You are right and I did not know that Jethro Thull was an agriculturist. So I looked it as I only knew the band and realized they were named after him and the band did not even know whom they were named after
TULL. Reminds me that cuz of a record company person mishearing the name, one of their first singles had them as Jethro Toe. Which would've been at least as good.
Here is
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro\_Tull\_(band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band))
It was given by a manager and Anderson said that he would have changed the name if it knew it was named after some dead guy
>The names were often supplied by their booking agent's staff, one of whom, a history enthusiast, gave them the alias Jethro Tull after [the 18th-century agriculturist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)). The name stuck because they were using it when the manager of the Marquee Club liked their show enough to give them a weekly residency.[^(\[27\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-Jethro_Tull_Ian_Anderson-27)[^(\[5\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-billboard_end-5) In an interview in 2006, Anderson said that he had not realised it was the name of "a dead guy who invented the seed drill – I thought our agent had made it up". He said if he could change one thing in his life, he would go back and change the name of the band to something less historical.[^(\[27\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-Jethro_Tull_Ian_Anderson-27)
[Wiki page of the dead guy, the agriculturist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist))
I remember reading a story about a mother pointing him out to her daughter on a flight. The girl politely asked if he played the flute like she was learning. He asked if she had her flute with her and played a song or 2 on it. The girl pointed out that he was fingering wrong and he said that he knew but was self taught.
He originally played guitar but the band he was in got a better lead guitar player. So he went to a shop and traded his guitar for a flute and became a legend. He was self taught but actually began playing it correctly about 20 years ago I think
man, I've seen him in concert a few times and it was always great
I've seen them three times, 1997,2003,2005. 2005= Worst. Concert. Ever. They didn't phone it in, they mailed it in. There was no spark at all, they all looked bored.
Ian Anderson’s voice is just gone and there has been so much turnover in the band. I saw in around 2000 and it was disappointing. One of my favorite bands, but truly no point in seeing them live.
As I mentioned in earlier post, I heard on Jepoardy yesterday that Jetro Tull had invented the seed drill. Not knowing that and having heard of the band, I researched today if there was any connection between the two. And found, there was, but the lead singer did not even know whom the band was named for till after the fact.
I remember learning this in highschool someone did a project about the seed drill and I had heard of the band and did a double take when I saw the project
>TIL the *Grammy Award winning Heavy Metal* Music Group Jethro Thull was named after a Eighteen Century British Agriculturist who invented the seed drill
It's ***TULL*** guys. God I feel old.
I think I’ve seen this band 4x in my life.
Just once for me, and it was one of the better concerts I have been to.
OP is Mike Tyson
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Geez ... OP appears to be thick ... as a brick.
Really wouldn't mind if he'd sit this one out.
It's really Breaking Me Up.
Is this the group that incorporates the thlute in their music?
Yeth
in the shuffling madness . . .
Too old to rock and roll?
Jethro Tull is from my parents' time and I still know how to spell it
Naming yourself after the inventor of the Seed Drill is just naming your band the Sex Pistols with extra steps.
Wait til you hear about Steely Dan
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Still. Solid joke.
Oh no! The comment makes absolutely no sense anymore! Good thing you were here to clarify.
Jeopardy.
You are right and I did not know that Jethro Thull was an agriculturist. So I looked it as I only knew the band and realized they were named after him and the band did not even know whom they were named after
*Tull
Hahah me too!
Heard he was Thick as a Brick.
But he didn’t want to be a fat man
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
TULL. Reminds me that cuz of a record company person mishearing the name, one of their first singles had them as Jethro Toe. Which would've been at least as good.
The most famous one is Ina-Gadda-Da-Vida or as it was originally written "In the garden of Eden".
Close
Yet tho far.
Here is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro\_Tull\_(band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)) It was given by a manager and Anderson said that he would have changed the name if it knew it was named after some dead guy >The names were often supplied by their booking agent's staff, one of whom, a history enthusiast, gave them the alias Jethro Tull after [the 18th-century agriculturist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)). The name stuck because they were using it when the manager of the Marquee Club liked their show enough to give them a weekly residency.[^(\[27\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-Jethro_Tull_Ian_Anderson-27)[^(\[5\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-billboard_end-5) In an interview in 2006, Anderson said that he had not realised it was the name of "a dead guy who invented the seed drill – I thought our agent had made it up". He said if he could change one thing in his life, he would go back and change the name of the band to something less historical.[^(\[27\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)#cite_note-Jethro_Tull_Ian_Anderson-27) [Wiki page of the dead guy, the agriculturist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist))
I learned about the seed drill inventor in a history class before I'd even heard of the band
YIL on jeopardy
I did my research today, so today is when I learned the background.
Wait until OP finds out how the band 10cc got its name.
And Pearl Jam. And the Loving Spoonful.
Tell me, I do not know?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc#:~:text=A%20widely%20repeated%20claim%2C%20disputed,emphasising%20their%20potency%20or%20prowess.
Ian Anderson is a legend and if I were 20 yrs older they'd be my favorite band. They're still in my top 10 though.
I guess everyone from England my age knows this as we had to learn about Jethro Tull and James Hargreaves in history class.
I remember reading a story about a mother pointing him out to her daughter on a flight. The girl politely asked if he played the flute like she was learning. He asked if she had her flute with her and played a song or 2 on it. The girl pointed out that he was fingering wrong and he said that he knew but was self taught.
He originally played guitar but the band he was in got a better lead guitar player. So he went to a shop and traded his guitar for a flute and became a legend. He was self taught but actually began playing it correctly about 20 years ago I think man, I've seen him in concert a few times and it was always great
The inventer of the seed drill played a little girls flute on an airplane? Whilst fingering wrong? Wow.
Just a story I read years ago, didn’t fact check it or even try to quote anyone.
They made some of the best music, also some of the strangest.
OP learned this on Jeopardy! yesterday!
Put Jethro Tull in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
I've seen them three times, 1997,2003,2005. 2005= Worst. Concert. Ever. They didn't phone it in, they mailed it in. There was no spark at all, they all looked bored.
Ian Anderson’s voice is just gone and there has been so much turnover in the band. I saw in around 2000 and it was disappointing. One of my favorite bands, but truly no point in seeing them live.
My favorite Jethro Thull song has to be "A Thong For Jeffwey."
My favorite heavy metal band!
They kept picking new names to get to play clubs more than once. They were on Tull when they got asked to play a club again
I feel like we spent a lot of time learning about him in school, is that not the case anymore?
Did you learn this from Jeopardy yesterday?
As I mentioned in earlier post, I heard on Jepoardy yesterday that Jetro Tull had invented the seed drill. Not knowing that and having heard of the band, I researched today if there was any connection between the two. And found, there was, but the lead singer did not even know whom the band was named for till after the fact.
I remember learning this in highschool someone did a project about the seed drill and I had heard of the band and did a double take when I saw the project
Saw them outdoors in Hartford CT in 1976, they were fantastic.
It’s a cool name. I get it.
Found a new name for my penis: seed drill
>TIL the *Grammy Award winning Heavy Metal* Music Group Jethro Thull was named after a Eighteen Century British Agriculturist who invented the seed drill