With no other successful rock band does the flute play such a central role in the music as with Jethro Tull. When they released their debut album “This Was” in 1968, there was a mixed response in the musical media world. Critics saw no future for the flute as a lead instrument alongside the overwhelming superiority of the guitar heroes and the Hammond organ acrobats. How could they be wrong. Unlike Karsten, I have very positive memories of 1971. That was the year I founded my first rock-jazz group “STAGG”. You can listen to it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLse20Z9XOo) if you're interested. And of course, besides the saxophone, the flute was the dominant instrument. When Struppix offered me to join the “Locomotive Breath” project, I didn't have to think twice. I think we came up with a pretty passable interpretation of this song.