It was June 10th 1971, and more than a thousand fans without tickets showed up during a sold out concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheater outside of Denver. When some of the ticket-less started trying to break in through the police line and threw rocks at police, the cops fired tear gas into the crowd which sent 28 people to the hospital...
Jethro Tull's 12th studio album concludes with 'Elegy,' a quiet instrumental of pastoral acoustic guitar and melancholy strings. The title is appropriate.
The original bassist for Jethro Tull, died Thursday at his home in Hilo, Hawaii. Glenn Cornick was 67. His family told The New York Times the cause of death was congestive heart failure.
One of the most famous moments in 'Spinal Tap' finds bassist Derek Smalls trapped in a pod on stage, fighting to get out as his bandmates performed 'Rock and Roll Creation' without him. For Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, that hit close to home -- very close.