Ok, so it took helping my daughter study tonight for an AP European History test to hip me to the fact that Jethro Tull invented the seed drill during the height of the industrial revolution…and here I thought he was just some really great musician…
PhilO
Good ol’ Ian adopted the name, based on the agriculturist Jethro Tull and he kept the band name.
Yes. Anderson’s story is that they were so bad at first they had to change their name after every gig so they could get another gig. When they used Jethro Tull they had some success and they kept it.
hey, don’t feel bad philo - i spent a long time thinking that Jethro Tull was the flautist’s name. my guitar-playing, classic-rock loving husband (who was still just my boyfriend at the time) had to work pretty hard at keeping at straight face while he explained that it was the band’s name, and not a person.
Probably the only thing I remember from my 10th grade world history class (1976) is that Jethro Tull was the author of a book called “Horse Houghing Husbandry.” I bet I remember all the lyrics to Thick as a Brick, though.
… and your wise men they know what it me-ee-ee-eeans …
I once knew a fellow who thought that Moby Dick
was a venereal disease.
Aqualung really rocks…
PhilO
And speaking of the band Jethro Tull…
Has anyone tried using whistle for the tune Bouree? I think it’s either on the Song from the Wood or Stand Up album.
One of thses days I’m going to give it a try. Better get better than fair first.
Mike
…and Grape Nuts, too.
Bouree is on the Stand Up album. I play it on my Olwell bamboo D flute. Try it on a high or low D whistle, or a low G might be nice.
Is that anything like cotton balls??
Good for you. I’ve got daughter #2 in AP Euro Hist.,and have thus far avoided getting hooked into it. It’s when each of 'em hits algebra that I become the needed commodity.
You will need some half holing, but it’s a great whistle tune. Originally Bach, BTW
Let me bring you songs from the wood, to help you feel much better!
BTW, your avatar kinda reminds me of that one on the back of J-Tull Dot Com, except yours is a dog instead of a gargoyle.
I looked around and didn’t find the gargoyle (just good ol Ian), but thanks!
I remember the first time i heard Jethro Tull i thought they might want to tune their instruments before they start playing, and when i first heard Thick as a Brick i thought this is certainly a madman. Today i think Ian Anderson is a genius. Not necessarily the best flute player in the world (that’s Bloomfield), but someone who knows how to play expressively and without inhibitions.
One of the funniest moments of my life was when i was spending Thanksgiving with my friends, very Christian people, etc, and we were playing a game of charades, or whatever it’s called when you have to communicate something to your group without using words. Anyway, we were doing movie titles, and my friend draws Moby Dick.
