Tull drummer gets sex change

**db44** · Jan 27th, 2004, 06:05 AM

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment...sm_858591.html

A former member of seventies band Jethro Tull has had a sex-change operation and become a woman called Dee.

Once bearded keyboard player David Palmer now has long blonde hair and wears make-up and black leggings, reports the Evening Standard.

She broke the news to flute playing frontman Ian Anderson by saying: "There's something I need to get off my increasingly ample chest."

Anderson stood by his former bandmate, saying: "I found it difficult at first but I fully support his decision."

Palmer, 66, a former soldier in the Royal Horse Guards and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, is set to embark on a solo career.

She said: "I want to be judged on my musical ability alone, and nothing else."

Her desire to change sex had been an "open secret" in the music business for many years, she said, but she did not go ahead with the operation until the death of wife Margaret nine years ago.

Palmer lives in Hove, East Sussex, but is currently in the Spanish resort of Lanzarote, recording her first solo album before launching a British tour next month.

She said: "I've felt like this since the age of three. It's not just wimps who want to do this. To be a girl, it goes a lot deeper than that. Yes, you are speaking to the person you thought I was - the keyboard player in Jethro Tull."

Jethro Tull was formed in 1968 and had a string of hits including Living In The Past and Teacher. Palmer left the band in 1980.

Oct 1st, 2004, 03:15 PM

LMAO, thats so funny

darkhorse · Nov 3rd, 2004, 02:25 PM

Talk about a bungle in the jungle !

Nov 17th, 2004, 06:32 AM

I guess changing sex also meant changing instruments? The heading was former drummer and the story was the keyboard player. For aminute I thought it was Clive Bunker...

drunkn · Nov 21st, 2004, 10:36 AM

i just saw this flute playing fool on a VH1 speciasl about the worst metal moments in history.

Jan 27th, 2004, 06:05 AM	#1
db44 Shark bait, OOH-HA-HA! Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Not in Kansas anymore!!! Posts: 20,747	Tull drummer gets sex change http://www.ananova.com/entertainment...sm_858591.html A former member of seventies band Jethro Tull has had a sex-change operation and become a woman called Dee. Once bearded keyboard player David Palmer now has long blonde hair and wears make-up and black leggings, reports the Evening Standard. She broke the news to flute playing frontman Ian Anderson by saying: "There's something I need to get off my increasingly ample chest." Anderson stood by his former bandmate, saying: "I found it difficult at first but I fully support his decision." Palmer, 66, a former soldier in the Royal Horse Guards and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, is set to embark on a solo career. She said: "I want to be judged on my musical ability alone, and nothing else." Her desire to change sex had been an "open secret" in the music business for many years, she said, but she did not go ahead with the operation until the death of wife Margaret nine years ago. Palmer lives in Hove, East Sussex, but is currently in the Spanish resort of Lanzarote, recording her first solo album before launching a British tour next month. She said: "I've felt like this since the age of three. It's not just wimps who want to do this. To be a girl, it goes a lot deeper than that. Yes, you are speaking to the person you thought I was - the keyboard player in Jethro Tull." Jethro Tull was formed in 1968 and had a string of hits including Living In The Past and Teacher. Palmer left the band in 1980. __________________ In the end, only kindness matters.

Oct 1st, 2004, 03:15 PM	#2
Thornsidedboy Guest Posts: n/a	LMAO, thats so funny

Nov 3rd, 2004, 02:25 PM	#3
darkhorse Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 55	Talk about a bungle in the jungle !

Nov 17th, 2004, 06:32 AM	#4
pac401 Guest Posts: n/a	I guess changing sex also meant changing instruments? The heading was former drummer and the story was the keyboard player. For aminute I thought it was Clive Bunker...

Nov 21st, 2004, 10:36 AM	#5
drunkn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Waterville/Elm City, ME Posts: 189	i just saw this flute playing fool on a VH1 speciasl about the worst metal moments in history.