I remember a long-ago interview with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson in which he reflected on the prickly nature of one's moods. He described waking up each morning to the pleasant melodies of birdsong outside the bedroom window of his country home.

Wonderful — except that, occasionally, the dawn's-early-light aviary chorale bugged him and "sometimes I just want to strangle the little bastards."

I wonder, all these years later, if Anderson feels similarly irritated when, on tour, he feels obligated to trot out "Locomotive Breath"?

Well, it's been 44 years since Tull released "Aqualung," and true fans realize there have been over a dozen excellent JT albums since then. And now? A new twist. The band, we remember, was named after an 18th-century agriculturalist, and Anderson has written a narrative telling the original Jehtro Tull's life story — using songs from across the band's repertoire in conjunction with plenty of multi-media exposition and visuals.

The presentation comes to Foxwoods' Grand Theater on Sunday, and the set list and fresh format should keep even Anderson interested.

Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera, 7 p.m. Sunday, Grand Theater, Foxwoods; $40-$60; 1-800-200-2882.