Where is jethro tull from

Ian Anderson, known throughout the world of rock music as the flute and voice behind the legendary Jethro Tull, celebrates his 53rd year as a recording and performing musician in Ian was born in in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

After attending primary school in Edinburgh, his family relocated to Blackpool in the north of England in Following a traditional Grammar school education, he moved on to Art college to study fine art before deciding on an attempt at a musical career. After undertaking more than concerts in 40 countries throughout five decades, Tull has played typically plus concerts each year to longstanding, as well as new fans worldwide. Monroe, an actress, was one of the most popular sex symbols of the s and continues to be a major icon over 50 years later, while Manson, a cult leader, was responsible for the murder of actress Sharon Tate, as well as several others; and served a life sentence on murder and conspiracy charges until his death in Hootie and the Blowfish, with singer Darius Rucker choosing the name of two college friends.

Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier. In , the band then called Nazz, learned that Todd Rundgren also had a band called Nazz, and found themselves in need of another stage name. Furnier also believed that the group needed a gimmick to succeed, and that other bands were not exploiting the showmanship potential of the stage. As a young garage band trying to get a deal, they had a gig that night and needed a name. With Eric Clapton being immediately taken with the name, it stuck.

Led Zeppelin supposedly got their name from Keith Moon, member of The Who, who thought that the band would never make it and that they would go down like a lead balloon.

The book Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, published in , is about the psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline. This book was the influence behind Jim Morrison naming his band The Doors in In , Tull toured the United States as part of the celebration of the band's 20th anniversary.

In July, Chrysalis issued 20 Years of Jethro Tull , a song box set covering Tull 's history up to that time, containing most of their major songs and augmented with outtakes and radio performances. Suddenly, they were stars again, and being declared as relevant by one of the top music awards in the industry, a fact that kept critics buzzing for months over whether the group deserved it before finally attacking the voting for the Grammy Awards and the membership of its parent organization, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Rock Island , another hard-rocking album, reached a very healthy number 18 in England during September of the same year, while peaking only at 56 in America, despite a six-week U. In , the album Catfish Rising did less well, reaching only 27 in England and 88 in America after its release in September. And A Little Light Music , their own "unplugged" release, taped on their summer European tour, only got to number 34 in England and in the United States.

Despite declining numbers, Tull continued performing to good-sized houses when they toured, and the group's catalog performed extremely well. In April of , Chrysalis released a four-CD 25th Anniversary Box Set -- evidently hoping that most fans had forgotten the 20th anniversary set issued five years earlier -- consisting of remixed versions of their hits, live shows from across their history, and a handful of new tracks. Meanwhile, Anderson continued to write and record music separate from the group on occasion, most notably Divinities: Twelve Dances with God , a classically oriented solo album and a distinctly non- Tull one on EMI's classical Angel Records.

The band issued the worldbeat-infused Roots to Branches in , followed by the similarly themed J-Tull. Com in , the latter of which was the group's 20th studio outing. Released in , Jethro Tull Christmas Album , a collection of holiday songs both old and new, turned out to be the group's biggest seller since Crest of a Knave , though it would also be the group's last official album. It was followed in by another Thick as a Brick -related collection of new material, Homo Erraticus , his sixth solo outing.

That same year Anderson announced that for the foreseeable future, he would be issuing all his music under his own name. Conducted by David Palmer , it featured the orchestra alongside a rock band playing the band's hits.

Anderson followed it with The String Quartets in early -- offering chamber arrangements of his former band's hits. Back in , Anderson asked Steven Wilson to remix Aqualung for release in a deluxe multiple-disc edition for its 40th anniversary.

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