Ian Anderson

Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known for his work as the singer, flautist, acoustic guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member of the rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboards, 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).

10 August 1947

Born on the same birth date (10 August 1947): Alan Ward (cricketer) • Anwar Ibrahim • John Spencer (rugby union, born 1947)

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Born in the same month (August 1947): Allan Rock • Angry Anderson • Chantal Montellier • Cindy Williams • Debra Mooney • Gary Talley • John Morrison (cricketer) • John Nathan-Turner • Ken Dryden • Maddy Prior • Margareta Winberg • Nicolae Dobrin • Paulo Coelho • Rakhee Gulzar • Roger De Vlaeminck • Somchai Wongsawat • Temple Grandin • Vladimir Masorin