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Ian Scott Anderson is a British composer, singer, guitarist, and flautist born on August 10, 1947, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. A member of the rock band Jethro Tull, he performs on guitar, transverse flute, recorder, and voice. His musical career began in 1962, and he has worked with record labels including Chrysalis Records and Island Records. Anderson’s work spans genres such as acoustic rock, folk, folk rock, pop rock, and progressive pop. He holds a baritone voice type and speaks English.
Anderson has received the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire. His copyright is represented by PRS for Music, and his official website is jethrotull.com. Open Library lists him as an author with 61 works, while Crossref records five works. Last.fm data indicates he has 96,254 listeners and 1,727,217 plays, with tags including progressive rock, folk, flute, classic rock, and rock.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 61
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Film & TV
Acting · Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
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…
Known for
- Jethro Tull: Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)2026
- Jethro Tull: The Christmas Album Fresh Snow at Christmas2024
- A World Without Beethoven? — Self2020
- ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of Freedom — Self2019
- Melody Makers2019
- Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition) — Himself2019
- Jethro Tull: This Was (50th Anniversary Edition) — Himself2018
- Back Beat — Himself2016
- Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition) — Himself2015
- The Ritchie Blackmore Story — Self2015
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 96,254
- Total plays
- 1,727,217
Tags
Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (b. 1947) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the leader and flautist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson was born on 10th August 1947, the youngest of three children. He spent the first part of his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was influenced by his father's big band and jazz records and the emergence of rock music, though disenchanted with the "show biz" style of early American rock and roll stars like E
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,562x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,724x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,630x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,585x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
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Quotes
- “The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see... the first automatic process where by small holes were made in Mother Earth and even smaller seeds were deposited one at a time and neetly covered over as a cat does after having been naughty.”
- “I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy.”
- “Oh father high in heaven — smile down upon your sonWho's busy with his money games — his women and his gun.”
- “In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him.”
- “I may make you feel but I can't make you thinkYour sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Ian Scott Anderson , ( 1947-08-10 ) 10 August 1947 (age 78) , Dunfermline , Scotland
- Origin
- Blackpool , Lancashire , England
- Genres
- Progressive rock folk rock hard rock blues rock
- Occupations
- Singer musician songwriter composer
- Instruments
- Vocals flute guitar
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Labels
- Chrysalis Fuel 2000 RandM Angel EMI
- Member of
- Jethro Tull
- Website
- iananderson .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Ian Scott Anderson MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known as the lead vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he has been the only constant member since the band's founding in 1967. A multi-instrumentalist, Anderson also plays harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles.
Born in Dunfermline, Scotland to a Scottish father and English mother, Anderson was raised in Edinburgh before moving to Blackpool, England with his family at age 12. Anderson formed The Blades in 1963 while still in school, a soul and blues band that eventually evolved into Jethro Tull by 1967. Anderson initially played electric guitar, however soon abandoned the instrument in favour of the flute, which would become his signature instrument and a defining component of Jethro Tull's sound. Anderson developed an energetic stage presence, wearing a large overcoat during the band's early years and adopting a signature pose in which he plays the flute while standing on one leg. Beginning with Jethro Tull's second studio album, Stand Up (1969), Anderson assumed increasing creative control, becoming the band's primary songwriter and guiding it through a series of stylistic shifts throughout its history, including into the progressive rock that the band would become known for.
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