“Our agent at the time was a history graduate, we were dithering
about searching for band names
and he suggested it and I was
sort of like; yeah, well, OK. Then
it dawned on me; we’re named
after a dead guy,” explained
founding member and music
icon Ian Anderson with a laugh
on how legendary rock band Jethro Tull got their name from an
English agricultural pioneer that
helped bring about the British
Agricultural Revolution. “So let
that be a lesson to yo