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Coming up… the story behind the signature song Locomotive Breath by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a figure who was disenchanted by the rock n’ roll stars of the 50s. Even Elvis repelled him… In an effort to forge his own path, and be like no other performer, Ian learned to play an instrument not normally associated with rock music as his hallmark for distinction and played it on stage in a style that no one could emulate. But it later cost Ian dearly, when he had major health problems because of the stance he took playing this instrument… Truly One of the most interesting icons of the rock era… Anderson started out scrubbing urinals and toilets and later was drenched in urine when he played a live show and a commercial aircraft dumped waste from up in the sky. We also break down his prog rock classic Locomotive Breath spawned from a fear of the future world. It was the lead single from an album with a cover image that… scared the living hell out of me. It’s all coming up next on Professor of Rock.”

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SO Growing up, I knew of only two Jethros…. There was that lovable dimwit, Jethro Bodine on the Beverly Hillbillies played by Max Baer, Jr., And the other Jethro that I knew something about was this… strange band with disturbing album covers named Jethro Tull.. ..The cover art that really freaked me out as a kid, but I later marveled at, was the one that graced the front of Jethro Tull’s LP, Aqualung, featuring the progressive rock classic….”Locomotive Breath.” The Rock Era has been dominated by the guitar, but in the sub-genre of progressive rock, there are a handful of bands that have used the flute as a prominent part of their sound. Some of the most notable bands are the Moody Blues, with Ray Thomas, Traffic with Chris Wood, Genesis, during the Peter Gabriel era, and Focus from Amsterdam, Netherlands that had a #9 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in ’73 with their raging, instrumental rondo, “Hocus Pocus” featuring a frenetic flute solo by band co-founder Thijs van leer:

But the band that is really synonymous with the flute, as a focal point of their music, has to be Jethro Tull with its dynamic frontman and founder, Ian Anderson: Ian grew up in the 50s, and unlike most budding musicians that grew up during that time, he was not influenced to pursue a career in music by Elvis Presley. The King actually influenced Ian in the opposite way. Ian knew as a teenager that he didn’t want to emulate any of the rock stars. He wanted to forge his own path, creating something unique.

The desire to be different is what led him to the flute. Ian started off playing the guitar, but he eventually decided there were too many guitarists in the music world. He never regarded himself as being a “good guitar player” anyway, and was also self-deprecating about his singing voice. He became enchanted by the shiny aerophone when he saw one in a window display of a music store. Ian thought the glistening flute in the display was “pretty.”