Ian Anderson
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Anderson performing in 2024 | |
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| Birth name | Ian Scott Anderson |
| Born | 10 August 1947 Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Origin | Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
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| Years active | 1962–present |
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| Member of | Jethro Tull |
| Website | iananderson |
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).