Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull announce departure of guitarist Joe Parrish
By Jerry Ewing published
After four years in the band guitarist Joe Parrish will be replaced by Jack Clark

"The red wine had flies in it. The mystery meat caused musicians to head loo-wards. There were bedbugs": In 1972 Jethro Tull retreated to a French chateau to record a new album. It was a disaster
By Rob Hughes published
The story of Jethro Tull's "lost" album, the so-called Chateau D'Isaster tapes

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to guest on upcoming Opeth album
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog rockers Opeth are believed to have been working on a new studio album for the past year

“It was like being a reporter with a notebook going, ‘No! Wow!’ It was hilarious. We had all the fun but we didn’t have to go through the lifestyle”: Martin Barre on being serious with Jethro Tull while Led Zeppelin partied
By Dave Everley published
Guitarist nearly missed his chance to join Ian Anderson’s band in 1968 because he didn’t have the courage to call the number on the advert

Jethro Tull to release Steven Wilson remix of The Château D’herouville Sessions on vinyl
By Jerry Ewing published
Jethro Tull's 'great lost album' The Château D’herouville Sessions will be released in March

“John Paul Jones kept to himself, but Jimmy Page took great delight in showing you what he’d been doing the night before”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on touring with Led Zeppelin, John Bonham’s pranks and Jimmy Page’s ‘fruity’ Polaroids
By Paul Brannigan published
When Jethro Tull opened up for Led Zeppelin on their 1969 US arena tour, it was an eye-opening experience for frontman Ian Anderson

“We couldn’t get a deal for Jethro Tull. The one person interested would only sign them if they dropped the flute player”: How Chrysalis rose from a booking agency to a leading prog record label
By Mike Barnes published
Chris Wright operated a business model that was more like a balancing act, with jail as the penalty for toppling - but Procol Harum, Trevor Rabin, Gentle Giant and others benefited from the approach

Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week
By Jerry Ewing published
It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll

The long wait is over: Jethro Tull's Warchild II is finally available on vinyl
By Hugh Fielder published
Ian Anderson had an album’s worth of material left over from War Child and he splattered them across various compilations. Now they're collected on vinyl for the first time

“Ian Anderson does have a face that lends itself to illustrating… He doesn’t have to do much to look evil!” The creation of Jethro Tull’s The Broadsword And The Beast Cover
By Johnny Sharp published
Artist Iain McCaig recalls the Steven Spielberg-like collaboration for 1982 album art - and what happened to the monster’s head prop he took home from the tour
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