For over thirty years Jethro Tull have ploughed a furrow that is uniquely their own. Many have tried to categorise their sound - folk, rock, prog rock, classical rock - but few descriptions have succeeded in summing up their eclectic brand of music.

The driving force has always been the fiercely independent and articulate Ian Anderson. A man of many parts, his fans have followed him from the tramp character of Aqualung, through the minstrel of A Passion Play, to the country squire of Heavy Horses and into the millennium as an elder statesman of rock music.

Amazingly, after millions of record sales and countless sold-out tours, this is the first English language biography of the band. David Rees has spent a number of years editing the Jethro Tull magazine A New Day and as such is the ideal chronicler of the Tull tale. Adding a welcome dash of wit and irony to a celebration of the band's music, Minstrels in the Gallery is the complete guide to the world of Jethro Tull.

ISBN: 0 946719 225
224 pages (illustrated photo section) - Paperback

MINSTRELS IN THE GALLERY
A HISTORY OF JETHRO TULL

David Rees

"Brilliant, independently minded... A fine read for Tull fans and non-believers alike."

Mojo

"Rees has been granted intimate access to the band in recent years, but this is no blinkered paean of praise. The author manages to maintain both his enthusiasm and enough perspective to make his narrative believeable, and his chronicling of the band's sometimes turbulent history is gripping without slipping into sensationalism. Essential reading for Tull's vast fanbase, of course."
Record Collector

"As much a labour of love as it is a detailed account of an intriguing history."
Metal Hammer

"Excellent"
Progression magazine

Currently out of print