Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson, the long-serving manager in England, Jethro Tull, I never claimed clairvoyant. But year after year, from 1976 to the address of the Tull album, "too old to rock 'n'Roll, Too Young To Die" seems to forecast this groundbreaking band, Nick Cave, Dave Matthews and members of indie-rock favorites The matter Decemberists, Midlake and among the biggest fans.

"I thought it was " too old "to come back to haunt me until three months after the record was!" Anderson said the 1988 San Diego Union interview. "Because, yes, this is a very open confrontation with the (aging) is not a biographical sense, but in a sense, it's not the style and fashion. ... Jethro Tull was like the Muppets, but there is always that of a particular generation. We have a teddy bear, do not throw that away. "

Like the Muppets, and less animated, Tull is still active today, 43 years after the band formed in 1968 as a blues group. Best of all, in the late 1960s and early '70s, Tull has created a new hybrid of rock, blues, jazz, classical and traditional English folk. Lad singer animated Anderson plays flute, realized songwriting and charismatic stage presence ensured Tull is one of the most important bands in rock.