Jethro Tull - Witch's Promise - 2nd version (1970)

Jethro Tull, the only internationally successful progressive rock band, in whose music the flute plays a leading role, live on 1970-02-19 at the Beat Club!
Jethro Tull -- the British rock group with Scottish front man and flute player Ian Anderson. Best known for his tendency to stand on one leg while playing concerts, Anderson is also the man who introduced a classic instrument to rock music: the flute - especially the western concert flute. The song "With You There To Help Me" was released on the third Jethro Tull album "Benefit" in the spring of 1970. At that time the group had already moved from their rhythm & blues roots to progressive rock with Celtic music influences. And during the 70s and 80s Jethro Tull even turned from folk rock to a more hard rock orientated music style.

[@donnarawlinsfrench220]

I first heard this gorgeous song at age 14 - and now at 64, still get goosebumps hearing it! It's such a gift being able to watch Ian, Glen, Clive and Martin perform it...I've seen Tull many times, across several continents in the half century since. But seeing this - those young men in their prime - is quite touching. I'm sure they don't feel this one bit, but for us old farts across the globe...well, we feel fragile, a little sad - and so grateful that we had such wonderful music to soundcheck our lives. Thanks, Ian.

[@marcusliddington1491]

Wonderful times, wonderful band...from another reminiscing old fart who was lucky enough to grow up in those simpler times

[@mackydog99]

Am so grateful to have seen Tull 7 times in the 70's. My all time favorite band for sure.

[@briankorbelik2873]

@@marcusliddington1491 Amen Brother, I was 15 when Aqualung was released, and I've loved Tull ever since. And I've seen them a time or two meself. One thing about growing up in the LA area is that Tull would show up often. And even when I moved to Sacramento, there they came. Thank you Ian, thank the rest of the lads, especially Martin for making my life better.

[@biserkasertic1208]

In 1970. I was 14 and this was the first Tull song I've heard on radio.As young teenager I was hard rock fan (Led Zepp, Deep Purple etc) and this was something totaly different - got wrong impression Jethro Tull is some folk band.I was fascinated not so much with flute sound, but with the way of singing. In 1971. friend came from Germany with Aqualung album (in these times was not posible to buy this records in former Yugoslawia), and Jethro Tull became definitly my No1 band.Saw them live first time in spring 1975. in my hometown (Zagreb) and 5 more times in different countries. If I have only 1$ for every hour of listening to their music I would be a millioner!

[@Simon-db5ph]

Second all you have said, couldn't have put it better 👍

[@marcusliddington1491]

Glenn Cornicks bass work is just amazing...a medieval troubadour RIP Glenn...

[@michaelknight4041]

Ian Anderson said that Glenn was the most musically educated of the band and that he and the others often relied on him for the more technical questions regarding theory, writing, arranging, etc.

[@trentsteele1986]

A ture rock musician

[@willemsterk5992]

I had a chat with Glenn when he was with his band Cold Turkey after a gig in Holland, he told me he liked driving though New York in his mini cooper and about his bass lines in bourree he said it wasn't difficult to play for him, so there you go!!! Thanks Genn, RIP.

[@FlyGuy2000]

Ian Anderson is what happens when a performer becomes the song he is playing.

[@davidchesworth9110]

FlyGuy2000 - Perfect description.

[@Ndlanding]

So true! Both are shite.

[@guileweaver1574]

Ian Anderson is a real entertainer. He goes out on stage and gives the people a genuine performance.

[@scottjackson163]

Ian Anderson as the daft woodsman (or whatever that character was supposed to be).

[@guileweaver1574]

@@scottjackson163 Daft Woodsman is damn near on the money. What I think Ian Anderson was trying to portray theatrically is what was known as an Abram-man. The Abraham-men (also Abram-men or Abraham coves) were a class of beggars claiming to be lunatics. The phrase normally refers to the practice of beggars pretending that they were patients discharged from the Abraham ward at Bedlam. Abram-men made marks on their arms with 'burnt paper, piss and gunpowder. some dance, but keep no measure; others leap up and down". They were also known as anticks or God's minstrels, and later Poor Toms. Richard Head wrote in The Canting Academy, or Devils Cabinet opened (1673) that they ; "used to array themselves with party-coloured ribbons, tape in their hats, a fox-tail hanging down, a long stick with streamers, and beg alms; but for all their seeming madness, they had wit enough to steal as they went along". In 1737 the Dictionary of Thieving Slang still described Abram-men as "shabby Beggars, patched and trick'd up with Ribbons, Red-Tape, Fox-tails, Rags of various Colours; pretending to be besides themselves, to palliate their Thieveries."

[@davidzimmerli489]

no other group ever sounded like Jethro Tull.....totally original.....together they cooked up some powerful musical magic......lucky for us......

[@thomasandersen6719]

I want to thank this band for punk happening

[@westrokker]

So true, amazing..

[@davidzimmerli489]

@68’ Rumble Bee I would also include Jethro Tull in my top 24 Favorite Bands. No doubt about it!

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

The Moody Blues came close but I was lucky to discover them just when “Aqualung” was released. I miss the original lineup but I caught 3 tours (Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and Too Old To Rock and Roll...) so I can’t complain. They taught me a lot of what a solid, disciplined group could do within the limitations of 70s rock.

[@davidzimmerli489]

@@fernandogarajalde4066 Great comment! I envy you for seeing them live...it must have been wonderful....

[@williammiller402]

The older I get the more I am awed by Ian & this band.

[@fanderarosetto4358]

Same. I didn’t realize the magnitude of their talent when I was a teenager.

[@TheMonolake]

Me to

[@MSB-fj7cd]

I know, right?

[@steveharrison3007]

The speakers got better 😁

[@kylerodgers9323]

Ian Anderson is a flute master

[@davidboyce7996]

One of the best bands ever.

[@JungleNation333]

And one of the most underrated

[@gazcallon8825]

I'm 58, I find tulls music so clever so ancient so druid yet so modern

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

Tull's first three albums were amazing filled with gems like this! An incredible band

[@beatlesrgear]

An absolutely magnificent song! I love Glen Cornick, he is one of my all time favourite bass players. His style is sort of "Medieval Rock & Roll."

[@moraineasdai8623]

What a bass player!!!!

[@pauldenali6367]

Must admit I never quite forgave Ian for firing Glen. As good Aqualung is I think that album would have been just that much better with Glen on bass.

[@fabrigasan2150]

Anche dopo 50 anni sono originali , lunga vita e li ascolteranno anche i miei nipoti

[@catmom1322]

Thanks for pointing that out! I'm always focused on Ian & his flute.

[@mirosuni]

Agree fully.

[@tinamarief51]

No one makes great rock music anymore So grateful I grew up with great music Rock on. ♥️🎶🤘

[@RedArrow73]

Niche musicians, exceeding hard to find, still put interesting stuff out.

[@namcat53]

1970 had the most amazing and diverse array of music. "Rock" encompassed all forms of music, acoustic and electric blends. English bands like Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Traffic, etc. bridged folk and jazz with rock. Jethro Tull were unique in this broad spectrum and well loved by hip college/high school age Americans like us. Yes opened for them in Alexandria in 1971 effectively blowing our minds and opening many other doors. WE knew how lucky we were to be in the middle of all of that wonderful creativity.

[@davelogan676]

Ian's best Vocal and Magical Tune..no question. Rip Glenn..amazing Player and Bass arrangement For Tull.Chemistry was at Peak right Here

[@ThoseCrookedVultures]

I have loved this wonderful music since 14. I am 68. My husband was a musician. He loved them too. I'm sure he does in heaven. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@clancykobane9102]

i'll stay in the woods forever with Jethro Tull

[@user-gy5cx5db2i]

this song just sounds better and better as the years pass- jethro tull's greatest record

[@guillermorenteria6537]

It was Austin, 1970, Jethro Tull, Santana and Fleetwood mac. Great lineup and music. Worth

[@namcat53]

Yes opened for Jethro Tull in Alexandria 1971.

[@scottwilliams8334]

Saw them in 71 in Houston with Yes opening. ​@@namcat53

[@johnnyb357]

One of my favorite Tull songs. Reminds me of awesome simple times of my youth.

[@saradecapua3264]

Broad sword runs a close second.

[@user-fb1dv3kw4r]

Tull brilliantly stylizes Celtic tunes with rock-n-roll language...

[@RogGhoullum]

this JT music video is what got me into Ian Anderson's JT..

[@fancyhat6505]

This song always reminds me of traveling through Europe in our bus as a kid. Camping in the forests, meeting all sorts of people, swimming in the rivers. Was truly paradise

[@andyh9182]

Wonderful share . Thank you

[@stevestruthers6180]

Who knew that a flute, an electric bass guitar, a six-string acoustic guitar and a simple drum kit could rock so hard? This has always been one of my favourite Tull tunes. I remember hearing it on the radio quite often when I was a kid, and it's hard to believe that was 54 years ago.

[@MarkArnold-ue6ok]

One of the most entertaining rock bands of all time.❤❤

[@dannydine5263]

Loved listening to Glenn's bass lines. That's the kind of stuff that makes me want to play bass.

[@paulgardner9763]

Taught myself 'Living in the Past' on an Epiphone EB-0 bass that I bought for 120 quid used and upgraded. I agree Danny, Glenn was a master and the perfect foil for Ian and Martin. Another terrific work is Glenn's playing on 'Teacher.'

[@StavrosIII]

Not only mind blowing music, but Ian's shredded clothing was decades ahead of its time.

[@frogandspanner]

No - it was the fashion of the time. I too had shredded and patched jeans.

[@StavrosIII]

@@frogandspanner Were you a hippy by any chance? Or maybe a biker? Or possibly American? It wasn't what the UK mods/skinheads would have spent money on.

[@frogandspanner]

@@StavrosIIIBiker? I had a Lambretta SX200 followed by a Norton 650SS (which I still have). In the early '70s split/worn jeans were _de rigeur_ , which fitted in with my unwillingness to repair, and the undergraduate requirement to spend money on beer, not clothes.

[@StavrosIII]

@@frogandspanner Cheers. I understand better where you're coming from now.

[@jamesmason5491]

This song always stuck in my head. Always loved tull. Since I was 14 now at 64 still loving his music. Seen him many times over the years. Fantastic showman and a very talented musician.

[@curiousnomad]

The musicality, originality, and creativity of this band was astonishing. Search for the musicians who name “Stand Up” as a masterpiece- you’ll be surprised at the diversity of people.

[@richardmoloney689]

Peter Gabriel and Andy Latimer too.

[@tullfan2560]

Joe Bonamassa

[@benjamin8011]

Stand Up was and is extraordinary

[@josephalvaro5244]

Stand Up is still my favourite.Still playing songs from it and the complete Thick As A Brick album in a trio called Tullepathy.A real workout but never fails to put a smile on this old bassist's face.Jethro Tull will always be a highwater mark in musician and showmanship.

[@StephenDorocke]

Stand Up huge record for a young me

[@jarikuukasjarvi7824]

Nothing compares to JT. Awesome band and its heart is IA.

[@lindapadley5806]

Used to watch Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC2 for something different.Jethro Tull were certainly that! Loved the fact of a flute being played in modern music. Not sure how you would class them, not pop, not folk. Just themselves!

[@neilcarpenter2669]

Never before never again, absolutely unique .

[@travelinben1966]

R.I.P. Glenn.You’re the reason I chose the bass guitar.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@DavidLee-fe7yf]

he gets better with age he does , timeless

[@adolforodolfo6929]

Sadly his voice hasn't - but I'm still a huge fan.

[@jamesbrookfield104]

His voice is finished. Still one of my favorite bands

[@MarkArnold-ue6ok]

Always loved Ian,s banter with the audience, great sense of humor.

[@hudentdw2]

Benefit is my favorite record from these lads!

[@philipferguson8570]

'Benefit' and 'Stand Up'.

[@sixbladeknife44]

Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung are the perfect trifecta.

[@0patience4flz]

Songs From the Wood....is sooo good... Hello from USA!

[@williamjackson1819]

Benefit just blew my mind. I couldn't stop listening to it over and over. Thank you Sean O'Hara for introducing it to me. 😊

[@javierllerena5756]

There are no words to describe Jethro Tull, since they started in 1968 became to me the best progressive rock band and lasted until the 2000s years as the best , they never had competitors in prog rock . It was very sad when Ian Anderson decided disband Jethro Tull in 2011. But in my mind and heart will remain my favorite band forever .

[@williambradfordbaldwin4386]

First Tull song I heard and I was hooked, seen at least 5 times!

[@paulaarmstrong8431]

I really love this song. The musicianship is great, and it has a nice historic, folkloric, feel.

[@gvis3880]

Yeah like the Wicker Man soundtrack

[@geekpie100]

Sometimes it feels like a songwriter has put a key in the great lock of heaven and the door has yielded a little.

[@johnwebb1128]

At 62 years old love it.

[@carlosedcnatal1367]

Ian Anderson is my favorite musician and composer ever! Hail to the Jethro Tull!

[@serjeick]

This is beyond its own historical time. It´s magnificent.

[@stevenhead4055]

Still a great tune after 50yrs

[@monabiehl6213]

Ian Anderson has a beautiful voice! An excellent flutist, we forget that he could sing

[@biserkasertic1208]

This vocal was first thing what catch my ears when I heard this song on the radio for the first time (1970)

[@alanthomson6162]

Ian Anderson is also a very good acoustic guitarist 😀

[@andrew.hamsterdad]

I was thirteen when this wave of THE 🎶 MUSIC git the shores of our minds

[@trickeydick5024]

He's got his best around him in 70

[@josefelix8132]

Impresionante lo que este señor hace con una simple flauta travesera.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

This is my favourite iteration of JT!!! So cool and original!!! Wonderful song!!! ❤️ Rip Glenn. Love your bass sound forever!!! ❤️

[@joedebacco1480]

Awesome Jethro Tull song here. Classic Tull. One of my all time favorites. Never appeared on an album until Living in the Past LP was released although I think it was recorded during the Benefit making. Thanks for posting.

[@straitarrow5784]

One of the best songs to emerge from the Progressive Folk Rock genre. I bought this on an E.P in 1970.

[@paradox7743]

Ian is a master musician N showman-I saw Tull in the early 90's N they were truly incredible...

[@ramonalujan5889]

Saw Tull 1973 in Denver awesome Santana was the headliner GF older brother took us

[@trickeydick5024]

@@ramonalujan5889: 73 1st concert in Detroit.. first album I listened to was aqualung 71 and when he came to Detroit id go to every concert. Yeah they are very good.

[@thebones]

All mimed but my god how great was Glen!

[@alexbowman7582]

It’s live although it may be recorded live and mimed later.

[@whodey59]

Pretty badly mimed. Ian can'r seem to get that flute up to his mouth quick enough to match the music.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

thebones: Cornick is one of my fav bass players!!! ❤️

[@hippydippy]

@@TomTom-xp2jb And Jack Casady!

[@jackal59]

@@alexbowman7582 It's not live. The instruments don't match what's on the audio track at all.

[@luisreyguerrero6511]

Simplemente FANTÁSTICOS!!, Tull clásico.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

My favorite Tull song.

[@allan4923]

You know something mate...I think it's mine too.

[@hlodowing5561]

Dio Mio, quanto E' bella questa Canzone!!! I Ricordi della Mia andata Giovinezza!!! Un nodo in gola, E le Lacrime, che Solcano il Mio viso!!!☺Grazie, *much Thanks "Jethro Tull", per la Felicita' che mi avete dato!!! You Shall be, forever in my Heart!!! Hlodowing'55

[@ernestturriziani2489]

Jethro Tull from 1968 to 1972 were at their peak.

[@davelogan676]

A Masterpiece.. Never duplicated.. One Time Magical moment. Bass is incredible and Arrangements

[@virginiamiller9765]

Still Beautiful, Ian.

[@infopack9480]

The Tull back catalogue has certainly stood the test of time and this song is no exception. Still writing and performing after all these years! It is a testimony to the creative genius of Ian himself and the talented, progressive musicians he surrounds himself with. Thank you for posting!

[@JHasselroth]

It was in Sacramento, CA where I first heard and fell in love with Ian Anderson and the Jethro Tull Band.

[@schumi9xwdc]

Love the Orange Amps!

[@mejustme6944]

Saw 'em in '77 - Incredible Ian Anderson was as if a Minstrel from the 13th Century had walked into the 20th Century to give a performance.......

[@jurgentreue1200]

I read, Jethro Tull were medieval minstrels teleported to the 20th century and were forced to play music to be able to return to their own time.

[@chatham43]

....that explains alot...thanks....

[@ing.joseluisjuarez2391]

Ian Anderson a Genius And rest of de band great musicians

[@agatamazzone4894]

half a century of life in another dimension ... thank you ... God bless Ian Anderson ...

[@elliotjones3098]

another Tull classic

[@davelogan676]

Look at the Great Glenn Cornick diving and dipping with Ian..best magical Line up.. No Question.. Never the same after '70

[@daviddragavon7555]

I grew up in a "Neal Diamond " town on the NW Canadian Border. A friend had a copy of the album "Living in the past " and lent it to me. I played it until I wore the grooves out and had to buy him a new copy! Instant fan! Now my little bitty town had two (count 'em), two Jethro Tull fans!

[@ernestturriziani2489]

Listen to this takes me back to the happiest times of my life

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

They are fabulously RAD...big fan of flutes and Jethro Tull...Ian etc..

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

What a brilliant song from a great band !!! 😃

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

Jethro Tull was the only music my mom let me crank up fairly loud on my stereo system. She said it was nice music.

[@beatlesrgear]

Introduce your mum to The Moody Blues. I think she'd like them.

[@fanderarosetto4358]

My parents loved “Songs From The Wood.” ❤️😀

[@justgivemethetruth]

that's interesting.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

She would have loved Story in Your Eyes. 🙂

[@wildrosecece]

Pretty cool Mom.

[@marymarkey5807]

Lucky to have been of an age to remember such talent and musicianship. Thanks Ian and all the Tuĺl gents over the years

[@WillyAffentranger-jb1oi]

J.t is one of my 5 top Bands till the rest of my life!!!!

[@keithmilburn4866]

Brilliant band, all virtuoso musicians, Aqualung and Thick as a brick must have albums

[@fershred]

I think all of their albums are great, except for A

[@stevendegiorgio3143]

I remember listening to this song driving to JFK airport on the Van Wick expsy going to work as a baggage handler.My first job after graduating from tech school for aircraft maintenance.Good times.I was in my 1976 Plymouth Fury.

[@ninabuehler9623]

This warms my heart: It makes me long for a time before I was born, and reminds me of this part of me I don't have words for.

[@WillyAffentranger-jb1oi]

The early days, sensationell!!!!!!

[@chandand5740]

This is such a gem of Tull’s formidable repertoire of those times. I still get goosebumps - what an upload - thank you

[@pauldenali6367]

This line up plus John Evan on keyboards was the best line up IMHO.

[@bonscott602]

Brilliant and beautiful

[@fabiocollina]

Ian...always amazing

[@noname1st139]

The guitar work in this is beautiful

[@golds04]

Tull. Nyc MSG- unforgettable. Ty. Great.

[@alisonwunderland9900]

0:56 Truly, a magic flute....

[@philo5096]

Great band, I loved Thick as a Brick. Great 70's music.

[@josefelix8132]

Es increíble cómo esta maravillosa banda te levanta el ánimo solo con escucharla tres segundos, gracias por haber existido genios.....

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Always loved JETHRO TULL, more so, now, 4 D cades later😎.

[@Slinkygal]

It takes a lot of talent to play the flute, sing, dance & play-act all while standing on only one foot 😀

[@ernestturriziani2489]

The music from that time was the greatest. Will it be remembered in the future? Or will it be forgotten like dust in the wind?

[@suntexi]

I was at a concert when he threw his flute up into the air and failed to catch it. RIP thousands of pounds worth of flute. He just got another one from the roadie and carried on.

[@funkyalfonso]

Paul Kemp I believe in those days he used inexpensive flutes. I don't know about later on.

[@rubycone7924]

Good for him a real nice guy

[@Ndlanding]

@@funkyalfonso They sure sounded inexpensive.

[@pauldenali6367]

@@funkyalfonso Yes I've heard him say he was very rough on flutes in those days and only bought cheap student models.

[@biserkasertic1208]

Haha I always wonder did he catch his flute everytime he trow it into air!In 1975. on Warchild tour (concert in Zagreb) John Evan catch Ian's flute with his right hand, while still playing organ with his left.

[@denbones1234]

doesnt seem to age ..classic.!

[@oldiesoutdoors58]

i got in to Tull in 1974 after listening to Bungle in the Jungle on radio caroline on my transistor radio ... BOOM ! .. i was hooked thereafter. Rushed out to buy Warchild album ( which i still have ) and within days bought the back catalogue on vinyl ... seen them live about 6 times from 1977 till about 10 years ago .. still love all their albums

[@drummagick]

My first Tull song. My life changed in that moment.

[@Senerian]

Their overall body of work is a masterpiece. Truly a unique and wonderful sound. Great song writers. Are they in the rock and roll hall of Fame? surely they are.

[@biserkasertic1208]

No they are not.But Jethro Tull is in R&R hearts of their fans.🎻🎸💖💓

[@gordonlandreth9550]

Excellent !! A rare Tull treat ! I love it when the bass player just cuts loose and takes over a song .

[@tullfan2560]

Amazing music transports you to a completely different mood and place. This song is amazing!

[@garychard3894]

A reminder of far less complicated times.

[@dianecheraghi-sohi6305]

Ian having fun whilst miming!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Fantastic song from the classic Jethro Tull lineup - Glen Cornick, Ian Anderson, Clive Bunker, Martin Barre’. And although he doesn’t appear in this video, I’m pretty sure that’s John Evan on the keyboards…

[@patriciahunt9818]

I love this song one of my all time favourites

[@Marctull66]

One of my favourite old songs from the time when Tull recorded several non-album singles... It's got a lovely orchestral feel, with a rare mellotron (usually they had real strings arranged by David Palmer). The band played well and it's Glen Cornick that is maybe more surprising with his melodic bass lines. It's cool to see this little "scopitone"...