Jethro Tull - The Witches Promise - 1970 rare footage

[singularitygirl]

coke or ciggs or weed or drink...all bad things for the respiration system....how can u sing like that and play a wind instrument? Well he did to my amazement, the guy is a freak (in a very good way, I love his work).

[TheJeffman1985]

Was this Beat Club/Musikladen?

[Iminy]

A fairytale figure that's just what he is, magic! Ian Anderson... And he's smart, too. A good business man. Not so many musicians did the right thing with their money in those days.

[leftyzappa]

I'm close to tears.



[doubleotwentyone]

@AlanCBrown With you 100% on that one...

[mrreddmann2009]

I was at your concert in Calgary with my daughter Suzanne, my name is Candy, it was in Paskapu

[SupernalOne]

love his choice of axes too - that deep full rich gibson sound - sometimes fender basses are too twangy, but the Gibson humbucker delivers a sweet voice at the bottom end - when someone who knows what they're doing is playing, sometimes one doesn't even care about the rest of the band :)

[fraaaaaag]

@SupernalOne OK Gibson is a good Guitar I have one BUT I also have a Fender because you cant get every sound you want from one Guitar; If you know what strings you want to use and you ajust the guitar for fast action and a smooth sound there is noTwangy on either guitar people who dont know how to ajust there gibson get a crapy rough out of tune sound...

[SupernalOne]

@fraaaaaag

ha, here speaks someone who knows -

[fraaaaaag]

@SupernalOne Ha, Takes one to know one...

[tulltress]

Whilst I love the great IA, I am disapointed that this was obviously lip synced. watch the flute kick in before it reaches his lips

[ByronFortescue]

In those times, lipsync was the norm, especially for tv shows. It's cheap and you'll always have a 'proper' sound. Doesn't seem to me the band is all that serious about it too ;)

[jethrot1]

incredible footage, thanks for sharing.

[katcarothers]

this band does rule but i don't like the wide eyeball thing that ian does.......just say'n it freaks me out!

[toanmorello2]

WHO? has tabs for this, im working on it as i type this.

I can find chord break downs, but no tab for the picking, etc. any help??!

please email me

[negtype13]

I'm having the Same problem!

[toanmorello2]

i found a jethro tull tab book at guitar center with witches promise and a lot of other sick songs in it, pretty sick!

[acapulcopaul]

Magical, saw his Broadsword and the beast tour at Wembley in the early 80's

[airamanno]

this is Glenn Cornick!! Jeffrey Hammond is later!

[julyvalls]

yes , sorry , you are right

[rockandrollinmegzie]

Yeah but to pressgangers: he is a Scottish trout farmer -still in the UK

[init4mojo]

so magical...

[rodrico50]

hell yeah, this is tull at their very best.

[9496tull]

this is awesome. thanx for postin

[deadgirl17]

Every time I hear this song I'm reminded of Keats' "La Belle dame sans merci" - check it out.

[Joepofoss]

Omg:O ty for the ballad thingie:O it reminds me too of it:O^^ Awesom^^ ya think its based on it?

[amccann7]

Ian Anderson is so f*ckin hilarious! He could've acted in a silent movie with those wild facial expressions! I love it; thanks for the post!

[pkew87]

damn i love this band...i had this video too... i went to see them 2 years ago... ian anderson its more fat and bald... but he is the fuckin master playing...

you could upload my sunday feeling, that's a great song

[alexvokes]

Fantastic Footage, Thanks for posting I wish I could award more stars than 5 stars, but I can't so I won't..... 5 it is then....

[3eyedho]

Some of my fav Tull is the out take stuff like this song, Dr Bogenbhram, Nursie, Up The Pool, etc, from Living in the past. Listen to the incredible orchestral work by Dave/Dee Palmer. Most excellent work, year after year!

[DBD2754]

Ian was always to smart to use drugs, the proof is in his longevity.

[casualtySR]

@DBD2754 yea instead he drank and trashed his voice with cigs

[meowandmeow]

@casualtySR Least he's alive. Can't say that for so many greats of this era

[SRNF]

@DBD2754 mhm not really. No offense but a lot of the people who used drugs in the 60s and 70s are alive. (Musicians)

Actually, most of them are. You can put the proof of their health in their wealth and good fortune to pay for top dollar doctors and alternative health gurus, medicines, good mental health through creativity, etc.

[classictull1966]

Great Stuff!!!!

I have heard that the boys where quite into the coke and weed.

[disraeligears13]

well you heard wrong

[classictull1966]

Good...you learn something new everyday :)

[AsrudGilberto]

Tsk Tsk disraeli When he said "Coke & Weed" he meant Coca-cola and cigarettes ;)

[disraeligears13]

well that's better, lol

[pkew87]

shit, every fuckin band of progressive do that... or done that jajaja.. that kind of drugs were part of the culture of that time... they just want to find "magic" and feel it ajajjaa.... jethro tull is awesome, i don't care a shit about drugs or not, cause every band use them, and some still do

[morgoth195]

I've read that Ian Anderson basically banned members of Tull from using drugs (except for alcohol).

[phileesarah]

Ian sure can put on a show!1st show was early 70s in LA & LONG BEACH.yrs later in DAVIS of all places.always a treat too see them! love his lyrics !!!!FLUTE STILL MAKES ME WEAK!GREAT SOUND

[jugoponos]

so nice, TX for upload

[iluvflagunlaws]

Is that true re Glen Cornick? Where is he now?

[ThePurpleHarpoon]

He is just superb.

This music is so right !

[Rick1721]

Great song!

[Rick1721]

Great song!

[peacejones]

This is great. Ian is so over this kind of thing, you can tell it's paining him to bother with it. Glenn seemed to be kind of full of himself like he was the badass of the band, or at least the truly 'street fashionable,' but he's a great player! Poor Martin, delegated to the acoustic guitar...

[jethrotullfreak]

Yea, Glenn Cornick was kinda a bitch to everyone and was always partying and smoking pot and shooting up on meth so ian dropped his ass since Jethro Tull was probably one of the only great bands in the late 60s and 70s to condemn drugs.

[WesterFaust]

Listen to Wild Turkey.

[peacejones]

yipes i wouldn't say all that without proof, buddy; i don't care if ian uses drugs or not but i've heard the famous rumor about a nyc cabbie not understanding how tull could be so rich and have to share one cigarette...

[jethrotullfreak]

read the book "Flying Colours."  In it there are a number of interviews where ian rejects and declines any form of drug use...i have proof

[pressgangers]

they was a British band, Until Ian up-sticks and went to the U.S But i can imagine that they would be in more comfortable surroundings in a country pub with a dark foaming pint,

[underwwraps2]

yeah it is

[Fastaris666]

Funny, my friend showed me this. The bass player is going nuts but does not come in to the song until 1:30 or so.

[underwwraps2]

Well I see it dose not say live any more.... lol

[underwwraps2]

Sorry I mean beatclub.

[underwwraps2]

This video isn't live, Its from the beatclib 1970. I have the whole thing, Its all lip syncing...... So maby you should change that title.

[PaulHartXYZ]

Yeah... it's mimed.

Notice how Ian forgot to play the flute when the flute part first started.

Funny stuff.

Great song though.