Nice tribute from Ian. RIP, Tony and may GOD bless
“Benefit” and “Stand Up” , if you get a chance, search those albums out.
Tull kind of lost me after “Thick as a Brick,” but after reading this you can count me as a huge fan!
It’s kind of funny that a guy at work has an Ipod loaded with all of his favorite stuff, and it includes Tull.
I had told him the old joke about the missionaries on an island sitting around a fire with the chief. A tribesman comes up to the chief, and whispers something in his ear, to which the chief screams out “ NO STOP DRUMS, NO STOP DRUMS”. This happens a few times before the man can’t help but ask the chief why he keeps screaming “ NO STOP DRUMS, NO STOP DRUMS”. The Chief replies “When drums stop,.... Bass Solo”.
We’ve gotten to the point with the IPOD, where as soon as a tull song come on, we look at each other and go “Flute Solo”.
I’m personally not a big fan of their music, but I like it a bit more after reading this.