Editing Jethro Tull (band) (section)

===Origins===
[[File:Ian-Anderson Cropredy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Ian Anderson]], the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist, and principal songwriter of Jethro Tull, performing with the band in Oxfordshire, England in 2004]]
[[Ian Anderson]], [[Jeffrey Hammond]], and [[John Evan]] (originally Evans), who would later become members of Jethro Tull, attended grammar school together in [[Blackpool]]. Anderson was born in [[Dunfermline]], Scotland, in 1947 and grew up in [[Edinburgh]] before moving to Blackpool in 1960.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=4}} At Blackpool Grammar School he gained GCE O-levels in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English, Art, French, Geography, and Latin, and was a student for two years at Blackpool College of Art.<ref>{{citation |title=Tour brochure: Jethro Tull Roots to Branches World Tour 1995–96}}.</ref> In his teens he wanted to be "an artist, a painter".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindaze.com/2006/08/29/jethro-tull-ian-anderson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108173613/http://www.austindaze.com/2006/08/29/jethro-tull-ian-anderson/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 November 2011 |title=Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson) |publisher=Austin Daze |date=29 August 2006 |access-date=11 November 2012 }}</ref>

Evans became a fan of [[the Beatles]] after seeing them play "[[Love Me Do]]" on [[Granada Television]]'s ''Scene at 6:30''; although already an accomplished pianist, Evans was inspired by the Beatles to take up drums.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|pp=5–6}} Anderson acquired a [[Classical guitar|Spanish guitar]] and taught himself to play it, and he and Evans decided to form a band.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=7}} They added Hammond on bass, who came with a collection of [[blues music|blues]] records.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=8}}

The group initially played as a three-piece at local clubs and venues before Evans, influenced by [[Georgie Fame]] and [[the Animals]], switched to organ. Drummer [[Barriemore Barlow|Barrie Barlow]]{{sfn|Rabey|2013|pp=14–15}} and guitarist Mike Stephens were recruited from local band the Atlantics,{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=12}}{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=12}} guitarist Chris Riley{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=12}} joined and the band developed into a six-piece "[[blue-eyed soul]]" group called the John Evan Band (later the John Evan Smash). Evans had shortened his surname to "Evan" at the insistence of Hammond, who thought it sounded better. They recruited Johnny Taylor as a booking agent and played gigs around northwest England,{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=15}} performing a mixture of blues and [[Motown]] covers.{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=14}} Hammond left the band to attend art school{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=15}} and was briefly replaced by Derek Ward, then by [[Glenn Cornick]].{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=17}} Riley also quit and was replaced by Neil Smith.{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=17}} The group recorded three songs at Regent Sound Studios in [[Denmark Street]], London, in April 1967, and appeared at the [[Marquee Club]] in London in June 1967.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=27}}

In November 1967 the band moved from the north of England to [[Luton]], Bedfordshire, {{convert|30|mi}} from central London, and signed a management deal with Terry Ellis and Chris Wright. They replaced Smith with guitarist [[Mick Abrahams]],{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=19}} but quickly realised that supporting a six-piece band was financially impractical and disbanded. Anderson, Abrahams, and Cornick stayed together, recruited Abrahams's friend [[Clive Bunker]] on drums,{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=18}} and became a [[British blues]] band.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=26}} Cornick recalled that Evan had been told he would be welcome to rejoin.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=27}} Anderson shared a flat with Cornick in Luton<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tullpress.com/zzjul76.htm |title=Jethro Tull Press: Zigzag, no.&nbsp;62, July 1976 |website=Tullpress.com |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> and worked as a cleaner at the Luton Ritz Cinema to pay the rent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tullpress.com/bbc79a.htm |title=Jethro Tull Press: BBC Radio, March 1979 Pt.&nbsp;1 |website=Tullpress.com |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> According to Cornick, "we were so poor that we would share one can of stew or soup between us each evening".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breznikar |first=Klemen |author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=13 December 2011 |title=Glenn Cornick interview about Jethro Tull, Wild Turkey... |url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2011/12/glenn-cornick-interview-about-jethro.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916171804/http://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2011/12/glenn-cornick-interview-about-jethro.html |archive-date=16 September 2016 |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref>