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"Teacher" is a song by the British rock band Jethro Tull, first released as the B-side to the January 1970 single "The Witch's Promise", [2] on the Chrysalis label. [6] Written by the band's frontman Ian Anderson , the song is a comment on the corruption of self-styled gurus who used their followers for their own gain.
Benefit is the third studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in April 1970.It was the first Tull album to include pianist and organist John Evan – though he was not yet considered a permanent member of the group – and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick, who was fired from the band upon completion of touring for the album.
The single was the first recording to feature keyboardist John Evan, who would be an important member of Jethro Tull throughout the 1970s. He was sharing a flat with frontman Ian Anderson at the time, and agreed to perform as a session musician. He played Hammond organ on "Teacher" and both piano and Mellotron on "The Witch's Promise."
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, a collection of traditional Christmas songs and Christmas songs written by Jethro Tull, was released in 2003. It was the last studio album to be recorded by the band for nearly 20 years, and it became their biggest commercial success since 1987's Crest of a Knave .
Filled with imagery from medieval Britain (especially in the "Jack-in-the-Green", "Cup of Wonder", and "Ring Out Solstice Bells" lyrics), and ornamental folk arrangement (as in "Velvet Green" and "Fire at Midnight"), Songs From the Wood was a departure from the hard rock of earlier Jethro Tull material, though it still retained some of the band's older, progressive sound.
Like their previous album, Minstrel in the Gallery, the band recorded the album in the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio.They recorded "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" and "The Chequered Flag (Dead or Alive)" along with the outtakes "Salamander's Rag Time", "Commercial Traveller" and "Advertising Man (Unfinished backing track)" on 19 and 20 November 1975, "Big Dipper" on 3 January 1976 ...
"Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Written by frontman Ian Anderson , it was released on their 1976 album of the same name . Written about an aging biker, the song title was inspired by a flight Anderson had taken in the United States.
The song has since appeared on several Jethro Tull compilation albums, including The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection (1993), The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull (2007), and 50 for 50 (2018). The song also appears in live form on Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005) and Aqualung Live (2005).