Jethro Tull / Brethren

Rock's In My Head Apr 30, 2018

APRIL: JETHRO TULL @ SUNY NEW PALTZ I’m not sure of the exact date, this point in the spring of 1971 I did attend a Jethro Tull show at SUNY at New Paltz. I was invited to attend this show by a girl who went to school there. It was a fabulous spring weekend and the band put on a great performance in the gymnasium. I do remember there was a lot of people crowded in the small area, mostly seated on the floor, while we had the better view seated in the bleachers to the right of the stage. During the performance, I noticed a guy standing up in the middle of the gym floor, he appeared to be screaming and attempting to run toward the stage, arms flaying about in the air, stepping over everyone in his path. Lo and behold, some people moved away afraid when suddenly he falls and disappears in the crowd on the floor. I didn’t think anything of it until later that evening we discovered that the guy was a local from my hometown who was also visiting that campus for their Spring concert series. He had taken an incredible amount of acid and was /is still convinced that Tull’s amplifiers where emitting sound waves to his brain. Funny how things worked out because this guy was a regular in my car ride to college. Tuesday and Thursday’s he would bum a ride from me in the mornings. One morn after the incident he described his experience in rich detail.