Not a lift of a melody by any means, but for some reason it sounds like Jethro Tull was ahead of their time. Or they were a little bit of influence on John Popper, don't you think?
ah yes, Jethro Tull. One of my favorite bands in the late 60's. Saw him 6 times...pre Aqualung.
This looks like the original line up when they were a blues based band ... Mick Abrahams on slide guitar.
Mick left in 68 to form Bloodwyn Pig, as he wanted to go more in a blues direction and Ian had his own ideas for the band.
Love the "Mad Hatter" look on Ian's face....stood right up in front of him whenever I'd see Jethro Tull at the venues he'd play...in those days, no seats. Just big old movie theater ballroom where everyone would stand around....Grande, Eastown, Grande Riviera in Detroit.
Yes, I feel they were ahead of their time in concept and execution.
Also, Ian is a better harmonica player than Glenn Cornick, the bass player. ---------- The Iceman
Hey Ice, I remember the Grande, the Eastown, The Hideout, all those joints. Livernois and 8 mile was my hang.
Popper's solo here is pretty much a masterpiece of phrasing--very good use of single low notes as percussive refinforcement, swift and sure triplets and virtuoso pops on the high notes. His use of the spaces between is phrases is also crucial to the effectiveness of the solo--there is the effect of a pause think and then the deployment of a new melodic idea. What is delightful, of course, is how closely he adheres to the song's chord progression--like Parker, Charlie that is, he can "make it all fit" in the margins the progression sets for him.
Poppler also does splendid work with Johnny Winter on this track, "Last Night". There is a light touch here, a nicely fractured improvisation. There is a wonderful building and release of tension as he ascends to the upper register and lingers there, seeming to do a little dance, a gavot or pirouette of a sort. Despite what I find to be excesses in his work, he is capable of being simply sublime as the mood suits him. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
That's Tony Lommi of Black Sabath fame playing guitar in the Tull video here, both Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre are right handed players. I think Tony Lommi just filled in after Abrahams split, maybe just for The Stones Rock and Roll Circus, then went back to the band Earth, which later became Black Sabath. Embarassed that I even know all that.
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@Iceman: When I was growing up there, Baker's always had names on their marquee like Miles Davis, Thad and Mel Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Elvin Jones who I would not discover musically for myself until I left town for California. My thought has sometimes been that I was born ten years too late. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
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