IAN ANDERSON
Ian Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he has released another five works, including the sequel of Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, entitled TAAB2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock. (More from Wikipedia)
King Crimson’s woodwind man, Ian McDonald eventually co-founded Foreigner, a highly successful though completely different band. For decades, I confused Ian McDonald with about the only other prominent woodwind player in rock and roll, Jethro Tull front man and flautist Ian Anderson.
(October 2012)
