JethroTull

How did you get the name Jethro Tull? Back in February, 1968, we had many different names which usually changed every week, since we were so bad that we had to pretend to be some new band in order to get re-booked in the clubs where we aspired to find fame and fortune. Our agent, who had studied History at college, came up with the name Jethro Tull (an eighteenth century English agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill). That was the band name during the week in which London's famous Marquee Club offered us the Thursday night residency. So it stuck. Is it too late to change? I thought so.

Why have there been so many changes in line-up over the years? Lots of different reasons. Some of the boys left to get married, settle down, form their own bands, that sort of thing. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond left to be a painter. John Glascock tragically died from a heart disease. And two were fired. We are all pretty good pals now. Like a big extended family of two football teams.

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