This is a killer performance by legendary Prog Rock band Jethro Tull. Absolutely genius musicians and performers the lot of them, and tight as a gnat’s chuff as they say around here. Clive Bunker’s drum solo on Dharma For One is to my mind the best drum solo ever. The man doesn’t miss a beat, literally, for almost ten minutes. I loved the fact that the other members of the band disappeared while Clive bashed away to have a cuppa and smoke (probably), and return just in gobsmacking time to finish the song. I sat watching this on T.V. a while back in absolute mouth gaping awe. Incredible stuff. Enjoy!
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IshaiyaFreshlySqueezed 
I was suitably blown away when i discovered (late as it was) Songs from the Wood. A genius, indeed.
I was giggling like a fool by the end of the solo, having of course watched the whole concert by that point on some documentary about the Tull. Although I was exposed to their music from an early enough age, it’s taken some time to really learn to appreciate such genius. But what a privilege I agree.
Bunker definitely had an interesting style, even for an improvised solo. The cameraman was focused on his hands, but he was doing the best work on the pedals.
I wonder if Jim Henson styled Animal on Bunker?
Wikipedia has a theory: “Animal’s bushy eyebrows and hair, his outrageous behavior, and his wild drumming style are the most common reasons people think The Who drummer Keith Moon was the inspiration for Animal’s character.[3][4] However, the original sketches for Animal contain no evidence to suggest Animal was based on Moon. In fact, many of Animal’s physical attributes were supposedly based on Grammy Award-winning drummer Steve Mitchell, a friend of Jim Henson’s”
I guess it was just a look at the time. Mind you, Tull were pre-Muppets.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=7210025&q=hi&newref=1
Thanks for the link 🙂
Thanks. Now I’m going to be humming that “happy..something smiling, walk something miles to drink your water” or whatever the hell he’s saying. Damn Tull. Damn love/hate Tull thing. Living in the past–hah. Thanks a lot!
Ha! You’re welcome 😉