Drum Teacher Reacts: Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath | Live 1977

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Let me know the next Jethro Tull tune I need to hit! That was sensational. 🔗 SUBSCRIBE! ► kzbin.info 🔗 DRUMEO 30 Day FREE Trial ► www.drumeo.com/andrewrooney/ 🔗 Reaction Video Playlist ► kzbin.info/aero/PLqspKksRqaUURy8K34sBSKvuGo3ApmLC2&feature=shared

[@stepitupandgo67]

I mean, it's not Tull but the latest Opeth features a nice Ian Anderson flute solo. I like that track the most on the whole album.

[@justingoulet9714]

Barriemore Barlow the most influencial and underrated drummers of all time The greatest live band of the 70's I've seen every tour AMAZING 😍

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🙌

[@justingoulet9714]

@AndrewRooneyDrums Barriemore Barlow a monster musician led by maestro Ian Anderson the Ring leader, song writer with all virtuosos

[@scottlowell493]

He also played for Yngvie Malmsteen in the 80's.

[@justingoulet9714]

@@scottlowell493 Yes he played on Ynwie Malmsteen Rising Force

[@Rock_Snob]

Listen to Kerry Livgrens (Kansas main song writer) “Just one way” Barrie plays out of his head!

[@henksaenen1662]

has anyone already mentioned that Barry is one of the most underrated drummers ever? Well he is!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes they have! And I can see why

[@markcannon3899]

Clearly an amazing drummer. All those time changes and he's always right on the money. I didn't realize he didn't get the recognition he deserved, because he's phenomenal!

[@jonbarto9146]

I’ve always been amazed at Tull’s drummer. So good!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Phenomenal

[@kerzwhile]

WTH?? 😮 absolutely incredible!! ❤

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YUP!

[@doggeridoo]

Best rock drummer in history.

[@Rock_Snob]

He was doing what Peart would do 5 years later 😮

[@ricenglish4556]

Martin Barre is a great Lead Guitarist. I saw this tour in Madison, Wisconsin in October of 1977. What a fun ride back. My buddies and I couldn't believe what we had just witnessed. Tull Rules!!!!

[@stepitupandgo67]

Great guitar tone for that era as well. Nice and gained up!!!

[@targetshootr]

This album blew my 16 yr old mind so we had to see them when they were here in '72.

[@frogandspanner]

I saw them in '72, 18th March at Leeds University Refectory. A marvellous evening.

[@johnpbh]

I saw them in Glasgow in that year... 3,000 seat theatre. The showmanship equalled the musicianship. You mentioned a circus atmosphere, it was certainly that. One example... I remember a urinal screwed to the end of the piano at one point... Admittedly it wasn't used practically, just figuratively. But what a SHOW they gave. Thanks for the reaction as always. Keep on Rocking.

[@anthonyalfredyorke1621]

Great video and what a FANTASTICALLY ORIGINAL BAND people say there will never be another one like this and they're really won't ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT AND ABSOLUTELY BONKERS. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE AND PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup. WHAT. A. BAND. Glorious

[@helenlig323]

I saw them live in the mid 70's. Our seats were on the floor of the arena, 7 rows from the bass speakers. 😶 took a few days to recover... ah, to be young again! thanks, Andrew!

[@keitmo]

I saw Jethro Tull live in Dallas in 1982. It was definitely in the top two concerts of my life (the other been Queen in Fort Worth in 1977).

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Fantastic memories!

[@stillstanding8286]

I saw them in Chicago during this tour, as well as in Milwaukee two years earlier. And you’re right, their shows were insane. Also, both of them are in my top ten favorite shows of my almost 55 years of concert going. Great reaction, thanks!

[@jakeloranger1419]

I've had the pleasure of seeing Jethro Tull in concert a couple of times, including 1977, in Montreal. As I recall, there was no opening act for that show. Jethro Tull played an opening set for about an hour, followed by an intermission, probably 20 minutes to a half hour. And then they performed the final set, which was more than an hour long. The quality of musicianship and stagecraft was top notch all the way through. As observed in this clip, Ian Anderson loves to juxtapose the sacred with the profane, the lyrical with the absurd. I recall Anderson playing an extended flute solo, by that I mean an actual solo with no accompaniment from the band. He finished his solo with the most wonderful, dare I say exquisite, flourish, with a decrescendo down to a beautiful long trailing note. Which he promptly ended with a very loud snort. It would seem that the band's attitude was, "Sure we're going to demonstrate our mastery of our craft, but we ain't gonna take ourselves too seriously!" A great time was had by all. Cheers!

[@paulburke9198]

The FANTASTIC drumming in all early Tull songs was what hooked me in th1st place , totally got me hooked . they always had great drummers in all their incarnations . Put a random Tull song list on a spinning wheel , throw a dart , you'll come up with something good .

[@erikpedersen7977]

An amazing band in their prime.No one could touch them in this period.

[@neilgoldsmith5482]

Martin Barre is soooo underrated.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

I have saw 2 times live on stage the Jethro Tull.Fantastic band and fun with Ian🤘

[@gregjones861]

Saw Barriemore the first time on the Thick As A Brick tour, after which I became a lifelong fan of his. If you've not heard his playing on Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren's album Seeds Of Change, well, go check out the 4 songs he drums like a powerhouse on, starting with The Mask Of The Great Deceiver (featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals).

[@mvunit3]

WE "Wheatheads" should get Andrew into *Kansas* but some of the Deeper Cuts and the VERY underrated Drummer "Phil Ehart". There are some fantastic tracks from their debut album, all the way to "Audio Visions", and I think some of his Hardest Hitting (Heavy) drumming on "Freak of Nature" (title track and "I Can Fly").

[@oda1373]

IT wasn 't Musical Theater IT was Musical Circus at ITS best!!!!!❤🤘🤘🤘

[@PaulThoresen]

Tull rocked 😉

[@PaulThoresen]

You might like their song cross eyed Mary. And the cover of it by Iron Maiden

[@cobrasys]

If you really want to hear Barriemore at his absolute best, take a look at the song Black Satin Dancer, from the Minstrel in the Gallery album. Quite frankly, any song from that album will do, but Black Satin Dancer is _insane_ .

[@vicprovost2561]

Great song!!!

[@chrissiegle1065]

I was lucky enough to see them in Boulder co in 1982 I believe... It was a Sunday concert with John Cougar, then Jethro Tull, then The Who.... Great concert. But they were a little more hard rock by then, especially this song. Very hard rocking. It's great to see how this song morphed from here til then. Great reaction. Thank you.

[@vicprovost2561]

Great lineup!

[@mpwoodru]

God I am so jealous reading all these comments from people who saw Tull in the 70s. I am, alas, too young, having only been able to see them a few times after 2005 or so, which was a MUCH different experience than these 70s shows 😂, with a very different lineup, but still great. I think Mr. Barlow has become my favorite drummer!

[@NoLegalPlunder]

Martin Barre’s guitar tone is incredible.

[@freddb1975]

Excellent

[@yoshi5674]

Wow

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Right!?

[@Rock_Snob]

Andrew listen to “Conundrum” from Tulls live album Bursting Out from 1978.

[@gold98gtp]

Here's one you should checkout Jethro Tull - Instrumental - Drum Solo Cross-Eyed Mary Wind Up Back Door Angels - Live 1977 Might have been from the same show as this clip. Barriemore really shows his talent in the drum solo.

[@tedcentofanti4812]

Good times barriemore went on to play on rising force , check out jethro tull isle of right festival Clive bunker is so underrated!!!

[@don7294]

Musically, we were the luckiest generation in history to be teens in the '70s. Permant hearing damage from all of the concerts? Indeed! This band was a four ring circus on speed. I remember working my ass off to get enough money for tickets and souping up my 64 GTO. Now, your hard-earned cash goes to outrageously priced tickets to watch bands play the same three/four cords in every song, use autotune/pitch correction or, god forbid, MIMING??? Looking at you TS and the Eagles etc. Thanks, Andrew, as always...Sorry for the grumpy old grandpa diatribe.

[@vicprovost2561]

Spot On!

[@MyFabio64]

Andrew, you should listen Barriemore Barlow's drumsolo on "Conundrum", "Bursting Out"-album.

[@RKOENT]

You should check out a Barriemore Barlow (drummer) solo. Good stuff

[@repluggedx3265]

"This is the Monty Python of music". Ian Anderson, together with Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd and others founded MPs "Holy Grail" ;)

[@i.b.lancer]

I wore that record out.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🙌 Fantastic

[@Jude_196]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joerassaby281]

Fun fact: In 1968, Iommi briefly left a not yet successful Sabbath (or Earth as they were then called), for the briefest of stints as lead player in the already modestly successful Jethro Tull. Thank goodness the weird hippy thing didn't appeal to him!

[@alanfoster6589]

Medieval minstrels brought forward in time.

[@vicprovost2561]

Jethro Tull was huge in the 70s and for good reason, they had a string of Amazing albums, starting with Stand Up and going through the 70s. For more stellar Tull, do Aqualung live anytime in the 70s and enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎻🎷🎶🔥

[@fractaljack210]

I'm always back for the classic bands. What happened to the annual album review, which this year would be Led Zeppelin III?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Funny you mention that...

[@fractaljack210]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Announcement soon? 🙂

[@finessemuse1]

@@fractaljack210 I think he has something up his sleeve.

[@RedPillMode]

I have loved JT since I was 16, so over 40 years by now😂. One of the greatest gigs I ever saw was in the 90's, when they played in Finland. It was incredibly HEAVY. I mean early Black Sabbath heavy. Songs went on and on, and got slower and heavier. It was incredible. Too bad there is no recording of that.

[@LyleCochran]

When you see JT live. Think mid-evil bards.

[@Boomer_Power]

The sounds of my high school years. I miss the days when live shows were performed by original, talented and unique musicians.

[@thegoatchild3545]

Absolutely amazing performance from the entire band. John Bonham (you might have heard of him...😉) himself said that Barlow is the best drummer Britain ever produced.

[@markcannon3899]

No clue if true, but I heard a story that Ian Anderson fired a sax player live on stage or just after playing a part where he missed a note. If true, most unusual perfectionism

[@NewBritainStation]

Not sure how that would be possible since Ian was the band’s sax player…

[@markcannon3899]

@@NewBritainStation I did say I had no idea if it was true. Ian is a perfectionist, so it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities. Maybe Ian played sax because he fired the other one LoL! This is what you get for repeating stories heard that can't be confirmed

[@NewBritainStation]

@@markcannon3899 Yeah, I only responded because it was funny…

[@davidcranch7890]

Untrue I'm afraid, only Anderson and Dee Palmer ever played sax on stage. Glen Cornick the original bassist was fired after an early American tour due to his drug use. Anderson has always been vehemently anti drugs.

[@thord9055]

Barlow is the "missing" link between John Bonham and Neil Peart

[@davidcranch7890]

Peart stated that Barlow was an influence and Bonzo called Barlow the greatest rock drummer England ever produced.

[@guacamolekid3899]

In my opinion, Barry was their best drummer- and ALL their drummers were great- check out some of Roots to Branches- it's a great album!

[@jakell99]

As a fan of the studio version, this feels too fast to me. As a drummer myself, playing too fast felt like a sin because if any other members had any tricky parts to play, extra speed puts pressure on them and can even spoil their piece. There aren't really any tricky instrumentals in this, but i still prefer the slightly slower version..

[@andychisarick6879]

The song is about how cocaine takes over & destroys lives. For instance: Old Charlie (qn older term for coke) stole the handle (the Dead Mans Handle that stops the train in case the engineer becomes unconscious steam on his brow as he sweats thru withdrawal) & there's no way to slow down. Crawling down the corridor (looking for grains of white powder & snorting anything he finds.) Later, God stole the handle, not Old Charlie. Theres more, anyway listening to it when you know exactly what he's saying makes the song ten times as powerful. IMO anyway...not everyone agrees w/ my interpretation but that's my story I'll stick to it. And btw, What A Song!

[@andychisarick6879]

Wow missed the beginning so I had to reply to my own text to add, I was at this concert! About 15-20 rows back and to left of stage, maybe ten rows up from the floor seats so we were right at eye level w/ Ian & the band. All I remember is it was amazing, we drove back to Rockville Md afterwards & my friend (who managed a bar) closed it at midnite or 1am & we cranked up the stereo, drinking free beer & playing nothing but Tull for hours, till dawn or thereabouts. No idea how or when I got home but anyway- when Ian did that bit about the girl who winked at him, that might as well have been me holding the video camera, thats the view we had. Must have been nice to be young, I forget a few details...

[@NewBritainStation]

Ian was famously a non-drug user. But he has explained the song is about overpopulation, “It was my first song that was perhaps on a topic that would be a little more appropriate to today's world. It was about the runaway train of population growth and capitalism, it was based on those sorts of unstoppable ideas. We're on this crazy train, we can't get off it. Where is it going? Bearing in mind, of course, when I was born in 1947, the population of planet earth was slightly less than a third of what it is today, so it should be a sobering thought that in one man's lifetime, our planetary population has more than tripled. You'd think population growth would have brought prosperity, happiness, food and a reasonable spread of wealth, but quite the opposite has happened. And is happening even more to this day. Without putting it into too much literal detail, that was what lay behind that song.”

[@andychisarick6879]

@@NewBritainStation I've read that too- & seen interviews- good catch!. But I still wonder if, consciously or not, he also based it on the friends he must have seen be ruined by coke. Being in the music business & all. I've listened to it a thousand times, trying to see it both ways, & simply don't see the overpopulation angle like I do the drug angle. Even though he was so anti-drug. It's kind of like when someone says, about an upcoming Super Bowl or something, "We had the computer simulate the game 100,000 times and Team X won 60% of the time." Every now & then I get a glimpse of overpopulation in Locomotive Breath, but about 90% of the time, to me, it's got too many drug references to be a coincidence. Subtle, but they're in there. Who am I to argue w/ Ian though? I mean, he wrote it, but I STILL think he was articulating his anti-drug feelings, he's just denying it for some reason. Can't argue w/ you either- but I still write my opinion online now & then just to see if someone will jump in & point out what Ian says its about, maybe even convince me I'm wrong. Thanks for writing, you're very smart & intuitive, but the "Old Charlie" reference esp settles it in my mind. Idk. Maybe some day Ian himself will reply & put me in my place once & for all. Thanks again, Andy

[@CharlieGroh]

I saw them for the "Bungle in the Jungle" show...they were great, but too sanitized compared this!

[@raulcardenas8115]

John Bonham called Barrymore Barlowe Britain's greatest drummer

[@ZalMoxis]

Unbelievable ignorance that you weren't aware of this great band....

[@RichFrye]

This is the drummer John Bonham called the best....

[@fartypants8776]

The eagles stole their biggest hit from Jethro tull .

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

What was that!?

[@MarkHoward211]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Hotel California is basically the same chord progression as Tull's 'We Used To Know', on their 1969 album 'Stand Up'. "Stolen"? That's a stretch. Similar? Takes a knowledgeable ear to hear it; buts it's there.

[@neilgoldsmith5482]

Why live? You should listen to studios 1st.