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Jethro Tull |
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Benefit |
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Didn't think Jethro Tull was a psychedelic band? This album will change
your mind. (Of course, most of these albums will.) Opens with echo
flute vs. guitar on With You There To Help Me, winds up with
mind-twisting tape-effected guitar in 5/4 on Play In Time. Stops on
the way include the FM staple Teacher, the delicious Inside and
the riff we all learned in high school, To Cry You A Song. This
Tull band features the aptly named Martin Barre on guitar.
Personal: I had the good fortune to see Tull in Denver. They were touring to promote the 1973 album Passion Play. It's one long (and great) piece of music, and they opened the show with it...the whole album, complete with introductory film of the ballerina dancing through a mirror. Probably the most impressive concert opening I have ever seen, and I've seen a couple. (See Zappa)
I'm going back to the
ones that I know
With whom I can be what I want to be
Just one week for the feeling to go
And with you there to help me
Then it probably will...
Links of 'note'
The official 'Benefit' page
j-tull.com
Where did they get the name?
Ask
the BBC!
Last modified July 24, 2003 06:22 PM
