Jethro Tull

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:19 pm

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

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:40 pm

Good ol' Ian adopted the name, based on the agriculturist Jethro Tull and he kept the band name.

http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/FAQ.html#Q2

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:00 pm

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.

kabili · Post by **kabili** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:40 pm

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.

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:23 pm

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.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:54 pm

... and your wise men they know what it me-ee-ee-eeans ...

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:18 am

I once knew a fellow who thought that Moby Dick
was a venereal disease.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:36 am

Aqualung really rocks...

PhilO

slowair · Post by **slowair** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:36 am

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

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 12:40 pm

jim stone wrote:I once knew a fellow who thought that Moby Dick
was a venereal disease.

...and Grape Nuts, too.

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:59 pm

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.

brownja · Post by **brownja** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:43 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
jim stone wrote:I once knew a fellow who thought that Moby Dick
was a venereal disease.
...and Grape Nuts, too.

Is that anything like cotton balls??

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:33 pm

PhilO wrote: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 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.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 6:28 am

slowair wrote: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

You will need some half holing, but it's a great whistle tune. Originally Bach, BTW

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:55 pm

glauber wrote:... and your wise men they know what it me-ee-ee-eeans ...

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.

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