Anderson questions the misnomer as a way to avoid paying royalties. On the original UK MGM 45 rpm record label, the group's name was misspelled "Jethro Toe", making it a collector's item. Released in 1968, their first single, "Sunshine Day", written by Abrahams and produced by Derek Lawrence, was commercially unsuccessful. It was a quick learning curve.literally every night I walked onstage was a flute lesson."
When Jethro Tull began, I think I'd been playing the flute for about two weeks. I wanted to do something that was a bit more idiosyncratic, hence the switch to another instrument. "I didn't want to be just another third-rate guitar player who sounded like a bunch of other third-rate guitar players. It was around this time that Anderson purchased a flute after becoming frustrated with his inability to play guitar like Eric Clapton: They were signed to the blossoming Ellis-Wright agency, and became the third band managed by the soon-to-be Chrysalis empire. The name stuck because they happened to be using it the first time a club manager liked their show enough to invite them to return. Band names were often supplied by their booking agents' staff, one of whom, a history enthusiast, eventually christened them "Jethro Tull" after the 18th-century agriculturist. At first, the new band had trouble getting repeat bookings and they took to changing their name frequently to continue playing the London club circuit. However, money remained short and within days of the move most of the band quit and headed back north, leaving Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick (who had replaced Hammond) to join forces with blues guitarist Mick Abrahams and his friend, drummer Clive Bunker, both from the Luton-based band McGregor's Engine.
In 1967, the band moved to the London area, basing themselves in nearby Luton they also travelled to Liverpool. By this point Evans had shortened his surname to "Evan" at the insistence of Hammond, who thought it sounded better and more unusual. By 1964 the band had developed into a seven-piece Blue-eyed soul band called the John Evan Band (later the John Evan Smash). Drummer Barrie Barlow became a member in 1963 after Evans had switched from drums to piano. The group featured Anderson on vocals and harmonica, Jeffrey Hammond on bass, John Evans on drums, and a guitarist named either Hipgrave or Michael Stephans. Ian Anderson started his first band, the Blades, in Blackpool, England in 1962.
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