One of the giants in the British prog rock, especially popular in the early seventies. The group was founded in 1968 in Blackpool by Scottish singer / flautist Ian Anderson. The group, affectionately by her fans 'Tull' called, play was the strong influences of English and Celtic folk music. Even if prog is less popular, Jethro Tull remains a welcome guest at international venues. Not least because
… of the strong live shows with Anderson as a trump card, which often plays flute standing on one leg. The group in 1990 surprised friend and foe by a Grammy Award for best heavy metal act 'win at the expense of Metallica. Jethro Tull react with their trademark humor to the subsequent consternation. They put in an English magazine page ad that read: "The flute is a (heavy) metal instrument.more
