Ian Anderson inerview
z...@hutch.com.au
About fifteen years ago (oh god really??) I saw a very amusing interview
with IA on tele.He was sitting on a harley in a barn ,I think, and was
discussing the many ex-members of Tull.It seems that (according to Ian)
everybody who had once been involved with the band had gone completely
insane and so had duly been retired. Anybody else see this or know
anything of the demise of ex-members?What happened to John Glascock?I
seem to recall something about his departure from this world.What
happened to BB et al?Any ideas?
Dave C
C. Currie
Mick Abrahams - made a few albums with Blodwyn Pig after leaving Jethro
Tull, then did a few solo albums and a "Learn To Play Guitar With Mick
Abrahams" instructional album (maybe Biffyshrew can give a few more
details on this). In the mid-70s, he retired from the music industry,
and made a fair amount of money in other projects. In the late
'80s/early '90s, he returned to releasing albums, and reformed Blodwyn
Pig as well. His decision to leave Tull after the first album was to stay
true to the "blues" sound, and, based on what I've heard, this motif
still defines his musicial raison d'etre.
Glenn Cornick - fired for living too much of a rock'n'roll lifestyle (and
generally becoming rather unreliable, as a result) after _Benefit_.
Stayed in the music business for a spell - I don't know what he's doing now.
Clive Bunker - left after _Aqualung_. If memory serves me, he served
some time in a group called Wild Turkey after this (was Cornick in this
group as well? and are they still around?)
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - left the group after _Minstrel In The Gallery_
in what was apparently a voluntary decision. Simplified his name and,
apparently, moved to Glasgow to persue a career as a painter.
John Glascock - left during the making of _Stormwatch_ due to health
problems. Unfortunately, he died following open heart surgery as the
tour for the album was taking place.
Barriemore Barlow - left after the _Stormwatch_ tour. Still played drums
as a session player in the '80s. I haven't heard of any recent
activities by him.
John Evan - fired by Ian after the release of _A_ as a Jethro Tull
album. Is reportedly still somewhat resentful towards Ian. Was in
financial dire straits for some time after departing the group - he was
reduced to living as a "guest" in David Palmer's home for a spell. I've
heard rumours that he now works as a financial consultant of some sort --
am I way off base here? No longer an active musician, at any rate.
David Palmer - fired by Ian after the release of _A_ as a Jethro Tull
album. Has worked with Ian since then, so apparently the fires have
cooled somewhat between them. Currently conducts for the London Symphony
Orchestra, creating an ongoing series of symphonic albums of the music of
progressive groups (most of which have received poor reviews).
Eddie Jobson - after leaving Tull following the _A_ tour, worked with his
own project, Zinc, and was briefly a member of Yes (though he never
recorded anything with them). Returned to Tull for one show in 1984.
Worked in advertising jingles for some time; now seems to be moving
toward a reformation of UK.
Gerry Conway - ?????
Peter John-Vitesse - left Tull after _Under Wraps_. Has worked with
various projects since then (including an album entitled _Horseshoe In
The Glove_ by the group So).
Dave Pegg - left before _Roots To Branches_ to focus on Fairport
Convention activities. Could return.
Martin Alcock - left before _Roots To Branches_. Not sure what he's
doing now.
Steve Bailey - appears only on _Roots To Branches_ album. Currently
making several internet appearances in territory familiar to us. ;)
Hope this helps,
The Christopher Currie
scott
In article <4nfr2c$5...@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>,
u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) wrote:
> In article <319ADC...@hutch.com.au>, <z...@hutch.com.au> wrote:
>
> >About fifteen years ago (oh god really??) I saw a very amusing interview
> >with IA on tele.He was sitting on a harley in a barn ,I think, and was
> >discussing the many ex-members of Tull.It seems that (according to Ian)
> >everybody who had once been involved with the band had gone completely
> >insane and so had duly been retired. Anybody else see this or know
> >anything of the demise of ex-members?What happened to John Glascock?I
> >seem to recall something about his departure from this world.What
> >happened to BB et al?Any ideas?
>
Glen Cornick - fired for living too much of a rock'n'roll lifestyle (and
> generally becoming rather unreliable, as a result) after _Benefit_.
> Stayed in the music business for a spell - I don't know what he's doing now.
I think he's some sort of salesman.
> Clive Bunker - left after _Aqualung_. If memory serves me, he served
> some time in a group called Wild Turkey after this (was Cornick in this
> group as well? and are they still around?)
>
As far as I know, it was Glen Cornick who formed Wild Turkey. Bunker left
to get married, and (I could be wrong) was never in Wild Turkey. Bunker
is playing with Manfred Mann right now.
>
> John Evan - fired by Ian after the release of _A_ as a Jethro Tull
> album. Is reportedly still somewhat resentful towards Ian. Was in
> financial dire straits for some time after departing the group - he was
> reduced to living as a "guest" in David Palmer's home for a spell. I've
> heard rumours that he now works as a financial consultant of some sort --
> am I way off base here? No longer an active musician, at any rate.
>
John Evan is in, as he puts it in the 25th Ann. video, the 'interior
refurb' business. He's some kind of interior decorator, and yes, he
appears to be quite bitter even now, judging by his attitude on the video.
Just some additions, Scott
Steve Bailey
In article: <4nfr2c$5...@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>
u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) writes:
> Dave Pegg - left before _Roots To Branches_ to focus on Fairport
> Convention activities. Could return.
He is on 2 or 3 RtB tracks.
> Martin Alcock - left before _Roots To Branches_. Not sure what he's
> doing now.
Maartin Allcock is part of Fairport Convention. (The double A seems to
be relatively recent - say last 10 years?) He has an e-mail address, but
I don't believe he browses newsgroups. Apart from ALLM which was more FC
than JT what has maart done with JT?
> Steve Bailey - appears only on _Roots To Branches_ album. Currently
> making several internet appearances in territory familiar to us. ;)
I thought he was just a "session musician" used for half RtB? Anyway
Jo(h?)nathon Noyce is touring as bass.
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In article <329747...@zed-inst.demon.co.uk>,
Steve Bailey <s...@zed-inst.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article: <4nfr2c$5...@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>
>u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) writes:
>
>> Dave Pegg - left before _Roots To Branches_ to focus on Fairport
>> Convention activities. Could return.
>He is on 2 or 3 RtB tracks.
>
>> Martin Alcock - left before _Roots To Branches_. Not sure what he's
>> doing now.
>Maartin Allcock is part of Fairport Convention. (The double A seems to
>be relatively recent - say last 10 years?) He has an e-mail address, but
>I don't believe he browses newsgroups. Apart from ALLM which was more FC
>than JT what has maart done with JT?
>
and some keyboards on it, though.
A short discography of Tull with Maart:
20 Years of: played guitar and bouzouki on the track Part of the Machine.
Rock Island: played keyboards on the tracks "Strange Avenues" and "Kissing
Willie".
Jethro Tull in concert: played keyboards and possibly some guitar.
Maart was the keyboard player and instrumental dogsbody between 1988 and 1991;
especially towards the end of his period as a Tull member, his real skills as
a guitar and squeeky things player were much under-used.
Reinder
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Edward Antoniu
u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) writes:
>Glenn Cornick - fired for living too much of a rock'n'roll lifestyle (and
>generally becoming rather unreliable, as a result) after _Benefit_.
>Stayed in the music business for a spell - I don't know what he's doing now.
>Clive Bunker - left after _Aqualung_. If memory serves me, he served
>some time in a group called Wild Turkey after this (was Cornick in this
>group as well? and are they still around?)
I used to know that Wild Turkey was Glenn Cornick's post-Tull creation
and I haven't known Clive Bunker was also in it.
>Martin Alcock - left before _Roots To Branches_. Not sure what he's
>doing now.
I'm not sure whether he was in a post-Rock Island Tull-incarnation. He
certainly was not on tour during 1994 (I had the chance to see them on their
March 31, 1994 show, at St. Denis Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada!, and the
lineup was Ian/Martin/Dave/Andy Giddings/Doane Perry). I'd better check that
25-anniversary programme again. It includes all the Tull family tree in.
>Steve Bailey - appears only on _Roots To Branches_ album. Currently
>making several internet appearances in territory familiar to us. ;)
Yes, I too wondered about that. But actually wasn't he the bassist on
Ian's "Divinities"? I thought that Dave played on 2-3 tracks on "Roots to
Branches" and some of the remainder was done by Jonathan Noyce. Steve Bailey
also reviewed some tracks on the album, as how those reviews once appeared on
this newsgroup as well. I'd better go back and check the credits again.
>Hope this helps,
>The Christopher Currie
As well. Furthermore, I anticipatedly apologize for any mistakes, which I might
be able to realize only tonight that I really did, which also might hurt some
feelings. I am sorry, it was not intentional, only a temporary lack of real
details about to be fixed!
Eddie
Beowulf
John Glascock apparently died due to complications resulting from
heart surgery. Somewhere I have a program from the "Stormwatch"
tour in which Ian discusses John's medical problems relative to
his being replaced by Dave Pegg. A short while later saw a brief
notice of his unfortunate demise in my local paper. It was a
tragic loss as John Glascock was an outstanding on stage
performer. I swear I saw him broad jump 20 feet onto a runway
during the opening of "Locomotive Breath" during the "Heavey
Horses" tour.
spb...@alpha.cc.oberlin.edu
u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) writes:
>
>Glenn Cornick - fired for living too much of a rock'n'roll lifestyle (and
>generally becoming rather unreliable, as a result) after _Benefit_.
>Stayed in the music business for a spell - I don't know what he's doing now.
The 20 Years booklet describes his departure as being more of a mutual
decision - he realized that he enjoyed "a rock'n'roll lifestyle" while the
other Tull members didn't. He formed Wild Turkey partly to find a better
mix of people to tour with. After this split up, he played with Bob Welch
in a group called Paris for a while (mid-70's).
>Clive Bunker - left after _Aqualung_. If memory serves me, he served
>some time in a group called Wild Turkey after this (was Cornick in this
>group as well? and are they still around?)
Left to get married. See above about Wild Turkey.
>Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - left the group after _Minstrel In The Gallery_
>in what was apparently a voluntary decision. Simplified his name and,
>apparently, moved to Glasgow to persue a career as a painter.
The 20 Years booklet (I believe) says that J H-H planned on staying with
the group only until he had made enough money not to have to do it anymore,
and he reached this point after MITG.
>Barriemore Barlow - left after the _Stormwatch_ tour. Still played drums
>as a session player in the '80s. I haven't heard of any recent
>activities by him.
Seems to be working mostly as a producer/manager.
>Gerry Conway - ?????
Does sessions and freelance work, mostly with various British folk types.
Recently made an album with Jacqui McShee (vocalist from Pentangle).
>Martin Alcock - left before _Roots To Branches_. Not sure what he's
>doing now.
Still in Fairport Convention.
Pat Buzby
Oberlin, OH
Geir
...and some words about what he has been doing before he joined Jethro
Tull.
It is well known that he was in a group called Carmen.
He also plays on an album called "Imagination Lady" (1972) from a blues
band called Chicken Shack with Stan Webb on guitar.
I have also an album from a group called The Gods, including Ken Hensley
(Uriah Heep) and John Glascock among others. I don't remember the name of
the album, released about 1969/70.
Geir.
Tom Nicolaides
>He also plays on an album called "Imagination Lady" (1972) from a blues
>band called Chicken Shack with Stan Webb on guitar.
>
Hmm that's interesting.. Wasn't Chicken Shack Christine McVie's (nee
Perfect) band? Of course by 72 she had long been with Fleetwood Mac.
Tom
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Edward Antoniu
spb...@alpha.cc.oberlin.edu writes:
>u920...@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (C. Currie) writes:
>>
>>Glenn Cornick - fired for living too much of a rock'n'roll lifestyle (and
>>generally becoming rather unreliable, as a result) after _Benefit_.
>>Stayed in the music business for a spell - I don't know what he's doing now.
> The 20 Years booklet describes his departure as being more of a mutual
>decision - he realized that he enjoyed "a rock'n'roll lifestyle" while the
>other Tull members didn't. He formed Wild Turkey partly to find a better
>mix of people to tour with. After this split up, he played with Bob Welch
>in a group called Paris for a while (mid-70's).
>>Clive Bunker - left after _Aqualung_. If memory serves me, he served
>>some time in a group called Wild Turkey after this (was Cornick in this
>>group as well? and are they still around?)
> Left to get married. See above about Wild Turkey.
> Pat Buzby
> Oberlin, OH
Now I am sure that, according to the family tree in the
25th-anniversary tour programme, Clive Bunker had never been in Wild Turkey.
My questionable adjustments to the other questioned info (Maartin Allcock,
Steve Bailey) are then acknowledged by yourself and the other posters.
Eddie
Edward Antoniu
Geir <ge...@bibgw.p52s.hioslo.no> writes:
>He also plays on an album called "Imagination Lady" (1972) from a blues
>band called Chicken Shack with Stan Webb on guitar.
This is just fantastic!
>I have also an album from a group called The Gods, including Ken Hensley
>(Uriah Heep) and John Glascock among others. I don't remember the name of
>the album, released about 1969/70.
Probably Greg Lake of the then future ELP will have already left this
group to become part of the original lineup of King Crimson.
>Geir.
Eddie
david whitehead
who can tell me about IA,s early musical history ie his learning to play
the flute?
Geir
Tom Nicolaides wrote:
>
> In article <319E1E...@bibgw.p52s.hioslo.no>, Geir <ge...@bibgw.p52s.hioslo.no> wrote:
>
> >band called Chicken Shack with Stan Webb on guitar.
> >
>
> Perfect) band? Of course by 72 she had long been with Fleetwood Mac.
>
> Tom
Chicken Shack:
formed 1967 in London.
Stan Webb: guitar
Andy Sylvester : bass
Christine Perfect: piano, vocal
Dave Bidwell: drums
Christine Perfect left the band in August 1969.
John Glascock worked with the band 1970 - 1972.
others who worked with the band in this period:
Paul Raymond: keyboards
Hughie Flint: drums
Paul Hancox: drums
Bob Daisley: bass
Chris Mercer: reeds
Tony Ashton: piano
Geir.
Geir
Edward Antoniu wrote:
>
> Geir <ge...@bibgw.p52s.hioslo.no> writes:
>
> >He also plays on an album called "Imagination Lady" (1972) from a blues
> >band called Chicken Shack with Stan Webb on guitar.
>
>
> >I have also an album from a group called The Gods, including Ken Hensley
> >(Uriah Heep) and John Glascock among others. I don't remember the name of
> >the album, released about 1969/70.
>
> Probably Greg Lake of the then future ELP will have already left this
> group to become part of the original lineup of King Crimson.
>
> >Geir.
>
> Eddie
Well, I think the album I am talking about is a "best of" thing.
The picture of the band includes Ken Hensley, one other person who later
was with Uriah Heep, a very young looking John Glascock and some others I
can't remember.
The songs included on the album were from different periods and included
also other musicians, who didn't appear on the album cover.
Geir.
C. Currie
Mea culpa re: Wild Turkey - it was Cornick, not Bunker, who was in that
group. Apologies.
The Christopher Currie
Larry Laidlaw
I remember the War Child tour in Niagara Falls,NY. The opening act was a band
called Carmen. The bass player was John Glascock.