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Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to flute and acoustic guitar, plays keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika,
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,
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and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album ''
Walk into Light ''Walk into Light'' is the debut solo album released by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 1983. (The album '' A'' was originally intended to be released as an Ian Anderson album, but instead was released as a Jethro Tull album.) ...
''; since then he has released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album ''
Thick as a Brick ''Thick as a Brick'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972. The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept al ...
'' (1972) in 2012, titled ''
Thick as a Brick 2 ''Thick as a Brick 2'', abbreviated ''TAAB 2'' (pronounced by Anderson) and subtitled ''Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?'', is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a follow-up of '' Thick as a Br ...
''.


Early life

Ian Anderson was born in
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,
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, Scotland, the youngest of three brothers, to an English mother and a Scottish father. Anderson said, "I am a Brit. I’m a Brit. I see myself as a product of that union." His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline. Anderson's family moved to
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when he was three. He was influenced by his father's
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and
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records and the emergence of rock music, but was disenchanted with the "showbiz" style of early American
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stars like
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. His family moved in 1959 to
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, England, where he was educated at
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. In a 2011 interview, Anderson said he was asked to leave grammar school for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (permitted at that time). He studied fine art at Blackpool College of Art from 1964 to 1966 while living in
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.


Career


Early career

While a teenager, Anderson took a job as a sales assistant at Lewis's department store in Blackpool, then as a vendor on a news stand. In 1963, he formed The Blades from among school friends: Michael Stephens (guitar), John Evan (keyboards),
Jeffrey Hammond Jeffrey Hammond (born 30 July 1946), often known by his former stage name Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, is an artist and retired musician best known for being the bassist of progressive rock band Jethro Tull from 1971 to 1975. With Jethro Tull, Ha ...
(bass) and
Barriemore Barlow Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow (born 10 September 1949, Birmingham) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980. Christened Barrie, 'Barriemore' was an affectation ...
(drums). This was a
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and
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band, with Anderson on vocals, guitar and harmonica; he had yet to take up the flute. They played their first show at the Holy Family Church Hall in North Shore. In late 1967, Anderson was still holding down a day job, namely cleaning the Ritz Cinema in
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, including the toilets, in the mornings, "which took me half the day" he said in a later interview. He took an old, chipped
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from the cinema storeroom and had it for a time after leaving the job. It was not, however, the urinal which "was bolted to the side of John Evan's Hammond organ on stage" and figured in early 1970s Tull performances. At this time Anderson abandoned his ambition to play electric guitar, allegedly because he felt he would never be "as good as
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". As he himself tells it in the introduction to the video '' Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970'', he traded his electric guitar in for a flute which, after some weeks of practice, he found he could play fairly well in a rock and blues style. According to the sleeve notes for the first Tull album, '' This Was'' (1968), he had been playing the flute only a few months when the album was recorded. His guitar practice did not go to waste either, as he continued to play acoustic guitar, using it as a melodic and rhythmic instrument. As his career progressed, he added soprano saxophone, mandolin, keyboards and other instruments to his arsenal. His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo". This stance is on many album covers of Jethro Tull. During a long stint at the
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, a journalist described him, wrongly, as standing on one leg to play the flute, when in fact he was originally playing the harmonica on one leg. He decided to live up to the reputation, albeit with some difficulty. His early attempts are visible in '' The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'' (1968) film appearance of Jethro Tull. This was referenced in the facetious liner notes for ''
Thick as a Brick ''Thick as a Brick'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972. The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept al ...
'' in a quote about "the one-legged pop flautist, Ian Anderson".


Later career

Anderson already wished to start a solo career in 1980, when Jethro Tull was going to take a break after
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's death. He wrote the album '' A'' as a solo record, but had JT's Martin Barre participation, and Dave Pegg on bass. Record company pressure forced the record to be released under the Jethro Tull name. His first official solo album was ''
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'', in 1983, in which Peter-John Vettese played an important role in the electronic direction of the music. In the 1990s he began working with simple bamboo flutes. He uses techniques such as over-blowing and hole-shading to produce note-slurring and other expressive techniques on this otherwise simple instrument. Anderson said that around this time his daughter began taking flute lessons and noticed his fingering was incorrect, prompting him to relearn his extensive catalog with the right fingering. In 1995, Anderson released his second solo album, '' Divinities: Twelve Dances with God'', an instrumental work composed of twelve flute-heavy pieces pursuing varied themes with an underlying motif. The album was recorded with Jethro Tull keyboard player
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and orchestral musicians. Anderson released two further song-based solo albums, ''
The Secret Language of Birds ''The Secret Language of Birds'' is the third studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2000. It is named after the dawn chorus, the natural sound of birds heard at dawn, most noticeably in the spring. Track listing #"Th ...
'' in 2000 and '' Rupi's Dance'' in 2003. In 2003, Anderson recorded a composition called "Griminelli's Lament", in honour of his friend, the Italian flutist . In 2011, with the end of Jethro Tull touring, and the question of his friend
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(whatever happened to Gerald Bostock?), Anderson begun to produce a sequel to ''
Thick as a Brick ''Thick as a Brick'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972. The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept al ...
'' (1972), titled ''
Thick as a Brick 2 ''Thick as a Brick 2'', abbreviated ''TAAB 2'' (pronounced by Anderson) and subtitled ''Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?'', is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a follow-up of '' Thick as a Br ...
'' or ''TAAB2'', was released on 3 April 2012. It is billed as being performed by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson instead of being a Jethro Tull album proper. Anderson toured performing both albums in their entirety. A trailer for ''TAAB2'' was posted on YouTube. Anderson released a new album, ''
Homo Erraticus ''Homo Erraticus'' is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock musician Ian Anderson, who is also the frontman of Jethro Tull. Released on 14 April 2014, ''Homo Erraticus'' is a concept album, loosely connected to Jethro Tull's '' Th ...
'', in May 2014. He described it as a
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concept album blending rock, folk, and metal music. Peaking at No. 14 in the
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it is his most successful ever solo album. In September 2017, Anderson announced plans for a tour to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of ''This Was'', and a new studio album in 2019. The band line-up includes Anderson, Hammond, John O'Hara, David Goodier (all musicians of Anderson's solo band since 2012), and, since 2019, Joe Parrish, with Barre and Florian Opahle absent from the lineup. On 2 January 2018, Ian Anderson published a New Year post on jethrotull.com, including a picture of Anderson with the caption "IA in the studio working on a new album for release March 2019. Shhhh; keep it a secret..." On 1 June 2018, Parlophone Records released a new (50-track) career collection celebrating the Jethro Tull's 50th anniversary featuring all 21 Tull albums, named '' 50 for 50''. In the notes of the ''50 for 50'' booklet it stated that the new album scheduled for 2019 (and later pushed back to 2020, then 2022) would be a solo record by Ian Anderson and not a new album by Jethro Tull. However, that turned out not to be true; the band released ''
The Zealot Gene ''The Zealot Gene'' is the 22nd studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 28 January 2022 by Inside Out Music. Nearly five years in production, it is their first studio album since '' The Jethro Tull Christmas Album'' (2003), ...
'', the first Jethro Tull studio album in 19 years (and the first with all new, original material in 23 years), on 28 January 2022.


Recognition

In 1973, Anderson appeared, along with several other artists, on the cover of ''
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'', for an article about new directions in early 1970s music. In recognition of his lifelong contribution to popular music, Anderson received two honours in 2006: the Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement and an
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of Literature at
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, on 11 July 2006 Anderson was appointed
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(MBE) in the
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for services to music. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) from Abertay University in July 2011. At the 2013 Progressive Music Awards, Anderson was presented with the "Prog God" award.


Musical collaborations and other work

Anderson produced
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's 1974 album '' Now We Are Six'', as well as appearing on and producing Steeleye Span member Maddy Prior's first solo album ''
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'' (1978), for which Jethro Tull made most instrumental contributions. Anderson appeared as a guest on the song "All Along You Knew" from ''
The Big Prize ''The Big Prize'' is the second album by Honeymoon Suite, released in 1985. It featured four hit singles, including the band's biggest hit in the U.S., "Feel It Again," and "Bad Attitude," which was notably featured in a sequence in the final epi ...
'' (1985), the second album by Canadian rock band
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. This followed Jethro Tull's 1984 tour, on which Honeymoon Suite was one of the opening acts. Also in 1984, Anderson, along with Martin Barre, Dave Pegg and Peter-John Vettese recorded album ''
A Classic Case ''A Classic Case'' (1985) is an album by Jethro Tull, playing with the London Symphony Orchestra, released in 1985. The music was arranged and conducted by Dee Palmer, who had collaborated with the band from 1968 and had been a full band mem ...
'' with the
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, performing a selection of music from Jethro Tull. He was also a DJ on radio station Planet Rock, presenting his own two-hour show ''Under the Influence''. He also appeared on stage with Joe Bonamassa playing Jethro Tull song "A New Day Yesterday" at the
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in May 2010. Anderson plays flute on the Men Without Hats song "On Tuesday" from their album '' Pop Goes the World'' (1987), and on the
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song "Play, Minstrel, Play" from their debut album '' Shadow of the Moon'' (1997). Anderson plays flute on the 1998 Roy Harper album ''
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''. Anderson has acknowledged Harper as having a strong influence upon him. Anderson performs as a special guest on two Uriah Heep live albums: '' Acoustically Driven'' (2001) and ''Electrically Driven'' (2001), on both performing the same two songs of Uriah Heep repertoire: "Circus" and "Blind Eye". Anderson plays flute on the track "Portmeirion" on Fairport Convention's 2001 album '' XXXV''. Anderson has performed with Fairport Convention at their annual Cropredy Festival on several occasions since the mid-1980s, when their bass player Dave Pegg was also a member of Jethro Tull. Anderson played flute and sang lead vocals on a version of "The Thin Ice" for the 2005 album '' Back Against the Wall'', an all-star tribute album covering
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's '' The Wall'' in its entirety. In April 2011, Anderson performed a flute duet with astronaut
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, during her mission aboard the
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, in honour of the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin. Anderson played the flute on the track "Cannonball" by The Darkness on their 2012 album, ''
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''. He played the flute on the track "Cry to the World" by
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on their 2013 album, '' Grandine il vento''. He also played the flute on "The Ocean at the End", the title track from The Tea Party's 2014 album. He contributed flute on the song "Black Cherry Pie", the third single from
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's 2015 album, ''
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''. On 24 March 2017 the studio album '' Jethro Tull – The String Quartets'' by Anderson was released, featuring the Carducci String Quartet, conducted by John O'Hara. The official video for
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's song 'Lord of Misrule', taken from his 2020 album ''Chaos and a Dancing Star'' was released on YouTube on 29 November 2019, featuring Ian Anderson playing flute throughout.


Family and personal life

Anderson is the youngest of three brothers. The oldest of the three, Robin, became administrator of Scottish Ballet in 1973. From 1970 to 1974, Anderson was married to Jennie Franks, a photographer who is credited with some of the lyrics to the first couple of verses of the song " Aqualung". Anderson married Shona Learoyd in 1976, described by ''
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'' magazine as a "beautiful convent-educated daughter of a wealthy wool manufacturer". She had studied ballet for 10 years, though when Anderson met her she was working as a press officer at Jethro Tull's then-record label,
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. She later became involved with the band's on-stage special effects. The couple have lived in a 16th-century redbrick farmhouse on the Pophleys Estate in Radnage, England, in Kilmarie House on their
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on the
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in Scotland, as well as a short time in
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, Switzerland. They currently live in
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, England, and have another house in Switzerland, near Montreux. They have two children: James Duncan Anderson, also a musician; and Gael, who works in the film industry and is married to actor
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, star of the US TV drama series '' The Walking Dead''. Anderson is a survivor of deep vein thrombosis, and has done several public service announcements to raise awareness of the disease. Anderson lists his interests as protecting wild cats, especially those that have been rescued from harsh captivity; cameras, chiefly Leicas; and
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. Anderson has described his religious beliefs as being "somewhere between deist and pantheist". During a video interview for '' The Big Interview with Dan Rather'' in May 2020, Anderson said he was suffering from the incurable
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(COPD) after being diagnosed a number of years previously. He went on to state his belief that a likely cause of this condition has been the use of on-stage smoke machines in live performances throughout his long career. Anderson continued medication to treat the condition, avoided areas of high pollution to prevent exacerbation of the disease, and practised breathing exercises to keep his lungs fit, stating that COPD had otherwise not yet affected his day-to-day routine.


Other business activities

Anderson has owned several salmon farms in the UK and Chile. His Strathaird concern, based on his estate on the
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, operated until the late 1990s, when parts of it were sold off. Anderson is a director of four companies: Jethro Tull Production Limited, Calliandra Productions Limited, Ian Anderson Limited, and the Ian Anderson Group of Companies Limited.


Solo discography


Studio albums


Live albums


Collaboration

*'' Jethro Tull – The String Quartets'' ( BMG, 2017) with the '' Carducci String Quartet'' As guest *
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: ''
The Big Prize ''The Big Prize'' is the second album by Honeymoon Suite, released in 1985. It featured four hit singles, including the band's biggest hit in the U.S., "Feel It Again," and "Bad Attitude," which was notably featured in a sequence in the final epi ...
'' ( Warner Music Canada, 1986); Anderson plays flute on "All Along You Knew" * Men Without Hats: '' Pop Goes the World'' (
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, 1987); Anderson plays flute on the track "On Tuesday" * The Six and Violence: ''Lettuce Prey'' (Fist Records, 1990); Anderson plays on "Bursting Bladder" and "Theological Guns" *
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: '' Shadow of the Moon'' (
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, 1997); Anderson plays flute on "Play Minstrel Play" * James Taylor Quartet: ''Room at the Top'' ( Sanctuary Records, 2002); Anderson plays flute on "Free" * Magellan: ''
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'' ( Magna Carta Records, 2002); Anderson plays flute on "Family Jewels" * Silverwood Quartet: ''The Classic Rock Album'' (2005); Anderson plays flute on "Bourrée" * Billy Sherwood: '' Back Against the Wall'' (
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, 2005); Anderson plays flute and sings lead vocals on "Thin Thin Ice" and plays flute on "Is There Anybody Out There?" * Various Artists: ''Asia and Progressive Rock Friends'' (2008); Anderson sings and plays flute on "The Thin Ice" * Eric Brooke: ''The Road to Here'' (2011); Anderson plays flute on "O.K.(Live) " * Saori Jo: ''Home 2.17 AM'' (2012); Anderson plays flute on "Fairy World" * Unnur Birna: ''Sunshine'' (2013); Anderson plays flute on "Sunshine" * Anna Phoebe: ''Between the Shadow and the Soul'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "A Moment's Deception" * Boris Grebenshchikov: ''Salt'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "Любовь во время войны" *
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: ''Symphony of Light'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "Cry to the World" *
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Pretending 2 Run
' (Laser's Edge, 2016); Anderson plays flute on "Midwinter" * Helen Andrews: ''Circling Highs, Unravelling Lows'' (2016); Anderson plays flute on "Behind the Glass" * John Cooper Clarke & Hugh Cornwell: '' This Time It's Personal'' (2016); Anderson plays flute on "MacArthur Park" *
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: ''Lost in the Ghost Light'' (2017); Anderson plays flute on "Distant Summers" * Tinkara: ''Cuori di ossigeno'' (2017); Anderson plays flute on "Maldamore" *
Steeleye Span Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band were part of the 1970s British folk revival, and we ...
: ''Est'd 1969'' (2019); Anderson plays flute on "Old Matron" * Heather Findlay: ''Wild White Horses'' (2019); Anderson plays flute on "Winner" * Mandoki Soulmates: ''Living in the Gap + Hungarian Pictures'' (2020); Anderson sings and plays flute on "Let the Music Show You the Way" *
Louise Patricia Crane Louise Patricia Crane (born 8 December 1984) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and visual artist. She is known for her unique blend of romantic escapism and dreamlike progressive rock, leading to music journalist Dom Lawson dubbing her "Th ...
: '' Deep Blue'' (Peculiar Doll Records, 2020); Anderson plays flute on "Snake Oil" and "Ophelia" * Steve Bailey: ''Carolina'' (2020); Anderson plays flute on "Bourrée" * Robby Steinhardt: ''Not In Kansas Anymore / A Prog Opera'' (2021); Anderson plays flute and pennywhistle on "Pizzacato (A Slice For Baby Boy Flynn)"


References


External links

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Jethro Tull - The Official Website of the Legendary Classic Rock Band
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Ian Anderson's biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, discography and album reviews, credits & releases
at AllMusic.com
Ian Anderson's discography, album releases & credits
at Discogs.com
Ian Anderson's solo albums to be listened
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