Martin Barre on revisiting Jethro Tull, Leslie West – and the bootleg Les Paul that bent like a banana
We might still have some trouble thinking of Barre as the "former Jethro Tull guitarist" but, here, as he anticipates his solo acoustic tour and looks back on the band's epic legacy, he is okay with i ...
“It was not a great experience”: why Ian Anderson regretted ‘The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus’
The Rolling Stones got some of music's biggest hitters together for a film, but not everyone, including Ian Anderson, enjoyed the experience.
“Generic pop”: The Jethro Tull song Ian Anderson will always regret
As much as fans like to hear any journey their favourite prog rock acts take them on, Ian Anderson knew some trips weren't as ...
The classic rock band that showed Ian Anderson “the way”
Celebrated as one of rock's most eccentric and unique bands, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson highlighted one band that ...
Ian Anderson and guitarist Mick Abrahams regroup the original Jethro Tull in 2002 for a return to their blues roots
The get-together reveals how the prog-rock innovators might have turned out were it not for Anderson's ambitions ...
The Jethro Tull song that made Ian Anderson cringe: “Loathed and detested”
Ian Anderson would rather delete this Jethro Tull song from history as this commercial effortstill, to this day, makes the ...
Why did Ian Anderson turn down Woodstock?
Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson were invited to play Woodstock in 1969, but they became one of the most notable bands to turn ...