I discovered that whether by fate or accident, many songs that I’ve written coincide with his life or career.
“All these years later, I wanted to find something about him. Tickets are now on sale for “Jethro Tull, The Rock Opera,” which premieres at the Chicago Theater in Chicago,IL on November 1 and ends in Newark, NJ on November 11 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). Now more than four decades later, 30 studio and live albums and more than 60 million records sold worldwide, Anderson is bringing his first “quasi rock opera” to the masses. Helping to launch an entire trend into the genre, Anderson blazed a trail with his use of this wind instrument. Music was changing and Jethro Tull was an integral part of it.Īnderson, the front man and face of the band is widely credited with introducing the flute into rock music.
Every band was unique in its own way from the album packaging and art to on and off stage gimmicks or antics. Album oriented rock and roll had begun to dominate radio airwaves and harder, more heavy concept records were lining record store shelves. The year was 1968 and Jethro Tull was on itsway to becoming an emerging force to be reckoned with in what was becoming the post Beatles era of rock music.
“So let that be a lesson to you children pay attention in history class!” Then it dawned on me we’re named after a dead guy,” explained founding member and music icon Ian Anderson with a laugh on how legendary rock band Jethro Tull got their name from an English agricultural pioneer that helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution. “Our agent at the time was a history graduate, we were dithering about searching for band names and he suggested it and I was sort of like yeah, well, OK.
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