so of my friends who went to see the Thick show only a handful if any were still going to see them by 78 when they had Heep opening, to my experience Uriah Heep were painfully bad, though doubtless good at what they were doing I suppose. Somehow Genesis escaped this sort of criticism at the time, as if they had a higher calling or something. Me, I think Heavy Horses stands quite handsomely next to say, Wind and Wuthering, and damn sure needed to make no apology to whatever the flavor of the year was of punk and new wave. love how some of those cretins now "admit" to having always been Tull fans, hello Johnny Rotten, work thru your anger issues yet or the Ramones both of whom were actually pretty good but a bit of a novelty, nothing I can see holding dear thru the decades.
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Post by goodolboy on Nov 19, 2017 2:14:10 GMT
Which bands have opened for Jethro Tull? I know of a few but I am sure there are many others. Here are the ones I know of: Yes Mott The Hoople Gentle Giant Wild Turkey Saga Emerson, Lake & Palmer Who else?
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Post by goodolboy on Nov 19, 2017 2:15:07 GMT
Also, Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult.
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Post by bassackwards on Nov 19, 2017 5:09:19 GMT
Also, Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. Roger mcguin, MC5. Gentle giant. Are you sure about Blue Öyster Cult?
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Post by stevep on Nov 19, 2017 13:55:00 GMT
" I purchased tickets for the first night and had the opportunity to purchase tickets for the second night but I had an exam after the second night so I elected to not bother".
I attended the two concerts in the Usher Hall in November 1974. It was the first time I saw Tull live and the concerts turned me from being someone who had a few records and quite liked them, into being a huge fan. I saw concerts by quite a number of the big bands at the time - Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes & Deep Purple to name some, but none came close for music and entertainment to Tull. Remember buying a ticket to see Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) from a pal in the students union in Grindlay street for 50p and was seated in the front row in the middle. Did not manage to see much as there almost constant dry ice floating off the stage. My pals and I thought it was quite dull though we were impressed by the banks of huge speakers they had - this was our method of judging bands back then.
I did not ever think that I would still be watching Ian Anderson jumping around some 43 years later !!
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 19, 2017 14:27:53 GMT
" I purchased tickets for the first night and had the opportunity to purchase tickets for the second night but I had an exam after the second night so I elected to not bother". I attended the two concerts in the Usher Hall in November 1974. It was the first time I saw Tull live and the concerts turned me from being someone who had a few records and quite liked them, into being a huge fan. I saw concerts by quite a number of the big bands at the time - Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes & Deep Purple to name some, but none came close for music and entertainment to Tull. Remember buying a ticket to see Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) from a pal in the students union in Grindlay street for 50p and was seated in the front row in the middle. Did not manage to see much as there almost constant dry ice floating off the stage. My pals and I thought it was quite dull though we were impressed by the banks of huge speakers they had - this was our method of judging bands back then. I did not ever think that I would still be watching Ian Anderson jumping around some 43 years later !! Next year, in either March or April, will mark my 50th anniversary of following the band. Never thought then that I'd end up, in my dotage, still a fan Mondays were never the same again !
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Post by shimwooley on Feb 27, 2018 16:41:39 GMT
Also a band from Canada called FM. And in the Midwest 1982 I think, Tull opened for the Who. Ian was on local TV that evening and said "we'll play with the big boys anytime".
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 27, 2018 18:15:15 GMT
The Young Dubliners...who were neither young nor from Dublin.
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 28, 2018 8:13:49 GMT
Also a band from Canada called FM. And in the Midwest 1982 I think, Tull opened for the Who. Ian was on local TV that evening and said "we'll play with the big boys anytime". Hi shimwooley - welcome along to the JT Forum.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 1, 2019 2:15:44 GMT
Meadowbrook Farm Musical Arts Center Gilford, New Hampshire September 1st, 2002 with Suzanne Vega & TULL
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Post by pherank on Apr 28, 2022 5:06:33 GMT
Does anyone remember the opening act for the US 1977 "Songs from the Wood" tour? In California, if that makes a difference. I just can't remember - obviously didn't make a big impression on me at the time.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 28, 2022 11:02:46 GMT
Does anyone remember the opening act for the US 1977 "Songs from the Wood" tour? In California, if that makes a difference. I just can't remember - obviously didn't make a big impression on me at the time. Welcome Pherank Although the show I saw was in November that year, I seem to remember these guys
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Post by woodsongs on Apr 28, 2022 14:10:15 GMT
Does anyone remember the opening act for the US 1977 "Songs from the Wood" tour? In California, if that makes a difference. I just can't remember - obviously didn't make a big impression on me at the time. Welcome Pherank Although the show I saw was in November that year, I seem to remember these guys A superb band. Alex Harvey was a brilliant frontman. Zal Cleminson, what a superb guitarist - he joined 'Nazareth' and played on the 'No Mean City' and 'Malice In Wonderland' albums. A big regret of mine is that I didn't get to see them live.
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Post by adospencer on Apr 28, 2022 15:28:36 GMT
Richard Digance. Birmingham Odeon 77. Leo Kottke was unavailable for some reason.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Apr 28, 2022 19:39:12 GMT
I can remember at some early Tull shows they played Alex Harvey's "Faith Healer" through the PA as one of the songs before Tull came on stage.
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Post by pherank on May 1, 2022 1:51:24 GMT
Does anyone remember the opening act for the US 1977 "Songs from the Wood" tour? In California, if that makes a difference. I just can't remember - obviously didn't make a big impression on me at the time. Welcome Pherank Although the show I saw was in November that year, I seem to remember these guys Thanks for the welcome. I definitely would have taken no notice of the Alex Harvey band at that time. But there were quite a few opening acts I wasn't interested in. It's funny that no one online seems to remember the opener - even the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper reviewer made no mention of the opening act.
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