The Life & Death of Jethro Tull's GLENN CORNICK
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- Discover the extraordinary journey of Glenn Cornick, the original bassist of Jethro Tull. From his early days in Blackpool to his rise with Jethro Tull, delve into his musical evolution, his time with Wild Turkey, and collaborations with notable artists. Explore his personal life, his passion for music, and his enduring legacy.
Glenn is criminally underrated as a bass player, as is Clive as a drummer. His thundering bass line in A New Day Yesterday and solo in Bouree are legendary. Love the early Tull albums, especially the masterpiece that is Benefit.
Cornick/Bunker was THE rhythm section for JT.
I love Stand Up far beyond Benefit! Clive is a monster. Glenn was excellent!
The first J.T. experience for me was with Jeffrey Hammond Hammond on bass,and that was a truly incredible experience. It was the Passion Play Tour, I just think about what it would've been like to see the Benefit Tour,I was a little bit to young. Missing Glenn completely, I wish it could be different,but at least I have my Tull albums to resurrect Glens spirit at any time I want .God Bless you Glenn and may you always be with us in our 💕.
@@markezov - Tull had several different rhythm sections that were amazing. You mean to tell me Barry Barlow and John Glascock weren't at least as good as Bunker and Cornick? And how about Doane Perry and Dave Pegg? Perry and Jonathan Noyce? You must just like the albums with Bunker and Cornick more, which is obviously your right, but you make it out like the others were somehow sub-par musicians and that's just laughable.
@@FrankTobin-no4io JH-H quit not long after because the music was just too hard. Listen to the rapidly changing time signatures on PP and you can hear why.
I bought Jethro Tull's This Was album when I was around 10 years old. I was immediately blown away by it, in no small part because of Glenn Cornick's bass playing. Over half a century later, I am still blown away by that album. It remains my favorite Tull album, and one of my favorite albums of all time. I never tire of listening to it.
My Sunday Feeling! I syill play it on occasion.
I had This Was when I was 12/13, in 1969.. Still one of my all time fav Lps. A few years (?) later I saw them at Union College in Schenectady NY; I was sitting on the floor against the stage and just under Glenn. One of my most thrilling concerts ever, seeing Tull close up like that and seeing Glenn fashion his lines in person, only feet away from me. What a time it was!
It also Stands Up
I couldn’t imagine buying an album on my own at 10, let Alan being blown away by the bass playing. But at 11, my Mum gave me Suzi Quattro’s album, ‘Can the Can’, and I did notice the bass.
Saw Jethro Tull at the L A Forum back in 1970, It's A Beautiful Day opened for them, but J T were so great, their own unique style was always brilliant, those guys could really jam , great times back then, shows were about $10.00 dollars and those bands from the 60's and 70's were the best.😎🤟
Glenn Cornick was my favorite Bass player for Jethro Tull. His bass lines were very memorable and always moved the song forward. Living in the Past, Teacher, Bouree, Nothing is Easy, all them incredible songs had these iconic bass lines that were statements! So logical sounding. I love listening those songs because of the bass lines!
I knew Glenn Cornick briefly in the last deacade of his life. He loved a good pint.
I listened and asked the right questions
about his music. He was extremely approachable. An all around good bloke, mate and man. Him and Martin Barre and Clive were the. Heart & soul of the best first three albums of the entire Jethro Tull
catalougue..
Mick Abrahams took care of guitar duties on "This Was" album.
How amazing! Thank you for sharing and for being here 😊👍
Tull's first 3 albums undoubtably the best of their works. Sad to say that after Benefit I lost interest.
@@stephencollier453I'm mostly with you there but I came back for Wood, Horses and Stormwatch.
Glenn Cornick was one of the hippiest bass players around. I enjoyed watching him as much as I enjoyed listening to him. In my top 5.
Great bassist, who should be remembered.
My favourite Glenn/Tull track is "Inside", from Benefit. A quiet folky tune, Glenn's bass just propels it along in a way that's utterly unique. I swear you'll never hear any other bass playing that sounds like it, anywhere. (No other Tull song has bass like it either,)
Stand up was a great album and still is..
❤
Benefit is too
@@ladybearbaiter their stage presence was fantastic too!! Ian Angerson lol the pied piper" lol standing on one leg ect...lol
Glenn was a great player. His work on, Living in the Past, Witch's Promise and Teacher is outstanding.
A great bass player. Bouree, in particular, opened my eyes to the possibilities of the electric bass (including the great passage using double stops). I saw him with Jethro Tull once, and then with Wild Turkey supporting Jethro Tull (April 1972). Regardless of why he left Tull, he remained on good terms with the band. RIP.
Always loved his bass playing. Saw Tull at the Albert Hall in 1969 (supported by Terry Reid and Savoy Brown). What a rhythm section he and Clive Bunker were! Blown away by the whole performance, which included 'Nothing is Easy', 'Sweet Dream' and 'New Day Yesterday'.
I never saw Glenn with Jethro Tull apart from on film but I did see him with Wild Turkey. Great player.
Same
Same for me.
Missed him when he was with JT but i saw Wild Turkey open for West Bruce & Laing in 1972 in Washington DC . Great show by all !!!
I daw wild turkey at the whisky on sunset in hollywood great show
His bass playing was awesome ...Nothing is Easy by Jethro Tull was very hard for me to learn when I first got into bass playing and it taught me a lot ..I whish I could have met him and talked a bit for a while
Part of the reason i wanted to play bass in bands was Glen. I learned several Tull songs. He was excellent.
I don't know how many bassists Tull had but as a player myself having done some study at a university with some who became household names, I always felt that "Jethro Tull guy" was a spectactular disciplined, perhaps classically trained bassist. Had to be Cornick. Not only great bass lines, incredible counter-point, a sound to die for with crystal clarity and Tull overall a physical presence of incredible endurance but they were always in it! Everything meant something. There was no BS. The traditional English music roots and those sounds -- well, my American tastes were always for our guys. But Tull and Cornick's influences last.
Glenn contacted me re Tulls breakthrough gig at Sunbury in 1968, where they had a huge ovation ! RIP Glenn, you appeared to be a really nice guy.
He wrote
" Sunbury was, of course, one of the biggest days in my life as it was THE DAY when we knew we were going to make it. You cannot believe the feeling. I don't have many recollections about the Festival other than our reception. I swear we were all in shock.
I don't know if you remember the circumstances of our introduction. Ian used to have a nasty old carrier bag that he took onstage and in which he rummaged for harmonicas, his flute or whatever - all part of his image. John Gee walked onstage carrying the bag and the whole audience stood up and started cheering even though we hadn't even been announced. What people didn't realise is that we had been playing 5 or 6 nights a week in little 40 or 50 seater blues clubs all over the country and those people had come from all over to see us. The Music Writers were shocked because we had made ourselves famous without their help or without most of them even knowing us! "
Bass playing Tull fan here. His playing on the Benefit album is stellar. Great tone & choice of notes. Never got a chance to see him play. My first ever concert was Tull Thick as a Brick tour with Gentle Giant.
Still remember Glenn's little solo on Burree, that was the first thing I heard him play. It was impressing
Bourrée.
Had the pleasure of watching Glenn Cornick play live with Wild Turkey at the Patti Pavilion Swansea in the early seventies. His prancing stage prescence was magnetic. I was informed by friend Gary Pickford Hopkins, lead vocalist, that he was the original Tull bassist. Being a massive Tull Fan, that obviouly explained everything!!!
I saw him in Preston in 1973 with Wild Turkey. He had a big on stage presence to my recollection.
I met Glen once, back in 1973 when he was in Wild Turkey, he was in the bar of a club the band were playing at along with guitarist Micky Dyche and shared a table with me and my mates ( it was their table but they invited us to sit down as there were some spare seats ) don't remember much about it but they seemed like decent guys and the band went down well. Not being a musician I won't comment on Glens prowess as a bass player but I liked him and thought it was a pity when he left Tull, who were at the time and still are one of my favourite bands.
"Stand Up" and "Benefit"...two of the greatest albums of that era. Ian Anderson is a genius, and I count myself fortunate to have "shook feet" with him backstage after a Jethro Tull concert in Houston in the early 1970s (putting my hand out to shake...he was carrying his flute case in one hand, his other arm around his beautiful wife, so he put his foot out and I reciprocated).
I remember as a freshman in high school going to a party and This Was had just been released. I became and still am a huge fan..
Good Day. WoW. Excellent telling of his life. I saw "Tull" in 1971 in Miami. Always GREAT!
Gone Too Soon. RIP Glenn
Thank You and Best Regards.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you being here 😁👍 💕
@@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv Peace
Wonderful playing on those early Tull albums.Unforgetable image with that headband.
He was a great one. The first 3 Tull l.p.'s are my favorites of theirs in no small part to Glenn's playing. Best bassist they ever had.
Glasscok, Pegg and Noyce are no slouches.
I got backstage at the Aqualung concert and was disappointed not to see Cornick. But I d have minute-or-so conversation with Anderson and a week later bought my first flute.
The greatest...and a good friend...missed by so many of us
Glenn cornick. Hugely underated and a great influence on my bass playing.
Jethro Tull…so many masterpieces in their catalogue! They’re utterly unique. And brilliant musicians. Wonderful video🤗
Thank you Deidre 😊👍💕
He was a great bass player, on the first 3 Tull albums his playing was brilliant.
Fantastic bass Player.. Tull's loss.....
I saw them in Nashville, TN around 1972 and again in 1978 or 79. Great show. They sounded as good if not better than their albums.
Thanks and well done. Being a bass playing Tull fan in the early 70's, loved Glenn's use of " walking", or upright bass style lines, always prominent to the sound of the songs ( like in living in the past) and had his style of playing strong enough to impose on those earlier pieces, which subsequent tullbassists weren't as pronounced. The story of him and Ian starving musicians together, a testement to the determination and vision, awesome life story.
Thank you so very much! It's awesome to hear you enjoyed the video and the impact Glenn had on your life 🥰 Thank you for being here 🤗
@@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv cool, do you know enough about music or bass to know what I'm referencing? If you play punk rock, in it's simplicity, the bass is the same notes as the guitar chord played over and over. But if you play jazz style walking bass, your playing all the different notes in the chord, " walking" from one note to the other, but always playing the notes that are in the chord ( instead of just the low note, the " tonic" of the guitar chord). Were jazz gets complicated is when they start changing chords and your " walking" not only through the chords but also the chord changes. And the soloist is crafting melodies using the notes in the chord ( or a scale that fits over those chords), so that's how a person can solo over chords, played on piano or guitar as the bassist plays his lines and it all works, because they're all using the same notes of the chord ( played obviously in different sequences) to create musical cohesion on the spot, improvised . So Glenn's style, if you understand a more jazz approach, you can see how he implemented this ( Bouree being a good example of him walking, but then he throws in bass chords ( very unusual) towards the end of his solo) Great concepts, my other favorite bassists later were Geddy Lee of Rush, Chris Squire of Yes, Jaco Pastorious of Weather Report, John Entwistle of the Who, monsters one and all.
@@theodery2712 Wow I had no idea different styles of bass are played differently altogether. I bought an acoustic guitar in hopes of learning and was surprised at how difficult it was to learn. The pros make it look simple! I take my hat off to anyone that can learn an instrument and play successfully. It takes a lot of patience and perseverance which it sounds like you have mastered @theodery 🥰 Thank you for sharing 🤗
@@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv yeah, it takes more than a few hours to become proficient, and an insane amount to become a serious professional, let alone a virtuoso. Jimi Hendrix used to play a gig, a few sets, then go to an after hours club to jam till sunrise, then go home and play to wind down, and his roommates would find him stretched out on the bed with his guitar on his chest. John Coltrane used to have his wife slide food in while he " woodsheded for 8- 12 hours a day. That's commitment, but look at those two, they're exceptions. If you constantly put in a few hours at a time, sometimes twice a day, you'll eventually see progress because your building" muscle memory ", the ability physically to play ( as opposed to the mental concept ( like I was talking about in terms of bass styles and how to solo) which is addressed as you go along. ( Check out Rick Beato for any musical instructions ) And even playing just a little bit helps you appreciate music in general more deeply, rewires neural networks in your brain ( which is why music should be taught at a young age, and, even more important, music ( the more complex the better) should be listened to by children. As they're brains are developing, the mathematics involved with music ( see Pythagoras for the basic idea of pitch and harmony, and how those theories have emotional reaction) ( major chords sound happy, minor chords sound sad, other chords create tension etc...)helps brains evolve, higher IQ's ( this has been documented) so any involvement in any area of music is beneficial. So expose yourself, and Jethro Tull is a more sophisticated level, ( as were all the bands I mentioned in last post) , so it takes a certain IQ to even appreciate those groups. Just keep going...
@@theodery2712 You've inspired me to keep trying. Thank you so much! 😁👌💕
Glenn Cornick´s name is associated with a night that I still have great memories of. I saw him with Wild Turkey, supporting Black Sabbath on their Master of Reality tour. Feb `72 Manchester Free Trade Hall. He certainly stood out, with his stage presence.
Of course, Sabbath then blew the roof off. That was my first ever gig. Hooked for life!
My older brother saw that tour here in the States. He had never heard of Wild Turkey but he told me they absolutely KILLED that night. Sabbath were good he said but it was Wild Turkey's night.
@@CraigHARRELL-se9xm More than 50 years - but some things stay memorable.
I saw that tour at Birmingham Town Hall. He blew me away and is still one of my Top 10 bass players. The first Wild Turkey album is one of my Top 50 albums.
@@AndrewHaddletonGIG Nice! Maybe you´re in the pics that were featured in the Vol 4 sleeve. I remember reading that Birmingham was used for those shots. (I´ve just tried copy/pasting the link, but it´s getting rejected).
@@leopolitan1914 I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look.
I saw Tull on the Thick as a Brick tour in 1972. Excellent performance.
Fantastic bass player- my favourite - incredibly memorable. Really nice chap as well - met him at the 100 Club for a Martin Barre gig once and he gave me his autograph with a self ready gold ink pen. Just listen to those wonderful early Tull albums
Thanks for the music. Rest In Peace.
I saw them at newport 69 near my home in granada hills i already had the first lp this was it was a great show people didnt know about them yet but really likes them cheers
They didn't know about punctuation, either, apparently.
2:44 the first single was credited to "Jethro Toe". Ian Anderson may not have liked the name of an historic figure, but for the times that was a hip name. And definitely made the band memorable to everyone, overshadowing the figure who was the band's namesake. The first three Tull albums with Glen Cornick are my favorites.
One thing I've noticed about Glenn was how many different models of bass he's pictured playing during the Tull years. Makes me wonder if he was a collector.
great player w/Tull, Wild Turkey & Paris. RIP Glenn.
One of my first albums was Benefit which I purchased in the summer of 1971. There was something about Tull's sound that attracked me and have been a fan ever since.
Great stuff.
With the obvious exception of The Beatles, never has the loss of a band's bass player been as impactful as was Cornick's exit from Tull. The band's first three albums are unique, timeless and as exciting and entertaining today as they were when released. Cornick and Clive Bunker were a unique rhythm section who could thunder, rock and swing at the same time. After Cornick's ouster, what did we get? The turgid, plodding, snide Aqualung, its grimy aural mood perfectly matched by the album's cover art, which looked as if it had been painted with various shades of dung.
Listen to Black Sabbath without Geezer Butler, then we'll talk.
Steve Harris, bassist of Iron Maiden, I believe mentions Glenn as one of his influences.
I knew Glenn through a band I worked for (Rat Race Choir) Did a few Jethro Tull conventions with Glenn and he told me , He found out he was out of the band when he saw it in Melody Maker magazine on his way to rehearsals at the airport ! Great guy , great bass player ! May he RIP .
Rat Race Choir rings a bell for Long Island N Y and northeast of the US
Yup, Ian was a dick, even back then.
Excellent video.
I loved his playing at the time (69/70), but even to this day, his tone, creative lines and overall musicianship really impress. I would suggest that, good though their replacements were, losing Glenn, (and later, Clive) was Ian’s biggest mistake.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you 🥰
I've just walked past the venue in Barrow shown in the picture where Formula 1 are playing.
Glenn was a truly great bass player. His playing always served the songs. Stand Up is a top 5 album of all time to me. Glenn and Clive are one of the best rhythm sections, only the Who (Entwistle and Moon) are in the same category.
good stuff, man. Thanks for your hard work!
Thank you so very much for your positive feedback 😁👍 I appreciate you 🥰
Tull never makes it without Mick Glenn and Clives collaboration
I was at the Newport Jazz in '69. They played Friday night. Blood, Sweat and Tears, Ten Years after and The Jeff Beck Group also played that evening.
I saw Tull in 1969, at the old Eagle's Auditorium in Seattle...a smaller venue, maybe 1,000 folks there. I watch with awe, as Glenn bounced up and down constantly, while playing, and also in between songs!...He had to be wired!..But his bass riffs were exceptional, and blended in with Martin-Barre's idiosyncratic meanderings on guitar. No wonder that Hendrix was mightily impressed with them, and included them on a tour! Their first three albums are very solid!
Oh wow how lucky you are! What n amazing memory to cherish 🥰 Thank you so much for sharing and for watching 🤗
Hendrix didn't choose his tour mates.
I've been an admirer of Glenn's bass playing since first hearing Benefit. He's just brilliant on the first three Tull albums and non-album singles. I've never heard a satisfactory explanation of why he parted company with Tull. He liked to socialize while the rest of the band were reclusive? What kind of reason is that? I've never heard anyone say that Glenn's love of partying affected the band negatively. I think there's something we're not being told. After Glenn left, Tull lost a big part of what made their sound so special, in my opinion.
I agree with you 💯 But as you said his partying was always the reason given as to why he left? Unless he was a full blown party animal, I guess we'll never know. Thanks for watching 😁👍
IAN ANDERSON MOCHTE NICHT DAS PARTYLEBEN UND DEN HIPPIE- STYLE VON GLEN CORNICK,DAS PASSTE IHM NICHT UND DARUM WURDE ER VON JETHRO TULL ENTLASSEN!!IAN ANDERSON ER MACHTE ES MIT VIELEN ANDEREN MUSIKERN GENAU SO,ZULETZT DA WAR MARTIN BARRE DRAN!!😢😢
@@PeterHuebner HIPPIES PARTYING PURCHASED MANY JETHRO TULL CONCERT TICKETS AND ALBUMS!!! IF IT WERE NOT FOR PARTYING HIPPIES, WHO WOULD JETHRO TULL'S AUDIENCE BE? BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS? COLLEGE PROFESSORS? ACCOUNTANTS? POLICEMEN? ATHLETES? POLITICIANS? HOW CAN YOU FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEING JUST LIKE YOUR OWN AUDIENCE? IAN ANDERSON SHOULD HAVE CUT HIS HAIR VERY SHORT AND DRESSED IN A BUSINESS SUIT.
Despite their looks, Ian didn’t like hippies, while Glenn reportedly like pot. Ian also wanted his buddy in the band, even though he wasn’t nearly as good as Glenn. (Jeffrey had to learn his parts by rote, rather than coming up with his own bass parts).
@@seed_drill7135 If Glenn becoming a hippie and liking pot had affected his playing, then I could understand his dismissal. But if it was just because Ian didn't like hippies or pot smokers, that doesn't seem like a very good reason to get rid of a musician as good as Glenn. When I first heard Aqualung, I thought the music was still good, but I noticed that the melodic, inventive bass playing of previous Tull albums just wasn't there.
You could always tell a real record shop from a bogus one: a good one put them under J for "Jethro Tull", the clueless ones put them under T for "Tull, Jethro"
Whatever
@@saifonlawrence2044 Ever, What
What a fantastic video 4hae a wonderful day also how is the weather today ❤😊
I'm so grateful for your ongoing support my friend thank you 🤗💞 Its been raining where I am, I hope you have sunny weather 🌞Enjoy! 🌷🌷🌷
Dressed a bit stereotypically, parodic almost, but WT had their own unique sound and were criminally underrated.
That was originl in those days. Too soon to be a parody. An extreme exponent of contemporary fashion.
The best Tull years/records were with Glenn.
Thank you mate Shane in Sydney 🦘 🇦🇺
Thanks for your ongoing support mate 😁🐨🦘❤
Jethro Tull was an Alabama sharecropper who did invent the seed drill.
I knew Glenn later on in his life. A truly nice, humble man. RIP buddy.
Your stuff is superb!Great detail and research,I take my hat off to you!
Awww thank you so very much, it means so much to me ☺👍💯 I really try to make the viewer feel like they know the musician personally 🥰 Even down to my thumbnails 😍 Thank you again, I really appreciate you 🤗
Wild Turkey's 'Battle Hymn' and 'Turkey' albums also showed that he was a very fine songwriter, and could have helped inject some valuable creative input into Tull's later work.
Yeah, if Anderson had allowed such a thing.
@6:40 Hunt Sales is famous for working with David Bowie, was joined by his brother.
Rest in peace!!
Ahh.. to live in the past...
Hey! there's a song in that!
If we could only get a bass groove.
Peace on earth.
Well done sir!!
Rawther disappointed the LP album did not credit Bach for that Bourrée in E Minor track.
R.i.p.glenn peace&❤😢😢😢😢
Thank you ! I always was fascinated by that weird guy.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🥰 Thank you for watching 😁👍
A nice lady served tables at Po folks a Bill Anderson restaurant in madison Tennessee she was from Luton 😊
No Doubt the whole band was a trip the bass to Living in the past was killer off the hook
I defy anyone to tell me that Stand Up, especially the 2001 remaster with bonus tracks, isn't one of the greatest albums in rock history. Benefit falls closely behind for me. Incredible.
Damn good bas pleier..
@1:00 When I see arched brick I think Beatles and Cavern Club
The best and most inventive bass player Jethro Tull ever had! I saw him at the Marquee with Wild Turkey around 1973🎉 His playing was brilliant as usual but the Songs couldn't hold a candle to Tull's unfortunately. Same applied to some of the musicians (No Martin Barre)
I saw him play with Wild Turkey
Met him online
Treated me like a fellow musician. Not a fan.
Sorry he's gone
He died 10 years ago!
I've never seen a lot of those photos.
@5:20 Hold on a minute. Isn't Leigh Stevens the guitar from Blue Cheer?
No, he's not a musical instrument.
He was one hip dude ! Dig it ?
I gave up on JT after this was , once Mick Abrahams left it became the Ian Anderson show , he was such a show biz stiff he stifled that band imagine being on tour with LZ and Anderson says no partying . I saw them at Kilburn State because someone gave me free tickets , it started with a spotlight on the edge of the stage and Anderson waggled his leg , ah this binezz we call show, JT were a hippy looking rock ACT
The photo at four mins twenty shows him using a bottle as a slide ...........................
The only thing I didn't like about Jethro Tull was Anderson kept changing players. I always liked the Stand Up guys the best. After Aqualung they went down hill.😢
They declined Woodstock.
That's unfortunate for them, but more for us.
That would have been cool.
Who payed his rent 😮every band after tull flopped😢sad for a good bassplayer❤
I lost interest in Tull after Glenn and Clive left. Those first two Tull albums really swung in a way that is rare for a rock band.
After he was fired, JT lost all their soul.
They played on the Benefit album, too. It's a great album!
Oh, brother. Way to deprive yourself of some of the best music ever made.
Aqualung would have been a much better album with Glenn Cornick on it, what a shame.
Can't say what Glenn would have done with TAAB, though: Barrie's drumming was just over the top, not much room for a player as good as Glenn.
Too bad Jethro Tull declined to play Woodstock. Living In The Past would have had a fantastic impact.
He was not a good bass player. He was a great bass player.
He go twongle twongle with his fingies - I go to Barrow inFurnace and have a cup of tea, I think - oh yes but equally, he ware headband and were thinking what better way to deal with fly away Barnet innit
Can I have some of what you're smoking, mate?
Look at those outfits!!! Afraid of being pigeon-holed into the hippy scene?
He and mick Abraham’s clashed big time I read .
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Pronounced He-low.
What exactly did he do? Wild Turkey were eminently forgettable. Cornick basically looked like the ur-hippie. The rest is oblivion.
sentito suonare con tull per me uno dei migliori bassisti............
Jethro Toe 😂❤