Progressive rock group stemming from
Blackpool and Luton, dominated by transverse flute virtuoso Ian Anderson.
In its
early days - when the performances were so
bad that no promoter would get it into his head to book the group a second time
- the band made a habit of thinking up a new band name every week. On their way
to the next gig they used to go over the list of bands that would be playing that
night; the only band name that did not ring a bell usually was their group name
for that evening.
Frontman Anderson probably is the planter of the name that eventually
struck root, Jethro Tull. The name belongs to English agricultural scientist
Jethro Michael Tull (1674-1741), the man who invented the automatic seeding
machine among others.
Active: 1967-present, GBR
Site: http://www.j-tull.com/
0 comments:
Post a Comment