Chrysalis Records' advertisement congratulating Jethro Tull on winning a 1989 Grammy contained an in-joke, as their label impishly noted that the flute played by frontman Ian Anderson is "a (heavy) ...

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Ian Anderson is the legendary flute playing frontman for Jethro Tull. Their 1972 concept album Thick as a Brick and its 2012 sequel Thick as a Brick 2 followed the fictitious character Gerald Bostock.

Like many of their contemporaries, Jethro Tull embraced new technology and the changing tone of music as they continued ...

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Jethro Tull's newest album is called RokFlote – and that naturally begs the question: How exactly does the flute rock? The answer is probably obvious for anyone who has followed the career of Ian ...

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Ian Anderson is understandably pleased Jethro Tull — the pioneering progressive-rock band he founded and has led since 1967 — has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and is now embarked on the ...

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