Why, Greg, you ol' rocker! We're gettin a l-o-n-g way off the NG subject, but what the 'ell. I liked Tull and Santana both. I went to a Santana concert in the early 70's when "Oye Como Va", "Black Magic Woman", "Soul Sacrifice" and "Evil Ways" were still very popular. They literally blew the crowd away with "Soul Sacrifice" (or maybe the crowd was blowin' itself away, I dunno). It was a rockin' night with The Turtles as the opening act. The local National Guard Armory was never the same after that night.
As for Jethro Tull, I personaly liked Aqualung a lot, but Locomotive Breath came in a close second:
Locomotive Breath
In the shuffling madess
of the locomotive breath,
runs the all-time loser,
headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping --
steam breaking on his brow --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
at the stations -- one by one.
His woman and his best friend --
in bed and having fun.
He's crawling down the corridor
on his hands and knees --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling --
catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideons Bible --
open at page one --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
From the "Aqualung" album, 1971 by Jethro Tull.