Happy Birthday Ian Anderson

[maxrandb]

Thanks for the great music. If you saw Jethro Tull in the 70s-80s, they were amazing. It was like mashing up The Who with Led Zeppelin and fronting that creation with a flute.

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[Easterncedar]

1. Still listening.

Songs from the Woods right now

[MIGuy]

2. My favorite

The only albums I listen to in their entirety. So glad there are videos to remember the shows.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Making magic. Thanks.

Three foot high Magnavox speakers blaring and shakin' the windas. Let's party.

[2naSalit]

4. Happy Birthday...

And many thanks for showing me, early on, that the modern genre of the time could be fused with classical music of any era. It was a big thing for me in my early teens after years of classical music being clearly divided apart from modern music as it was viewed by my trainers.

I kept my melding passions to myself back then.

[duncang]

5. Saw him play in

The Sam Houston Coliseum in downtown Houston early 70’s.

His opening band was Steeleye Span. When we first came in there was a ballerina in a pose on a screen above the stage not moving. Everybody was milling around with the lights on. The was a strong odor going through the crowd. The lights slowly dimmed and the ballerina was still. Slowly she moved. By that time the crowd was well into the smell and you could hear gasps. The stage was dark. When the stage lights came on you could see some lumps of shredded cloth on the stage. All of a sudden some Irish or Scottish fast music came on. The lumps of cloth were people and they went into a fast whirling dance. After a few moments the coliseum went dark. A few seconds later stage lights on. Steeleye Span’s first song. Hell of a start to the concert.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Yep, A Big Thanks

A unique combination of serious music but a cheeky attitude.
Serious, but not THAT serious.
Plus, Martin Barre is in my top 5 of most underrated guitarists ever. It's too bad he and Ian couldn't resolve their conflict.