[atlantaprog] Re: My take on Tull...

Thanks for such a great Tull review!
 
Lucia seems like a great addition to the group... 

 
I've also read "horror stories" about Anderson's voice allegedly being beyone 
the "point of no return".  But over the last year, more and more fans report 
that it is much improved.
 

Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wrote this for PE Saturday night and was going to post it here as 
well, but hadn't gotten around to it yet. I actually thing Ian's voice 
was in surprisingly good form! With all I've heard about how it's gone 
to hell, I was expecting the worst! Here it is:

Just came back from the show and I must say I was pleasantly surprised! 
Anderson's voice was in good shape. You could tell he was having to 
reach a bit for some of the high notes but it wasn't a problem (unlike 
Nektar. Roye Albrighton just can't pull it off these days).

The sound was excellent, and hearing all of those Aqualung songs 
performed live (some for the first time) was a real treat! I was 
wondering how they would pull of the "Gregorian Chant" section of My 
God - answer: sampled voices played by Giddings!

Lucia ?, the violin player, was amazing! Some people griped about 
having her material interspersed with the Tull toons, but they seem to 
forget that this was done in leiu of having her open, so the net effect 
is - more Tull! She did some classical and folk violin things, plus a 
number of beautiful duets with Ian. They also threw everyone a curve 
ball by including her(their) arrangement of the Love Theme from the 
Godfather, and a chunk of Bohemian Rhapsody where she covered the vocal 
line AND Mays guitar solo quite adequately! Another cover toon was an 
intrumental arrangement of Kashmir, with her violin handling the vocal 
line - with a cameo appearence by the bridge lead guitar break from 
Whole Lotta Love, where her violin rocked out every bit as hard as 
Page's guitar. SInce Tull and Zep where rivals back in the early "blues 
band" days, it was interesting to hear their homage.

The first half of the show featured mostly the acoustic toons from 
Aqauling, along with Skating Away, Weathercock, Beggars Farm, Life's a 
Long Song, and Bouree. The second half was more electric - including 
everything else from Aqualung + Budapest and a track from Divinities, 
arranged for the band.

There were some interesting rearrangements of some of the classic 
toons, like an extended solo section in Mother Goose, a more-or-less 
faithful interpretation of Bach's Bouree before launching into the 
version we all know, and the most unusual rearrangement - the first 
half of Hymn 42 was given an Irish Jig flavor... and it worked! Of 
course we were all glad when they kicked in to the original arrangement 
halfway through. They also chopped out big hunks of Wind Up (they 
weren't really missed however!)

I was apprehensive, but I must say I'm glad I went! Catch them if you 
can. It may be the last chance to hear Ian's voice!


Mark Stephens
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