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    The Full Story The Albums From blues rock to prog The stories behind genius - and beyond! Aqualung, Thick As ABrick & more! Exclusive Interviews Tan Anderson & Martin Barre speak! Unseen Photos Opening up the Tull archives! RocK an Anderson isnt one for grandstanding celebrations. When Jethro Tall, the band the flute-wielding frontman founded in 1967, turned 50 afew years ago, he had to be ‘ajoled, prided and pushed into celebrating that landmark anniversary. Ithas taken a lo ess persuading for us to commemorate the rich history ofthis great British band, one who helped lay down the foundations for the entire progressive rock genre before becoming bona fide megastars in the US. "As anyone who has ever immersed themselvesin the world ofTlland Anderson can tell you, there's no one else like them. Of course their music is complex and groundbreaking —-not least of their twin masterpieces, Aqualung and Thick As A Brick—but it’ more than just that ‘Their songs take in folk, rock, classical, blues, world music, even the occasional foray into hheavy metal (maybe that infamous 1989 Grammy wasn't entirely misplaced afterall) ‘And lan Anderson remains one ofthe finest lyricists notjustin rock, butin the whole of music, Whether he's skewering organised religion, string the rock nol iestyle, digging, deep into the mythsand folklore of Great Britain or, as on 1979's Siomwaic album, predicting catastrophic climate change, he’s always been an utterly unique voice ‘We're celebrating that amazing legacy in this special one-off magazine, which collets the best Jethro Tall and lan Anderson interviews and features from the pages of Pog and Classe ‘Rock magazines, We chartthe band's rise from blues-rock hopefuls to rock giants, telling the stories ofthe albums that made them superstars in the wonds of Tull members past and present. And fan Anderson himself has opened up the band’s archive to present photographs that have never been seen before. So crank up Locomotive Breath, bust out the ar flute and enjoy Dow OL Dave Everly, Editor susscrciwicngcc 2 Features HHH HHH ETHIE 63 thro Tull’s blues roots eration robin [nection beta 12 Stand Up entorinthreatfonesneoeens tena, stapes ‘mee gts non ata dgltin- Beet Fowudeuieta'pepetcmstric 32. Thick As A Brick Sin cerca tne SRencclcealbooa at 40 The: Chateau disaster’ er re Tciokawtombet 42 Tull in the USA. awn pe aig te 0 Minstrel In The Gallery a, 54 Songs From The Wood Arbetee tp aboard mata et eco tome esa gaed erento Ian Anderson speaks! peep nsec ‘utsheaessomsarsinadomaty 66 Heavy Horses Teseanirr isd ondtempting sonar Syanecet Memmi oatssentgees iene 2 70 Folk Rock ofan tok kb Seomrtzaragqucion 74 Tullin the 80s See acini ry Tas 5 Send coarse 82 Jethro Tull vs Metallica ‘ery 69 all espa chata ‘Seneca si utara, Tull Unseen! Snindran duces ipbmcvesmémes ess ymeeirennaed ds opcebbecee dee nhs Prvg Round Tobe, sar ssa HG Tan Aunddensom: ProgGod recisicares dence 128 Homo Erraticus rom ror lm fin e204 SSintontrmce:mtehcbeageanaesc ET a go a & [eS ProgteSsion He's known globally as the wild-eyed, flute-playing leader of progressive luminaries Jethro Tull. Ina five-decade career he's covered folk, jazz, electronica and even heavy metal. With over 60 million albums sold, it seems lan Anderson has always been a stadium-filing rock deity. But it all had to start somewhere... and that somewhere was with rock'n'roll, the blues and the John Evan Band. ‘Words de Kendall Pott Kevin Nixon bepreethro Tullera. According to people in hat an Anders always cada avoided. But having caught ‘ep with hima th in Seperber 201 where he was prodaimed Prog God we proposed the ida anda chink fn the spacetime-prog-lcs contin ‘opened up. So here we are, nse Aaversor's ‘oxy tene on acobbled mewsin West London, with October sunshine streaming through the French windows and almew onthe go, made by wife Shona. Soar so good. about his childhood in Edinburgh were he discovered big hand msc such a lenny Goodman and Cent Basle though his fathers 78, efore fill Haley and Ess caupht his attention on TV. Wiha plethora of vis wannabes emerging ‘ontothe pop scene, sich as Bly Fury Marty Wildeand "dear /dCliP the nine-year-old Anderson sated showran interest in making music andhis parents grim hisist instrument an Eis Presley signature plastic ube, "Wego tmal-onder fom a Sunday newspaper” he says rememberi¢cos?2and sx and even iifhad been to and stxpence isl would have been completecrap. couldnt get in tune. twas completely uses Unileterned, Andersons father acquired Spanish gitar ray comers, Areron chats aaiscoonwsunece, with metal strings where nylon was required, “which ‘madethe ation rice high adams np” he lughs, bat admis, "Tmanaged tomake abitefanoise on there without knowing any chonds,"justasthe skile movement began to boom. was perfect timing for kids everywhere with imagination, musical hunger and basic bly. "There wer elements of Lonnie elements of vis and the big band jazz that leould te together” he continues. "But icwasthe blues scale tat L was playing, theflatena fifth, the minor tir 19111959, the Andersons relocated to Blackpool, Aged 12 and with TV programmes like Sc Fe Spal nd Halablon gesting ivemusic and blvesand folk musicians en Brish 1 for the Rist ime, Anderson lapel up performances from artat such ae Muddy Waters, who were finally coming out of $20-a-night US dives to European concert venuesand geting recognition. "We were faseiate by what was essential black America folk msi" he say. Irv rss and unteained, and quite lot oft ws acoussicrmusc and nce clecticrock ‘Soon, Anderson was itoexperiene the blues they hie ‘nearby locations like Manchester Free Trade Hall A standout show was by]B. Leno “Unlike most ofhis pers, he eid justsing cong about waking up the momaing fing abit Sexy heexplans, "these were politically motivated oy screams in the dark against the persecution of black inrites in the southern tates of Americ. Itted in swith the Wats rice riots the Vets draft ae the beginnings of emancipation fr black sociery. hat we whit kids in the UK knew nothing about that, As fara news he wes almost alone in hat ‘community singing about this stfin a clarion voice That impacted on mea great dea Not because othe police orthehistorybuit because | recognised the ‘notion in this man s voice Some of his most powerful songs like Abbana Marc, motivated me to get involved as Young teenage in acoustic Bes. Tn 1963, the leyearold Anderson began to sing nd play “srude cletrie guitar with his schoolmates John vans, adrumme and bassist ery Hammond, forming The Blades (named after a club in Bond evel ‘Moonie Wit harmonica player Harry Harley and other guitarist, Michel Stephens they found thet * pwsscoonwczce, JOHN EVANS BAND slightly shay fet playing hues and R&B covers at hoi Chrch hang-out the Holy Family Cob, ‘Where other local bands sue as Johny Breeze And The Alans emalated popular ands they'd seen om television when they played, Anderson admis, dolly, "We were a rotten bare to book ata youth club, os we werent adance baad, We eft everyone absolutely unmoved and where there ‘mightbe 20 peopleat the beginning by the end wold Justa case of illing cm deaf ears was fli eat cas Someo mats teacher, Paul Jones affections ‘Granay’."He was hore hl time forall he students" Anderson remembers of thesole exception ata heav3-hangod establishment. "He swasthe only master who, when he walked into cas, cxerybody would just top shouting and talking and just listento him. Granny Jones got through by ust being a nice guy and asually reasoning Granny put himeslf forwards their guarantor for an uaoflca ir purchase agreement with the ower of the music store in Lytham. Youkind of borrowed what you wanted. Irv ikea club gues ist. You had your ‘name an apiece of paper there and you went in and ‘borrowed an instrument in eturn fr him paying 10 shillngsa week, Hleended up going nearly bankrupt The group were also funded by Join Evans mathe, respected plano tuto, who provided akitchen to rehearse inandavan fr transport. few line-up vas seingc ther tho called changes ater, under the influence ofthe Graham Bond Organisation, they added bras, Evans switched from drums to Farfiss, teri, teribleongin® bemoans Anderson, and I4yearold drummer Barre Baslow was recrvited afte answering anal inthe Blackpool sea Gaze By 1965,a neh tmibure to Evans’ mum for the patronage hut dropping thes to sound cooler was ready to take om the cb sircutolthe North West, Bat rst that all important ‘promotional ban shot That's apreseshot where the guy next tome has no legs Andetson smicks while holding up picture taken in Studio D in Blackpool commonly known asthe ‘seven head, 12legsshot. The original photo had been taken with sizmembers. Then johnny Breezes guitarist, Chris Huey, came onboard to pay dhythm guitar. He was shotin dhesume studio alte ater on sown, It waste days before Photeshop so he was eu ot and pasted in the old ashioned way. Youcan certainly ee hein Also in the shot are “Bars. aged about 15, then Jetieey Hammond, then a one lunged tamper called Jim Doolin who never scwally performed with us lv, ‘Martin Skyrme who was a saxophonist who went onto ply flute aswel and John Evans. Iesasnapsiot ofa ‘moment in me where you have five members ofa fase Jethro Tall and ve ate player rom 197 FA asin Ply The shape of things to come, Joe Turner, ames Brown, Georgie Fame ad Sonny Stir, Some Stones, Sam &Dave and Oris Redding b: nthe JEB sound wasinflaenced by Book T, but that was to please crowds asthe seven piece the roadin a Commer van playing cubs such a Kitham Fizabethan Chub, Oldhary Toy Toenty and the Twisted Whedlsin Blackpool and Manchester That was the Northern Soul see," says Anderson ‘We had to-do those more obvious soul hits. td probubly thesiaophors players ike tb was hopeless at that ind of thing! Tick more relaxed with the jszz-blues feel. You've get to havea good voi black American soul music and didn. ‘Anerson stage prscna veered fom Eh —the sickname bestowed on him bybis bandmates after fan hha exetedlyblarted out how much he sounded ke lv and Anderson's own “distorted dea that | might bea msical version of Prick MeGoolim in Dang slightly mean and moody kind of thing” Since moving from Scotland, Anderson felt “my accent was abit ofa ‘mess anyway So [became the Patrick McGoohan of thythm and bles. “Atthis point Anderson was dropping playing guitar Abyg influence en ira had been Josny Breeze seer guitars, Frank Blackburn, “While the music wasjust {op 10 covers ismeticulous and accurate approxch was something that immpresed mea great deal. But bythe time Iwas beginning to pay bluesy solos we were already hearing nurs these hsb players dm ‘non, so decided Fé be beter off playing anaer istrument" Anderson traded in his Fender Stat fora flute anda mic and nen feltle hada ceded to More new members rested ina volatile relationship bberwoon Barrc and baritone sax man Tony Wilkinson, sometimes encing inf fights, offen while travelling in the van. “When he was younger Barrie's personality was always a problem cs he was phy, outspoken and very iia, says Anderson. "He'd speal-his min straight say which wasnt always the Best thing t do ‘Anderson saw himselfas a peacemaks, and on those Jong ahuousjourneys frm club club youre co semaincaim with camped conditions for hours on end, [eas ateallabour ofleve. Take one eight hourroad 6» ‘We were arotten band to book at a youth club,’cos we weren't a dance band. ‘Above: Firstimes talent show, Preeti Pi {rip to Strathpefferin the Highlands."We'd been booked by somebody o play wae we thought was @ bHhies gigand when we imal up they were expecting a ish showban plying flky party musi, Westarted te soundcheckand they ss, You don’ sound very > pay your to goaway. Ml give you half gst! We gorinthe van with ‘enough petrol to head back south” '§ fhe Doys couldnt make itback home, thesleeping arrangements the van go trieky, especialy since purchasing aHlammoad organ, Emergency plans «came in to play suchas the night they were parked up by Coniston Lake,“We drew trawsasto who Would have find somewheret sleep,” Anderson winces. "Sohn apd Ist and got outofthe van, ina horrible, whiey ppourig-ith-rain night [sa some sling boats pulled ‘upon theege ofthe ake covered intarpaslin, so | gested we nul sp inside one of those and gt shelter Johnand1 gotinsidea dinghy, pulled che tarp ever our Freads and ied to ye offto sleep. The Boat was moving about abit, then started movingabouta lot more. pope out, ad al could scowas the fact tha wo were ‘ow ou inthe lke. Lucy we were sll moored so we ‘wereabieto pull ourselves back shore: The next weekend the bays dew the shot straw again, “Two cr thecal us again had sleep ina complete pes-soup fog inthe middle ofthe Yorkshive ‘moons he hughs, "We pulled up nail area coal see some tones and things andabuildingi te Ssviing mist So we dled up against the edge of his farm bulding, or whatever it was. Dawn finally broke snd we realised we'd been asleep ina graveyard. The next ‘hing, we were running o the van, sreaming, Get us out cofhere™ {8 nealy’67, manager they dbben working wth in the North West called Don Read crammed the boys into Mini—now without Jeffrey and Chris bat vi scquired another fate Tall member, Glenn Cormick, from Blackpool mod band The Executives to go Londen to record dernos with Derek verence of MGM. Lawrence ws keen to hook thir up witha young guitarist called Ritchie Blackmore, but they aleeady as Nal 'Chick uray The recordings were never ‘commercially release, but Andersons songwriting was Staring to develop, TnMay 1967, the band appeared onthe first show ofa tea-time Granada TV alent contest, Frstiners "We'd been accepted 10 goon and playa song that Fd writen, [Take The Eas Woy fom the MGM sessions} Anderson explains. “hasnt very good, at it ws okay. Most bands were rubbish and very iutative ary THe bands stagewear that right featured lan ina black jumpsuitand he resin matching ous "remember very will" henods Weill gone to ge some sits smdeby Jimmy the Tar, this gloriously camp chap. so swe were all wearing matching hipster tmsers nd ie shirts, and being the froncman, was wearinga satin tm-pce outfit with slighty high-rise wrinkly mousers [eat termed the Gene Vincent sult fore good reason caer than twas some sort of Eis jumpouit, An absolutely enormous mistake JinanytheTallor had place by Blackpool's Nort Pet nd soemed eager to exter to every young-manvin-t- band’s whim, “Barrie was quite intinidated by ny Anderson recalls “One dayhe cameto meand said, He id my inside leg measurements erties. Td only gone gota shirt made! Another ime remember Tony being onstage ata dance Tony was aig guy and when heen ver to play bass sax, you'd so what we refered to as builder's bum. Aone poin when he was moving about, bending 1» gasicmcomemec Ss. would have tofind somewhere tosleep. {or Tuts" A Song For Jere Jo cjust went over the edge and his trousers ll dew, Briar, hocause right behind hi was immmy Savile who wasthe disc jockey jimmy was most amused. of group Amen Corner. This didn go dem well ith Anderson andco."Iwassoupset that they won! Andy Fairweather Low was this insipid imp creature who singin chslitle boy voice and went down on his [ence and id this praying thing Allche mumsand litle gsjustlovedchis mp wimg. [remember meeting him Stagg months later and was quite rade him, Many years ter {went to se Eric Captomat the Royal Aer: Halland, God help me, i's Andy Fairweather Low playing guitar wth in. thought, "The bboy made goed; and he dt in the most credibleof ways, instead of being a wimpy ltl singer he actly learned pi blues gitar Has off” snes didngve the band the momensum chey t: winners ofthe Firtimers contest were Cardiff pop hoped fo: hough they crossed pas more with bi banastke flan Maya's Bluesbreaker. In ate 1967. they played with heroes the Grahams Bond Organisation & Barking Technical Cllege, But that was more dstes thnexcting "While there was adrumsolo going on, [Bond] was at the bock with astrap around his rm, injecting hie swith heroin the tage. et turned ary ror the auudence, butt was s0 awl. More econlings had oecurced with Derck Lawrence thistime for C8S and mainly cover versions, wth ome ster recoding st Abbey Roada month te, Don Read guided them into the hands ofa new band agency setup by Chris Wright and Terry Elis. as clear the band had to get closer to the capital to ger mone out ofthe blues scene, and this new partnership ln November that year they packed up en masse and moved south, left homewithouta guitar” Anderson sys. Twas albour what could physically cary Se Hefr wth fa harmonica, atin whise anda big fatbookby jack Kerouac alld Deslatan Ang had aie suitcase abut this big [nimes two-foutin with] and abig, ‘overcoat tat my dad gave mI got inthe an al went te Luton toseek my fortune asa musician, In justa ew month, the Jn Fans Band Rize under the stress of elocaton, But Anderson stayed ina ‘mal esi wit Conic meng in ith his parents in London. Andasthey became fiends with MeGregor'= Engine members Mick Abrahams and Clive Bunks guitarand drums icwasa nese day ‘Mesnile back at Anderson tomes the brew’s gone cold and weve come to the end ofthe story. uthow did thoseeary days really sap his man? “The simple bass of iprovisition wasslways seductive andthe clement ofthe bles sae ot till resent sometimes in my musi,“ hesays. "But wasborn the wrong colour. in the wrong county andat the wrong timo have ever heen areal ies min “Twas happy leave tho spin ofthat to those hotshot professionals they dik much bees” sciocmacxaeco \rguably the first prog album to reach No.1 in the charts, Jethro Stand Up celebrated its SOth anniversary in unters to penning hits in king of one of the band DAY yesterday peep ter exer aire htie emai Eat marr pees e ieaererermey Ape |frnoe yee elegis | meen Gere ahem areata ae | eubahe eeetn oS een Pies“ oererrine | perme eerie Oe peg erar ol PRee men oneerice | Crue enee on 2 ere eS eer ret || creatinine Sree ae fe ena gape || rmrarpa erent ie Nusea meen | eraeseepee Tae aes oii eee ere eget ny Poses ie rei reetomart oe Ievear eager ror Ce eeepc | retreee e aea reereereitee | Priemeerteet enema ener eric 4 Lema canrueee — Seaplietrtinieen cata In har tic W 4 r Riccar $= Maylene the Ringinblscour e g Win. Peete A y “I've always said that the biggest driving force behind prog rock is boredom. That's the thing that pushes people — they get bored with three chords.” 1 thinke a couple of bandmembers were miffed" he sys, Tit Tel embarrassed for him and dida't want tomake things even worse, And ‘obviously he would have had absolutely no idea who we were, no matter what they said.” Ie wasa typically Ian Anderson-ish reaction. He has bil a career on confounding expectations, turning, left rather than right, marching to no beat other than his ows e's ac. appre has served him well daring hisband' 50-phis year career. And never moreso than on their second album, Stand Up-a transformative record anda key point in Jetiro Tull hlf-centary-long journey one that ‘marked the beginning of the band as wwe know them now. lsrealong way from Tas Vegas today. t's 4 crisp winter morning, sand Anerson ancl Prog ae sting in ‘lounge 700m in the grand Wiltshire Pile that he and his wife, Shona, have Called home for decades. 2019 doesnt quite mark Tull’s sot anniversary. The band forme in 1967 and their debut albam, the bus roc {indebted This Wes, followed in 2068. Anderson grudgingly marked the latter with an anniversary tour that began ast sear ang extends nto this. *1 did think about hiding under the bed and not coming out for 12 months,” be groans, ‘Bust the fact remains that 2019 i milestone yea, if only because it marks the halfcentenary of ane of their most pivotal albums. Released inJoly 1969, Stand Upwas a watershed forthe band, one that put them in ‘vanguard of the burgeoning progressive rick movernent aid Lured them into ascendant stars in their own cht Inlate 1968, ethro Tull had seemingly litle need to change anything, This Was had positioned them in the midst ofthe Bri-bhies pack, alongside Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Tiling thelr debut This Was wasa sly indi ‘Anderson's part that Jethro Tullhad nmovedon om ther initnlacund =| Sapna? Seferetheabumhadevenhitthe | Peden ‘xo tho Tuan shelves. The singer was already fteing tobroaden the bands horizons *At that time Iwas going to se, al the Marquee Chub, King Crimson, andthe very fiat concerts by Yes” ‘sys Anderson. “They gave me ‘confidence that cout be more aclventurows t ast iF Thad the musical chops 1 doit, Ofcourse, I digit have the masical chops. {had tospenda bit more time learning to playa bit better an write sors that ‘were ate bit more evolved,” ‘Anderson was writing songs for the follow-up that ited bis new briet bofore This Wes ha even come ou. Heran through some ofthese ideas vith guitarist Mick Abrahams, who as unimpressed, Te asm that he wasn’t interested and it wasn't that he was incapable” says Anderson. "It was just out of his ‘comfort ane. Mick was a dyein- the-woolbkies and R&R guy. He wanted to do mone of the standard blues kind of thing He wanted to make "This Was Ph. Anderson persuaded Abrahams to record a new song, Low Story oe aasingle, The tack swapped earthy [R&B for galloping folk rock. The de, A Christmas Song, was an even ct departure:a knockabout ‘Yuletide ditty complete with mandolin, jingle and tart festive ambience, it was dere eto a ay Mer Poppoawars nis sy lare MO) oo Re Biecie-l emia lle creatively responsible for. It was a first wet dream involving somebody Rl a ati tm ork city spelalsingin woodcuts when he got cll om Jethro Tlls manager Terry Elis asking ihe would e [asmigrces be interested in desiring the cover for ther second album, stand up Rave f be honest, haat heard of them” he tls Progtoday.°A rend of mine at school knew Terry and told ther could be great. done things For magazines and advertising, bu never an album cover.” lls and lan Anderson realy ke the ea and sent a limousine a pck up Grashow and drive him from is apartment ‘wer playing. "1 was so excited, 'é never been ina limousine ew Haven, Connecticut where the band before” esas. Tey told rashow tat they wanted a drawing ofthe band that popped up when he gatefold album was opener think tots day Try Elis and lan Anerson Bre discussing whose deat was to ave te poppin the centre,” e sys. "But wanted tomake chem siting down on te cove, standingup nthe centr, then walking away bth bac coves.” Crashaw syste process of creating the artwork took two or three months of work, ‘erson rapped by his apartment a one pin. “Here's this English uy in red leather pants, az ha looking completely out of pace Insubsequent yeas, Grashow has seen his work on everything from Tshirts torus. “rm lucy to have done Servet so icni" he ays. ‘ofcourse ther one element ofthe over that hasept Tl fans curious or ears. Look dosey and youl ee that tan Anderson has 1 ges rather than the customary 10. “Iwas st cutting away and nt noice says Grashow. “tert got publishes, started geting letes from ll over the world aking what iment. Feanimagine people siting round, ‘ting stoned, counting the Fingers and Asking what the siificance of he th Finger was." And wasitsignfiant? “Mo” helaughs. twas just an acient” DEV ‘marker of Abrahams disinterest that Ine didn't even play on te latter. “te was [who ad to have the showdown with Mik,” says Anderson “THe got abit pulled pane made some veiled threat. twitch point Tp down my flte and guitar and sai, “Right lets have it out, mon to man; knowing that Mick wasa big buffer ad of course he would bck down, Which was just as well ashe was twice my size.” Fisticuffsaverted, Abrahams left the room and the band. Jethro Tull might hhave ost their best musician, but they'd yained a Future Tove Story managed to sneak into the Top 30, justifying Arslerscns bold new ‘sion, but there was stil the matter of recruiting anew guitarist One of these was Davy OTList, until recently amember of proto-prog tallblazers The Nice. Anderson was fan and invited O'List to his North Lonslan bedat to tr afew ideas, "We went through afew ideas and thoughts, bathe was atleast as odd character as probably appeared to him, We weren't relly making contact ee seemed tobe very ethereal and wei and pot really capable of a punchy ‘conversation. dant think he ‘comfortable with me and vice vere.” Slightly more successful was an tonasmting young guitarist fom Birmingham pared Tony Tommi, who vwasamember ofa heavy bhies bara ‘named Earth. Anderson ike Ions and he seemed to be more broad ‘minded than Mick Abrahams. "Ho was much mare open to different ideas,” says Anderson, “Léidn' realise that he hod lost the tips of several of his fingers in an industrial accident, and be did have alittle physical ssuonoweataecon 8 Tomini was briefly a member of Tull, Jong enough to appear in the Rolling Stones’ Roc And Roll Cites concert movie, where the band played their 1968 single A Song For effey and anew smumber, Fs Mn. Ba m6 Decernber, be returned o Birmingham, and to bis ld bund, Earth, who would ‘on change their name to Black Sablath, “He di alright for himself, sll Tons” says Anderson warmly ‘One guitarist who had auditioned at the same time as Toma was Martin Bure, whose band Gethsemane hac played with Tull at agin Portsmouth, [Bare’s audition had been a disaster his amp didn't work propedy and the guitarist was a bundle of nerves. Yet ‘Anderson had sported a glimmer of potential amid the teclanical and personal snafus,“ invited hin back for Amore privat, less presmred lithe get together” he says "The pair crammed into the singer's Dedst. Barre hegan playing once ‘more this time withaut an amplifier. Afteriards the two of them wer fr food ata greasy spoon ca on nearby Highgate Roa. “I scem to remember thinking, ‘Fes a ex! guys he seems ‘interested in alot ofthe same sort of things as me and he's probably about avunformed asa musician as fam, 30 ‘we could sit down ana learn together says Anderson. Trhelped that, temperamental Barre was a world away from his ppredavester, Mick Abrahams. "Mek swas.a strong carscter, but he was terribly insecure,” says Anderson. “He would needle people cut. He was tricky guy tobe around. ‘Martin waso't ike that at ll. He jst ‘wanted to Deon his own most of the time. His idea of rock roll was rutin eary with a sich ine an Agatha Cristie book, whicia wasn't ‘amllion miles away from mine By the ime 1968 turned into 1969, Barre was the band's new guitarist. "The reimagining of ull was underway. Tain, acinar bn ‘ve F Barre was hoping fora gentle entry into the world af Tull be ‘Sone em oi was in fora shack. The first few months of 1969 wenea whirlwind, in January the band played a three-week ‘UK tour, thea flew t0 the US, where ‘they'd spend the best part ofthe next three months, sharing stages with ‘everyone from to Detroit firebrand the MCs toed Zeppelin, "You knew that was. pretty racy lifestyle going on says Anderson of the latter. "At leastin some parts of the bund, Ofcourse, there was quite clearly difference bewween the behaviour of ‘the rather remote and calm John Faul Jones and Jimmy Page, that boyish, mil, fun-loving guy ho always wanted to share his patos with vou. Photos usually involving sof frat." was in the US that Jethro Tull wrote and recoeded the song that woul become a key stepping stone in their ‘transition from bhtes rock eccentrics ita full-blown prog pioneers Anderson remembers bei hotel someschere fn ‘einen oof Ue Miiwest Therapie ‘when the banal manages, Terry Eis, collet him in the lobby an tala him. he nooded to write ahit single “So 1 said, Right, so you want me to pop buck fo miy hotel rom ain seritea hit singe? an he sai, "Yes! Challenge accepted, Anderson ‘efured to his hotel room to mace down. Awkward bug that he was he opted to writen 5/4 time — ‘emphatically not the tempo hit singles are made of, Despite this deliberate ‘cussedness Living In The Pst gave Toll thelr first proper hit singe reaching the Top 3in June 1969, By then, Jetaro Tull had already ‘begun recording Stand Up at Morgan Studios ia North London. They had road-testeda handfl of new sons ‘on their US tout, among them Back ‘To The Family, For A Thousand Mothers and the masculae A New Day Vester They sounded little ike anything Tull, bd recorded on This Wes ve always sal that the biggest diving force behind py boredom," Anderson says ne the thing that pushes people — they get bored with three chords or repetitive things they go looking for something ‘else. Your threshald can become gu low and you canend up feelinga litle been-there-done-that, Yodo need to stretch out abit Jethro Tull certainly stretchee ‘at on Stand Up. The fol influence that had always buzzed away in the background was brought front and ‘centre on Back To The Family, the gauzy Look Into The Sun shimmered with the faintest peychedelic haze, ‘while Reasons For Waiting possessed what Anderson today deserihes as “something there that vas ‘evocative of avery quiet more spiritual, almost choreh msi The kind of thing that I arew up withasachildin Edinburgh” @> Martin Barre recalls joining Jethro Tull and recording ‘Stand Up. ow did you end up olning Jethro Tull between ott reemnnre ees ee aeons a eee Nes fies nro DoD ereen et A rirelntiad Doe Le Pee te Es Cee re eee er) Seen aN Peete cesar es Reet eee on Se ete an Si ReAe tec tas ee uy erie a erat) Pet ere ee ear nn a they were looking for another guitar player, but ae eee Ss pee ocean Cn Tee rer ea ue Cuca! Pertenece ere eer eee Perera teeta See Snes ee td nd Pee Cae ee et renee tester PR nme etd Ue) See rn ent Pan ttc cee ir neon as ‘excitement of finally having the enportunityt play ood musc and great ges wih a great banc. As fat Pence ee anor Pe nt eee ey poten “The rst sng you recorded with all, Living Cee tema pent oe ee ee ee rad he reer che nents eR nT ier tt Pee ade Ces ee acy aT id ahem pene cc eae ae pepe eta ee Cae eter etnias etd eee sateen ated Peter ac eee ney “People thought we were old men because they’d seen the cover of nem EE Tae tea thought the photograph was real: ‘Oh wow, we thought you were in your 60s." nu crn Peeve tet eed eee wie eed preening Cori eerie erent ty Ca eee premetr enema pate etree eee eae) Pe a rer) ee enter rt) Sete eee Pea reer! Erie Cea eee eet eras Co eC a eee tc) ree ree ny area ete eee ee eed po CEN eee tery Pee ea ny Pranic nr Gr Deed Pre oe eer tL What did American audiences make of you? poner rieerenrnirciren vent See ere gn etree 1 ee ee Pe on Sn tere even oetey oreo ent Core ee aes) Pecos Cees ae dace iret at tk mL POC Ca ee eT ee ee itr Remeron rented Reon ee oa Re eer aera Pe ean ead renee et Pen ne ae ees Ne eae ae Ane ee a creer Cer Leo pd Ce rt eon Seater irene etd eee eT en een rre tert Een cea ere ea enone sts eee ee eee Re aad eee ew ere teeter en ceetctny oe aI ie Poe etd ne a Re Re comin) ea erate Pe ere Seater ean eee Me ey a eee a Reg red cee oe ey er ee ee Even more interesting were Boure ancl Fat Man, The ermer was playfully manie update of 8th- ‘entry composer Johann Sebastian Bach ate piece Bourée in E Mino, ‘while the lster incorporated tabla stv cytns and other world music flourishes ofthe kind popularised by ‘he Beatles two yeas etliron the Set Pepper track Within You Without You ‘Fat Men itself has been read asa dig st te departed Mick Abrahams, ‘No, no,” insists Anderson before changing course, "Well actually it was perhaps ate bit ofajbe because ‘Mick was self-conscious about his ‘weight, He had abit of puppy fat becmse he drank alot of heer and ‘was fond ofa good pie Teame up vith the idea when [vas sharing eakin ‘with hinvon a ferry on the way back from aig in Denman. 1a bexght mandolin froma pawn shop. Thad no ea how to tune it, and Mick was petting bit annoyed with me just phucking strings. Tokina tide it Don't Want To Be A Fat Man, wich annoyed him even more, because he thought twas ajibe again him ‘Which it was and it wasn ‘Anderson is cages about hisetber Iprical inspirations today. He firmly rejects the suggestion that We Used ‘To Krew ~ a Martin Barve showease with tang of btterswect nostalgia for “the bad old days” ~ stemmed from bison lif. In fact, he shoots down the nation that any af hissanes ‘were autobiographical “Well, aly any of my songs are actually about a given person or given rulationship” he says. “Someone like Roy Harper would write some quite personal songs that were obviously bor of personal experience in some ‘eu emotional or even sexta moment, But never wanted anybody tothink was writing a song just about ‘them, because somehow that would seem le a betrayal Still he des concede thatthe iter- generational tensions he adresses on For A Thousand Mothers were partly influenced by his relationship with hisown parents. “base! that on my cided experiences” he says “hut isnot jnst my chikihood experiences it's ‘everybody's childhood experiences cof growing up with parents who are telling them what they mast do and ‘what they must’t dx My parents will bine listened to that song and they will have possihly wondered, ‘Did he really hate us so much he wrote this song about us?" "The bana finished recording Std Upon May 33969. Too days las, they were back on the road inthe UK, before once again making another ‘transatlantic crossing to emibarecn another lengthy Stateside tour. 1 cusscraNonEccM Joinex may oat have, proved tee ays ‘ew det setts Before they left, Jetheo Tull played show at Plymouth club Van ike. Iwas anold stomping ground of, ‘theirs and this time they were joined ‘nthe bill by Radio 1D) John Pee, big supporter ofthe band during their ealy days "Afterwards, I said to John Pee! “Hi Joh, what doyou think ofthe nev songs?” recalls Anderson, “He said, don't like them. You shoul never have got rd of Mick Abrahams. You should have-caried on doing what you were doing” ‘Anderson was crushed. “thought he wo like it because it had randolins and balalakas and weird shit going. But he did 1 felt ike stab in the heart, And he newer spoke tomeever again.” mater Stand Up was release in aly 1969. It eae oxen a striking gatefold sleeve featuring an intricate caricature ofthe bard on the 4: the end, John Pee’ opinion did't I was going to see, at the Marquee Club, King Crimson, and the very first concerts by Yes. They gave me confidence that | could be more adventurous. cover courtesy of American woexlcut artist James Grashow and a 3D pop-up inset that sae the band iterally ving upto the album's title Seheo Tull were ia the US when they heard that Std Up had reschee ‘Noa back home. Anderson can’ recall ‘exactly where, but he's fairly sure that Joe Cocker was present remember having beeakiast when Joe Cocker walked inane teld me chat ind Up had gone to Noa in the album ‘rts. sai, (Oh won. That's nie 1 don't suppose you're going tof all that bacon are you, Joe? I ‘bring to ea it cou Thave abit This too, sa typically Lan Anderson ish reaction. There would b celebratory party, not even the popping ‘ofa champagne cor, let alone anytbing Teen a8 a hairy 20-something Anderson seemed out of step Wi bis contemporaries: young fogey in atatteced army greatcont, remote ‘observer rather than an active participant, When the counterculture came knockingon his door, be hid bbehind the curtains and pretended he was out “hal very lite relationship with allthat,” he recalls today "Tremerber foing to chibs and everyone else being plastered, knocking back beers and brandies and whatever else. did't drink, I certainly did't take drugs 1 genuinely felt ruled out of that whole thing Fe doesnt scuna regretful when be says this, Instead ne cites imi Hendrix as «cautionary tale against the more extreme aspects of the rock'ntoll este, Phe pair had crossed paths wen Jethro Tull supported the guitarist in Stockholm earlier in 1960, "Tony spoke to him ‘nce, while we were both smoking cigarettes in acorridor before a press ‘conference that he didn't want to do ‘He was having 2 litte quiet, private time, He seemed ikea man who was really uncomfortable with what he was becoming” ‘ix months later, Tull found themselvescon the same bill Hendrix ata big US festival Things ha changed. "Fe was surrounded by this phalanx of groupies-come-drue ealers-come-boddyguard-come= ‘whatever. Harmful people. And we now how tha turned out” ‘What Anderson did shate with Hendrix wasa sense of showmanship. The first recorded instanceof his attacking his flute while standing ‘on one leg was atthe Rock And Roll Gres at the end of 1968 But as the stages got bigger and his confidence arew, be began to inhabit the role ‘oftwitehing spinning lute-handed wild man. “The way it happens isthat you pet Jost in the moment onstage, then yout see photographs of yourself and read people talking about you And you think: OK, I'm getting noticed so Td better be that guy’ You start te seconstruct the whele thing privately ‘You think, "What am I doing that makes people think Pim on amphetamines or just ‘ermerted?" And then srdlenly you're onstage in aacodpiece and tights, playing the flute” Conteived or not. it ‘worked Jethro Tull profile began to growin the UK and the US — thelatter assisted [by a second stint supporting Led Zeppelin throughout the summer 0f1969. Anderson could have heen forgiven for allowing himself to sit back and think, Job done’ but there was still a nagging fear that it might all be some kind of horrible accident. i ens Pe Se) Pen rea aU adic) was reluctant lan Anerson who embarked a thous Soth aniversary tour.“ embarrassed by that kind of hig” He says. "Iwanted ta hide under the bed and not come aut for 12 mons.” The tour also mean that anderson put the wrtingand recording of hits album since 2014 Homo Erratic rather jut putiton te back burner and nt unt can press the i" button propel again.” Before hing the road, anderson and his band hod writen and recorded he muse for seven Sores, and completed vocals ad lt for two Of them. “We ried to make fas ve 35 possible hesays Thesiger saysthe album's ike t feature 12 tracks. "The intention that seve of them are ull band rock numbers, andthe other te Bare things intend to record alone with justan ‘couse uta and voice. ie the valet and Simamic eters of dong very spartan acoustic things alongside things wt ful band members.” He’ cagey today aout spec etal. “Ohno, Lunt its gto the stage where doing artwork ‘oF maybe even the pont of release is best to keep Schuum. The minute you start taking about song tes ‘album tiles oral themes, you're ying your hands behind your back. A this stage, nothings setinstone. That isn stopping him toying withthe notion of releasing the alum ina ferent way ~o¢ perhaps ot eve releasing ita an album at al, "Part of me thinks, "Would be nice to do tree EPs, each of ‘them four or five mons agar? Would that be ‘alistying forthe fans more than me?" hesays. “Having sad all ofthat, this cou be a rubbish album ant never ge release, because getting a btald ant constant reminded hat only Rave aie ‘hile ahead of me ae shoud probably spend that time doing ve shows.” DEV id [think “Blow me, we're famous?" he says. "Yes ‘lov me, Tim famous in Melods Maker, but blow rng, I'm certainly not famous and Tal, Spain, North Ameria or anywhere ce in the world You might have bl sour first Noa album but ely inthe UK. And it coukl also be your first and last Noa album anywhere, Youre ‘constantly reminded of all he one-hit ‘wonders who have passed through ‘own. Retcospectively Stand Up has been viewed as the point st ‘which lan Anderson assurned control ofthe ban he had helped to foun two years caer I's claim he doesn't ‘sgzee with ~ at least not quite. ‘It wasn't ally a question. ‘ofassumingcontral it wasa fentle transition rally. 1 suppose it was more of a democracy to begin sith ‘But then there wasnt a busting amount to relly discuss. There was 19 formal gathering to thrash ceased ut issues | suppose ast ie progressed tre was probably more coming ae ter Poems peri nd from me in teams of input than ansbody else inthe band. But it did't really get to be what you would cll ‘control unt probably 2074 0 75 enign dietstorship or net the approach worked, Tul rounded out 1960 with wind in thei sails — wind that would carry them through recording the follow-up, Benefit, and ‘eventually onto Aqualung, the album that would elevate them to the superstar bracket. But all tat was in the future, After the necessary false start of Ths Ws, Stand Up provid a significant marker in Jethro Tull lengcaree Todas, Anderson looks back on it vith fondness. “Isce it through slightly rosy spectacles, ofcourse, says Anderson, But when people ask me what my fsvourite Jethro Tull album is, Stand Up willalways be one ofthe two or three that mention. The reason is that its the frst abu that fet creatively responsible fr. te was first wet dream involving somebody clse atthe same time, I's incorrect to say that we ‘wouldn't have carved on without it, br things con have been very different for us” ® sssepowainecs a Se een ere eee eee nem Oe ec but its creation wasn't easy. On its 40th anniversary in 2011, lan Anderson and full Pre ented eee ee ae cae ec ee Se oe a Pee ere ree ne en ce erasers ed Eee acy ces cee een e at oe ere ee ee) Cee an are ec aa Theprog rock canon would be considerably poorer forthe absence ee ee men ce eee ree nen cere Toe eee ey ree eer a Rua erm ene as Peretti ee eemanetet ent ee oe eet eae et er cae eee Perera er ee een eT cao en eee ee ners peer ee eet eae ee ee Peet ene eee eee ad aside loks considerably younger than his 63 yeas. And given his en een i ese See eet er ee re See ee eee ete ate Pere ee eer een eee eee oe a ein ean him whatherit realy este 0 yearssince the nase of Agung. eee ee eer ee ee ceed BC eee een eT cer eres ee Tee eee al er ere ee eee rie eee eee ate eee Cree teeny ae eeneeete ee nee ere tes ee et ee ne henna ce eee ene et ted See Reset eres ated Se eee a een tet es eee ne ear eee ed Pe ee eae eee eee ns eee ee ee ee ee end distant and complexone, net least because the adventurous and STULU TL) See en ceo ent ca ret eee eames) eee eee ee eee ee ere ee ene ae ee eee a ens ee eee Cron ieeee ec nt cena it poner “These songs sem o stand the tes oftime pty well because Pear i aes ener ne et See cas oN ce ens cee ee ee eee ree ee See remaster ted arene ee eet Pee ee eee seen ee ene eee ene te eaten ieee ony eee hr een ce eee TT eee ne ne ee ne eet ec ey aS recent neces ieee tae at a Ey GLENN CORNICK “elt could stil contribute.” [Although hed been fed from the band before Aqulung was recorded, bassist Glenn Comick was involved in the eat stutio sessons. “| recorded a song fr album called Wendling Aboud hich was eventually released as Wonding Againon the Living io The Pas abur. also dd the firstversion of My God. m also onthe backing trecks fora couple ofother songs although Icant be speci as to which ones they might be CComickhad been a member ofthe John Evens Smash before this bend became lethro Tul “Taber nos of lacal band Blackpool andoinedthisone when thay were stil called The Blades. They ‘were only one inthe area coing out of Town igs hich was quite a ig doal” ‘Atte playing onthe frst hve Tull albums, Comick was dismissed in December 1970, “Ai the end of an American tour courmanager told me | was being sacked. Probaby lan felt he wasnt setting aleng with ma However, nought our lationship was pretty ‘good. I's ashame, because fet Teoulé stil contribute Boforethishapponed Comick wert into the newiy opened Morgan Stas intondon with Tl. to start work on vwhabwould become Aquelung “Wea real problems with the studio so abandoned the idea of recording there, By the time, the band wentint sland Studosin Basing Sireel and property got down io recording | wasn't tere anymore" Despite nalonger being a member of hebana.Comickwwas sil equltly Intouch ath onmor te of hie erstwhile bandmates, and hac an insightinto how things were romressing, “Teno they hac homendous problems at the new location as well And think you can hear this in the albums” MD 2 cusscrocennec hubitatin terms of water and food andthe quay ofsirthet we ‘eathe, 9s people catinseto take resources without a longer term plan, So Lxeratin Breaths the song that deals with those issues, Ofcourse tthe albus tie trackthat has the most obvious aye(o grind: is cetal point underpinnehy Aquasonic “srtwork of which more ltr, Farmer than ust atonguesn-check portrayal fa ramp pti c pss brn ck thesong reminsextremey coset lan Anderson heart anoblquebut heart plea for compassion for anc flow man, “Agiskngisa song boot homeless people but more importantly itsasong about our reaction those ous that are fortunate enough tohave homes, tohavea degree of wealth and happinessand family and rend an suppor” besays. "Ws abou ou reaction, fg ‘iat, awewardnes nd confision al thes thingsthat we el ‘when were confronted with the reality of thehomeles, whether its ‘he slighly Chaplin aquetranap figure on te Agua album or ‘whesberitsa 17-year-old young criminal drap-addied or ‘workinginthe sex tide or whatever tight be. Homelessness has shifted in terms ofthe age and the demographic changed rom Jhow [remeraber homes people trampsas they werein may day, “Trans were homeless people uc they had a cerain dignity abou ‘them. These das its more ofa socal frightening paesomenon and one that we fel more gui and awkwardness abou dealing swith 1ebinkc™ nike so many albus released daring prog ary They, Aguln now sens extracrainarlypraghctic piece of work, and as ts author earmstohistheme, swiftly becomes apparent that spending thelist 40 year singing thet tack to aaberces all ‘over the plants causedAradrson to think very deeply abou she ‘ssaesit ase Tveseen ts often, You se someone who's lea in desperate need of sone hep. whxsher ssa few eins or the contents of our ‘walk and you blank ther oa. he say, looking memearly Feeorn. “The more yoaivein hat Maden Avene werd of fluence in ha busines-diven,comamercals-diven teste you can just ceaseto ste them. hts the samen te milla upper rankingsofany major Indian cry. Thereareinvisve people those ‘hat are so far davon te sacs that ty become nse Iemanele, being in incia with people who are weak; that theyre able orem absolsely watched these people. They justhavea er thar says "Theyre nother and they can walkby ‘without noi them. ls quite borsfying and deeply wounding to sets happen, but maybe yout there fr long ‘ently bene ike the lacalb ad you'd become blr tote aswell Sothar’ Agua. Thats whatitmeanstomeaferalliiese iE om year. snot shen ein 12 milion copies alam oF Preemie aens ‘whteveritistsanalbumosongsandsomecftiemstiltouch gaa me when [singthem ortakaboutthem othisday-tsnothardto ica getup anal sing asong ke hat and sil eli The epeition does Dar what's going on in there” ‘Ona marscal ewl, Aqutig tind outs majoemiestonein both theewcltion of eto Tllas.a creative force andthe

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