Yeah, GLENN...and What Else?

Glenn Cornick just died. I recognized the name, of course. I knew he was in "Wild Turkey," which he had formed in some apparent moment of insane bravado just as "Jethro Tull" was nearing its height.

You know, something like...fuck THIS shit (something many have said about "Jethro Tull") I'm a big star now (he was only their bassist) so I'm forming a super group that'll give listeners the REAL DEAL.

The REAL DEAL was two albums, one I recall as pretty good, the other not. After that? WHAT ELSE?

The answer was not forthcoming on his "official" website. All that site seems to contain is memorabilia from his years with "Jethro Tull" (he left before the breakthrough "Aqualung" album...but "Stand Up" and "Benefit" had to be on anybody's list of great rock albums at the time).

There's also a page about his first wife, Judy, who luckily was a secretary for "Fleetwood Mac" and thus, had her funeral paid for by Mick Fleetwood when she died in 2005. Which means she was beloved...but not well paid?? That would explain why her estate didn't have enough money for the "classy" funeral Glenn hoped she'd have.

Anyway...among the stuff about Judy, there was this picture of Glenn's entire collection of wives.

Some people are proud of their knife collections...this guy was proud of his wife collection. But...aside from being on some prog rock albums nobody takes very seriously anymore...WHAT ELSE?

WHAT did this guy do as the 70's wheezed into the 80's and sneezed into the 90's and decayed into the 21st Century? Didn't he have ex-wives to support? Was he really making a fortune in royalties off Jethro fucking Tull albums??

The reality is that the rock business isn't that lucrative. Not unless you've written a lot of songs, get royalties from radio play, or you banked every sent from the few years you were popular. Otherwise, you've got to be a businessman of some kind, teach rock or songwriting, deal drugs...who knows what. The guy was living in Hawaii which is NOT known to be a cheap place to dwell. So...WHAT ELSE? I gave up trying to find out after going to his website, Wikipedia and a few other Internet snot-spots.

One of the things about show biz is the "mystique" of it. In other words, the phoniness. The bullshit. The smoke and mirrors. Unless you're a bitter comedian, or some cunt trying to justify the overdose that got you back onto the gossip pages, you're not likely to admit to the world, "I have a day job" or explain what it is. No, instead, you fool young people into dropping out and thinking they only need a hit record to be set for life...or a few years of touring. You fool yourself and your neighbors by pretending royalty checks are paying the rent and that your "current gig" (whatever the fuck it is) is just as a favor, or a kick. "Oh, I teach grubby fat-faced students because I really enjoy it...oh, I'm working as an accountant because my brother-in-law needed a partner and I thought it would be fun."

Ex-bassist for "Jethro Tull" and WHAT ELSE? Maybe we're better off not knowing.