Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82

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Link: Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82 - BBC News

 

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Mick Abrahams, a founding member of rock band Jethro Tull, has died at the age of 82.

 

Posting on the band's official website, external, lead singer Ian Anderson said he was sorry to hear of the death of the "strong vocalist and experienced, powerful and lyrical guitarist".

 

He said Luton-born Abrahams had "endured worsening ill health for the last 15 years, leaving him finally unable to perform".

 

Anderson said Abrahams was "vitally important" to the band's early line-up and developed his musical ideas into a "tour de force display of his instrumental talents for the rest of his performing days".

 

Jethro Tull were formed "out of the ashes" of The John Evan Band and McGregor's Engine, the blues band Abrahams formed with Clive Bunker in the Luton/Dunstable area, said Anderson...

 

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Saw them at the then Hammersmith Odeon back in the day.