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Dave, Melbourne,Australia · 05-10-2014, 10:03 AM

Joveski,

Yes, I read that somewhere as well. The original Jethro Tull was a 17th-18th Century English agriculturist, who invented machinery which brought great progress to agriculture. In its early days, the band Ian Anderson was in changed its name several times as this was the only way a certain venue would not recognise them and would invite them to perform there again. The name they happened to be using when they started becoming popular was Jethro Tull. Anderson was never comfortable with the name being henceforth associated with the band and rarely with the original Mr Jethro Tull. And now that Anderson no longer records or performs with long-time Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre and drummer Doane Perry, it would be misleading to promote his current band as Jethro Tull.

05-10-2014, 10:03 AM	#3
Dave, Melbourne,Australia Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 557	Re: "Homo Erraticus" by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Joveski, Yes, I read that somewhere as well. The original Jethro Tull was a 17th-18th Century English agriculturist, who invented machinery which brought great progress to agriculture. In its early days, the band Ian Anderson was in changed its name several times as this was the only way a certain venue would not recognise them and would invite them to perform there again. The name they happened to be using when they started becoming popular was Jethro Tull. Anderson was never comfortable with the name being henceforth associated with the band and rarely with the original Mr Jethro Tull. And now that Anderson no longer records or performs with long-time Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre and drummer Doane Perry, it would be misleading to promote his current band as Jethro Tull.