Serenade To A Cuckoo

John Travis Beavers

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Sep 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/13/96

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Speaking of Roland Kirk, I'm sure Jethro Tull, before recording
Bouree, played Serenade To A Cuckoo live, has anyone heard one of
these and are they any good and when was the last time they played
this live? I always liked that melody, and when I found that Jethro
Tull did it, and well, my response was, "Well of COURSE."

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Stephen Barlow

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Sep 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/13/96

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> Speaking of Roland Kirk, I'm sure Jethro Tull, before recording
> Bouree, played Serenade To A Cuckoo live, has anyone heard one of
> these and are they any good and when was the last time they played
> this live? I always liked that melody, and when I found that Jethro
> Tull did it, and well, my response was, "Well of COURSE."

No idea about J-T as such playing "Seranade to a Cuckoo" but I recall
hearing a recording of Ian Anderson playing this tune with Fairport
Convention at whichever Cropredy festival it was that Tull played at.
Can't quite remember what the instrumenation was (except Ian was on flute
of course) and who was involved since it's a while since I've heard the
tape. If I remember right it might be on the double cassette of
FConvention at the '87 festival called "the third leg". This was availble
in limited numbers from Woodworm but I guess it'd be hard to find now. If
it wasn't '87 then clearly I'm getting confused and it must have been in a
radio broadcast of the concert. I'd check it out - but unfortuantly a
large part of my music collection is stuck at home in England.
Steve

Bill Holt

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Sep 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/14/96

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Although I don't know when it was actually last played live, Serenade is
performed live on the album "Serenade for a Cuckoo". This was recorded
at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia in 1988. (On Stage, CD12062)

Christopher Norman

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Sep 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/14/96

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They played it when I saw them in 1992. It was a little
disappointing; the chords had been changed, and were
a little too soft-edged for my liking.

Christopher Norman

DDratb

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Sep 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/14/96

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They started playing Serenade... on the Under Wraps Tour 1984 and have
indeed
played it on several different tours since........ The version with
Fairport from Cropredy '87 is indeed on the Third Leg "Official Bootleg"
a very nice version

JackUzi

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Sep 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/15/96

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jbea...@cs.utexas.edu (John Travis Beavers) wrote:

>Speaking of Roland Kirk, I'm sure Jethro Tull, before recording
>Bouree, played Serenade To A Cuckoo live, has anyone heard one of
>these and are they any good and when was the last time they played
>this live?

I've got a recording (cassette) of a "King Bisquit Flour Hour" from
the "Twenty Years Of" tour. It was recorded in Philadelphia.

This recording has Tull playing Serenade to A Cuckoo. It is one of
my favorited tracks on the tape.

I also recall hearing the song in concert myself but I don't recall
the year/tour.

P E A C E

JackUzi

Biffyshrew

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Sep 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/22/96

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An extraordinarily entertaining video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk live at
Montreux in 1972, titled "The One-Man Twins," has just been issued by
Rhino. It includes a short version of "Serenade To A Cuckoo" with Kirk,
who plays two or even three wind instruments simultaneously almost
throughout the program, sticks mostly to flute, although he throws in some
"cuckoo" sounds from his "nose flute" (which is not the little plastic
whistle I know as a nose flute, but a soprano recorder with a tube taped
to the mouthpiece).

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