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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Jul 14, 2017 13:35:36 GMT
Dave's comments sort of lit a fire under me. They made me realise that a lot of detritus as well as water had flowed under the bridges between various sites, and forums and that maybe, just maybe, a few of those bridges were in need of repair or rebuilding. That was made even more evident when I came over to see you and Martin in the U.S. earlier this year. A lot of folk, fan's I didn't know personally, asked why there were so many fan groups and what caused the rifts between them. I couldn't do anything but reply as honestly, but as politely as I could, not flaming anyone person or group, explaining that the issues go back a long way. Some I spoke with openly said they'd hoped for a reconciliation, again I honestly replied that I didn't think that would happen as the forums had all gone off along different paths with their own agendas, but that I personally, and I know you agree with me, would welcome a little less intolerance and would hope that the owners of other sites would feel the same way. I know you're trying to genuinely assist Martin as a friend [as well as Ian] in anyway you can, but I was pretty appalled to hear that your attempts to share information and access to Martin's music met with you being banned by one of the other forums for no other apparent reason. I can only say that we've moved on, if others want to go on fanning the same old flames, let them. You, I and we, including Erin, as a group have done our best to try, we remain as inclusive as we can be and I'm good to let people know that along with the circumstances as to why other fans may not get to hear about accessing Martin's music as readily as those in our group. Well Pat what amazes me is the amount of work Erin, you and me put into music of Jethro Tull be it Martin, Ian, Dee, Peggy or anything associated with their music. With no financial return, sadly I honestly do not know how much money we have spent (lost) on all of our various projects to bring access to punters. Simply put you sometimes wonder if its worth while to keep doing it. I guess we call it passion and trying to keep the legacy of Jethro Tull's music alive. Which makes the line "its only the giving that makes you what you are" very relevant to this discussion. With the sheer amount of projects we are currently involved in at the moment not counting this site, Facebook, YouTube, Word Press page, the manual and I am sure I am missing something else. We are also knee deep in projects working on a book, helping WB with the box sets, a few project involving former band members, helping Dave Rees mail out the US issues of AND, and its goes on and on. I know what I spend on time per week and I am the sure it is the same for yourself and Erin but I would hate to think what a weekly price that would be...say we use the conservative number of 20 hours a week on this site from each of us (3 hours a day) that would be 60 hours times 52 weeks, well you get the idea. One thing you can never get back is time, once its gone its lost never to get it back. So we have to ask ourselves is it worth losing this precious resource. Time is not on our side and we have to be selective in how we plan that so when the same old tired players play their typical games you have to consider the sources. I it took it a honor to help Martin, by selling his DVD (Live at Daryl's) and the Back to Steel vinyl as an opportunity to let people who for what ever reason could not attend the show or lived in another country to be able to have the chance to purchase. I found it a bit shall we say interesting that for what ever reason I was no longer welcome in a certain chat page eye opening to say the least. That said I can not really worry what others do, or say it only actually hurts people who might want to get these. I also know that their are many things that are coming to fruition that will be really too bad that some will be left out of. So I have no time for places that places want to live in their glass houses, who want to exclude and not work on way to building bridges and move ahead to celebrate 50 years of Jethro Tull.....I also have no time for the trolls and the shit stirrers.
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 16, 2017 18:02:51 GMT
That is it exactly Pat, if everybody treat chat boards and for that matter social group pages as their own the few who liked to troll and cause issues might be less inclined to do that. Sadly as in everything a handful of folks think it is OK to start divisive arguments with the aura of I was just asking the question. Sadly the question has been asked a million times and have caused many angry responses. I do think in the rare case some one might legitimately ask and as long as they are sincere I do not object to answering it. It is the folks that do for a Wind Up that are problematic.
Dave addressed a problem that has plagued not only the Tull world but a lot of what social media has become.
Nice comment
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 11, 2017 17:26:57 GMT
and surprise him
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 11, 2017 14:59:01 GMT
After the acoustic Rhode Island show a little group photo that Pat and I crashed. It was so great to chat with everyone before during and after the show. A special night shared with special folks
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 11, 2017 13:33:55 GMT
Seems these days with so many platforms on social media, it becomes a challenge as to how to use your time and resources. With the advent and popularity of Facebook, it seems that chat boards have become a thing of the past. With Facebook you just click and post a picture and you reach as many people as you target. Quick easy and simple. The problem then becomes it is harder and harder to have any serious discussions and substantive debate, I am not saying that it does not or can not happen but it is very difficult to be able to. It is easier for discussion to get sidetracked and trolled, consequently making it a lot harder to manage and maintain it. Its not to say that it does not happen on chat boards, but it is easier to control. So what are you to do if you are to maintain multiple social media platforms, that has become the a enigma of it. The difficulty is to find balance, and I guess that it is time for us to try and find that. Sadly this chat board has suffered by that, and now maybe it is time that some how (we) can try again to do both. These sites are maintained and run by the Jethro Tull Group (Pat, Erin and myself mostly) at a LOSS of money to us. It is certainly not the reason we do these, it is to try and inform and keep the legacy of Jethro Tull and all of the former and current and lets hope future members of future projects in the news and up to date. That said we are going to try and devote a little more time on this chat board site. Do not know how much interest it will get but back at it.
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 11, 2017 12:12:53 GMT
Having been very fortunate to go to the first 3 opening shows in Florida and able to get to 6 more for the spring tour... All I can say is Martin and the band just gets better From the April 23rd show at BB Kings
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 11, 2017 12:04:48 GMT
A Screen capture from the Landover Show
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 10, 2017 20:22:55 GMT
Well sadly a fiasco with Pledge Music has left a bigger distaste then the actual disk, Not a huge fan of the song selection and Ian vocals on it, sometimes Words Get Spoken and Words get twisted...and sometimes they should not be sung at all. I think that was my biggest disappointment with it, I did see a bit of irony in Ian's vocals in We Used to Know, or what ever its called on this....and old person looking back. I will listen to this a few times a year...not on heavy rotation, but more of a quiet night when i need something to close my eyes to.
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on May 10, 2017 19:26:53 GMT
Nice job your participation..:-)
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 24, 2016 18:22:38 GMT
Welcome Pat...please feel free to enjoy your reading, our Facebook page is much more active, but I plan on working on booth sites a bit more...so Please enjoy your time. If you are on Facebbok look us up.
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 23, 2016 20:09:17 GMT
IAN ANDERSON'S TOURING SCHEDULE http://www.http://jethrotull.com/JETHRO TULL performed by Ian Anderson
April 1st Waukegan Genesee Theatre United States April 2nd Appleton Fox Cities Performing Arts Center United States April 4th Kansas City Uptown Theater United States April 5th Omaha, NE Holland Performing Arts Center United States April 7th Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre United States April 8th Indianapolis Murat Theatre United States April 9th Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall United States April 11th Akron Akron Civic Theatre United States April 12th Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center – Proctor & Gamble Hall United States April 13th Nashville Ryman Auditorium United States April 15th Montgomery Montgomery Performing Arts Centre United States April 16th Atlanta Fox Theatre United States
Ian Anderson performs Orchestral Jethro Tull
April 28th Pecs Kodaly Centre Hungary
Ian Anderson “Best of Jethro Tull ” Setlist
May 20th Santa Cruz de Tenerife Pirámide de Arona Spain May 28th Loket Loket Castle Czech Republic June 2nd Rastatt Ehrenhof (Rastatt Castle) Germany June 3rd Bad Rappenau Blacksheep Festival Germany June 9th Vigo Auditorio Mar de Vigo Spain June 11th Bilbao Music Legends Festival Spain June 24th Sopot Opera Leśna Poland June 26th TILLOLOY Chateau Tilloloy France July 8th Burg Clam Clam Rock Festival Austria July 9th Eisenstadt Lovely Days Festival Austria July 29th Balingen Marktplatz Open Air Germany July 30th Erfurt Zitadelle Petersberg Germany July 31st Chemnitz Wasserschloss Klaffenbach Germany August 6th Faversham, Kent A New Day Festival United Kingdom August 7th Signorelli Cortona Mix Festival, Cortona Italy August 9th Francavilla Al Mare Blubar Festival Italy
JETHRO TULL performed by Ian Anderson
August 26th Stavanger Kuppelhallen, Stavanger Konserthus Norway August 27th Trondheim Olavshallen Norway August 28th Oslo Opera House Norway October 14th Las Vegas The Smith Center United States October 15th Los Angeles Pantages Theatre United States October 17th San Diego Balboa Theatre United States October 18th Riverside Fox Performing Arts Center United States October 19th Santa Barbara Arlington Theatre United States October 22nd San Jose City Nation Civic Center United States October 25th Sana Rosa Wells Fargo Center for the Arts United States October 27th Portland Keller Auditorium United States October 28th Seattle Moore Theatre United States November 13th - November 14th Basel Musical Theatre Switzerland November 16th Stuttgart Liederhalle Germany November 17th Berlin Admiralspalast Germany November 18th Magdeburg Stadthalle Germany November 19th Lingen Emslandarena Germany November 21st Frankfurt Alte Oper, Großer Saal Germany November 22nd Siegen Siegerlandhalle Germany November 23rd Mannheim Rosengarten Germany November 24th Düssekdorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle Germany November 26th Halle (Saale) Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle Germany November 27th Kempten Big Box Germany November 28th Nürnberg Meistersingerhalle Germany
Ian Anderson Christmas Shows
December 14th Worcester Worcester Cathedral United Kingdom December 15th Derby Derby Cathedral United Kingdom December 16th Winchester Winchester Cathedral United Kingdom
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 23, 2016 18:50:03 GMT
BACK TO STEEL USA TOUR CONTINUES
pictures are from the SPIRE THEATER IN PLYMOUTH MA, from December 15 2015 USA Tour April 2016
10 April - B.B. King Blues Club, New York NY 11 April - Ram's Head, Annapolis, MD 12 April - Mcloones Supper Club, Asbury Park, NJ 21 April - Infinity Hall, Hartford CT 22 April - Mexicali Live, Teaneck NJ 23 April - Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore PA 28 April - Daryl's House Club, Pawling NY 29 April - Hanover Theatre, Worcester MA 30 April - Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury MA
UK and SPAIN and ITALY 28 May - Mello Festival, Worcestershire, UK 19 May The Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-Sea, UK 2 July - Fan Club Convention, Barcelona 9 July - Close to the Moon, Padova, Italy 7 August - New Day Festival, Kent, UK
USA FALL TOUR 7 September - Parker Press Park, Woodbridge NJ 8 September - Natick Center For The Arts, Natick MA 9 September - Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA 10 & 11 September - Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry NH 13 & 14 September - Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, Rochester NY 15 September - Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo NY 16 September - The Dock, Ithaca NY 28 & 29 September - Freshwater Gallery, Boyne City, Michigan 30 September - Reggies Night Club, Chicago ILL 1 October - The Warehouse, Carmel IN 2 & 3 October - Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza,Worthington OH 7 October - Jonathan's Music Hall, Maine 8 October - Spruce Peak Performing Arts, Vermont 14 October - River Club Music Hall, Scituate MA 15 October - Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA 21 October - Penns Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA 28 October - Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI 29 & 30 October - The Dakota, Minneapolis MN
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 23, 2016 18:33:46 GMT
TANGLEWOOD - LENOX MA July 7 1970
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 23, 2016 18:26:32 GMT
10/28/84 - Capitol Theatre this has been out and circulated for awhile
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Mar 23, 2016 18:02:24 GMT
Ok here is the question for the day, lets see who gets it first.:
What was the oddest instrument Martin used for the intro to "Aqualung"also where and when?t was the oddest instrument Martin used for the intro to "Aqualung"also where and when?
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Feb 5, 2016 13:04:17 GMT
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Feb 4, 2016 15:36:26 GMT
USA Tour dates 2016 21 April - Infinity Hall, Hartford, CT 22 April - Mexicali Live, Teaneck, NJ 23 April - Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA 28 April - Daryl's House Club, Pawling NY 29 April - Hanover Theatre, Worcester MA 30 April - Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury, MA 7 September - Parker Press Park, Woodbridge NJ 8 September - Natick Center For The Arts, Natick, MA - 9 September - Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA 10 & 11 September - Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry NH 30 September - Reggies Night Club, Chicago, ILL 7 October - Jonathan's Music Hall, Maine 8 October - Spruce Peak Performing Arts, Vermont 14 October - River Club Music Hall, Scituate MA 29 & 30 October - The Dakota, Minneapolis, MN Many more to be added, looking like the Northeast is getting a lot of shows in April, and September
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Jan 26, 2016 16:03:09 GMT
Ian Anderson interview the Jethro Tull frontman discusses the new tour which focuses on the life of the 18th century agriculturalist Jethro Tull For over 40 years Ian Anderson has fronted the rock band Jethro Tull and has had cemented a place for himself in the minds of classic rock enthusiasts. The band has had hits with "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath", "Thick as a Brick", "Living in the Past", "Cross-eyed Mary", and "Bungle in the Jungle" among others. However, during that span Anderson never knew much about the man Jethro Tull. Yes, there really was a Jethro Tull, who was a 18th century agriculturalist who had several ground-breaking inventions in farming. Anderson took it upon himself to delve into Tull's life and now brings to the stage the life of Jethro Tull the inventory through the music of Jethro Tull the band. On January 19th Ian Anderson spoke to Musicfrenzy about the live show. Listen to the interview below or stream on iTunes or at www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rtv3i-5c0820
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Jan 1, 2016 22:45:29 GMT
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 16, 2015 13:51:53 GMT
I've heard that "Watching Me, Watching You" was the third song performed with Phil Collins, but not included in the video release. Do you know if this is true or just Tull legend? -David David Yes it was, complete with strobes. I think it was a bit of a weird one for the non-Tull fans in theaudience to comprehend. So, I would presume that there is film of it out there. it just didn't make the cut. www.theboyscoutmanual.com/galleries/?id=124#imageContainerI guess you never know what fate has in store for you.. That was probably the best upgrade to tickets that anyone could of ever wanted!!!!
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 16, 2015 13:00:21 GMT
From all of us to all of you A Holiday card for you to view.....and Lets Hope to Hear ... a few more SW remix next year..
Happy Holidays from Pat, Erin and I
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 13, 2015 17:53:06 GMT
Here's another LitP cover, this time by actor/musician David Morley Hale. When I first did these there was no video for Morley Hale's version, since then he has made a video to go along with the track. I've included it below. i'm waiting for the Maynard Ferguson one...:-)
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 10, 2015 13:00:43 GMT
A Big thank you to Alex for this informative interview...
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 7, 2015 21:47:14 GMT
congrats Pat....could not happen to a nicer guy.
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 7, 2015 21:45:51 GMT
Lucky old me :-) WTF
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 2, 2015 11:56:35 GMT
It's your responsibility to tell us if they all sound the same. Nice stash! Actually the Box set is better....LOL more "stuff" to listen too
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 2, 2015 11:55:48 GMT
(as expected) Me three. I guess the three of us should start the seeing eye club for men, but you did not see that here
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Dec 1, 2015 14:08:02 GMT
It's fortuitous that no clear vision is required, I'm blind in one Luckily though I see more with one than many see with two Me two...
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Nov 30, 2015 20:07:30 GMT
Definitely a wink to a blind horse. That doesn't matter because the 96/24 5.1 audio only Too Old TV special is the best sounding part. No clear vision required. , , Talking about Rod Stewart , , Right, ... I Agree !!!!
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Nov 30, 2015 20:07:15 GMT
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