Ian Anderson
| Born | August 10, 1947 |
| Hometown | Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Net worth | $100 million |
| Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
| Spouse | Shona Learoyd, Jennie Anderson |
| Children | Gael Anderson |
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Ian Anderson features on new Louise Patricia Crane single Tiny Bard
- Prog singer songwriter Louise Patricia Crane will release her new solo album Netherworld in June
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New year, new books: Taft residents benefit from "Imagination Library"
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“John Paul Jones kept to himself, but Jimmy Page took great delight in showing you what he’d been doing the night before”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on touring with Led Zeppelin, John Bonham’s pranks
When Jethro Tull opened up for Led Zeppelin on their 1969 US arena tour, it was an eye-opening experience for frontman Ian Anderson
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“We couldn’t get a deal for Jethro Tull. The one person interested would only sign them if they dropped the flute player”: How Chrysalis rose from a booking agency to a leading prog record label
Chris Wright operated a business model that was more like a balancing act, with jail as the penalty for toppling - but Procol Harum, Trevor Rabin, Gentle Giant and others benefited from the approach
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Blue Jays Roundup: Wrestling competes at Valley City holiday tourney
Dec. 16—VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Two first-place finishes at a 14-team tournament is nothing to sneeze at. Jack Schauer and Grady Anderson, both Jamestown High School wrestling team members, won their weight class at the 2023 Valley City Holiday Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Jays wound up placing ninth out of the 14 competing teams. As a team, the Blue Jays tabulated a score of 70 points. ...
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Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week
It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll
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When audience members attack: Six times a rock star was injured by someone in the crowd
Musicians should always feel safe onstage: sometimes, they're clearly not - and people need to stop throwing stuff
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"We were always looking out for a producer, but the trouble was that most of them took a lot of drugs": Ian Anderson on the recording of Aqualung, and why it really isn't a concept album
Aqualung is regarded by most as the classic, definitive Jethro Tull album, but Ian Anderson is reluctant to admit it's his favourite
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The long wait is over: Jethro Tull's Warchild II is finally available on vinyl
Ian Anderson had an album’s worth of material left over from War Child and he splattered them across various compilations. Now they're collected on vinyl for the first time
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“Ian Anderson does have a face that lends itself to illustrating… He doesn’t have to do much to look evil!” The creation of Jethro Tull’s The Broadsword And The Beast Cover
Artist Iain McCaig recalls the Steven Spielberg-like collaboration for 1982 album art - and what happened to the monster’s head prop he took home from the tour
- EntertainmentRolling Stone
Forget Guitar Solos. These Days the Flute Rules
André 3000's New Blue Sun is part of a long tradition — starting in rock and later spreading throughout hip-hop — of making the most of a very un-rock & roll instrument
- EntertainmentLA Times
12 flautists flauting: A user's guide to the greatest moments in flute-rock history
Will André 3000's upcoming woodwinds album kick off a fluteaissance? Prepare yourself with this primer on 60 years of aerophone-rock history.
