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  Jethro Tull - Die Artrocklegende
Seit 1967 begeistern Jethro Tull mit ihrer Musik die Herzen von Millionen Menschen.
Auch 2007 gehen Jethro Tull wieder auf Tournee und absolvieren auch Konzerte in Deutschland.
Jethro Tull-Konzerte waren schon immer etwas einmaliges und es ist schön, daß nach zwei Jahren endlich auch wieder Deutschland mit auf dem Tourneeplan steht.
www.jethrotull.de   (117 words)

  
  Jethro Tull (agriculturist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jethro Tull (1674–1740/1741) was an English agricultural pioneer who was born in Basildon, Berkshire.
Tull is considered to be one of the early proponents of a scientific approach to agriculture.
Tull also invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds, and made changes to the design of the plough which are still visible in modern versions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)   (300 words)

  
 Jethro Tull (band) - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that was formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
Jethro Tull "paid their dues" in clubs in the mid-to-late 1960s with a revolving line-up which eventually crystallized into Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, and later many other instruments), Mick Abrahams (electric guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass guitar) and Clive Bunker (drums).
1988 was also notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /jethro_tull_(band).htm   (1737 words)

  
 Jethro Tull (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jethro Tull famous for its unique brand of progressive rock, was formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
Band names were often supplied by the staff of their booking agents, one of whom, a history buff, eventually christened them Jethro Tull after the 18th century agriculturist who invented the seed drill.
1988 was notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)   (3081 words)

  
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Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that was formed in the 1960s.
Jethro Tull "paid their dues" in clubs in the mid-to-late 1960s with a revolving line-up which eventually crystallized into Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, and later many other instruments), Mick Abrahams (electric guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass) and Clive Bunker (drums).
The story goes that the band went through a variety of name changes to get repeat bookings, and that Jethro Tull was the name they happened to sport when they scored a record deal (the name comes from the inventor of the seed drill).
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jethro_tull__band_.html   (1331 words)

  
 Jethro Tull - PopMatters Concert Review
Jethro Tull has toured perennially for going on 33 years, and their press asserts that they've done over 2,500 concerts.
Obviously, a Jethro Tull show is going to include a majority of the songs from the back catalogue; stuff you still hear on Classic Rock radio, or as period window dressing for the occasional movie or TV show.
This underscored a vintage snippet of Tull lyricism from the *Warchild* album, a philosophical reference to the struggle for existence, "the fight for your life that is everyday." In a show of civilized restraint, no vehicles were overturned or burned.
popmatters.com /music/concerts/j/jethro-tull.html   (1347 words)

  
 Jethro Tull, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Ironically, the first small wave of American Jethro Tull fans were admiring a group whose sound had already changed radically; in May of 1969, Barre's first recording with the group, "Living in the Past," reached the British number three spot and the group made its debut on Top of the Pops performing the song.
Tull was lucky enough to acquire the services of Dave Pegg, the longtime bassist for Fairport Convention, which had announced its formal (though, as it turned out, temporary) breakup.
In 1986, A Classic Case: The London Symphony Orchestra Plays the Music of Jethro Tull was released on record; and Crest of a Knave performed surprisingly well when it was issued in September of 1987, reaching number 19 in England and number 32 in America with the support of a world tour.
www.emusic.com /artist/10567/10567444.html   (3232 words)

  
 BBC Online - Norfolk - Your - A-Z - Jethro Tull
Tull (1674-1741) was one of a group of agriculturalists who revolutionised farming.
Tull's most original contributions were the seed drill and horse hoe.
Tull also developed a plough with blades set in such a way that grass and roots were pulled up and left on the surface to dry.
www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/your/a-z_norfolk/a-z_jethro.shtml   (223 words)

  
 No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Jethro Tull
Anyhow, Jethro Tull's second album, with Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitars, keyboards), Martin Barre (electric guitar, flute), Clive Bunker (drums), and Glen Cornick (bass), is really outstanding and solidified the band's sound and style for years to come.
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (Chrysalis) 1982
Jethro tull entered the 1980's with an album that would prove to be one of their strongest of the decade.
www.nolifetilmetal.com /jethrotull.htm   (891 words)

  
 The Open Door Web Site : History : The Agricultural Revolution : The Seed Drill
Jethro Tull invented a machine which greatly helped to increase the harvest yield by planting seeds in straight lines.
Jethro Tull was born in Basildon, Berkshire in 1674.
Tull advocated the importance of pulverising (crumbling) the soil so that air and moisture could reach the roots of the crop plants.
www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/IR/004f.html   (494 words)

  
 Jethro_tull   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tull's monster breakthrough and album they will always be remembered for : Jethro Tull's fourth album Aqualung was released in April of 1971.
Tull's finest hour as a band : Jethro Tull's fifth album Thick as a Brick was released in the Spring of 1972.
Stormwatch : Tull has released tons of killer albums through the years and it kind of surprises me that this album is never really thought of or mentioned as one of the 'greats' since in my mind it's right up there with the rest of the best.
music.mysic.com /Artist/Jethro_Tull   (1080 words)

  
 Willerup Bros: Jethro Tull
I had traveled all the way from Denmark to Bristol, England to visit Fred my brother; to practice some rock climbing and to see Jethro Tull play in Poole and the day after in Portsmouth where our cousin Olav was to join us.
He was the first one to expose Fred to the Tull classic "Songs from the Wood" on a skiing trip to Norway.
The thing is - even with the diversity in styles, Jethro Tull has been able to keep a very distinct sound, I guess mostly because of the flute and the capo 3 on the guitar.
www.willerup.com /tull   (959 words)

  
 Berkshire History: Biographies: Jethro Tull (1674-1741)
Jethro Tull was a major pioneer in the modernization of agriculture.
He was born in Basildon in early 1674, the son of Jethro Tull Senior, a gentleman farmer of that parish, and his wife, Dorothy, the daughter of Thomas Buckeridge.
Tull died at Prosperous Farm on 21st February and was buried, in his native village of Basildon, on 9th March, 1741.
www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/jtull.html   (692 words)

  
 Britannia Biographies: Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (1674-1741), born in Basildon in 1674, was a major pioneer in the modernisation of agriculture.
In 1731, Tull published his ideas about farming and plant nutrition in The New Horse Houghing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation'.
Despite initial resistance to Tull's revolutionary ideas, they were eventually adopted by large landowners, and in time formed the basis of modern agriculture.
www.britannia.com /bios/jtull.html   (146 words)

  
 The Official Jethro Tull Website - Home Page
Tull is happy to announce the long-awaited availability of their tunes for digital download beginning Monday, March 19th.
Tull announces dates in Canada and the USA for September and October mostly in the west and a few midwestern dates.
Acoustic/Electric Jethro Tull concerts are scheduled for April-July in South America and mainland Europe.
www.j-tull.com   (959 words)

  
 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull is one of our most serious and intelligent groups, and Ian Anderson's choice of subject for
But Jethro Tull were the most frazzled British art rockers of their day.
Jethro Tull were hairy prog-rock philosophers who decried organized religion ("Hymn 43") and modern hypocrisy ("Aqualung") while managing to incorporate flute solos.
www.superseventies.com /jethrotull.html   (958 words)

  
 Jethro Tull - Ian Anderson
Was ohne ihn aus Jethro Tull geworden wäre, wer weiß.
Was Jethro Tull durch ihn geworden ist zeigt sich heute nach 40 Jahren Bandbestehen.
Neben seiner Arbeit für Jethro Tull brachte Ian Anderson auch einige Solo-Alben heraus:
www.jethrotull.de /ian-anderson.html   (190 words)

  
 BBC - History - Jethro Tull (1674 - 1741)
Born into Berkshire gentry, Tull studied law at Gray's Inn in preparation for a high flying political career.
However, Tull had noticed that traditional heavy sowing densities were not very efficient so he instructed his staff to drill at very precise, low densities.
While several other mechanical seed drills had also been invented, Tull's complete system was a major influence on the agricultural revolution and its impact can still be seen in today's methods and machinery.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/tull_jethro.shtml   (374 words)

  
 Tull, Jethro on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tull advocated the use of manures, pulverizing the soil, planting with drills, and thorough tilling during the growing period.
Jethro Tull achieves classic form while looking ahead.
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson rubs elbows and butts heads.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tull-j1et.asp   (315 words)

  
 Jethro Tull Tickets - Jethro Tull Concert Tour Schedule - Jethro Tull Ticket Broker
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Jethro Tull, the name of an 18th century Englishman with a niche in history as the inventor of a machine to plant seeds, was not always the name of the group.
They settled finally on Jethro Tull after being invited back to play at a club for the first time in their careers.
www.coasttocoasttickets.com /concerts/jethrotull_tickets.shtml   (678 words)

  
 New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock J
Jethro Tull recorded their first album in 1968 and have been in existence since then, with a break in the mid 80s.
Jethro Tull are very well known and perhaps as a result of this many people have misconceptions of the band, their ideas about the band being dominated by the image of Anderson as frenetic flute-playing court jester rather than any notion of what the music is like.
A common misconception is that Jethro Tull is folk-rock, but in fact their work shows little influence of English and Celtic folk music other than in the lyrics to some of the songs.
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 Amazon.com: Music: Aqualung   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I had the great good fortune of seeing Jethro Tull live when they were doing the original Aqualung tour - they were hardly known at the time - and as great as the album is, their performance was even more electrifying.
Jethro Tull's fourth album Aqualung was released in April of 1971.
Tull stand the test of time because they were (and are) superb musicians for their genre.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000GAIW?v=glance   (2511 words)

  
 Jethro Tull
His exaggerated gestures, long, wiry hair, ragged coat and distinctive, one-legged stance cultivated a compulsive stage personality to the extent that, for many spectators, Jethro Tull was the name of this extroverted frontman and the other musicians merely his sidemen.
However, it was the albums as a whole which provided the strength for the developing Jethro Tull, containing as they did, not one, but usually several classic rock radio-friendly tracks to keep the band's profile high between concert tours and new releases.
In 2004 and 2005, Jethro Tull were still touring all across the globe.
www.classicbands.com /tull.html   (869 words)

  
 Jethro Tull to play sold-out Foxwoods Arena - norwichbulletin.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jethro Tull, a group quickly recognized for its dense mix of hard rock, blues and folk is coming to the Foxwoods Arena Friday.
Although Tull has its roots in the British blues boom of the late '60s, they later transformed into a unique phenomenon in popular music, adopting a fresh musical and lyrical style by the mid-'70s.
In 1968, Tull opened for Pink Floyd in London's Hyde Park, became an immensely popular attraction at the Sunbury Jazz and Blues Festival, and landed a recording contract with Island Records by the end of the summer.
www.norwichbulletin.com /news/stories/20051006/go/2209461.html   (376 words)

  
 Jethro Tull Tickets, Jethro Tull Concert Tickets at StubHub!
Jethro Tull tickets are available for this English rock band that came onto the music scene in the 60s.
Jethro Tull came together in 1967 in England and after a failed single Sunshine Day, Jethro Tull released their album This Was in 1968.
Jethro Tull was never really taken seriously by critics but their fans helped them turn eleven albums gold and five albums platinum.
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 Jethro Tull Music Archive
Announcements include album releases and tour dates for Tull and related bands.
A wonderful Jethro Tull FAQ has been written by Dan Duvall.
To find out more about Jethro Tull, check out the list of resources which includes things like printed newsletters and mail order companies.
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 Jethro Tull
Tull got its start at the height of the late 60s British blues movement, but quickly moved in a more commercial, Beatles-influenced direction.
Tull's third record immediately preceded their long string of Top 10 albums.
The difference between a Tull album and an Ian Anderson solo album is apparently more than the presence or absence of Martin Barre; this time around Anderson goes with mostly orchestrated arrangements.
www.warr.org /tull.html   (2082 words)

  
 Jethro Tull News
Progressive rockers Jethro Tull are releasing their acclaimed performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival on CD, in a bid to get some money back from the event.
Jethro Tull musical arranger David Palmer recently phoned a bandmate to say "there's something I need to get off my increasingly ample chest," says the London Mirror.
David Palmer, a former member of the British seventies rock band Jethro Tull, has had a sex-change operation and is now recording music as a woman called...
www.topix.net /who/jethro-tull   (790 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Music: The Very Best of Jethro Tull [Original recording remastered]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Presumably, serious Jethro Tull devotees will already own--several times over--every single note that the squire Ian Anderson has ever puffed and grunted on that omnifarious flute of his.
Any Tull fan will already have these songs in both studio and live versions (albeit perhaps on good old vinyl) The track choices are not particularly good.
Tull's longevity is a source of personal delight, and I have great memories of 'Budapest' in 1991 and a certain young lady who was part of the stage show for that song, but this is not 'the Very Best' - except perhaps in the opinion of the compiler....oops!
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005ASIL   (703 words)

  
 Jethro Tull with the Young Dubliners concert review
I saw Jethro Tull for the second time at the Benaroya Concert Hall in Seattle.
What Jethro Tull lacked in raw energy, compared to the Young Dubliners, they made up for it in pure skill.
Jethro Tull played, that included a slap-bass solo, sounded amazing (and that's probably more a tribute to Bach than to Jethro Tull).
www.ram.org /music/reviews/tull_concert2.html   (458 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Jethro Tull   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Released to coincide with Jethro Tull's 35th Anniversary (2003), this pocket-sized reference book looks at this legendary rock band and analyses its place in pop music history.
Looking at each and every Jethro Tull album from a comprehensive perspective, plus concert trivia and biographical information and a look at the solo careers of band members past and present, this book for both the casual and hard-core fan offers insights that will enhance one's listening pleasure.
This is a book promising great things for the seasoned Jethro Tull fan but doesn't really come up with the goods as it falls into the author's own opinion far too much rather than explaining source, inspiration and links with each of the Jethro Tull songs.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1904048188   (656 words)

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