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)

Born on the same birth day (10 August): Alan Ward (cricketer) • Albert Owen • Anton Losenko • Carol Karp • Chris Tremain (cricketer) • Greg Hawgood • Jack Haley • Jeff Corey • Jimmy Griffin • John C. Pemberton • Julia Skripnik • Lawrence Dallaglio • Michael Dokes • Nikos Korovesis • Shafqat Rana • Su Yu • Thomas Kidd (illustrator) • Tony Ross • William Manuel Johnson

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