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Tullander
10-07-2009, 02:32 AM
We are doing a Q&A with Jethro Tull's legendary drummer Barriemore Barlow. If any of you are interested please check the new Tull webboard:

http://thejethrotullboard.proboards.com/

Cheers.
Bernhard
10-07-2009, 10:17 AM
Yes, i'm a big fan of him. Please give greetings....

Bernhard

John Bonham on Barriemore Barlow:
"the greatest Rock Drummer England ever produced"
Tullander
10-07-2009, 04:17 PM
Yes, i'm a big fan of him. Please give greetings....

Bernhard

John Bonham on Barriemore Barlow:
"the greatest Rock Drummer England ever produced"

I certainly will, but please feel free to tell him yourself on our board if you'd like.

Cheers.

Paul
aydee
10-07-2009, 04:45 PM
Bernhard is absolutely right. Word was that Bonham was actually in awe and intimidated by BB, and would try and avoid gigs that featured them both on the same bill.
Tullander
10-07-2009, 09:15 PM
Interesting. I never heard that although I've read John thought Barrie was quite good.
Drums&Beer
10-07-2009, 09:33 PM
In my very humble opinion, "Thick As a Brick" is one of the greatest rock-n-roll records ever, and Barriemore's performance on it is one for the ages.
bonzolead
10-08-2009, 03:52 PM
Bernhard is absolutely right. Word was that Bonham was actually in awe and intimidated by BB, and would try and avoid gigs that featured them both on the same bill.

Yes I heard that also but I also heard they were good friends too. JT's "Cross Eyed Mary" & "Aqualung" are some of my favs by him.

Bonzolead
Drums&Beer
10-09-2009, 01:07 AM
Yes I heard that also but I also heard they were good friends too. JT's "Cross Eyed Mary" & "Aqualung" are some of my favs by him.

Bonzolead

I am pretty sure that Clive Bunker played drums on "Aqualung" and not Barriemore Barlow. Hmmm. I'll have to look that up.
donv
10-09-2009, 01:17 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriemore_Barlow
Toad
10-10-2009, 04:52 AM
Yessir I was a Jethro Tull fan when their first album came out. Always loved the drumming in Jethro Tull. Awesome. I used to listen to those early albums over and over. I thoroughly enjoyed the article linked to at the bottom of that Wikipedia page, where Ian Anderson talks about all his drummers - http://www.tullpress.com/mddec90.htm
Pollyanna
10-10-2009, 05:17 AM
I am pretty sure that Clive Bunker played drums on "Aqualung" and not Barriemore Barlow. Hmmm. I'll have to look that up.

Yep. Barriemore's first album with Tull was "Thick as A Brick". I found their sound, style and feel pretty similar - earthy, rocky timekeeping with flamboyant tom flourishes. I wonder how much of that was Ian Anderson's doing? Barriemore had to navigate the more complex arrangements; his work on TAAB was jaw-dropping in its tighness and flexibility.

Great band, although two of my favourite somgs of theirs are from the Bunker era - "My God" and "Living In The Past". My fave Barrimore work is the first 10 mins or so of TAAB.