Lyrics | Artists | Ian Anderson

+2

Images

Ian Anderson

Strongly influenced by his father's jazz and big band record collection, Ian Anderson was always something of a musical rebel, creating highly individual and often idiosyncratic music, both with his band Jethro Tull and in his solo work. After his family moved from Scotland to England, he was expelled from Blackpool Grammar School and studied fine art before turning to music, forming his first band The Blades with some old schoolfriends. He demonstrated his individuality early, abandoning the electric guitar - purportedly because he felt he'd never be as good as Eric Clapton - an...