From the DVD, "Live At AVO Sessions" one of Jethro Tull's classics. This wonderful show filmed in Basel, Switzerland, has been officially released and can be ordered here www.amazon.de/J...
I’ve been lucky to have seen Jethro Tull 4 times in the 70’s. Every time was magic for me. Ian Anderson is an incredible showman and musician. Locomotive breath is still one of my all time favorite songs. Glad Ian’s still performing.
Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull are rock legends! I was so blessed to be in grade school and junior high school when the British Invasion occurred! There were so many incredibly talented rock bands out of England, such as: Jethro Tull, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Traffic, Cream, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson and many others! Classically trained musicians with incredible musical talent! It was the golden age of rock, which will never be duplicated again. Jethro Tull, along with many of the British rock bands, will be a classical rock gold standard that will last the test of time! Music today doesn't hold a candle to these rock legends!
Ian Anderson was in Stuttgart, Germany a few years ago. My retired colleague always talked about listening to him in his youth. I bought two tickets and we went together. It was awesome. I am 40.
I see a lot of people are saying the same thing here and I'm adding to that group: This was fantastic. I was also lucky enough to grow up with Tull. Was 16 when Thick as a Brick came out and I was hooked after that and have been since. The current generation was robbed. We had artist who could actually play and were creative.
This song was the “first” I ever downloaded from radio to 8track ! Yes that’s right, younger folks look it up 😁 He was considered outside the mainstream back then, but just listen to his vocals, lyrics and that flute range ?!?! And has continued since the 70s !!! Enjoy all, there will never be another, I can promise you that. He is one of a kind to me, to me and others I’m sure. Rock on Ian as long as you can !!! 🎶 AND REMEMBER THERE’S NO WAY TO SLOW DOWN, OH NO 🎶🎶 !!
First concert at age 17 was the 1973 passion play tour at LA forum. Feel sorry for the 80's folks who never heard of JT or real music played by real musicians!
My 23 year old son stop by my place just yesterday showing me his Jethro Tull albums he found at a local Peddlers Mall. I turned him on to Jethro Tull when he was just a child. Turned out to be a pretty cool kid
Jethro Tull was one of my favorite bands in the sixties and seventies. Such a poets!! I loved them so much. I can't believe my generation is getting old. Great times to live. So damn cool.
Saw them many times. Their concerts were always the best. The sheer madness has always been energizing. I listen to this song when I need to get things done.
I am also 70 and saw them when I was 15 , Ian was wearing knee high moccasins and was hoping around on one leg . I will never forget it. They won't tour with the mighty Led Zeppelin!!!
Seeing Tull perform during their Aqualung and Thick as a Brick tours will always be in my memory as what rock concerts should be. Great music and wonderful entertainment!
Still bringin it 40 years later. Out frickin standing!! Anyone see their mom and dad in the crowd? Why these madmen are not in the rock and roll hall of fame is beyond me.
One of the most influential totally underrated Bands. No other band sounds like them, no other band combines medieval and classical influences and progressive rock like them. Thank you for you music and keep on rockin'!
There are great young artists today and many of them are on RU-vid. Check out Marcus King/ Marcus King Band he has been mentored by Warren Haynes and is an amazing songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. Check out Sina Drums. She became well known on RU-vid for her classic rock drum covers. She also has three albums in which she has collaborated with other young artist still in their teens to create some great music. Check them out. These are real musicians actually playing multiple instruments, sing and write songs.
Ian Anderson is still unbelievable on that flute. He is the ONLY one that has ever made the flute ROCK. How is this band NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??!
Ian and of course the whole band Jethro Tull will ALWAYS be legendary! THIS IS MUSIC FROM REAL ARTISTS WITH KNOWLEDGE, VOICE & BRAIN! THIS IS MISSING IN THESE TIMES WITH UNTALENTED PPL WHO TRY TO GET FAMOUS IN SUPERSTAR SHOWS WITHOUT ANY INSTRUMENT PLAYING AND FALSE ELECTRONIC VOICE FAKES!
There are very talented bands and musicians today but sadly you will not hear them via radio or tv. Have been seeing great bands across genres for 30 years
DO YOU HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING IN CAPITALS? But seriously, I agree. Sweetcheeks: Jethro Tull is just the name of the band. There was a guy called Jethro Tull back in th 17th century(I think), who invented a seed drill. When the band recorded their first single, they were looking for a name and somebody who was a history buff suggested this.
It look like that during the 60s 70s came out extraordinary musician like Rolling, Jetro, Pink Floyd , ELP, Deep Purple etc etc, but nowadays everything is lost , the new generation are only good with the internet and mobile phones.
He was at the very end of his voice here. I went to see him shortly after this was recorded and it was gone forever by then. He found a guy who now does the singing in his band (Jethro Tull is no more) and this guy sounds EXACTLY like Anderson in his prime. It's unbelievable how similar they sound.
I have my tickets for this Friday here in Las Vegas and can't wait. When I saw them in 1972 in San Francisco it changed my life. First time I ever saw flash pots on stage. I went on to be the pyro guy for KISS, VAN HALEN, DIO, JOURNEY, PINK FLOYD, MICHAEL JACKSON (after the accident) etc. I met Ian Anderson in England and told him he was the inspiration for my career. he peeled off my backstage pass, signed it, said "your welcome" and walked away.
Jethro Tull has always been special to me. Aqualung was one of my first 2 or 3 rock albums and my first concert was 1972 Thick as Brick tour on my 15th birthday. Hard to believe I've been a fan for almost 50 years.
There was an era of enlightenment from mid 40s to late 70s. The greatest music and musicians came out of that era. We may never see another one like it.
When I got my first record player, I bought three records. Aqualung, Black Sabbath Paranoid, and Alice Cooper Killer. My taste really hasn’t change since then…
I met Martin Barr in Cleveland some years ago and he gave me and a friend backstage passes. I happened to take my Fender acoustic with me and the whole band signed it... it's sitting right next to me and is one of the coolest things I own. Great bunch of guys... and a great show.
I went to see Jethro Tull in concert @the backyard just outside of Austin Texas about 20 years ago. They just finished one song, and immediately started the keyboard intro to Locomotive Breath. People actually started sitting down, but not my wife or myself. I guess we were the only ones who knew what was coming.
Saw Tull back in 82 during the Broadsword and the Beast Tour. They played Locomotive Breath last as usual. Let me tell you the place EXPLODED!!! Man what a concert, what a time to be alive!
If this great classic rock band isn't voted into the rock & roll hall of fame, please close that great institution right now, they deserve a place there much more than half the bands there now
So glad to see the audience really getting into such an Awesomely, Amazing song !!! Jethro Tull .. 2024 and.. FOREVER.!!! Hell Yeah.. Mr Dilly.. Approved.!!! 👍🎸😎❤️
Of course, Tull and a lot of other bands of the 60s and 70s are great, but there is so much good music and there are so many fantastic musicians travelling around in clubs or smaller venues nowadays. Just go there and find out, don't stick to your radio or your spotify playlists.
In the early 70's I leased my Hammond B3 Organ and two Leslie speakers to Jethro Tull. I did three tours with them. Getting to hear the best band in the world night after night was like I was dreaming.
Oh my god - I am reminded now in 2020 how GREAT Tull was! This is a great performance. Ian Anderson gets most of the credit for the Tull sound because of his flute (who plays rock flute music???) but this entire band is awesome! Great guitar, great keyboards and I love the sound of the double bass drum when he gets it going. Love it!!!!!!! What a great driving song!
Born in 1952. On board the USS America, I first heard this song blasting from Avionics Lab III, someone got the album from his girlfriend and he had this album just rocking the deck. I was 21. Vietnam. Off Yankee station. This album and Several others, BTO, Pink Floyd, America, Led Zeppelin kept us sane and looking forward to going home. The music of my early life. Jethro Tull will always be a touch-stone to better days and one of my favorites forever.
I saw them in 75 in Greensboro NC and he may be the singularly the most talented person I have encountered in Rock and Roll.. He played about instruments with authority and what stamina and a sense of showmanship.... Saw him about 20 years later and he could still sing like a young man.. got all the high notes... He may have slowed a bit here but you can still see the full on talent of this man...
I was born in 70. So I really didn’t learn much of Tull till I started working and became friends with a guy older than me. He would play Tull. I never saw any stage performances or videos of them till tonight. I’m blown away at their skill level in whole as a band but also their individual skill level and talent each on their own instrument. Tull is definitely at the top of the best. They and the band Rush would be my picks if I had to choose 2 bands that really have pushed being the best to the limits. It don’t get any better than what we have right here. As a trombone player and drummer I’m overly impressed with Tull.
We were big Tull fans. Saw them a number of times in the mid-70s. Tull, The Who, Led Zeplin, ZZ Top, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent, Deep Purple/Richie Blackmore. What a time to grow up!
Aqualung, my favourite album of all time. One of the first albums I ever owned , loved it then and every time I listen to it , it’s as good as the first time I heard it .
