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Music Appreciation

luv2fly

(2,475 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2020, 06:36 PM Dec 2020

Jethro Tull - Locomotive breath

Ian Anderson's flute work is incredible

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Jethro Tull - Locomotive breath (Original Post) luv2fly Dec 2020 OP

And self taught...there is a great read here... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #1

Great read! luv2fly Dec 2020 #2

What a great line. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #3

Covered That Song! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #4

Ferrets are Cool

(21,107 posts)

1. And self taught...there is a great read here...

Reply to luv2fly (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:47 PM

Dec 2020

https://groovyhistory.com/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-flute-stories-facts

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)

2. Great read!

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:22 PM

Dec 2020

I like his spirit:

Anderson drew the line at caning and his school expelled him. "I’ll accept another form of punishment, but I won’t allow you to get whatever mysterious satisfaction you get from an old man beating a young boy on the buttocks with a cane."

Ferrets are Cool

(21,107 posts)

3. What a great line.

Reply to luv2fly (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:42 PM

Dec 2020

He is such a fabulous person...on stage and in real life.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

4. Covered That Song!

Reply to luv2fly (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:45 PM

Dec 2020

And, I can play the flute, but I chickened out and played a breathy sample on the keyboard.
I played it pretty good on flute a couple times at home, but didn't have the guts to do it live.
I enjoyed doing that piano opening, (I jazzed it up a bit), and singing it.
That whole album is great.
We covered Hymn 43 in our 3 piece band, with me on bass. Both from the same album.

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