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Jim Slade's avatar

I always feel like, if I could edit out all the things that make me uncomfortable about Jethro Tull, starting with the flute and Ian Anderson's inflated delivery, that I'd have a band I could fully like, Fairport Conventiin's nasty kid brother.

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Brad Kyle's avatar

Nice catch-up on these lives, Tom! Pardon my brag, but you're right about the dearth of early-'70s Tull concert recordings. However, I've got both "TAAB" and "A Passion Play" in the film and "tapes" of my memories, having seen both tours on their Houston stops!

I was a high school junior for the "Brick" one, and a senior during the "APP" tour. They're the specific performances that inform my assertion that Anderson is certainly the most underrated of rock front men, and I have no problem declaring him the most creative, entertaining, and most talented front man in rock.....ever.

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