”Cat’s Squirrel” from Jethro Tull album This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull – Cat’s Squirrel
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There was an interview with Mick Abrahams on ‘Planet Rock’ the other evening talking about his life & the early days of Tull – really interesting & likable guy.
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Damn straight!
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Dr.Ross the Harmonica Boss OWNS this.
period.
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originally recorded in 1959, released in 1961 by Fortune records.
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One of my favorite songs
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nice version
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Good cover of a much recorded instrumental. I like it better than Cream’s. Really captures the rock/blues style of the British bands at the time. Mick Abrahms is excellent on the guitar; he left the band after this first album, apparently because of differences with Ian Anderson as to where the band was going musically. Mick wanted to stick with the blues; Anderson had more grandiose ideas. Mick’s Blodwyn Pig band unfortunately went nowhere, while Tull climbed the charts and became superstars.
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I’d forgotten he was with Jethro Tull, you are quite right it just put me right back there, there was a special energy about
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I love the heavy blues sound so many groups had in this era. This song, along with Warning by black sabbath, is a musical orgasm for me.Also really really like New day yesterday.
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Not as good as Cream’s (they are the masters of the British blues rock sound) but still good
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Cat Squirrel,not plural on the cat.,I like this,still diggin the original better though.
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‘s is not plural, is a possessive pronoun
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True not plural your right,my bad.. I had eye surgery a few weeks ago,my vision is worse then I thought.
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Martin Barre is so cool!
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THAN you thought
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Great to hear this again. Used to play it all the time. Still have the 12″ LP somewhere!
Thanks for posting.
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Martin Barre is cool. But Mick Abrahams played guitar on this song !
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Yeah, that’s Mick on guitar. Barre, et al replaced him afterward. I recall buying this record when it was a fresh release and playing the grooves right out of it. My poor mother about died of fright at the very sight of the cover. The music holds up, yeah?
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Hmmm … in various parts, do I hear some of the same tones Page used in How Many More Times.
Love Cream a lot too … but everyone has to agree this version is pretty bad ass … and certianly lays to shame once anything the current rock industry pretends to be.
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Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker are a dynamite rhythm section!
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They laid it own in 1968; imagne this still holds up 41 years after the fact.
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Great rendition of Cat’s Squirrel. For me, it tops the other classic / good versions (Cream, etc.). Indeed, that’s Mick Abrahams on the six string. Martin Barre joined in for the Stand Up album in 1969 and has been a Tull mainstay ever since. // Thanks KKao
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This was not Barre. It was Mick Abrams in the Original group. And he could wail with the best of them. He left and went on to form ‘Blodwyn Pig’.
This song ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Quite heavy! Definately gets me banging my head.
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thanks for posting ! Fond memories ‘cos I lived in London late 60′s-early 70′s & saw these guys at the Marquee down on Wardour St. For my money early Tull recordings are still da goods.
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