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    The Decemberists with the Los Angeles Philharmonic  Jul 10, 2007
    But the showpiece was "The Tain, Parts I-V," a suite as complex and over the top as anything in the Jethro Tull catalog. Here the orchestra and band found a balance as exquisite as anything performed by Procol Harum, the Moody Blues or Tull. (Variety)

    Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag  Jul 6, 2007
    The Jethro Tull comment was pretty funny. Sox fans could stand some laughter right now. (Chicago Tribune)

    Bursts of old gunner glory now and then  Jun 25, 2007
    The fabulous lead guitarist Robin Finck, resplendent in shiny black tunic and Jethro Tull beard, opened the show (50 minutes late) with the hellbound riff of Welcome to the Jungle. Singer Axl Rose, his distinctive orange hair in braids, let fly with his blood-curdling screech. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    5. Memphis radio's rock and roll revolution  Jun 25, 2007
    Soon, more artists emerged: Pacific Gas and Electric, Mad Dogs shmen, Emerson Lake r and Jethro Tull. And the growing ratings meant more playlist freedom. (The Commercial Appeal, TN)

    Wheres Aqualung?  Jun 22, 2007
    Bill Dunn is sometimes called Aqualung because of his resemblance to a character on the cover of a 1971 Jethro Tull album by that name ... Dunn, sometimes called Aqualung because of his resemblance to a character on the cover of a 1971 Jethro Tull album by the same name, has been a fixture on city streets for more than 30 years. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)

    Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe  Jun 14, 2007
    COURTESY FLUSH, PLEASE: The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The flute-lovin' prog-rockers are barely tolerable plugged in, so imagine how insufferable they are when the amps are turned off. This 24-song CD spans the band's career, pulling cuts from albums like Living in the Past, Aqualung, and Thick As a Brick. (City Pages)

    Summer preview of Northwest concerts  Jun 8, 2007
    Sept. 30 Jethro Tull in concert, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St. Tickets 42 ... Oct. 2 Jethro Tull in concert, 8 p.m., Hult Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Eugene Center. (Missoulian, MT)

    Blues-rock guitar ace says he'll take theaters over arena any day  Jun 4, 2007
    "That was me. Where, I think Jonny and Kenny were more influenced by American blues artists, I was more influenced by Paul Kossoff (of Free) and Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers and Rod Stewart and Jethro Tull.". Now 30, Bonamassa has matured past the blues whiz-kid stage. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Enjoy the show  May 31, 2007
    "Ian Anderson (who formed Jethro Tull that summer): "It is a great testimony to that very creative period of British pop music. And a testimony to not only the Fab Four, but to the immeasurable support, expertise and patience of producer George Martin, without whom The Beatles would never have been able to complete the record as we know it. (Herald-Tribune)

    BIG FM 92.7 set for a launch in Goa  May 29, 2007
    BTW, do they play my favourites Santana or Jethro Tull also. They sound a bit like Konkanis, you know. (Mangalorean.com)

    A Poorly Named Beauty  May 18, 2007
    The most spectacular new Coreopsis I've seen is "Jethro Tull." ... "Jethro Tull," only 18 inches tall, flowers throughout the warm season. (The Ledger)

    Snow Wins Battle Of Beltway Bands  May 17, 2007
    Snow's Band Plays Jethro Tull Cover ... Schieffer sang the semi-autobiographical tune, "TV Anchorman." Snow played an intricate flute melody over a Jethro Tull cover. (NBC4.tv, CA)

    Fine line for men coaching women  May 16, 2007
    First off is Mike Jethro Tull Bobo wasting the space again. Aqualung 17. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Mirlitons OF MIRTH  May 1, 2007
    They've piped the musical mouth-pipes to entertainers such as talk-show host Conan O'Brien and rock bands Weezer and Jethro Tull and to entities like McDonald's and the Pentagon and Red Hat Society -- they even have a standing order for the United States Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. "Every year, they order 50 kazoos for the Marines there," Murray says. (Herald-Tribune)

    Radio: Moldy Oldies  May 1, 2007
    "I wouldn't mind hearing Jethro Tull's `Aqualung' every couple of years, but I don't want to hear it every day," said Robert Cromack, 52, of Hartland ... "If you start playing too deep with an artist like Jethro Tull, then you're only appealing to Jethro Tull fans," he said. (CTNow.com)

    Nelly's Loose 'n' on fire  Apr 23, 2007
    And no, it's not the 1971 album of Jethro Tull, but singer songwriter Matt Hales's alias. Having just come off a huge US tour with Pete Yorn, he has released his third solo album, Memory Man, which is out now. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Rocking the boat  Apr 20, 2007
    They toured the world, opening for Jethro Tull and Humble Pie. Fanny was the session band on "Barbra Joan Streisand," the singer's 1971 album. (Boston Globe -- Living)

    Strathmore's noteworthy season  Apr 17, 2007
    " There will be appearances by Portuguese fado singer Mariza (Oct. 9) and Benin-born Grammy nominee Angelique Kidjo (March 26), among others. A mix of Celtic and Appalachian folk music -- "Highland, Heath and Holler" -- will bring together several artists Jan. 18. The season, which includes jazz artists and a variety of educational programming, also offers a "pop, rock and retro" series featuring vintage rock bands Three Dog Night (Nov. 2) and Jethro Tull (Dec. 3), veteran pop singer Anne Murray... (SunSpot.net)

    Canadian rock star now calls Normal home  Apr 13, 2007
    We first opened with Jethro Tull. Things were great. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Man quizzed over boy's murder  Apr 6, 2007
    I used to think of Jethro Tull when I heard his name. "I did not know the family personally, but they have been living on this road for a few years.". (BBC News -- UK)

    What's in a name?  Mar 19, 2007
    Jethro Tull: Jethro Bodine would've been better. The The: Just too deep for some of us. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)

    Braves rotation is firming up  Mar 17, 2007
    There is also Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Jethro Tull s bass player on the Thick As A Brick album (se 000005A8 veral other Tull albums, too). By Braves fan 202. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    At the top of his game  Mar 16, 2007
    He regained momentum in 1999 when he signed with the San Francisco-based Six Degrees Records and released his folk-pop hit "Falling Forward." More national tours ensued with legendary artists such as Paul Simon, Sting, Jeff Beck and Jethro Tull. Advertisement. (Mail Tribune, OR)

    The Definitive 200: Top Albums Of All Time  Mar 7, 2007
    Jethro Tull Aqualung 1971 170. Tupac Me Against The World 1995 171. (CBS 2, NY)

    SOUNDING OFF: 'Black Parade' a punk-rock morality play  Mar 6, 2007
    The plan was to reduce Jethro Tull to ash, to just say "no" to Yes, to disavow ostentation and eight-minute songs and concept albums like regrettable one-night stands. Advertisement. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)

    - Why's everyone in Denton, Texas making music?  Feb 23, 2007
    " In the band's early days, they got into progressive pop musicians like Bj?rk and Radiohead, artists who experiment, while still remaining accessible.And then came the sucker punch: the friends fell in love with 70s soft rock. Jethro Tull and America LPs fill the band members' record racks, sleeves of albums like Neil Young's Harvest and Jethro Tull's Heavy Horses are tacked to the walls, and in Eric Pulido's car, an early Bee Gees compilation is permanently on play. Have they softened,... (Guardian Unlimited)

    More of this story  Feb 15, 2007
    Eric Burdon has been associated with many top notch artists such as Jon Bon Jovi, Jethro Tull and Neal Morse, just to name a few ... Throughout the mid 1990s Burdon toured as "Eric Burdon's I-Band," which featured ex-Tower of Power and Jethro Tull drummer Mark Craney, guitarists Larry Wilkins and Dean Restum and bassist Dave Meros. (Helena Daily World, AR)

    Are you ready to make nice with the Chicks?  Feb 13, 2007
    reminds me of the time in 1988 when Metallica lost the best Metal album grammy to Jethro Tull. what a freakin joke. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Globe critics debate who will and should win at the Grammys  Feb 9, 2007
    It reminds me of Jethro Tull winning in the heavy metal category. Rodman: Or when Shelby Lynne got nominated in this category a few years ago when she was on her sixth record. (Boston Globe)

    Grammy predictions  Feb 8, 2007
    No, we're not going to dredge up Jethro Tull and the Starland Vocal Band again (but that is really funny). What we're talking about is the type of choices that the voters routinely are forced to make. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    New blooms to look out for  Feb 6, 2007
    Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' (1, 2, 3) is another ItSaul introduction and a summer favorite for the border. This hybrid resulted from crossing two other cultivars. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)

    Throng turns out for final bow  Jan 21, 2007
    Musicians that attracted the more hedonistic crowds, Baktis recalled, were Jethro Tull and the Allman Brothers Band. Some of these same concerts were a love connection, according to one dedicated concert-goer, who would only identify herself as an "ageless" Sunshine M., of Guilford. (New Haven Register, CT)

    - The 25 best gigs of all time  Jan 21, 2007
    My gig-going started in my mid-teens with prog bands such as Genesis and Jethro Tull, but within a couple of years punk brought a new energy to the live experience, and the awareness that the invisible barrier between band and audience could be broken, so maybe my best ever gig should be the Skids. I grew up in Fife, and the Skids were the local heroes. (Guardian Unlimited)

    His view: CD switch not all bad  Jan 20, 2007
    On The Perfect Crime #2 and When the War Came, the Decemberists sound like the worst Jethro Tull tribute band ever to play a high school gymnasium. Shankhill Butchers is the slow, mellow, hippie-dippy ballad of butchers that kill kids who dont obey their mothers. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)

    Podcast: Your top concerts  Jan 20, 2007
    I've seen, ZZ TOP, LynerdSkynard, Jethro Tull, Rolling Stones, Doobie Brothers Emerson,Lake Palmer etc ... I think it was 1971 and the headliner was Jethro Tull -- great band, great show, but overshadowed by what happened after ... All during Jethro Tull's set it looked like WWIII, with helicopters, searchlights and crowds battling below the rocks. (USA Today -- Life)

    Getting overa sick tummy:What to eat?  Jan 17, 2007
    com - Living - Getting overa sick tummy:What to eat. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. (The Standard-Times, MA)

    SpringFest silenced once more  Jan 17, 2007
    2002: Jethro Tull, Bonnie Raitt, the Village People, Steve Earle. 2003: George Clinton, Neville Brothers, Dr. John, John Michael Montgomery, Blues Traveler, Little Feat, B-52s, the Doobie Brothers. (Pensacola News Journal)

    Thanks, kids! Those with children consume more fat  Jan 14, 2007
    com - Living - Thanks, kids. Those with children consume more fat - January 14, 2007. (The Standard-Times, MA)

    Who will win the 2007 Caldecott and Newbery medals?  Jan 13, 2007
    com - Living - Who will win the 2007 Caldecott and Newbery medals. Saturday, January 13, 2007. (The Standard-Times, MA)

    Patti Smith's stars align  Jan 10, 2007
    how is this woman voted into the hall of fame and bands like Chicago, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Emerson,Lake and Palmer etc ... I agree Jethro Tull and Chicago etc should be in, but that's been a mistake every year since 1993. (Monsters and Critics.com)


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