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From: pgseg@cal-unix.UUCP (Paul Guthrie)
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Subject: Re: JT?
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 14:48:54 EDT
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> In article <> darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long) writes:
> 
> >Does  anyone know the origin of the name "Jethro Tull"?
> 
> Jethro Tull (1674 - 1741) was a British agronomist and inventor.  He is
> most famous for the inventions of a seed-hole driller and the horse-drawn hoe.
> He advocated several agricultural practices which are now commonplace, such
> as careful placement of seed in the soil (as opposed to hand-broadcast),
> and hoeing between rows to break up the soil.
> 
> What this has to do with music or Ian Anderson, I have no idea.
> 
> 				Scott Anderson
> 				ihnp4!oddjob!kaos

Everyone seems to know who Jethro Tull was, but nobody knows why the group
chose the name. This is the truth, and I heard it from an interview with
Ian Anderson a while back.

It seems that the group was playing London clubs and they were so bad
that no one would hire them back, so in order to get gigs they had to
change their name every week or so. "Jethro Tull" just happened to be
the name they were using when they got `discovered'.

					F.Y.I

					Paul Guthrie,
					seismo!umcp-cs!cal-unix