Glenn Cornick

{{short description|British bass player (1947–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Glenn Cornick | image = Glenn-Cornick-in-Helsinki-1970 (cropped).jpg | caption = Cornick performing with Jethro Tull in Helsinki, 1970. | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|4|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|8|28|1947|4|23}} | death_place = [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Hawaii]], [[United States]] | instrument = [[Bass guitar]] | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blues rock]] | occupation = [[Musician]] | years_active = 1962–1977, 1996–2014 | label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] | past_member_of = [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[Wild Turkey (band)|Wild Turkey]], [[Paris (band)|Paris]], [[:de:Karthago (Band)|Karthago]] | website = }}

'''Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick''' (23 April 1947 – 28 August 2014) was an English [[bass guitar]]ist, and the original bassist for the British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] from 1967 to 1970. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' has called his playing with Tull as "stout, nimble underpinning, the vital half of a blues-ribbed, jazz-fluent rhythm section".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Fricke's Picks Radio: Remembering Jethro Tull's Glenn Cornick |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frickes-picks-radio-remembering-jethro-tulls-glenn-cornick-20140902 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903224329/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frickes-picks-radio-remembering-jethro-tulls-glenn-cornick-20140902 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life and career== Cornick attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys, and then moved to [[Blackpool]].<ref name=officialtull>{{cite web |url=http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/pastmembers/glenncornick.html |title=Glenn Cornick |access-date=7 August 2007 |publisher=The Official Jethro Tull Website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815135747/http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/pastmembers/glenncornick.html |archive-date=15 August 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy}}</ref> The first group he played with was "The Executives", a group that played versions of famous songs in clubs and pubs.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObmgmmjrts |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/GObmgmmjrts |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Ian Anderson: Remembering Glenn Cornick |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-09-06 |access-date=2016-05-25}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Later, he joined a soul band called [[John Evan]] Smash<ref name=marqueeclub>[http://www.themarqueeclub.net/jethro-tull Jethro Tull Biography at Marquee Club] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719175356/http://www.themarqueeclub.net/jethro-tull |date=19 July 2011}} Retrieved 14 September 2014</ref> in which [[Ian Anderson]] and guitarist [[Mick Abrahams]] were also members. Drummer [[Clive Bunker]], who was a friend of Abrahams, then joined them to form [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]].<ref name=rollingstone>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frickes-picks-radio-remembering-jethro-tulls-glenn-cornick-20140902#ixzz3DGtWaoY7 Remembering Jethro Tull's Glenn Cornick at ''Rolling Stone''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903224329/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frickes-picks-radio-remembering-jethro-tulls-glenn-cornick-20140902#ixzz3DGtWaoY7 |date=3 September 2014 }}. Retrieved 14 September 2014</ref>

==Jethro Tull== {{See also|Jethro Tull (band)}} Cornick toured and recorded with Jethro Tull from late 1967 to late 1970. He played on the band's first three albums, ''[[This Was]]'', ''[[Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)|Stand Up]]'' and ''[[Benefit (album)|Benefit]]'', playing a role in the arranging of the music, being one of the few members of Jethro Tull with some musical training. One of the few live recordings of Cornick with Jethro Tull is the video ''[[Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970|Nothing is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight]]'', recorded in 1970 and released in 2004. He was fired from the band, mainly because his lifestyle was more inclined to partying than other members'.<ref name="youtube1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/glenn-cornick/ |title=Glenn Cornick |publisher=Jethro Tull |date=1947-04-24 |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=5 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205031420/http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/glenn-cornick/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jethrotull.com/glenn-cornick-290814/ |title=Glenn Cornick: April 23rd 1947 – August 29th 2014. |publisher=Jethro Tull |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901233047/http://jethrotull.com/glenn-cornick-290814/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Wild Turkey== After leaving Jethro Tull, Cornick played as a session musician for [[Leigh Stephens]] on his 1971 album ''And a Cast of Thousands''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jethrotullgroup.proboards.com/thread/460/glenn-cornicks-complete-discography|title=Glenn Cornick's Complete Discography|work=proboards.com|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-date=9 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209214412/http://jethrotullgroup.proboards.com/thread/460/glenn-cornicks-complete-discography|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, he formed Wild Turkey, initially with: Graham Williams (guitar), Alan 'Tweke' Lewis (guitar), [[John Weathers|John "Pugwash" Weathers]] (ex-[[Pete Brown & Piblokto!]] and later in [[Gentle Giant]]) on drums and [[Gary Pickford-Hopkins]] (ex-Eyes of Blue) on vocals; but Weathers and Williams left to join [[Graham Bond]]'s Magick before Wild Turkey recorded any material - soon after, Weathers joined the progressive rock band [[Gentle Giant]]. They were replaced by Jon Blackmore (guitar and vocals) and Jeff Jones (ex-[[Man (band)|Man]]) (drums) who joined Cornick, Tweke and Pickford-Hopkins to record Wild Turkey's first album ''Battle Hymn'' - which only reached number 193 in The Billboard 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/battle-hymn-mw0000678279/awards |title=Battle Hymn - Wild Turkey | Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-date=2 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902053756/http://www.allmusic.com/album/battle-hymn-mw0000678279/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> The band released a second album, ''Turkey'', before splitting up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Wild-Turkey-Turkey/master/297608|title=Wild Turkey - Turkey|website=Discogs|access-date=23 June 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193815/https://www.discogs.com/Wild-Turkey-Turkey/master/297608|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Karthago and Paris== {{see also|Paris (band)}} Cornick then joined the [[Germany|German]] band Karthago, with whom he recorded just one album, ''Rock'N'Roll Testament'', before leaving and moving to Los Angeles to form Paris, with guitarist [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] (ex-[[Fleetwood Mac]]) and [[Thom Mooney]] (ex-[[Nazz]]) on drums. They recorded an eponymous album, ''[[Paris (Paris album)|Paris]]'', in 1975, before Mooney was replaced by [[Hunt Sales]] (ex-[[Todd Rundgren|Todd Rundgren's Runt]]), and in 1976 recorded ''[[Big Towne, 2061]]''. Paris disbanded in 1977.

==Wild Turkey again, the 1990s and recent work== In 1996, Cornick participated in a Jethro Tull tribute, called ''To Cry You A Song - A collection of Tull Tales'', playing on the songs "Nothing Is Easy", "To Cry You a Song", "New Day Yesterday", "Teacher" and "Living in the Past", together with the former Tull members [[Clive Bunker]], [[Mick Abrahams]] and [[Dave Pegg]], together with [[John Wetton]], [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]], [[Robby Steinhardt]], [[Wolfstone]] and [[Keith Emerson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magnacarta.net/releases/tulltribute.html |title=Jethro Tull Tribute |publisher=Magnacarta.net |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418224608/http://www.magnacarta.net/releases/tulltribute.html |archive-date=18 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the early 2000s two live Wild Turkey albums were released, ''Final Performance'' (2000) and ''Live In Edinburgh'' (2001) and in 2006 the fourth studio album, ''You and Me in the Jungle'', was recorded by Cornick, Pickford-Hopkins, Dyche and Gurl, who had all appeared on earlier albums. They were joined by Graham Williams (ex-[[Racing Cars]]) (guitar), John "Pugwash" Weathers (percussion) and former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker, all of whom had played with Cornick in the past.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cornick |first=Glenn |title=credits for You & Me in the Jungle |url=http://www.cornick.org/gallery/newturkeyalbum/ALBUMINFO |url-status=dead |publisher=cornick.org |access-date=16 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930044832/http://www.cornick.org/gallery/newturkeyalbum/ALBUMINFO |archive-date=30 September 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Death== Cornick died in [[Hilo, Hawaii]], on 28 August 2014, due to congestive [[heart failure]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Former Jethro Tull Bass Player Glenn Cornick Dies |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6236496/jethro-tull-glenn-cornick-dead |magazine=Billboard |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904060307/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6236496/jethro-tull-glenn-cornick-dead |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bussewitz |first=Cathy |title=Former Jethro Tull bass player Glenn Cornick dies |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/29/4317103/former-jethro-tull-bass-player.html |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=29 August 2014 |archive-date=31 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831093503/http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/29/4317103/former-jethro-tull-bass-player.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

His death was widely reported in the media<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/14/glenn-cornick|title=Glenn Cornick Obituary|website=Guardian.com|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> and specialist publications like the Prog Magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-30/jethro-tull-s-cornick-dead-at-67|title=Jethro Tull's Cornick dead at 67|website=Prog.teamrock.com|access-date=23 June 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064041/http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-30/jethro-tull-s-cornick-dead-at-67|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/glenn-cornick-original-jethro-tull-bassist-dead-at-67-20140830|title=Glenn Cornick, Original Jethro Tull Bassist, Dead at 67|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165820/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/glenn-cornick-original-jethro-tull-bassist-dead-at-67-20140830|url-status=live}}</ref> Jethro Tull bandmate [[Ian Anderson]] paid tribute on the band's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jethrotull.com/glenn-cornick-290814/|title=Glenn Cornick: musician. April 23rd 1947 – August 29th 2014|publisher=Jethrotull.com|access-date=30 August 2014|archive-date=1 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901233047/http://jethrotull.com/glenn-cornick-290814/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Martin Barre]] also lamented the death of his friend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/08/30/martin-barre-recalls-jethro-tull-years-with-the-late-glenn-cornick-aqualung/|title=Martin Barre Recalls Jethro Tull Years With The Late Glenn Cornick, Aqualung|author=Jim Clash|date=30 August 2014|work=Forbes|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002654/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/08/30/martin-barre-recalls-jethro-tull-years-with-the-late-glenn-cornick-aqualung/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Discography== ===With Jethro Tull=== *''[[This Was]]'' (1968) *''[[Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)|Stand Up]]'' (1969) *''[[Benefit (album)|Benefit]]'' (1970) *''[[Living in the Past (album)|Living in the Past]]'' (1972 compilation) *''[[Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970|Nothing is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight]]'' (1970 - released in 2004) *''[[Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 (Jethro Tull)|Live at Carnegie Hall 1970]]'' (1970 - released in 2015)

===With Wild Turkey=== *''Battle Hymn'' (1971) *''Turkey'' (1972) *''Don't Dare To Forget'' (1974) (three new tracks on a four-disc sampler) *''Stealer of Years'' (1996) *''Final Performance'' (2000) *''Live In Edinburgh'' (2001) *''You & Me in the Jungle'' (2006)

===With Karthago=== *''Rock 'N' Roll Testament'' (1975) Bellaphon 288-09-036

===With Paris=== *''[[Paris (Paris album)|Paris]]'' (1976) - Zoom Club ZCRCD56 *''[[Big Towne, 2061]]'' (1976) - Zoom Club ZCRCD62

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.cornick.org/ Glenn Cornick official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829203725/http://www.cornick.org/ |date=29 August 2004 }} *[http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/glenn-cornick/ Glenn Cornick Biography on Jethro Tull website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205031420/http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/glenn-cornick/ |date=5 February 2015 }} *[http://jethrotullgroup.proboards.com/thread/460/glenn-cornicks-complete-discography Discography for Glenn Cornick compiled by Charles Kenney and designed by Steve Gugerty @ The Jethro Tull chat page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209214412/http://jethrotullgroup.proboards.com/thread/460/glenn-cornicks-complete-discography |date=9 February 2015 }} *{{Discogs artist}}

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