For this
compilation, including the annotations, I made use of
the following persons' services and resources:
- The
lyrics were carefully compared to the album
covers of the official released JT-albums and
to the by Ian Anderson authorised lyrics in
"Jethro Tull 25th, Songbook"
(edited by Karl Schramm, Palmyra Publishers,
Heidelberg, Germany, 1997). The lines were
however reordered to the way Ian sings them
on record.
- Sources
for additional information on the lyrics were
the respective album covers and booklets,
articles, interviews and books on Tull. Many
comments are/were sent to me by email (see
the list of contributors below). Thanks,
guys, and please go on doing so!
- I
would like to thank Kyle
Barnett for his help on reconstructing
c.q. deciphering the lyrics of 'So Much
Trouble', 'To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be' and
'John Barleycorn'. This three song texts,
that by my knowledge never have appeared in
print before, were added to this page.
Special, posthumous thanks go out to Kyle for
his encouragement to achieve this work. We
intended to do this together and made plans
for it, but his passing away in June 1998
alas ended our cordial coöperation.
- As
it is my policy to credit every one who in
what ever way contributes to this site, it is
"with a heavy heart" (no, not
horse), that I 'borrowed' photographs from
several Tull-sites, as I cannot trace the fan
who put them on the web in the first place.
If anyone among you owns the original rights
and feels I violated them, please email me.
The Tull-tree image and button I made myself;
they were adapted from the 20 Years Of Jethro
Tull - book, that came with the album
(Zarkowski-designs).
- My
special thanks go out to Neil R.
Thomason and Andrew Jackson, two
British fans who constantly come up with new
information and corrections. They help me out
especcially when typical British elements in
Ian's lyrics need to be elucidated, and/or
when I'm fighting one of my duels with the
English grammar and spelling.......
- The
same goes for the information I used from a
paper concerning Tull's development, written
by Judson C.Caswell. He
wrote the astute paper "Minstrel in the
gallery, history in the music of Jethro
Tull" (1993), published in the SCC. Jud
writes music himself, recorded three albums
and some of his songs are inspired by the
music of Ian Anderson. There is more
information on his
site.
- Another
"thank you" goes out to John
Benninghouse, the author of the
second paper who allowed me to use
information from his paper "Songs from
the wood, the music and lyrics of Ian
Anderson/Jethro Tull". His astute
observations provided me with new insights.
- The
article "Love from the fields: the
imagery of pagan Britain in the songs of Ian
Anderson", written by Peg
Aloi, was first published in
Obsidian Magazine. Thank you Peg for your
offer to re-issue it here on this site for
every interested follower to read and study.
- Finally
I would like to thank all those
fans-from-all-continents who encouraged and
supported me by sending in their comments,
views and insights regarding Ian's lyrics or
granted me the permission to borrow their
photographs and illustrations. YOU really
make me go! So here it is: my own little Hall
Of Fame:
-
My wife Bien and my
children Simon, Anne and Rachel (for their
support and giving me "room to
move") and "far-flung Tull
friends":
Ivar Aasheim, Ghayya Al Amine, Willi Albin,
Sean Albright, Jessica Alexander, Bob Allred,
Roger Anderson, Eric Artefeuille, Clemens
Bayer, Willem Bemboom (+), Daniël Benchimol,
Mark Best, Dave Bevis, Adam Bodkin, Andy
Bowyer, Paul Bradforth, Luud de Brouwer, Julian Burnell, Alex
Canduci, Rocco Casagrande,
George Cassuto, Victor Ciofoaia, Mark Colman,
Dennis Crothers, Bob D., Mark Davis, Elwyn
Davies, George Dietz, Dik Delfsma, Emil
Engelund, Mark Enright, Barbara Espinoza,
Alberto Ferreira, Oran Fitzgibbon, Lars
Fuglesang, M. Freese, Dave Gerber, Gerrit de
Geus, Alexander Glasgow, Scott Gordon, David
Keith Graham, Fred Greve, Norman Griffiths,
Steve Gugerty, Bill Gumby, Chris de Haan, Ina
Hacker, Julie Hankinson, Albert Hansen,
Warren Hiskett, Alan Hodgson, Christine Hoff,
Jim Hofweber, Rantz Hoseley, Lothar Hussong, Emil T.
Ingelund, Alan Jolley, Jennie Jones, Juha, Martha
Klassanos, Jessica Knight, Bruce Knoll, Matthew Korn, Varun Krishna, John
W. Loosemore, Michael Megerian, Dave Morris, Jyrki Myllylä, John LaFazzia, Marco
Laufenberg, Kevin Lees, Tom & Fritz
Liebich, Jeroen Louis, Alex Lozupone, Ian
MacFarland, Alexander MacLennan, March the
mad scientist, Patrick Marks, Mary, Frank
Mathie, Bernie Matthews, Pete McHugh, André Meier, Diego
Meozzi, Mark Messina, Lawrence Moseley, Arup Nandi, Steven
O'Mullan, Robert
Pahre, Marlowe Peck, Pamela, Pelerin, Dustin Poe, Theron
Quist, Armin Raab, Arend Raifsnider, RBofC,
Reddred, David Rees, Graeme Robertson, Ivory
Rodriguez, Maciek Rolski, Bruce Rusk, Greg
Russo, Dag Sandbu, D. Scocca, Kevin Shaw,
Harrison Sherwood, Kevin Smith, Paul Smith,
Fred Sowa, Don Spade, Alison Stenning, Keith Suding, Steven
Sullivan, Fred Swan, Aldo Tagliaferro, Paul Tarvydas, David
Tatham, Sam Thirouin, Jay Thomas, Kevin Thurston, Ryan
Tolnay, Elad Unna, Ron Unna, Phil Vaughn, Lukas Was, John White, Whitey, Hay Willemsen, Evan Williams, Matt
Willis, Abel Wisman, Colin Wright, Koen
Wynkoop.
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