Ian Anderson at The Grove in Anaheim
Nov. 6th, 2009 02:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tenayaIan was joined on stage by guitarist Florian Ophale, John O'Hara--keyboards, David Goodier--bass player, Mark Mondsir--drums and Meena Bhasin on violin. The songs were mostly Jethro Tull's play acoustically. There were two new songs, and one each from Meena and Florian.
The concert was delightful, and the audience was mostly respectful and that was a treat(I'd rather hear the musicians that some drunk shouting out, "IAN!") The music has gotten even more intricate and the styles are a international bouquet. I think it was Aqualung that was amazing. I'd already heard it rearranged for the flute, but here he'd added the violin and the flamenco-ish guitar. It was just wonderful.
The set list was:
Dun Ringill, March the Mad Scientist, Just Trying to Be (an outtake from Aqualung iirc,) Jack in the Green, Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square, Skating Away, Serenade to a Cuckoo, Tea For the Princess (new IA/Tull,) Driving Skies (Meena's,) Fat Man and Rocks in the Road. Intermission. Someday the Sun Won't Shine for You, A Change of Horses (new IA/Tull,) Mother Goose, Andantina (Florian's,) Bourée, My God, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath. Many of the songs had been expanded or had new arrangements.
I would very much like it if Ian would release the two new songs and the new arrangements of "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath." I am really intrigued by them all. "A Change of Horses" was especially interesting, though both sounded like they could be put on the Divinities album. "Tea For the Princess" was written with Ravi Shankar's sitar playing daughter in mind, as Anoushka had toured with them in India. Even the songs by Meena and Florian were interesting and likable. Florian's style is classical, and specifically here, flamenco.
You Tube has been very helpful if you'd like to hear how things sounded. *g*
The quality varies and sometimes the songs are spliced. I'm hoping some footage from my concert will surface, but it didn't look like the type of place where it would be easy to bootleg some video.
Ian Anderson - A Change Of Horses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOZao1iC7Y
Tea With The Princess:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbFCTvj-mo
Rocks on the Road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiQTS38JC_I
Locomotive Breath:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKLbJNiaiqk
Aqualung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6rSICGv48
Florian Opahle's Andantina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwNVzwZ5fM8
Meena Bhasin - Driving Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0RxKkucvo
ETA:There was only one truly annoying new audience behavior. The guy seated behind me made at least three phone calls in the first half of the concert. He'd phone people up, let them listen to a bit, and then tell them where he was in a voice to be heard above all the 'noise.' What a jerk.
They are playing tonight (November 6 at the Wiltern in LA, and there are still a few more dates going up California and ending in Spokane.
Catch him if you can!
The concert was delightful, and the audience was mostly respectful and that was a treat(I'd rather hear the musicians that some drunk shouting out, "IAN!") The music has gotten even more intricate and the styles are a international bouquet. I think it was Aqualung that was amazing. I'd already heard it rearranged for the flute, but here he'd added the violin and the flamenco-ish guitar. It was just wonderful.
The set list was:
Dun Ringill, March the Mad Scientist, Just Trying to Be (an outtake from Aqualung iirc,) Jack in the Green, Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square, Skating Away, Serenade to a Cuckoo, Tea For the Princess (new IA/Tull,) Driving Skies (Meena's,) Fat Man and Rocks in the Road. Intermission. Someday the Sun Won't Shine for You, A Change of Horses (new IA/Tull,) Mother Goose, Andantina (Florian's,) Bourée, My God, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath. Many of the songs had been expanded or had new arrangements.
I would very much like it if Ian would release the two new songs and the new arrangements of "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath." I am really intrigued by them all. "A Change of Horses" was especially interesting, though both sounded like they could be put on the Divinities album. "Tea For the Princess" was written with Ravi Shankar's sitar playing daughter in mind, as Anoushka had toured with them in India. Even the songs by Meena and Florian were interesting and likable. Florian's style is classical, and specifically here, flamenco.
You Tube has been very helpful if you'd like to hear how things sounded. *g*
The quality varies and sometimes the songs are spliced. I'm hoping some footage from my concert will surface, but it didn't look like the type of place where it would be easy to bootleg some video.
Ian Anderson - A Change Of Horses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOZao1iC7Y
Tea With The Princess:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbFCTvj-mo
Rocks on the Road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiQTS38JC_I
Locomotive Breath:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKLbJNiaiqk
Aqualung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6rSICGv48
Florian Opahle's Andantina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwNVzwZ5fM8
Meena Bhasin - Driving Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0RxKkucvo
ETA:There was only one truly annoying new audience behavior. The guy seated behind me made at least three phone calls in the first half of the concert. He'd phone people up, let them listen to a bit, and then tell them where he was in a voice to be heard above all the 'noise.' What a jerk.
They are playing tonight (November 6 at the Wiltern in LA, and there are still a few more dates going up California and ending in Spokane.
Catch him if you can!
