Editing Ian Anderson

{{Short description|Scottish musician, leader of Jethro Tull (born 1947)}}
{{About|the leader of the band Jethro Tull|other people}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Ian Anderson
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| image             = Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull live in Cambridge 23rd April 2024 (53688414617).jpg
| caption           = Anderson performing in 2024
| birth_name        = Ian Scott Anderson
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1947|8|10|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Dunfermline]], Scotland
| origin            = [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Progressive rock]]|[[folk rock]]|{{nowrap|[[hard rock]]}}|[[blues rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|composer}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|flute|guitar}}<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
| years_active      = 1962–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]|[[Fuel 2000]]|[[RandM Records|RandM]]|[[Angel Records|Angel]]|[[EMI]]}}
| current_member_of = [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
| website           = {{url|iananderson.com}}
}}

'''Ian Scott Anderson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, [[Flute|flautist]], and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays [[harmonica]], keyboard, bass guitar, [[bouzouki]], [[balalaika]], [[saxophone]] and a variety of [[whistle]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Anderson - instruments |url=http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/ians-instruments/ian-anderson/ |website=JethroTull.com |access-date=3 November 2020}}</ref> 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 ''[[Thick as a Brick 2|TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?]]'' (2012).

==Early life==
Ian Anderson was born in [[Dunfermline]], [[Fife]], Scotland, the youngest of three brothers, to an English mother and a Scottish father. Anderson said, "I am a Brit. I'm a Brit. I see myself as a product of that union."<ref>{{cite news |title=Scots flautist Ian Anderson on successful career as leader of Jethro Tull |date=8 May 2014 |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/scots-flautist-ian-anderson-successful-3515199 |work=Daily Record |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref> His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=The Entertainers – Brothers score stage success |url=http://www.tullpress.com/dp19oct79.htm |url-status=dead |website=Tullpress.com |date=19 October 1979 |access-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311104953/http://www.tullpress.com/dp19oct79.htm |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> Anderson's family moved to [[Edinburgh]] when he was three.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wordpodcast.co.uk/2018/02/14/word-podcast-279-ian-anderson-celebrates-the-50th-anniversary-of-jethro-tull/|title=Word Podcast 279 – Ian Anderson celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull|website=Wordpodcast.co.uk|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703083424/http://wordpodcast.co.uk/2018/02/14/word-podcast-279-ian-anderson-celebrates-the-50th-anniversary-of-jethro-tull/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was influenced by his father's [[big band]] and [[jazz]] [[Gramophone record|record]]s and the emergence of rock music, but was disenchanted with the "showbiz" style of early American [[rock and roll]] stars like [[Elvis Presley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Anderson (2 of 11) – The Formative Years | date=9 January 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4mNh5fMGOg&feature=fvwrel | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/p4mNh5fMGOg| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Anderson's family moved in 1959 to [[Blackpool]], England, where he was educated at [[Blackpool Grammar School]].<ref>Nollen, Scott Allen. ''Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001'', p. 23. McFarland, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7864-1101-5}}</ref> In a 2011 interview, Anderson said he was asked to leave grammar school for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (permitted at that time).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPUZZaPDYk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/zVPUZZaPDYk| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Ian Anderson on Studio 4 with Host Fanny Kiefer Part 1 of 2 | date=21 June 2011|via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He studied fine art at [[Blackpool and The Fylde College|Blackpool College of Art]] from 1964 to 1966 while living in [[Lytham St Annes]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/chance-to-share-your-jethro-tull-memories-1-6922393|title=Chance to share your Jethro Tull memories|date=29 October 2014|website=Blackpoolgazette.co.uk|access-date=9 July 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

===Early career===
[[File:Ian-Anderson-in-Helsinki-1970.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson and [[Glenn Cornick|Cornick]] (far left) performing with [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] in [[Helsinki]], 19 January 1970]]

While a teenager, Anderson took a job as a sales assistant at [[Lewis's]] department store in Blackpool, then as a vendor on a news stand.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In 1963, at 15 or 16 years of age, Anderson formed The Blades from among school friends: Michael Stephens (guitar), [[John Evan]] (keyboards), [[Jeffrey Hammond]] (bass) and [[Barriemore Barlow]] (drums). This was a [[soul music|soul]] and [[blues music|blues]] band, with Anderson on vocals, guitar and harmonica; he had yet to take up the flute. They played their first show at the Holy Family Church Hall in [[North Shore, Blackpool|North Shore]].<ref name=":0" />

In late 1967, Anderson was still holding down a day job, cleaning the Ritz Cinema in [[Luton]], including the toilets, in the mornings, "which took me half the day" he said in a later interview. He took an old, chipped [[urinal]] from the cinema storeroom and had it for a time after leaving the job. It was not, however, the urinal which "was bolted to the side of John Evan's Hammond organ on stage" and figured in early 1970s Tull performances.<ref>Wiser, Carl, [http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/ian_anderson_of_jethro_tull/ "Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull" (interview)], ''Songfacts'', n.d. Retrieved 6 March 2013.</ref>

At this time, Anderson abandoned his ambition to play electric guitar; this was allegedly because he felt he would never be "as good as [[Eric Clapton]]". As he himself tells it in the introduction to the video ''[[Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970]]'', he traded his electric guitar in for a flute which, after some weeks of practice, he found he could play fairly well in a rock and blues style. According to the sleeve notes for the first Tull album, ''[[This Was]]'' (1968), he had been playing the flute only a few months when the album was recorded. His guitar practice did not go to waste either, as he continued to play acoustic guitar, using it as a melodic and rhythmic instrument. As his career progressed, he added soprano saxophone, mandolin, keyboards and other instruments to his arsenal.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

[[File:Jethro Tull Ian.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson performing with [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 24 March 1977]]

His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson became known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo".<ref>Hume, Paul, and Richard Harrington. "Performing Arts: Philadelphia Orchestra Jethro Tull". The Washington Post 22 November 1997: B6. WP Company LLC D/b/a The Washington Post. Web. 5 October 2014.</ref> This stance is on many album covers of Jethro Tull. During a long stint at the [[Marquee Club]], a journalist described him, wrongly, as standing on one leg to play the flute, when in fact he was originally playing the harmonica on one leg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS_PGPwWVmE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/SS_PGPwWVmE| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Interview With Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson (CLCI Webzine 17 March 2018) |via=YouTube |access-date=20 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He decided to live up to the reputation, albeit with some difficulty. His early attempts are visible in ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]'' (1968) film appearance of Jethro Tull. This was referenced in the facetious liner notes for ''[[Thick as a Brick]]'' in a quote about "the one-legged pop flautist, Ian Anderson".

===Later career===
Anderson already wished to start a solo career in 1980, when Jethro Tull was going to take a break after [[John Glascock]]'s death. He wrote the album ''[[A (Jethro Tull album)|A]]'' as a solo record, but had Jethro Tull's [[Martin Barre]] participating, and [[Dave Pegg]] on bass. Record company pressure forced the record to be released under the Jethro Tull name. His first official solo album was ''[[Walk into Light]]'', in 1983, in which [[Peter-John Vettese]] played an important role in the electronic direction of the music.

In the 1990s, he began working with simple bamboo flutes. He uses techniques such as over-blowing and hole-shading to produce note-slurring and other expressive techniques. Anderson said that around this time his daughter began taking flute lessons and noticed his fingering was incorrect, prompting him to relearn his extensive catalog with the right fingering.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newsok.com/article/2447855/jethro-tull-flutist-reforms-technique/ |title=Jethro Tull Flutist Reforms Technique |date=12 November 1993 |access-date=1 April 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1995, Anderson released his second solo album, ''[[Divinities: Twelve Dances with God]]'', an instrumental work composed of twelve flute-heavy pieces pursuing varied themes with an underlying motif. The album was recorded with Jethro Tull keyboard player [[Andrew Giddings]] and orchestral musicians. Anderson released two further song-based solo albums, ''[[The Secret Language of Birds]]'' in 2000 and ''[[Rupi's Dance]]'' in 2003. In 2003, Anderson recorded a composition called "Griminelli's Lament", in honour of his friend, the Italian flutist {{ill|Andrea Griminelli|it}}.

[[File:Jethro Tull 5.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Anderson with Jethro Tull at London's [[Hammersmith Odeon]], March 1978]]

In 2011, with the end of Jethro Tull touring, and the question of his friend [[Derek Shulman]] (whatever happened to Gerald Bostock?),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/02/jethro-tulls-ian-anderson-on-thick-as-a-brick-2-the-grammys-and-more/|title=Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson On Thick As A Brick 2, The Grammys And More - American Songwriter|work=American Songwriter|date=2 February 2012}}</ref> Anderson began to produce a sequel to ''[[Thick as a Brick]]'' (1972), titled ''[[Thick as a Brick 2]]'' or ''TAAB2'', was released on 3 April 2012. It is billed as being performed by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson instead of being a Jethro Tull album proper. Anderson toured performing both albums in their entirety. A trailer for ''TAAB2'' was posted on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jZMCBEsZM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/q7jZMCBEsZM| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Official TAAB 2 trailer|work=YouTube.com| date=31 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Anderson released a new album, ''[[Homo Erraticus]]'', in May 2014. He described it as a [[progressive rock]] concept album blending rock, folk, and metal music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jethrotull.com/homo-erraticus/ |title=Homo Erraticus |website=Jethrotull.com |access-date=5 July 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122230913/https://jethrotull.com/homo-erraticus/ |archive-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> Peaking at No. 14 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] it is his most successful ever solo album.

In September 2017, Anderson announced plans for a tour to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of ''This Was'', and a new studio album in 2019. The band line-up includes Anderson, Hammond, John O'Hara, [[David Goodier]] (all musicians of Anderson's solo band since 2012),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jethrotull.com/musicians/ |title=Musicians |website=Jethrotull.com |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gigantic.com/jethro-tull-tickets | title=Jethro Tull Tickets|website=Gigantic.com |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> and, since 2019, Joe Parrish,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/AlbionUkPryderi.html |title=Albion (UK) – Pryderi |website=Backgroundmagazine.nl |access-date=5 July 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618033115/https://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/AlbionUkPryderi.html |archive-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Jethro Tull |author-link=Jethro Tull (band) |user=jethrotull |number=1190208519112450048 |date=1 November 2019 |title=We welcome Joe Parrish, a new member to the ranks of the great guitarists! |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> with Barre and [[Florian Opahle]] absent from the lineup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jethrotull.com/florian-opahle-leave-jethro-tull-end-of-2019/ |title=Florian Opahle leaving Jethro Tull at the end of 2019 | website=Jethrotull.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202121858/http://jethrotull.com/florian-opahle-leave-jethro-tull-end-of-2019/ |archive-date=2 February 2021 |quote=Sad to have to say that “young” Florian Opahle is leaving us at the end of 2019 after 15 great years of recording, touring and travelling the world.}}</ref>

On 2 January 2018, Ian Anderson published a New Year post on jethrotull.com, including a picture of Anderson with the caption "IA in the studio working on a new album for release March 2019. Shhhh; keep it a secret..."<ref name="happynewyear">{{Cite web |url=http://jethrotull.com/happy-new-year-from-ian-anderson/ |title=Happy new year from Ian Anderson |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411181824/http://jethrotull.com/happy-new-year-from-ian-anderson/ |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 1 June 2018, Parlophone Records released a new (50-track) career collection celebrating the Jethro Tull's 50th anniversary featuring all 21 Tull albums, named ''[[50 for 50]]''. In the notes of the ''50 for 50'' booklet it stated that the new album scheduled for 2019 (and later pushed back to 2020, then 2022) would be a solo record by Ian Anderson and not a new album by Jethro Tull.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truemetal.it/news/intervista-jethro-tull-ian-anderson-112806-p2 | title=Interview: Jethro Tull |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105202808/https://www.truemetal.it/news/intervista-jethro-tull-ian-anderson-112806-p2 |archive-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> However, that turned out not to be true; the band released ''[[The Zealot Gene]]'', the first Jethro Tull studio album in 19 years (and the first with all new, original material in 23 years), on 28 January 2022.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://jethrotull.com/pre-order-jethro-tulls-new-album-the-zealot-gene/|title=Pre-order the New Jethro Tull album "The Zealot Gene"|publisher=[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

==Recognition==
[[File:Ian-Anderson Cropredy.jpg|thumb|right|Anderson at the 2004 [[Cropredy Festival]]]]
In 1973, Anderson appeared, along with several other artists, on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', for an article about new directions in early 1970s music.<ref>{{cite magazine  | title = TIME Magazine Cover: Pop Records – Feb. 12, 1973 | url = https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19730212,00.html | access-date = 6 September 2020 | magazine=Time}}</ref>

In recognition of his lifelong contribution to popular music, Anderson received two honours in 2006: the [[Ivor Novello Award]] for International Achievement and an [[honorary Doctorate]] of Literature at [[Heriot-Watt University]], on 11 July 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2006/people_awards.html|title=Annual Review 2006 : People, Honours and Awards|website=1.hw.ac.uk|access-date=30 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413051238/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2006/people_awards.html|archive-date=13 April 2016}}</ref>

Anderson was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 New Year Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58557 |date=29 December 2007 |page=13 |supp=y}}</ref>

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) from [[Abertay University]] in July 2011.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.abertay.ac.uk/about/news/newsarchive/2011/name,8281,en.html| title=Abertay University graduation to celebrate student successes| date=7 July 2011| publisher=[[University of Abertay Dundee]]| access-date=5 March 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525163227/http://abertay.ac.uk/about/news/newsarchive/2011/name,8281,en.html| archive-date=25 May 2012| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

At the 2013 [[Prog (magazine)|Progressive Music Awards]], Anderson was presented with the "Prog God" award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.progrockmag.com/news/prog-awards-2013-the-winners/ |title=Prog Awards 2013 – The Winners! |publisher=Prog Rock Magazine |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905225216/http://www.progrockmag.com/news/prog-awards-2013-the-winners/ |archive-date=5 September 2013 }}</ref>

==Musical collaborations and other work==
Anderson produced [[Steeleye Span]]'s 1974 album ''[[Now We Are Six (album)|Now We Are Six]]'', as well as appearing on and producing Steeleye Span member [[Maddy Prior]]'s first solo album ''[[Woman in the Wings]]'' (1978), for which Jethro Tull made most instrumental contributions.

[[Image:Ian Anderson OJT 1200.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Ian Anderson plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull – in Butzbach (Germany) 6 June 2007.]]

Anderson appeared as a guest on the song "All Along You Knew" from ''[[The Big Prize]]'' (1985), the second album by Canadian rock band [[Honeymoon Suite (band)|Honeymoon Suite]]. This followed Jethro Tull's 1984 tour, on which Honeymoon Suite was one of the opening acts. Also in 1984, Anderson, along with [[Martin Barre]], [[Dave Pegg]] and [[Peter-John Vettese]] recorded album ''[[A Classic Case]]'' with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], performing a selection of music from Jethro Tull. He was also a DJ on radio station [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]], presenting his own two-hour show ''Under the Influence''. He also appeared on stage with [[Joe Bonamassa]] playing Jethro Tull song "A New Day Yesterday" at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]] in May 2010.

Anderson plays flute on the [[Men Without Hats]] song "On Tuesday" from their album ''[[Pop Goes the World]]'' (1987), and on the [[Blackmore's Night]] song "Play, Minstrel, Play" from their debut album ''[[Shadow of the Moon]]'' (1997).

Anderson plays flute on the 1998 [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] album ''[[The Dream Society]]''. Anderson has acknowledged Harper as having a strong influence upon him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/uncategorized/roy_harper_by_ian_anderson/ |title=Roy Harper Ian Anderson's primary musical influence |website=Classicrockmagazine.com |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917000113/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/uncategorized/roy_harper_by_ian_anderson/ |archive-date=17 September 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:Ian Anderson blacksheep 2016 3921.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson performing 2016 at the Blacksheep Festival in Germany]]

Anderson performs as a special guest on two [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] live albums: ''[[Acoustically Driven]]'' (2001) and ''Electrically Driven'' (2001), on both performing the same two songs of Uriah Heep repertoire: "Circus" and "Blind Eye".

Anderson plays flute on the track "Portmeirion" on [[Fairport Convention]]'s 2001 album ''[[XXXV (album)|XXXV]]''. Anderson has performed with [[Fairport Convention]] at their annual [[Cropredy Festival]] on several occasions since the mid-1980s, when their bass player [[Dave Pegg]] was also a member of Jethro Tull.

Anderson played flute and sang lead vocals on a version of "The Thin Ice" for the 2005 album ''[[Back Against the Wall]]'', an all-star tribute album covering [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Wall]]'' in its entirety.

In April 2011, Anderson performed a flute duet with astronaut [[Cady Coleman]], during her mission aboard the [[International Space Station]], in honour of the 50th anniversary of the first crewed spaceflight by [[Yuri Gagarin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Space flutes salute Yuri Gagarin| date= 12 April 2011 | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/12/space_flutes/| website=Theregister.co.uk}}</ref>

Anderson played the flute on the track "Cannonball" by [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] on their 2012 album, ''[[Hot Cakes]]''. He played the flute on the track "Cry to the World" by [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] on their 2013 album, ''[[Grandine il vento]]''. He also played the flute on "The Ocean at the End", the title track from [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]]'s 2014 album.
[[Image:Jethro Tull u Zagrebu 2018 - Ian Anderson.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson plays flute in [[Zagreb]], Croatia, on 13 October 2018]]

Anderson contributed flute on the song "Black Cherry Pie", the third single from [[JEFF the Brotherhood]]'s 2015 album, ''[[Wasted on the Dream]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1739564/jeff-the-brotherhood-black-cherry-pie/mp3s/|title=JEFF The Brotherhood – "Black Cherry Pie" (Feat. Ian Anderson)|work=Stereogum|date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

On 24 March 2017, the studio album ''[[Jethro Tull – The String Quartets]]'' by Anderson was released, featuring the [[Carducci String Quartet]], conducted by John O'Hara.

The official video for [[Marc Almond]]'s song 'Lord of Misrule', taken from his 2020 album ''Chaos and a Dancing Star'' was released on YouTube on 29 November 2019, featuring Ian Anderson playing flute throughout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outinperth.com/marc-almond-teams-up-with-ian-anderson-for-new-single/|title=Marc Almond teams up with Ian Anderson for new single|date=15 December 2019|website=Outinperth.com|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>

In 2024, Anderson appeared on Swedish progressive rock and metal band [[Opeth]]'s album ''[[The Last Will and Testament]]''. Anderson played flute on tracks "§4", "§7", and "A Story Never Told". Anderson also provided spoken word passages on tracks "§1", "§2", "§4", and "§7".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mikael-akerfeldt-on-ian-andersons-guest-appearance-on-new-opeth-album-its-amazing-that-hes-on-our-record/|title=MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On IAN ANDERSON's Guest Appearance On New OPETH Album: 'It's Amazing That He's On Our Record'|date=15 October 2024|website=blabbermouth.net| access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref>

==Family and personal life==
Anderson is the youngest of three brothers. The oldest of the three, Robin, became administrator of [[Scottish Ballet]] in 1973.<ref name=":1" />

From 1970 to 1974, Anderson was married to [[Jennie Franks]], a photographer who is credited with some of the lyrics to the first couple of verses of the song "[[Aqualung (song)|Aqualung]]".<ref>[http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/FAQ.html#Q7 Who is Jennie Anderson, the person credited on the ''Aqualung'' album as the author of the title track?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022154806/http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/FAQ.html |date=22 October 2012 }}, Jethro Tull FAQ. Retrieved 26 October 2012.</ref>

Anderson married Shona Learoyd in 1976, described by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine as a "beautiful convent-educated daughter of a wealthy wool manufacturer".<ref>{{cite web| date=21 March 1977| url=http://www.tullpress.com/p21mar77.htm| title=Rock's heaviest breather is Ian Anderson| access-date=22 April 2007| website=Tullpress.com| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718024454/http://www.tullpress.com/p21mar77.htm| archive-date=18 July 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> She had studied ballet for 10 years; however, when Anderson met her, she was working as a press officer at Jethro Tull's then-record label, [[Chrysalis Records]]. She later became involved with the band's on-stage special effects.

The couple have lived in a 16th-century redbrick farmhouse on the {{convert|500|acre|km2|adj=on}} Pophleys Estate in [[Radnage]], England, in [[Kilmarie]] House on their [[Strathaird Estate]] on the [[Isle of Skye]] in Scotland, as well as a short time in [[Montreux]], Switzerland. They currently live in [[Wiltshire]], England, and have another house in Switzerland, near Montreux. They have two children: James Duncan Anderson, also a musician; and Gael, who works in the film industry and is married to actor [[Andrew Lincoln]], star of the US TV drama series ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.<ref name="jethrotull.com">{{cite web|url=http://jethrotull.com/ian-anderson-bio/ |title=Ian Anderson |website=Jethrotull.com |access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref>

Anderson is a survivor of [[deep vein thrombosis]], and has done several [[public service announcement]]s to raise awareness of the disease.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jethrotull.com/confessions-of-a-dvt-victim-and-ten-tips-for-survival/| author=Ian Anderson| title=Confessions of a DVT victim and ten steps for survival| date=3 February 2001| website=Jethrotull.com| access-date=20 June 2011}}</ref>

Anderson lists his interests as protecting wild cats, especially those that have been rescued from harsh captivity; cameras, chiefly [[Leica Camera|Leica]]s; and [[Indian cuisine]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jethrotull.com/ian-andersons-guide-to-choosing-indian-food/| author=Ian Anderson| website=Jethrotull.com| title=Indian Food Guide| access-date= 22 April 2007}}</ref>

Anderson has described his religious beliefs as being "somewhere between [[deism|deist]] and [[pantheism|pantheist]]".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iananderson.com/news/diaries/iaja2007.html| title=Ian Anderson's Diary – January 2007| website=Iananderson.com| access-date=22 April 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184819/http://www.iananderson.com/news/diaries/iaja2007.html| archive-date=27 September 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> He opposes "prejudice, xenophobia and hard right conservatism", while also criticising "[[Woke|wokeness]]", calling it a "trendy and overworked" viewpoint that "can all-too-easily stifle the process of the direct exchange of views".<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/15/gene-f15.html| title=Veteran musician Ian Anderson comments on right-wing populism with Jethro Tull's The Zealot Gene| website=World Socialist Web Site| date=15 February 2022}}</ref> He is an avid environmentalist and has long believed in human-induced [[climate change]], and regularly grows hardwood trees on his farm to help reduce his carbon footprint.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-climate-change-977581/</ref>
 
During a video interview for ''[[The Big Interview with Dan Rather]]'' in May 2020, Anderson said he was suffering from the incurable [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] (COPD) after being diagnosed a number of years previously. Although Anderson had been a cigarette and pipe smoker until he quit the habit in the 1990s,<ref>https://artsfuse.org/136346/fuse-rock-interview-ian-anderson-on-jethro-tull-the-rock-opera/</ref> he believed that a likely cause of this condition was the use of on-stage [[smoke machine]]s in live performances throughout his long career. Anderson continued medication to treat the condition, avoided areas of high pollution to prevent exacerbation of the disease, and practised breathing exercises to keep his lungs fit, stating that COPD had otherwise not yet affected his day-to-day routine.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/music/news/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-lung-disease-1234606177/ | title = Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull Frontman, Reveals He Has 'Incurable Lung Disease' | first=  J. Kim | last=  Murphy | date = 13 May 2020 | access-date = 13 May 2020 | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>

==Other business activities==
Anderson has owned several [[Aquaculture of salmon|salmon farms]] in the UK and Chile. His Strathaird concern,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.macrae.co.uk/mini_sites/strathaird| title=Strathaird Salmon Ltd| access-date=22 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041011183151/http://www.macrae.co.uk/mini_sites/strathaird/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 11 October 2004| website=Macrae.co.uk}}</ref> based on his estate on the [[Isle of Skye]], operated until the late 1990s, when parts of it were sold off.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Fame & Fortune: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/6102159/Fame-and-Fortune-Jethro-Tulls-Ian-Anderson.html|website = Telegraph.co.uk|access-date = 27 January 2016|first = Mark|last = Anstead|date = 28 August 2009}}</ref>

Anderson is a director of four companies: Jethro Tull Production Limited, Calliandra Productions Limited, Ian Anderson Limited, and the Ian Anderson Group of Companies Limited.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/h5iyCn0dj0ZUt2gcnYEMRMtXtM0/appointments| title=Ian Scott Anderson| access-date=12 November 2016| publisher= [[Companies House]]}}</ref>

==Solo discography==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Name
!rowspan="2"| Label !!colspan="3"| Peak chart position
|- style="font-size:90%;"
! [[Billboard 200|US]] !! [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 23}}</ref> !! [[Media Control Charts|GER]]
|-
| 1983
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Walk into Light]]''
| [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]/[[EMI|EMI Records]] || 202 || 78 ||
|-
| 1995
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Divinities: Twelve Dances with God]]''
| [[Angel Records|Angel]]/[[EMI|EMI Records]] || || ||
|-
| 2000
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Secret Language of Birds]]''
| [[Fuel 2000]]/[[Varèse Sarabande Records|Varèse Sarabande]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal Records]] || 26 || ||
|-
| 2003
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Rupi's Dance]]''
| [[RandM Records]] || || || 40
|-
| 2012
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Thick as a Brick 2]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jtull.com/discography/taab2/iancomments.html| title=Thick As a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock| website=Jtull.com| access-date=4 February 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501113518/http://www.jtull.com/discography/taab2/iancomments.html| archive-date=1 May 2013| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]/[[EMI|EMI Records]] || 55 || 35 || 13
|-
| 2014
|style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Homo Erraticus]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jethrotull.com/homo-erraticus-the-new-studio-album-from-ian-anderson/| title=Homo Erraticus – The New Studio Album from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson| date=23 November 2013| website=Jethrotull.com| access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>
| [[Kscope]] ||111|| 14 || 13
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Name
!rowspan="2"| Label !!colspan="3"| Peak chart position
|- style="font-size:90%;"
! [[Billboard 200|US]] !! [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> !! [[Media Control Charts|GER]]
|-
| 2005
|style="text-align:left; padding-right:0.5em;"| ''[[Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull]]''
| [[ZYX Music]] || ||
|style="line-height:1.1em;"| 68&nbsp;<small>(CD)</small><br />3&nbsp;<small>(DVD)</small>
|-
| 2014
|style="text-align:left; padding-right:0.5em;"| ''[[Thick as a Brick – Live in Iceland]]''
| [[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Rock]] || ||
|style="line-height:1.1em;"| 22
|}

===Collaboration===
*''[[Jethro Tull – The String Quartets]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jethrotull.com/the-string-quartets-the-new-album-from-jethro-tulls-ian-anderson-the-carducci-string-quartet/| title=Jethro Tull - The String Quartets| date=5 December 2016| website=Jethrotull.com| access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref> ([[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], 2017) with the ''[[Carducci String Quartet]]''

'''As guest'''
* [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]: ''Flashes From The Archives Of Oblivion'' ([[Harvest Records]], 1974); Anderson plays flute on "Home"
* [[Honeymoon Suite (band)|Honeymoon Suite]]: ''[[The Big Prize]]'' ([[Warner Music Canada]], 1986); Anderson plays flute on "All Along You Knew"
* [[Men Without Hats]]: ''[[Pop Goes the World]]'' ([[Mercury Records]], 1987); Anderson plays flute on the track "On Tuesday"
* [[Six and Violence|The Six and Violence]]: ''Lettuce Prey'' (Fist Records, 1990);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jethrotull.proboards.com/thread/1674/violence|title=The Six & Violence {{!}} The Jethro Tull Forum|website=Jethrotull.proboards.com|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> Anderson plays on "Bursting Bladder" and "Theological Guns"
* [[Blackmore's Night]]: ''[[Shadow of the Moon]]'' ([[Edel SE & Co. KGaA|Edel]], 1997); Anderson plays flute on "Play Minstrel Play"
* [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]: ''The Dream Society'' ([[Science Friction Records]], 1998); Anderson plays flute on "These Fifty Years"
* [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]: ''[[Acoustically Driven]]'' ([[Classic Rock Productions]], 2001); Anderson plays flute on "Circus" and "Blind Eye"
* [[James Taylor Quartet]]: ''Room at the Top'' ([[Sanctuary Records]], 2002); Anderson plays flute on "Free"
* [[Magellan (band)|Magellan]]: ''[[Hundred Year Flood]]'' ([[Magna Carta Records]], 2002); Anderson plays flute on "Family Jewels"
* [[Silverwood Quartet]]: ''The Classic Rock Album'' (2005); Anderson plays flute on "Bourrée"
* [[Billy Sherwood]]: ''[[Back Against the Wall]]'' ([[Cleopatra Records]], 2005); Anderson plays flute and sings lead vocals on "The Thin Ice" and plays flute on "Is There Anybody Out There?" 
* [[Various Artists]]: ''Asia and Progressive Rock Friends'' (2008); Anderson sings and plays flute on "The Thin Ice"
* [[Eric Brooke]]: ''The Road to Here'' (2011); Anderson plays flute on "O.K.(Live) "
* [[Saori Jo]]: ''Home 2.17 AM'' (2012); Anderson plays flute on "Fairy World"
* [[Unnur Birna]]: ''Sunshine'' (2013);<ref>{{cite news |title=Ian Anderson featured on Unnur Birna's 'Sunshine' - Jethro Tull |url=http://jethrotull.com/ian-anderson-featured-on-unnur-birnas-sunshine |website=Jethrotull.com |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=4 May 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> Anderson plays flute on "Sunshine"
* [[Anna Phoebe]]: ''Between the Shadow and the Soul'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "A Moment's Deception"
* [[Boris Grebenshchikov]]: ''Salt'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "Любовь во время войны"
* [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]]: ''Symphony of Light'' (2014); Anderson plays flute on "Cry to the World"
* [[Tiles (band)|Tiles]]: ''[http://tiles-music.com/pretending-2-run/ Pretending 2 Run]'' (Laser's Edge, 2016); Anderson plays flute on "Midwinter"
* Helen Andrews: ''Circling Highs, Unravelling Lows'' (2016); Anderson plays flute on "Behind the Glass"
* [[John Cooper Clarke]] & [[Hugh Cornwell]]: ''[[This Time It's Personal (John Cooper Clarke and Hugh Cornwell album)|This Time It's Personal]]'' (2016); Anderson plays flute on "MacArthur Park"
* [[Tim Bowness]]: ''Lost in the Ghost Light'' (2017); Anderson plays flute on "Distant Summers"
* [[Tinkara]]: ''Cuori di ossigeno'' (2017); Anderson plays flute on "Maldamore"
* [[Steeleye Span]]: ''Est'd 1969'' (2019); Anderson plays flute on "Old Matron"
* Heather Findlay: ''Wild White Horses'' (2019); Anderson plays flute on "Winner"
* [[Mandoki Soulmates]]: ''Living in the Gap + Hungarian Pictures'' (2020); Anderson sings and plays flute on "Let the Music Show You the Way"
* [[Louise Patricia Crane]]: ''[[Deep Blue (Louise Patricia Crane album)|Deep Blue]]'' (Peculiar Doll Records, 2020); Anderson plays flute on "Snake Oil" and "Ophelia"
* [[Steve Bailey]]: ''Carolina'' (2020); Anderson plays flute on "Bourrée"
* [[Robby Steinhardt]]: ''Not In Kansas Anymore / A Prog Opera'' (2021); Anderson plays flute and [[tin whistle|pennywhistle]] on "Pizzacato (A Slice For Baby Boy Flynn)"
* [[Opeth]]: ''[[The Last Will and Testament]]'' (2024); Anderson plays flute on "§4", "§7" and "A Story Never Told". Anderson also provides spoken words on "§1", "§2", "§4", and "§7".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mikael-akerfeldt-on-ian-andersons-guest-appearance-on-new-opeth-album-its-amazing-that-hes-on-our-record/|title=MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On IAN ANDERSON's Guest Appearance On New OPETH Album: 'It's Amazing That He's On Our Record'|date=15 October 2024|website=blabbermouth.net| access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|1=http://www.jethrotull.com}}: [http://jethrotull.com/ Jethro Tull - The Official Website of the Legendary Classic Rock Band]
* {{IMDb name|26815}}
* [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ian-anderson-mn0000086627/biography Ian Anderson's biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, discography and album reviews, credits & releases] at [[AllMusic.com]]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/85485-Ian-Anderson Ian Anderson's discography, album releases & credits] at [[Discogs|Discogs.com]]
* [https://play.spotify.com/artist/7871fSXc37bZiC4UXaY35j Ian Anderson's solo albums to be listened] as stream at [[Spotify|Play.Spotify.com]]

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