Biography
Ian Scott Anderson MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University · 2006
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography7 titles
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
A World Without Beethoven?
Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003
A Venue For The End Of The World
Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Melody Makers