Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull

Loved early Tull. Saw them in 1970 Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas Tx.  At the time it was the symphony hall. (the Beatles had played there too).  I remember a band called Clouds opened.  They had a piece where the bass player held the bass horizontally from a stand to his hand and he fingered the strings while the drummer stood and played bass with drumsticks. I had heard Stand Up and they played most of Benefit.  My girlfriend bought the $3:50 tickets and I was a fan after that night.

@buellrider97 - I was an 'amateur' (only because nobody was paying me for it) concert photographer in the Bay Area through the 70's, and I've got some awesome photos of Pink Floyd at the Cow Palace on the '75 'Wish You Were Here' tour; they were also doing early versions of the songs on 'Animals'. I've got lots of excellent photos of many artists from prog thru punk, but alas, nothing worthwhile from Jethro Tull except for historic value. 

“Christmas Song” from This Was and “Ring Out, Solstice Bells” from Songs From the Wood are my two favorite tracks to play this time of year. Benefit, Songs From the Wood, and the Living in The Past compilation are my favorite Tull albums.

Like everybody here, I have been a JT fan.  My first concert was TAAB.  I lost track at about 15 concerts.  I loved the early albums, but my interest started to wane around the time of Heavy Horses.  For later albums, I really like Roots to Branches.  The last concert I saw was TAAB2 at The Beacon, IIRC.  The other patrons were my age or older and many looked like they could have been the model for the cover of Aqualung. 
 

I’m really disappointed how poorly Aqualung recordings sound.  It’s my favorite album of theirs and it stands out how bad it sounds.  

Another lifelong Tull/Anderson fan with a half dozen shows in my over 1000 concerts in the past 56 years..As I've mellowed a lot in my old age,"Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull" has become a Sunday mourning ritual at my place..