8/10/03 Lori and went to Jethro Tull at the Mohegan Sun Arena. A pretty cool place to see a show , this would be the third time I`ve seen them. Lori`s parents picked up tickets last minute and were seated only a few seats away from us. Ian Anderson seems to have gotten his voice strength back and actually sounded better as the show went on. They didn`t play Thick as a Brick , which in the other 2 shows I`ve seen , they used that song to start a medley of a few other killa tunes. Instead they played Songs from the Wood and did a medley with that.

It happened to Be Ian Anderson`s birthday on the date of our show - He was born 8/10/47 - He still has incredible energy for a man his age.

They ended there show as we thought they would with Ian belting out Aqualung better than I`ve ever heard him and obviously Locamotive Breath when the mixed crowd got into it. In between , as typical with Tull they played a variety of jams which some of the crowd knew and some did not (myself included)

- Songs From The Wood

Let me bring you songs from the wood:
to make you feel much better than you could know.
Dust you down from tip to toe.
Show you how the garden grows.
Hold you steady as you go.
Join the chorus if you can:
it'll make of you an honest man.
Let me bring you love from the field:
poppies red and roses filled with summer rain.
To heal the wound and still the pain
that threatens again and again
as you drag down every lover's lane.
Life's long celebration's here.
I'll toast you all in penny cheer.
Let me bring you all things refined:
galliards and lute songs served in chilling ale.
Greetings well met fellow, hail!
I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times.
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Songs from the wood make you feel much better.