Word: jethro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sign has been stolen several times before, Jethro R. Hawkins, administrative assistant for the department, said yesterday...
...HARD TO believe that an established rock personality would let himself be harrowed by a wave of bad reviews. After the critics unanimously panned Jethro Tull's Passion Play, the band's leader Ian Anderson threw up his hands in disgust and disbanded one of rock's most illustrious combos. The percentage of the record-buying public influenced by reviews, though, is so insignificant that Anderson's self-mortification was astounding...
...critics' back. Not being able to satisfy the critics, Anderson decided to satisfy himself instead. And now, eight months later. Anderson has left his "retirement" with a recognition that aggression is man's most predominant drive. His deliberations on this subject were set to music, forming the nucleus of Jethro Tull's latest album, War Child...
...JETHRO TULL. Every unfounded rumor that Ian Anderson's group has disbanded, ceased recording, stopped performing, and so on blames the group's alleged demise on Anderson's frustration with critics who don't take his music seriously. The problem is that he takes himself so seriously that he hardly leaves room for anyone else. Tull's work is sometimes imaginitive. It is almost always pretentious. But Boston Garden--where you sit two miles from the performers--seems like the worst place to enjoy Anderson's flute-playing acrobatics...
...JETHRO TULL. Fri. Sept. 28 and Sat, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m., Boston Garden...