David Goodier (born 1954) is an English musician. He has been the bassist for the rock band Jethro Tull from 2007 until the band went on a hiatus in 2012, and again from 2017 when

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, Flute, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also p ...

started to tour again using the Jethro Tull name, with Goodier and keyboardist John O'Hara the only former Jethro Tull members to join Anderson. Jethro Tull's 2022 album ''

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'', their first in 19 years, marked Goodier's first appearance on a Jethro Tull studio recording. Goodier has appeared with many artists from the world of

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, pop and rock and also worked extensively in theatre pit bands. Since 2002, he has been touring worldwide with

. In the summer of 2006, he accompanied British soprano

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, on her sold-out tour of the United Kingdom. He recorded with UK-based Celtic/jazz group Carmina on their album ''My Crescent City'', produced by

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, and also appears as a guest on American guitarist

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' album, ''Oh Baby!'' During the Jethro Tull hiatus Goodier played on Ian Anderson's solo albums ''

Thick as a Brick 2 ''Thick as a Brick 2'', abbreviated ''TAAB 2'' and subtitled ''Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?'', is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a sequel album to ''Thick as a Brick'', Jethro Tull's 19 ...

'' and '' Homo Erraticus''. He was also a member of Anderson's touring band for ''Thick as a Brick 2''.

References

External links

Biography on official Jethro Tull website
* 1954 births Living people English bass guitarists English male guitarists British male bass guitarists Progressive rock bass guitarists Jethro Tull (band) members {{England-musician-stub