Ian anderson biography book

Reveals the innermost thoughts of the Jethro Tull band member, exploring his views on how he writes songs, the music business, and his family.!

This book is a gem containing interviews with band members such as Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, John Evans, Martin Barre and of course Ian Anderson.

The first official, illustrated, oral history of prog rock legends Jethro Tull, The Ballad of Jethro Tull is illustrated throughout with previously unseen.

Reveals the innermost thoughts of the Jethro Tull band member, exploring his views on how he writes songs, the music business, and his family.

Tull's story is told by Ian Anderson, band members past and present and the people who helped them to become one of the most successful bands in rock history.

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There are many ways to kick off albums, but generally speaking, no matter what the genre, the band wants to say to the listener “Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.”

Many ways to do this.

With a big bang. With a long teasing intro … (Obviously, we’re talking about the days when fans bought albums and listened to them in their entirety: Side 1, flip over, Side 2.

Longtime fan Nollen parlays his friendship with the band into an engaging biography that benefits from the participation of former and current band members.

Repeat if well-liked.)

Then, there’s Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick. Ian Anderson, the singer-songwriter, began the nearly 44-minute, one-song opus with a lilting “Really don’t mind if you sit this one out … “

I mean, literally, it was an invitation to the listener to take a pass.

Being a fan of Aqualung, there was no way I could do this, especially after paying $3.98 or whatever I paid back in the day for LPs.

Many years later, I had a talk with Anderson, who turns 75 on August 10th. And the album, well, it had its 50th anniversary this year, too, in early March.

I asked about that intro.

“It was a kind of a brave a