Ian Anderson
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“He tore the whole thing to shreds and was very unkind”: Jethro Tull’s War Child and 1974
By Malcolm Dome published
Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year

Ian Anderson wishes his flute had never gone to space, and neither had William Shatner
By Johnny Sharp published
His desire to be associated with the space race, first shared on 1970 album Benefit, resulted in disappointment

Ian Anderson's solo years, now in a handy box
By John Aizlewood published
31 years, 10 vinyl albums, one Ian Anderson

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers
By Michael Hann published
Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoided blues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics, influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts

“I felt so embarrassed for him”: Ian Anderson, the man who refused to meet Elvis Presley
By Dave Everley published
The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted

Watch Ian Anderson unbox his new solo career set 8314 Boxed
By Jerry Ewing published
Ian Anderson 8314 Boxed collects all of the Jethro Tull man's solo albums plus a disc of unreleased live material

Ian Anderson still detests the mindless sax of Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play
By Martin Kielty published
Horrified by sessions in a French chateau, they went home, dumped the work they’d done on their Thick As A Brick follow-up and started again. The result was a Marmite production that inspired split rumours

Ten-disc Ian Anderson solo box set to be released in August
By Jerry Ewing published
8314 Boxed collects all of Ian Anderson solo alums plus a disc of unreleased live material
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