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Michael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams (born 7 April 1943, in Luton
Luton

Luton is a large town in the East of England England, 32 miles north of London. Historically, Luton is within the county of Bedfordshire, and since 1997, the town has been a unitary authority....
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....
, England
England

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) was the original guitarist for Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
. He recorded the album This Was
This Was

This Was is the first album by the rock and roll band Jethro Tull . Recorded at a cost of only ?1200 pound sterling, the album received generally favourable reviews and sold well upon its release....
 with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave once the album was finished. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt folk and jazz influences.






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Michael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams (born 7 April 1943, in Luton
Luton

Luton is a large town in the East of England England, 32 miles north of London. Historically, Luton is within the county of Bedfordshire, and since 1997, the town has been a unitary authority....
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) was the original guitarist for Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
. He recorded the album This Was
This Was

This Was is the first album by the rock and roll band Jethro Tull . Recorded at a cost of only ?1200 pound sterling, the album received generally favourable reviews and sold well upon its release....
 with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave once the album was finished. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt folk and jazz influences. He was replaced first by Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi

Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the founding member of pioneering Heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and the sole constant band member through multiple personnel changes....
 who would leave Tull after only a few weeks and would later go on to form Black Sabbath, and then by Martin Barre
Martin Barre

Martin Lancelot Barre is an England rock music musician.Barre has been the guitarist for Rock music Musical ensemble Jethro Tull since 1969....
 who remains with Jethro Tull to this day.

Abrahams went on to found Blodwyn Pig
Blodwyn Pig

Blodwyn Pig were a United Kingdom blues-rock music band founded by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mick Abrahams, after he left Jethro Tull in 1968 due to a falling out with Tull leader Ian Anderson ....
 and the group recorded two albums, Ahead Rings Out and Getting to This before breaking up in 1970. Abrahams soldiered on with the short-lived Wommet, then the Mick Abrahams Band and has continued to release albums by himself and with reunited versions of Blodwyn Pig.

Abrahams caused some controversy in Tull fan circles for his formation of a band called This Was
This Was

This Was is the first album by the rock and roll band Jethro Tull . Recorded at a cost of only ?1200 pound sterling, the album received generally favourable reviews and sold well upon its release....
 in the late 1990s, which reunited the members of the first incarnation of Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 (with the exception of Ian Anderson) to perform songs from that era of Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
's music. Tull fans disapproved but Ian Anderson apparently was not too offended, as in recent years Abrahams and Anderson have guested on each other's records. Abrahams has also participated in Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 reunions as well as one-off projects and gigs over the years.

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