Jethro Tull - Nothing is Easy - Tanglewood 1970

Jethro Tull comprised of Ian Anderson (flute, voice), Martin Barre (electric guitar), Clive Bunker (drums), Glenn Cornick (base guitar), and John Evan (keyboards) performing 'Nothing is Easy' during a concert in Tanglewood Massachusetts in 1970

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• Jethro
• Tull
• classic
• hard
• rock
• progressive
• concert
• prog
• ian
• anderson
• glenn
• cornick
• clive
• bunker
• martin
• barre
• john
• evan

[mercmarc]

iS THIS THE TANGLEWOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS?

[BenRossington]

@mercmarc

Yes. This concert took place in Tanglewood, Massachusetts.

[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.

[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!!

[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.

[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

[guruu13]

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

[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.

[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

[prollymunna]

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

[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.