Editing Jethro Tull (band) (section)

===Folk rock (1977–1979)===
[[File:Jethro Tull 5.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Ian Anderson]] playing with Jethro Tull at [[Hammersmith Odeon]], March 1978]]
In the late 1970s, Jethro Tull released three [[folk rock]] albums, ''[[Songs from the Wood]]'' (1977), ''[[Heavy Horses]]'' (1978), and ''[[Stormwatch (album)|Stormwatch]]'' (1979). ''Songs from the Wood'' (1977) was the first Tull album to receive generally positive reviews since the release of ''Living in the Past'' (1972). The Christmas/[[Winter Solstice]]-themed song "Ring Out, Solstice Bells" was released as an EP in the winter of 1976, prior to the release of ''Songs From the Wood'', and was a moderate hit on the British charts. It later became a popular Christmas song in the UK and was re-recorded in 2003 for ''[[The Jethro Tull Christmas Album]]''.

The band had long ties to folk rockers [[Steeleye Span]] – Tull performed as backing band on Steeleye Span vocalist [[Maddy Prior]]'s 1978 solo album, ''[[Woman in the Wings]]'', to repay her for the vocals she had contributed on their ''Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!'' album – and also to [[Fairport Convention]]. Fairport members [[Dave Pegg]], [[Martin Allcock]], [[Dave Mattacks]] and Ric Sanders have all played with Tull at various times, as well as folk drummer [[Gerry Conway (musician)|Gerry Conway]], who became a Fairport member after playing with Tull. Although Jethro Tull were not formally considered to be part of the folk-rock movement, which had begun nearly a decade earlier with [[Fairport Convention]], there was clearly an exchange of musical ideas among Tull and the folk rockers.<ref name="ArtistWiki" /> By this time Anderson had moved to a farm in the countryside, and his newly bucolic lifestyle was reflected in his songwriting and in the title track of ''[[Heavy Horses]]'' (1978).

The band continued to tour and in 1978 released a live double album, ''[[Bursting Out]]'', which had been recorded during the European leg of the 1978 ''Heavy Horses'' tour. During the US leg of this tour in 1979, John Glascock suffered health problems and was replaced by Anderson's friend and former [[Stealers Wheel]] bassist, [[Tony Williams (English musician)|Tony Williams]].

Tull's third folk-influenced album, ''[[Stormwatch (album)|Stormwatch]]'', was released in 1979.  During the making of the album, Glascock suffered major health problems related to having had [[open-heart surgery]] the previous year, and Anderson played bass on much of the album.  After the release of ''Stormwatch'', Fairport Convention bassist [[Dave Pegg]] was hired for the ensuing tour, during which Glascock died from heart complications at his home in England.<ref>"A Tull Tale: Groovemaker in Jon Noyce". Jansson, M. Bass Player "11". pp. 40, 42, 44</ref>