Jethro Tull
Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is currently promoting his solo sequel to the band’s classic ‘Thick As A Brick’ album, but as he revealed in a recent interview, he’s got quite a few other projects in mind as well.
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Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images Ian Anderson delivered one of the best live concert performances in recent memory when he brought his new solo tour in support of the just-released 'Thick as a Brick II' to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, England on April 18.
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Jo Hale,Getty Images To quote Ian Anderson, "If someone had suggested that I might release a prog-concept album in the year 2012, I would have thought him seriously, dangerously even, off his trolley. But that is precisely what happened."
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Jethro Tull / Various In celebration of Ian Anderson's newly released album 'Thick as a Brick 2,' you can win that record, and 23 other Jethro Tull CDs, courtesy of Total Assault and Ultimate Classic Rock. A complete list of the discs included in the prize can be found at the bottom of this article.
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Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images Ian Anderson on the Future of Jethro Tull
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MartinBarre.com Martin Barre Talks a 'New Day' for Jethro Tull Music
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Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images The big day had finally arrived: On Feb. 22, 1989, after years of neglect, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences was finally going to acknowledge hard rock/heavy metal music by presenting the genre’s first Grammy Award winner.
'…And Justice for All' by Metallica was the odds-on favorite to grab the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance honor, says Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson. But Tull's 'Crest of a Knave' album — a peculiar nominee, to say the least — was the surprise winner, and the Shrine Auditorium crowd responded with "a barrage of boos and hisses and gasps of disbelief," Anderson recalls.
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Jo Hale, Getty Images Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock? That's the question Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson looks to answer on April 2 with the release of 'Thick as a Brick 2,' the follow-up to Tull's landmark 1972 album. Bostock was the fictional child author of the lyrics and now, 40 years later, a grown up Bostock returns as the lyricist on the new album. As a post on the Tull website reads: "Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Or, perhaps, any of us."
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Mark Metcalfe/ Jo Hale, Getty Images It's hard to picture Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson without his famous flute in tow. What's surprising is how he first came to embrace his favored instrument that has become a signature part of his public persona.
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Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images After nearly 45 years as a professional musician, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the classic Tull album 'Thick As A Brick' by playing the album in its entirety for the first time since 1972. There are very specific reasons that he's touring the album performances under his own name and not under the Jethro Tull banner.
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