re: #227 Barefoot Grin

That was cool. In the late 1970s I took my older bro to a Jethro Tull concert for his birthday. Within the first three songs someone threw a rose to Ian Anderson. Except they also threw it AT Ian Anderson and it scratched his eye causing the band to have to cancel the rest of the show. I never got to see them again.

I got to see Jethro Tull once post-Aqualung but pre-Thick. They were my favorite band at the time so I loved the show (although by this time all of the original members except Anderson had been replaced). My two bandmates were with me and they were put off by how thoroughly choreographed the concert was. They thought it was too much of a performance at the audience. Most concerts at the time were a lot more spontaneous (like Deep Purple and Faces). I kind of enjoyed some of the bits Tull did but I could see what they meant when looking back at the show. A lot of the continuity and interest depended upon tapes being cued up and played at the right time.