# Jeffrey Hammond > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeffrey_Hammond > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeffrey_Hammond.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hammond > Source revision: 1338889187 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British musician For those of a similar name, see [Jeffery Hammond](/source/Jeffery_Hammond) and [Jeff Hammond (disambiguation)](/source/Jeff_Hammond_(disambiguation)). This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Jeffrey Hammond" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond Jeffrey Hammond in concert with Jethro Tull, 1973 Background information Born Jeffrey Hammond (1946-07-30) 30 July 1946 (age 79) Blackpool, Lancashire, England Genres Progressive rock, Folk rock, Hard rock Occupation Musician Instrument Bass guitar Years active 1970–75 Formerly of Jethro Tull Musical artist **Jeffrey Hammond** (born 30 July 1946), also known by his former stage name **Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond**, is an English artist and musician who was the bassist of [progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) band [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band)) from 1971 to 1975.[1] Hammond played on some of the band's most successful albums, including *[Aqualung](/source/Aqualung_(Jethro_Tull_album))* (1971) and *[Thick as a Brick](/source/Thick_as_a_Brick)* (1972). Hammond adopted the name "Hammond-Hammond" as a joke, since both his father's surname and mother's maiden name were the same.[2] He also joked in interviews that his mother defiantly chose to keep her maiden name, just like [Eleanor Roosevelt](/source/Eleanor_Roosevelt).[3] ## Musician with Jethro Tull Hammond met [Ian Anderson](/source/Ian_Anderson_(musician)) in [grammar school](/source/Grammar_school) and formed a band with him and future Jethro Tull members [John Evan](/source/John_Evan) and [Barriemore Barlow](/source/Barriemore_Barlow). After school, he gave up music he went to study painting.[*[where?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names))*] Meanwhile, Anderson formed [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band)) and wrote several songs about his friend's idiosyncrasies, such as "[A Song for Jeffrey](/source/A_Song_for_Jeffrey)" (on the album *[This Was](/source/This_Was)*), "Jeffrey Goes to [Leicester Square](/source/Leicester_Square)" (*[Stand Up](/source/Stand_Up_(Jethro_Tull_album))*) and "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me" (*[Benefit](/source/Benefit_(album))*). Hammond is also mentioned in the lyrics of the *Benefit* track "Inside". In January 1971, when [Glenn Cornick](/source/Glenn_Cornick) left the band, Anderson talked Hammond into joining Jethro Tull.[3] According to Anderson, it was Hammond who came up with a name for the "claghorn", a hybrid instrument Anderson made by attaching the mouthpiece from a saxophone and the bell of a toy trumpet to the body of a bamboo flute. The instrument can be heard on the track "Dharma for One" on the album *This Was*. According to Anderson, "clag" was a term Hammond used for feces, "so 'claghorn' presumably because it sounded shit!"[4] In addition to playing bass, he narrated the surreal piece "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" on the album *[A Passion Play](/source/A_Passion_Play)*. He also received credit, along with Anderson and Evan, for writing the piece. In a similar vein, he wrote and performed the words for "Sealion II", an alternate version of the *[WarChild](/source/War_Child_(album))* song recorded during the same sessions as the album, which was first released on *[Nightcap](/source/Nightcap%3A_The_Unreleased_Masters_1973%E2%80%931991)* in 1993 and later included on the 40th anniversary edition of *WarChild*. During his time in Jethro Tull, Hammond wore a black-and-white-striped suit and played a matching bass guitar; He burned the suit in December 1975 upon his departure from the band.[5] According to Ian Anderson's sleevenotes for the 2002 reissue of Tull's *[Minstrel in the Gallery](/source/Minstrel_in_the_Gallery)*, Hammond "returned to his first love, painting, and put down his bass guitar, never to play again."[3] His replacement as bass player was [John Glascock](/source/John_Glascock), a professional musician from the band [Carmen](/source/Carmen_(band)). Hammond has developed a second career as a landscape painter.[6] ## Later musical appearances Anderson approached Hammond about standing in for the ailing Glascock during Jethro Tull's fall 1978 U.S. tour, but after a rehearsal Hammond decided he was not up to the task, and [Tony Williams](/source/Tony_Williams_(English_musician)) took the job.[7] Hammond attended Jethro Tull's 25th anniversary reunion party in 1994. He participated in an interview, along with Ian Anderson and [Martin Barre](/source/Martin_Barre), that was featured as a bonus track on the 1997 reissue of *[Thick as a Brick](/source/Thick_as_a_Brick)*.[3] ## Discography - *[Aqualung](/source/Aqualung_(Jethro_Tull_album))* (1971) - *[Thick as a Brick](/source/Thick_as_a_Brick)* (1972) - *[Living in the Past](/source/Living_in_the_Past_(album))* (compilation, 1972) - *[A Passion Play](/source/A_Passion_Play)* (1973) - *[War Child](/source/War_Child_(album))* (1974) - *[Minstrel in the Gallery](/source/Minstrel_in_the_Gallery)* (1975) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nollen2002_1-0)** Nollen, Scott Allen (2002). [*Jethro Tull: A history of the band, 1968–2001*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AsvpFwKVCN4C&pg=PA82). McFarland. pp. 82–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-1101-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1101-6). Retrieved 18 June 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Rees, David. *Minstrels in the Gallery*, 1998, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-946719-22-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946719-22-5), p. 40. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TullBio_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TullBio_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TullBio_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TullBio_3-3) ["Jeffrey Hammond"](https://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/jeffrey-hammond/). *jethrotull.com*. Retrieved 18 July 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Webb, Martin (2018). "That Was Jethro Tull". *This Was: The 50th Anniversary Edition*. Chrysalis Records. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rees, p. 70. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-HammondArt_6-0)** ["jeffreyhammond.co.uk"](https://www.jeffreyhammond.co.uk/). *www.jeffreyhammond.co.uk*. Retrieved 12 August 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Webb, Martin (2018). "An Honest Day's Toil". *Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition*. Chrysalis Records. ## External links - [Official biography of Jeffrey Hammond on Jethro Tull website: JethroTull.com](http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/past-band-members-and-guests/jeffrey-hammond/) v t e Jethro Tull Ian Anderson David Goodier John O'Hara Scott Hammond Jack Clark Mick Abrahams Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock Dee Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce Florian Opahle Joe Parrish Studio albums This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album The Zealot Gene RökFlöte Curious Ruminant Live albums Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 Compilations Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best Of The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential 50 for 50 Boxed sets 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set Videos Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live Songs "Sunshine Day" "A Song for Jeffrey" "Love Story" "Living in the Past" "Bourée" "Sweet Dream" "The Witch's Promise" "Teacher" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Mother Goose" "Hymn 43" "Locomotive Breath" "Life Is a Long Song" "Bungle in the Jungle" "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" "The Whistler" "Songs from the Wood" "Heavy Horses" "Dun Ringill" Related Discography Members A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull – The String Quartets Category Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Norway Artists MusicBrainz Other SNAC --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jeffrey Hammond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hammond) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hammond?action=history)). 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