Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull (Part 1 of 5) talks to Pete Feenstra, 8th September 2009.

[Kirkola]

A great musician/songwriter first and showman second. Ian is living rock history. Fascinating interview.

[rucainti]

My humble reverence to the Master...

[GeistigFit]

he looks so terribly thin! - compared to 2007

What happened between 2007 and 2009? Does anybody know?

[infodisinfo]

If I can meet just one celebrity before I die it would be Ian. I came very close to meeting him back in June. Met Doanne Perry, he was very engaging, nice guy.

[PRAK14]

@infodisinfo - It was a privilege to film Ian and so intimately, in the darkish basement of a west London pub. When I hit the brightness of the street, I realised that I had been in the presence of a Great Man. Saw him perform Thick as a Brick at The Royal Albert Hall in the 70's.

[infodisinfo]

@PRAK14 You are very fortunate, I envy you.

I use to work as a radio talk show host here in the USA, if I ever get back into it I will have Ian at the top of the list for interviews. Perhaps the reason I never did it before was because I always wanted to have him in studio. Meeting Ian would be a life long dream fulfilled.

I live in New England, and he is always performing in this area. Now it's just all up to luck.

[Chrisdrumz]

Back in the day,Ian was the OLDEST looking 30 year old,now he looks like a very healthy,youthful 62 year old. Good thing he stopped smoking the cigarettes.

[nerblebun]

Ian Anderson is not only a very intelligent, thoughtful gentleman.... he's a great artist and performer. You'll always remember a Jethro Tull concert.

[Jcc373]

Ian is genius!

[Jcc373]

I have seen Jethro Tull 17 times since the passion play tour Ian is a master of the stage and a genuine musical genius

[Jcc373]

I have seen Jethro Tull 17 times since the passion play tour in i believe 73, Ian is a master of the stage and a musical genius!

[cantehondo]

Thanks for posting the interview. Nice to hear Ian Anderson discuss the album Stand Up, and about music "in the present."

[needcafeen247]

It's easy to see that he did, in fact, live a totally drug free lifestyle! This was done only 4 months ago, and he still looks and sounds so damned youthfull. Compare what he looks like, to all the other 70's hard rockers such as Plant, Page, Woods and especially Keith Richards.... who all look and sound like they're 90 years old!!

Ian Anderson's interviews are always enjoyable to listen to. Intelligent..... and.... unlike interviews with Ozzy......free of the need for sub-titles!

[lestibudois]

@needcafeen247 You are right, not all this guys needs drugs to achieve great success, also is the case of Brian May from Queen, Chancellor at the University of Liverpool with a PhD in Astrophysics... wow

[hinko333]

why doesn't anywhone ask him something about the roots to branches album?

[artsmithdrums]

Briliant, thanks for this.

[underwwraps2]

Excellent interview, thanks! UW2

[nVei06]

it's nice Ian has really satisfied with musical output and the personal expressions. there's nothing else we can ask of him. it's ironic, he had stated that he would prefer not to be at his own concert, but i'm sure 99% of us would prefer his preference. he could speak about his day, and most would be delighted. something new with glockenspiel.

[Tuurke01]

Fantastic interview! Thanks for posting!

[biotonk]

this is gold .... thank you so much prak14 !

[KaiBailey]

Great interview. This is actually one of the best I've seen with Ian.

[TullTapes]

Great stuff! Thanks!