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Ian Anderson
Strongly influenced by his father's jazz and big band record collection, Ian
Anderson was always something of a musical rebel, creating highly individual and
often idiosyncratic music, both with his band Jethro Tull and in his solo work.
After his family moved from Scotland to England, he was expelled from Blackpool
Grammar School and studied fine art before turning to music, forming his first
band The Blades with some old schoolfriends. He demonstrated his individuality
early, abandoning the electric guitar - purportedly because he felt he'd never
be as good as Eric Clapton - an...
