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Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later developed a horse-drawn hoe .
Apr 12, 2024 · Jethro Tull (born 1674, Basildon, Berkshire, Eng.—died Feb. 21, 1741, Prosperous Farm, near Hungerford, Berkshire) was an English agronomist, agriculturist, writer, and inventor whose ideas helped form the basis of modern British agriculture. Tull trained for the bar, to which he was called in 1699. But for the next 10 years he chose to ...
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Apr 24, 2021 · In late 1968, Jethro Tull had seemingly little need to change anything. This Was had positioned them in the midst of the Brit-blues pack, alongside Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Titling their debut This Was was a sly indication on Anderson’s part that Jethro Tull had moved on from their initial sound before the album had even ...
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And in 2023, Ian Anderson, synonymous with Jethro Tull since their debut album arrived in 1968, is seemingly as busy as ever, having just released the band’s second studio album, RökFlöte, in as many years, while also filling their touring calendar into 2024. He reached the milestone age of 75 on August 10, 2022, and told Best Classic Bands ...
Jul 29, 2022 · Anderson chose to release The Zealot Gene under the Jethro Tull moniker, in part, as a solid to his bandmates. “The guys who are on The Zealot Gene, they’ve been playing with me for about 15 years on average, and that makes it the longest continuous lineup of Jethro Tull,” Anderson says. “And yet, in spite of doing hundreds and hundreds ...
- Howard Whitman
Jethro Tull was born in 1674 into a family of Berkshire gentry. He studied at Oxford University and Gray's Inn in preparation for a legal and political career, but ill health postponed these plans ...
Apr 2, 2020 · And while Anderson continues to tour and record as a solo artist, he and his current four-piece band had planned to tour throughout 2020 with what he calls “a big production show”, Jethro Tull: The Prog Years. “I perform under the name Jethro Tull depending on the kind of concert it is,” he explains.
