Jethro Tull - Nothing is Easy - Tanglewood 1970

[Gyurci77]

hehe the guy who just went up the stage was cool :D

[thelandingzonegrille]

Cool i love tangleewood great shows when and if you find out about them ....

But i saw jackson brown with bonnie rait

The moody blues there are so nice

I saw steely dan this summer good show

Check out tanglewood its cool

------ joe from thelandingzonegrille

Burlington ct

[guruu13]

they start playing at about 4:10 fyi

[prollymunna]

Glenn Cornick was a monster on bass. Want more footage of him.

[davidratcliffe1]

I saw this lineup at the Miami Jai-alai Fronton. Excellent.

[green3825]

Truly an honor to be invited to play at Tanglewood. You who are not from Massachusetts won't get that.

[toxicpizza72]

lineup here : vocal: Ian anderson,Bass:Glenn Cornick,guitar: Martin Barre, Drums : Clive Bunker,hammond-organ/piano: John Evan.

The story says Glenn Cornick got sacked cause of beeing a party wildman,shame,he was a really wildman at the bass-strings also..This is my favourite JT-lineup.

[moarscooby]

This is before the worthless bass guitar player jeffrey hammond hammond joined. that chap may as well played a damn trout he was soooo bad.....

[Eaglefly124]

Ben, you have my deep & undying affection for posting this. THANK YOU!!!

[harvestsoulfly]

What am I seeing at 0:48?

[davidratcliffe1]

@harvestsoulfly  The camera turned sideways.

[noclouds111]

@harvestsoulfly Looks to me like the camera was turned sideways/90 degrees. Tilt your head toward the left a bit. In this view, you see people in the audience milling about. The dark part on the left is the roof, which extends over those sitting closest to the stage.

[TakaPihanPoika]

This is awesome :) great

[AmSmartOne]

Post-pre Jeffery.

[catperson73]

FANTASTIC!!

[phyuckyeu]

I uploaded a SICK REMASTER of this concert, and the headliner The Who, in my uploads. Thanks for this original mix BR.

[mandomaniac99]

What great music the 70's had to offer. I love it...the long hair, head bands, knee high boots, not to mention a key ingredient missing in today's music...talent and creativity. Ian Anderson did get beat up by the critics. Robert Hilburn of the LA Times was always giving him shit..."Tull rhymes with dull" was one line I remember. Well music stands the test of time and Tull still holds up. I still love listening to these guys after all these years.

[geffel]

@mandomaniac99 Don't despair. There are tons of amazing modern prog bands. I worked at a company with a 19 year old who has formed a serious prog rock band (An Endless Sporadic - google it). They don't dress 70s style but they do wear their hair long; most importantly the music is thoughtful, complex & interesting. And I now work with a guy in his twenties who is in a prog rock band (Metrognome) in Los Angeles. I recommend looking on CD Baby d ot co m for new prog. There's good stuff to be found

[mandomaniac99]

@geffel Thanks, I'll check them out. There is also a great UK prog rock band called Mostly Autumn. Yes there is hope and there are a lot of good bands out there. My comment was directed at the musical mainstream which is of course hopeless. I've had twenty somethings tell me they'd rather listen to oldies than the crap their own generation is producing.

[Mingebetty42]

@mandomaniac99 That may explain a great deal. Upon hearing of this Robert Hilburn I decided to look him up on Wikipedia and I discovered something quite interesting. He's a member of the nominating committee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Perhaps that's why Tull isn't in there.

[don62snodgrass]

This band received SO much criticism from rock magazines, Creem in particular, during the 70's and eighties, yet their fans bought their albums by the millions and the band cried all the way to the bank!!! I'll bet Ian Anderson is still thanking them! A GREAT and underappreciated band!!! Are they in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If they're not then what a joke that hall is! Madonnas in there!!!!

[berkshireboy62]

It's a Beautiful Day was the opening band

[rowdymax1]

"meanwhile back in the year, one...."

[noodledwarf]

great performance the guy on stage is pretty hilarious it doesn't even look like ian noticed

[g74ui78ll88ermo]

That guy on stage at the end of the song got his 15 seconds of fame...

[green3825]

They played Tanglewood and Madison square Garden. Greatness.

[smallefilm]

Its too annoying with that digital clock! -is it a race, or what?

[toecutterr6]

They were. They turned down the offer.

[DKBoogieMan]

Why in the flyin F#¤K werent these invited to Woodstock?

[dothestrand64]

was the music at the beginning Pink Floyd?

[aclark141]

I think Ian Anderson was one of the most handsome men in rock and roll.

[noclouds111]

Bill Graham was prob THE most prominent presenter of live shows of this era, and also owned the Fillmore East in New York City, & the Fillmore West in CA.

Back then, he hosted the most famous & popular acts.

Jim Koplik & Shelley Finkel were major backers of acts in this area at that time. I'm surprised that Graham headlined this show.

Thanks for posting this. It is an incredible gem!!

[voluntaryistguy]

Check out the cat in the tie-dye jeans at about 8:37 or so -- he just jumped on the stage and either shouted "Jethro Tull!" or "Revolution!" Something like that. Must've been on some good acid... :-)

[voluntaryistguy]

Tull opened for the Who at these shows. OUTA SIGHT!

[LowStackTom]

what´s the use of a music video, if u can´t  hear the music ? the sound quality is terrible ...

[harpua971]

Tanglewood is my favorite concert venue. The place is simply magical. I saw CSN there last summer.

[pyannaguy]

I saw Tull @ Laurel Raceway in Maryland, and I think it was shortly before this performance (but I'm not sure). What struck me was how they were so dimensional and not as Blues saturated as so many good bands at the time (not knocking Blues - I love it).

Whatever anyone thinks of them, looking back on it all, there was never any mistaking them for anyone else. What a crazily-great, truly original group!

[hocuspocusfocusable]

I didn't get to catch them live till 71, at the Philly Spectrum...Spirit opened for them, It was the Aqua Lung Tour.  Definitely one of the best 'Live Shows' back in the day.

We were all in the perfect 'frame of mind' for it...the tunes ended too soon for us all that night....

[keilaman]

@BenRossington : Do you know if a better quality version of this video exists anywhere? the performance is really amazing, but to listen to it in that quality is a bit painful(no offense)...

[Rocky54167]

@keilaman well if these bands would properly remaster it, thats probably going to be the only way. This was a great show that night with 2 of the greatest bands the Who and Jethro Tull. The who is the only band that has offically released some footage of that night. The one thing about this night is that, the bootleged quality gets better as it goes on and that is the truth. This is better then My God(Quality really got bad), but with the who portion(Well my copy) it actually gets worse when

[Rocky54167]

@keilaman The time code bar disapears.

[mercmarc]

I was 6 months old when this happened, but i was only half an hour away from it, at least i wanted to be there.

[smithbonz]

Wow! Great clip. Always wanted to see how Clive Bunker executed some of those fills and that hi-hat rhythm. These guys are true rock legends along with the likes of Cream, Hendrix, Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, and Pink Floyd. Pure musicians who created a genre that dominated for 30 years in popular music and still has a loyal following by those who recognize music for what it should be...melody, rhythm, harmony, AND dynamics! Yes the Bunker/Cornick rhythm section smoked.

[Semente200]

Very funny at the end, when Anderson is dealing with the two mic stands

[pablocoon]

Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker-criminally underrated musicians, great band all around.

[tbzeee]

now THAT'S how you start a set! hell yeah.

[thewordofgord]

Goddamn that was good! the classic line-up if you ask me. That Bunker/Cornick rhythm section was just unbeatable.

thanks for posting!

wordofgord

[Rocky54167]

@thewordofgord I AGREE i am not gonna lie barrlow was a kick ass drummer, but Clive is a very underated drummer and i have always prefered him and Cornick is my favorite bassist in the band, he played pass good and knew how to get into the groove

[hocuspocusfocusable]

@Rocky54167 Cornick gave so much to the 'presence' of the Band.  He was a 'Wild Turkey' on Bass

[fossie32]

Can I just say that was one of the longest intros ever hehe

Nice one, my fave Tull song

[Tommygun1028]

Jethro Tull, The Minstrel Looks Back 1969-1977 2DVD set features this entire Tanglewood performance sans timecode, live in Tampa 1976, Hippodrome 1977, rare music videos from the 70, rare 8mm performances of Thick As A Brick 1972, Passion Play 1973 plus more - available at Tommygunvideo website

[arcturus53]

I can' believe I stumbled across this. I was at this show. It was Tull,Its a Beautiful Day and The Who. The Who played all of Tommy at this show. It was amazing. This brings back fantastic memories.

[Zatoichi444]

cord buzz

[mrcrackheadcoke]

These are the days when the bands had to set up in front of the crowds. Ians mike was set up to high and the band had to tune up their gear. I know they hate that but I think it was cool to watch

[g3ddan]

The way things were done when concerts were real. Also the ultimate front man. ty for posting this.

[deweyfinn123]

I believe that is "Every Mother's Son" by Traffic playing in the beginning. I'm 97% sure.

[putdownan8dude]

guy in audience: GET IT ON!!

[gypsocalypsy]

quite intense

[TumbrelJockey]

In Cream's wake there emerged factions,Tull (the cognoscenti),Zeppelin( massive quantities of....)"The Floyd "as Clapton called them (they are all insane ya know ) & the lowly Sabbath(mandrax eaters)guess you can tell my bias...

[MrTezza13]

BEEN A FAN FOR 40 YEARS STILL AMAZING

[mercmarc]

iS THIS THE TANGLEWOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS?

[BenRossington]

@mercmarc

Yes. This concert took place in Tanglewood, Massachusetts.

[aarfeld]

@BenRossington: There isn't actually a town named Tanglewood. That's what the music complex is called, it being derived from the old estate where the institution was founded. The closest town is Lennox, Mass. Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony, and I just heard Yo Yo Ma perform an Elgar cello concerto with them there a couple of weeks ago. It was heavenly.

[georgejgalvin]

@BenRossington Nope it says Bill Graham presents thats SF ............

[georgejgalvin]

@BenRossington Nope it says Bill Graham presents thats SF ............ They toured the country do you know who Bill Graham is????

[smithbonz]

@mercmarc 

[ArtsPatron2008]

@mercmarc There's only one, right? Where Yo-yo Ma's played?

[zhwarday88]

no, it's the tanglewood in east bumfuck iowa

[mercmarc]

@zhwarday88 Thanks im going to iowa anyway.

[guruu13]

@mercmarc I'VE BEEN THERE OMG SO COOL. not as cool as in 1970 though...

[wavydav]

Okay, so play already.

[tejastiger61]

Thank you BILL GRAHAM ........

[kcjmoore]

Saw them around this time in the Bay Area. Unparalleled. Totally Sweet.

[redtorso]

I saw them once, at the Rainbow theatre in London back in the early 70 's. F******* great !!! they made an encore of ............ 45 minutes Class A band + HUGE respect of their audience .............

[chyrd]

genius (.)

[spweather]

Absolute hidden gem. Great post. Reminds me of Winterland. You never see bands taking that long to play anymore. Those were the daze...err...days.

[clevey4]

also.... I think their best era and lineup!

[raymondlang]

@clevey4

Same here..such a great band lineup but sadly no quality DVD release of this era..why?

The thick heads at the BBC have a gold mine of classic stuff.

[clevey4]

I'll bet there is so much footage of so many bands in their prime that we could watch it day and night and never get through all of it. But it would be nice to try! I did see Tull 4 times in LA in 1970 and still couldn't get enough.

[clevey4]

Thank you for putting this up. I have been looking for a live version of this great tune for year.

[RatherLargeAllan]

Abrahams wanted Tull to stay a blues band - he left when that was clearly not going to happen. Tull then turned into one of the best live bands on the planet. In retrospect, it seems that bands that abandoned US influences on their music were critically sidelined or even lampooned. There's a lot of cultural imperialism emanating from Washington DC.

[jennifersman]

Great stuff, and to think they were opening for The Who that year. In The Who's performance, Pete makes a point of calling Tull "a really fine English band"

[charlax7]

controlled chaos

[nuclearG1]

Ian should have gotten up and moved around more. :)

[charlax7]

Bill Graham not BILLY Graham or the cracker people <3

[MrDirtydad]

many artist have "seceretly" ripped off TULL .

[po3ticTreachery]

LOL soundcheck AT the show..... nice.

[mjn3457]

Oh yeah, Elvin Bishop too...

[mjn3457]

To ledzep121343, sounds Trafficy to me. Now you have me thinking about it. Damn you man! I might be up all night long. Saw Tull for the first time in 1973 in Pocatello, Idaho of all places. That year we also had Flo and Eddie, Bozz Skaggs, John Hartford, The Doobie Brothers before McDonald and Steve Miller. Also saw Donnie and Marie. We were on acid that night. There were tickets available. Not for nothing, but they were/are pros. Nothing like seeing pros.

[ledzep121343]

what song is playing at the beginning of this video?

[daddysevenpointfiver]

sounds like an lp cut of 'hold your head high'

[wayemerald]

God Bless Bill Graham for having preserved this piece of history! Nothing has brought back that era like this video has.

[dpcharles]

Nothing is Easy! be well!

[dapunkof1975]

Such an underrated band. Too bad this was a band that had member changes I really liked this line up.

[borowikanatol]

Są Boscy!

[daddysevenpointfiver]

i was saying 'no way' in response to someone implying that 'all tull was was a blues band'. it's not an indictment, but take the time to listen to what IAN HIMSELF said about playing the blues...he goes to lengths to say he 'didn't feel it' and 'thought he shouldn't try to sound American or black' he says it himself; of course there's tons of great white blues players of which I'm not one.

[IbanezjemJSX]

just met glen cornick :D

[junkheadjones]

This is so fuckin' rockin!

[guajinho]

Oh, amazing live!

[daddysevenpointfiver]

no way but This Was was a nice little white-boy blues record.

[hippieman556]

where can i get a copy of this my dad was at this show please let me know thanks

[theodorus45]

Great song and video! Thanks for posting !

[arcticwanderer2000]

Funny I was looking at the beginning of the video to see if I could see myself in the crowd, then realized I probably wouldn't recognize myself. Tanglewood sure was a great place for concerts. The Who really were great that night doing the Tommy album.

[heliotropezzz333]

Ian Anderson =William Shakespeare's alter ego.

[Gyurci77]

poor little guy out there :-D

I love the band!

[lennybgood]

lennybgood

this was one of the best concerts I ever saw and I saw a lot. The opening band was It's a Beautiful Dat then Jethro Tull followed by The Who. I can't say Tull was more intense than the who but damn greaat combo "thanks for the memories.

[connord12]

lol mad pot being smoked in the crowd!

[Tengent]

I like the keyboard addition. :D

[ClassicRockDVD]

Jethro Tull "The Minstrel Looks Back, 1969-1977 2DVD set" has this concert without the timecode and other Tull concerts and unreleased video footage from the 70s

[schmorer]

Will this be officially released or is it a boot?

[jennifersman]

It's a bootleg, Bill Graham used a light company called the Joshua Light Show for Fillmore East/West shows.They got one of the first portable video systems and branched out into video production for his shows at Fillmore and Tanglewood. There's a real gold mine of footage from like 1969-71 if it was ever released.

[leerude]

What incredible footage. Just to be able to see the crowd and how the band made their entrance. Very interesting about Joshua Light Show taping. There is a buried treasure there.

[telemacherT2]

@jennifersman

Heard there was a fire at BGP in the "80s that destroyed most that archive.

Hope you're right!

[jennifersman]

There was a fire in 80's (later ruled arson), it destroyed Bill's offices and his poster archive. The video materials as far as I know were owned by Joshua Light Show so Bill might've had copies. But I would imagine Joshua Light Show has the masters well protected. So well protected we've never seen them!

[poodius7]

Tell me..where did you find this precious DVD. I can't seem to find it anywhere .

[Tommygun1028]

you can get it at the tommygunvideo website - msg me for the address

[suziecreamchease]

worth watching just for Glen Cornick's beautiful 1960's hair...

[yarisdude]

ALL I CAN SAY IS THANKS

[wailin1967]

Whew !

[CelticReject]

omg.. this is just the bast ever!!!!! thanks

[MissGlowbug]

Ben, you rule.

[adelamere1]

Traffic playin thru the PA before they come on....cool

[wailin1967]

Thanks ! was trying to work it out - what song ? something form 2nd album ?

[Nukanor]

"Nothing Is Easy" from Stand Up.

[bddrex]

I noticed that too.

[saintsaens21]

Funny how I always had this sort of man crush on young Ian Anderson. Never have had such a thing with another rock singer. Maybe the flute does it :)

[helenmyeyes]

Incredible! From 6:21 to 6:32 Ian is actually DANCING! Never seen it before. Not the punching, kicking, slapping in the air. Dancing really!

Precious video, BenRossington! Thanks!

[hobstweedle123]

the bass player's great

[AmericanDiaz]

Mr. Rossington, where exactly are you procuring these videos from? We used to call them "boots" back in the day, hmmm....

[atbglenn]

Holly shit man! Watching this video gave me the best high in a long time without doing drugs :)

[BILLPERKS5]

These 'Blokes', ARE EVERYTHING A "JAZZ-- ROCK "FUSION everneed to be!!Think,with the Contributer,for a scant Moment,The BEATLES, Arrive in N.Y.C.Live up to ALL and Every

'TRUISM'Early mgmt.style,in the Business Acumen,Hype,andPSI-TrickUsable in 1964! They're all they could be,for a Decade! However,in some'far-away'shangra--la',or a "MUSIC-Valhalla" IAN and the Gentlemen of Note-Worthyness,pull it together,For aU.S. TOUR(However, they have Sadly,to begin their "TOUR"In "BED-STY.",N.Y.C.!)

[solord]

Dude: What the Hell Are You Talking About?????!!!

[TULLYNOL]

Make me wann say nanananaaa

[jjbrews]

They are so Tught!, ian is lit up like a roman candle on july the 4th!! Awesome Ben!! Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[underwwraps2]

Yes!!!

[peacejones]

tull rules, great post, you rock it!

[warrenzevonfan1010]

youve got the best jethro tull around ben, thanks.