Whenever people share stories about their first concert, I can always get a laugh by confiding that mine was Jethro Tull. That said, they were actually a pretty cool band way back when. Of course, I can’t remember another song of theirs other than “Aqualung.”
And that song is the story of a particularly unappealing tramp. “Sitting on a park bench / Eying up little girls with bad intent / Snot is running down his nose / Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.”
The title of the song actually relates to the old man’s “rattling last breaths / With deep-sea diver sounds.” Who would’ve known.
The cover was done by Burton Silverman, a fairly classical portraitist.
It’s a water color based on an actual photo taken by one of the group member’s wives. By the way, Silverman actually had three other album credits, all for classical stuff.
Here's some more representative work of his.
Just in case your memory’s a little foggy, the band were prog rockers led by a flutist, Ian Anderson.
Any resemblance between him and the
guy on the cover is purely intentional
The band was actually named after an 18th Century agronomist, the inventor of the seed drill.
Why their manager gave them that name is probably a mystery for the ages.
I think we can give the band credit for a couple of other decent album covers:
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