{"id":487872,"date":"2019-07-10T13:25:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=857535"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:25:27","slug":"jethro-tull-prep-first-official-biography-the-ballad-of-jethro-tull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/jethro-tull-prep-first-official-biography-the-ballad-of-jethro-tull\/","title":{"rendered":"Jethro Tull Prep First Official Biography \u2018The Ballad of Jethro Tull\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to a massive 50th anniversary tour<\/a> and lengthy compilation<\/a>, Jethro Tull<\/a> announced their first official book. The Ballad of Jethro Tull<\/em> \u2014 a lavishly illustrated history of the band \u2014 is set for release in November.<\/p>\n

In an informative video from Ian Anderson<\/a>, the frontman details the book and its two versions. \u201cYou\u2019ll see there\u2019s a choice of two editions of the book, one of which comes with a seven-inch vinyl record of me reading a specially written poem called \u2018The Ballad of Jethro Tull,’\u201d he says while gripping his signature flute. \u201cWith musical backing from some old friends, too!\u201d<\/p>\n

The b-side of the 7\u2033 features Anderson reading an 1808 Walter Scott poem titled \u2018Marmion\u2019 alongside a cathedral organ. It will only be available with the signature edition, limited to 500 copies and signed by Anderson himself. Two art prints are also included.<\/p>\n

The band, which kicked off its 50th anniversary tour last year, have extended the shows well into 2019. They\u2019ll play a handful of  North American dates September, including New York\u2019s Forest Hill Pavilion in Queens and Connecticut\u2019s Mohegan Sun Arena. \u201cIn the USA \u2013 many would argue \u2013 2019 is really the 50th Anniversary for US fans since we first visited in early 1969,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

The Ballad of Jethro Tull is available for pre-order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/p>\n

Book of Opeth, the Signature Edition box set, showing limited edtion book, prints and vinyl EP. Only 500 copies worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to a massive 50th anniversary tour and lengthy compilation, Jethro Tull announced their first official book. The Ballad of Jethro Tull \u2014 a lavishly illustrated history of the band \u2014 is set for release in November. In an informative video from Ian Anderson, the frontman details the book and its two versions. \u201cYou\u2019ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-487872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 10:24:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}