Latest about Jethro Tull
Band leader shares his thoughts on teamwork, blowing out his voice, caving in to pressure, going mainstream and going a step too far as he revisits their albums from 1968 to 2003
Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
From a backstage performance for Curved Air to being dragged onstage by Frank Zappa and out-complicating King Crimson, the UK violinist has managed to ignore distractions from making music
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
Discover his thoughts on three-fingered guitar playing, a rock icon asking for his autograph, hot chillis, abandoned rabbit suits, never learning to drive, retirement, the 70s codpiece – and why he took up flute in the first place
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more
"It's about our reaction of guilt, distaste, awkwardness and confusion, all these things that we feel when we’re confronted with the reality of the homeless"
