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This band is so versatile. They can do heavy rock to folk to classically inspired pieces.

The jazz intro part was actually used on BBC tv for many years as a current afairs program theme.. Tull would mutate through music genres and themes .. total musicians. They could play anything and make it a Jethro Tull hit. They evolved with each album ..consumate show men .🧙🏻‍♂️🇬🇧😎

The closest thing to a label I can think of for Jethro Tull is a prog-rock group composed of Renaissance minstrels.

Ian Anderson's flute and voice instantly bring me back to the early 1970s, where I was and what I was doing then. Good choice, Bart. Good reaction, Maggie.

Tull is my favorite group. I recommend “Songs From The Wood,” “Velvet Green,” and “Slating Away on The Thin Ice of The New Day.”

Elevator music? In 5 time? That's one proggy elevator!

I've seen these guys three times. They were a mile above everyone else in a concert. It was a great show and top music.

I was 18 when I first heard this in 1969. It struck me as amazing then. It still does. Witch's Promise by Jethro Tull is also one of my favourites.

Oh, what to watch next--"Locomotive Breath", "Cross-eyed Mary", "Songs From the Wood" for starters...Your pick, Maggie, although I'd recommend the live version of "Locomotive Breath" (Rockpop in Concert 10.7.1982)

Ian Anderson, one of the best self taught flutist in rock.😊

The reason for the different ‘elevator” sound was that the record company told Ian to write them a number one single, which wasn’t really what Tull was into. This was Ian’s attempt to write a commercial pop success, which he resented having to do. But he still managed to put his own stamp on it with a non-pop friendly 5/4 time signature. In a 1980s live performance (which can be found on their 20th anniversary album) Ian introduces it by saying to the audience “this a a song we’ve utterly loathed for 15 long years”. But as much as he doesn’t really like it, it was their biggest chart hit so the audience expect them to play it. There’s been so many different arrangements through the years deliberately to make it more interesting for Ian to play!

Been my Fav. band since '69, NO ONE like them!!

Some great element of jazz in it .

This is much more elevated than elevator music…

Jeffro Tell is my favorite all time band, I have all of their 3 albums!!!!!!!!!

I saw these guys in concert in the late 80s. Not only do they play great music, but they put on an excellent show, too. For perspective, I saw a few hundred different groups as part of the job I had at the time and they're top 10, for sure. I especially enjoyed when Anderson brought out a giant beach ball balanced on his nose to launch it into the audience at the beginning of Sealion.

Maggie, you are one of the best "Professionals" i have seen. You see what a Performance old Groups can be bringing. And this is almost more as a "Song for Mallorca". My Heart is by YOU! (And sorry for my "School-English", forgive me at all Time) 😇

Want to hear a side of Jethro Tull that you'd never expect? Search for Jethro Tull Stormy Monday. An absolutely incredible 1968 live on air recording on an English radio station. Tull started out as a jazzy blues rock band in 1967.

Self taught on the flute for a little over a year on that one. Another year or two and his flute playing goes deep into pioneering territory. Ian Anderson is a self taught multi-Instrumental genius. And yes - the music & lyrics he writes are also quite versatile. You will hear fusions of blues, jazz, hard rock, folk, & classical, but Ian states they are a progressive rock band first and foremost.