Jethro Tull’s first album in nearly 20 years arrived in the form of The Zealot Gene in 2021. While discussing the release with Prog, band leader Ian Anderson also talked about their third album, 1970’s Benefit, which was being reissued at the time.
He described it as a “dark” work, explaining: “I was writing the songs when we had our first year of touring the US in 1969. They were long tours and a real culture shock for me, having grown up with an awareness of America – but only through TVs and movies and comics. To actually be there and experience the real America was a bit shocking.”
