Dayglo Pirates
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The Dayglo Pirates are a UK-based Jethro Tull tribute band. Formed in 1996, they have played to fans' conventions in Italy and Germany as well as many gigs in the UK, from Poole to Liverpool.
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[edit] Members
The current members of The Dayglo Pirates are:
- Paul Forrest - lead vocal, flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Simon Taylor - electric guitar, recorder, backing vocals
- Steve Harrison - bass guitar
- Tom Andrews - drums, glockenspiel, backing vocals
- Graham Burgess - keyboards, backing vocals
They have had just one change in personnel, the original keyboard player Dave Bott leaving for personal reasons in 2005.
[edit] Songs Played
The Dayglo Pirates perform songs from Jethro Tull's first album This Was (1968) through to Stormwatch (1979). At a recent (December 2006) gig, the set list was:
- My Sunday Feeling
- A New Day Yesterday
- Living in the Past
- To Cry You A Song
- We Used to Know
- Nothing to Say
- Mother Goose
- With You There to Help Me
- Back to the Family
- Nothing is Easy
- For a Thousand Mothers
- Solstice Bells
- Songs from the Wood
- Thick as a Brick
- Dunringill
- Minstrel in the Gallery
- Cross Eyed Mary
- Aqualung
- Locomotive Breath
- Dambusters March Finale
[edit] Guest Stars
The Dayglo Pirates have been joined on stage on occasion by several former members of Jethro Tull, namely Glenn Cornick (bassist This Was to Living in the Past) on 13/11/04 in Hove, Clive Bunker (drummer This Was to Aqualung) and Barriemore Barlow (drummer Thick as a Brick to Stormwatch) at the Italian Tull convention in Sept 2003, and Dee Palmer (keyboards Songs from the Wood to Stormwatch) on 13/03/04, also in Hove.
[edit] Venues
The following are some of the venues that The Dayglo Pirates have appeared at:
- The Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
- The Flowerpot, Derby
- The Cheese and Grain, Froome
- The Portland Rock Bar, Hove
- The All Saints Centre, Lewes
- The Loaded Dog, Leytonstone
- The Diamond, Nottingham
- Mr Kyps, Poole
- Club Riga, Southend
- Riff's Bar, Swindon
- The Standard, Walthamstow
[edit] Trivia
The name of the band, The Dayglo Pirates, is taken from the lyrics to the song Up To Me on the album Aqualung:
The rainy season comes to pass, The day-glo pirate sinks at last. And if I laughed a bit too fast, Well it was up to me. Well it was up to me.
