Glenn Cornick (born Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick, 24 April 1947, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now part of Cumbria)) was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the rock band, Jethro Tull.
Cornick played bass in a number of bands before joining Jethro Tull, including Jailbreakers, The Vikings, Formula One, The Hobos, The Executives, and John Evan's Smash, and was one of Tull's founding members. He separated from the band in 1970, after th...
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Glenn Cornick (born Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick, 24 April 1947, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now part of Cumbria)) was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the rock band, Jethro Tull.
Cornick played bass in a number of bands before joining Jethro Tull, including Jailbreakers, The Vikings, Formula One, The Hobos, The Executives, and John Evan's Smash, and was one of Tull's founding members. He separated from the band in 1970, after their third album, Benefit.
After leaving Jethro Tull, Cornick formed Wild Turkey in 1971, initially with: Graham Williams (guitar), Alan 'Tweke' Lewis (guitar), John "Pugwash" Weathers (ex Pete Brown & Piblokto!) (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. They were replaced by Jon Blackmore (guitar and vocals) and Jeff Jones (ex Man) (drums) who joined Cornick, Tweke and Gary to record Wild Turkey's first album Battle Hymn....
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