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 For trade contacts information click this link TRADE December 2011 "MINSTRELS IN THE GALLERY", the Jethro Tull biography first published in 1988, is now available at Amazon on Kindle December 2011 WEYFEST, August 31st, September 1st-2nd 2012 Featuring ASIA (original line-up of Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer and John Wetton), SNAKECHARMER (Micky Moody, Neil Murray from Whitesnake, Laurie Wisefield from Wishbone Ash, Harry James from Thunder/Magnum, Adam Wakeman and Chris Ousey), STEVE HACKETT, ROY WOOD, GO WEST, MIKE SANCHEZ BAND, CURVED AIR, LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND, TIR NA NOG, AFTER THE FIRE, JACKIE LYNTON, LEATHERAT, RODNEY BRANIGAN, JACKIE McAULEY, THE WILD CARDS, JOHN CARTER, THE GREAT MALARKEY, KANGAROO MOON, THE RHYTHMITES,THE MINI BAND, BUSTER SHUFFLE, VIBRACORE and more tbc. Tickets on sale now at www.weyfest.co.uk APRIL 2008 NEW JETHRO TULL BOOK!! JETHRO TULL BOOK - The A NEW DAY Interviews Coming soon, all the exclusive interviews with almost every Jethro Tull member, past and present, previously published in A New Day, the Jethro Tull magazine - neatly gathered into one enormous book! To receive details of the book along with a great money saving offer on published price just send an email with your name to anewdaybook@btinternet.com Get yourself in the book! If you’re quick we will print your name in the book credits. Just tell us if you want to be listed in the Tull fans list. GOODBYE, BIG AL HODGE Last month I received the very sad news that Al Hodge, singer and guitarist with The Mechanics, had passed away after a two year battle with cancer. I had been a fan since 1980, but it was only a chance remark by Andy Giddings in 1991 that gave me the chance to actually see him perform live, and that first Mechanics gig literally changed my life. The band were unbelievably good live, and Big Al was an absolute master of a frontman. Not in fact physically big, but he earned his Big Al moniker through his stage presence, a giant of a man with a guitar in his hands. He was the proverbial “larger than life” character, always smiling and laughing both on and off stage. Over the years I have dragged many a reluctant soul up and down the country to see a band that I thought they would like, with varying degrees of success, but nobody ever came away from a Mechanics gig without realising they had witnessed something very, very special. Big Al should have, would have been a huge star had he not been so devoted to his beloved Cornwall. He toured the world with Leo Sayer in the early years of The Mechanics, but afterwards was always reluctant to venture too far from his Kingdom of Kernow. And there he was the King. BBC Radio Cornwall broadcast a 3 hour tribute to him the day after he died. It’s a shame the rest of the country, and the world, never got to share in the greatness of the man, but I do know that he was always happy with his lot. He enjoyed life to the full, and he enriched the lives of all who were lucky enough to have known him. I’m proud to say I knew him as a friend, and the many gigs I saw in so many beautiful Cornish venues were some of the greatest days and nights of my life. I will miss him a lot. Thanks for the memories Al. DR Available now on A New Day Records, the long awaited new 2CD set from PAUL KING, multi-instrumentalist founder member of Mungo Jerry and King Earl Boogie Band. "Last Supper?" gathers rare and unreleased tracks from 30 years of Paul's amazingly varied musical projects, with tracks from Rhode Island Red, P Rufus King, Jigolo Jug Band, Skeleton Crew, Paladin and others. THE NEW TULL MAG FRONT COVER DESIGN  Tull Mags
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