{"id":26240,"date":"2023-10-24T05:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=26240"},"modified":"2023-10-16T14:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:29:59","slug":"take-five-ian-anderson-beyond-jethro-tull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/take-five-ian-anderson-beyond-jethro-tull\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Five: Ian Anderson Beyond Jethro Tull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With due respect to the various superb musicians who have passed through the ranks of the band \u2013 guitarist Martin Barre most notable among them \u2013 for more than a half century now, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull have been virtually synonymous. Though singer, flautist and guitarist Anderson named his group after the inventor of the seed drill, Jethro Tull has always been his band, reflecting his musical vision.<\/p>\n<p>But Scotland-born Anderson has embarked on side projects more than a few times during his illustrious (and still-thriving) musical career. Here is an eclectic assortment of five of the many instances in which Ian Anderson worked outside of the framework of Jethro Tull.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Protheroe \u2013 \u201cUnder the Greenwood Tree\u201d from <em>I\/You<\/em> (1976)<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian Protheroe is a well-known British actor, with roles playing characters by Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. A singer as well \u2013 he starred in the rock musical <em>Leave Him to Heaven<\/em> in London \u2013 Protheroe released four albums in the 1970s. The third of those, <em>I\/You<\/em>, featured words by Shakespeare set to music. Ian Anderson lent both his flute and voice to this track, and he brought along Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow for the recording session.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kw2H-puASxM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Honeymoon Suite \u2013 \u201cAll Along You Knew\u201d from The Big Prize (1985)<\/strong><br \/>\nEarly \u201880s Niagara Falls, Ontario band Honeymoon Suite played a kind of mainstream hard rock with elements of glam and new wave. Their debut single, 1984\u2019s \u201cNew Girl Now\u201d reached #7 on the U.S. Rock singles chart. \u201cFeel it Again,\u201d the spotlight single from the band\u2019s sophomore release did nearly as well, and would be Honeymoon Suite\u2019s sole single to make it onto the U.S. Top 40. With an Ian Anderson guesting on flute, \u201cAll Along You Knew&#8221; was one of four singles from that album, and while it didn\u2019t chart on this side of the Niagara River, it did reach #65 in the band\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3X2bKc-MhkI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men Without Hats \u2013 \u201cOn Tuesday\u201d from Pop Goes the World (1987)<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother Canadian group, synthpoppers Men Without Hats are best known for their 1982 bouncy hit, \u201cSafety Dance.\u201d Subsequent releases didn\u2019t sell quite as well, though the band was admired by critics. Men Without Hats\u2019 third album <em>Pop Goes the World<\/em> would spawn three singles, but it would be this deep album cut that featured guest flautist Ian Anderson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttU05ai0iGo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Anderson \u2013 \u201cMan of the World\u201d from <em>Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green<\/em> (1997)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe late Peter Green was a masterful and original guitarist. After taking the place of Eric Clapton in John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers, Green formed his own group, Peter Green\u2019s Fleetwood Mac. He remained with the group through its blues year, before difficulties got the best of him for an extended period. This late \u201890s all-star tribute album featured Ian Anderson in a then-rare solo turn, covering Green\u2019s classic \u201cMan of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16Ez8oovdO4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy Harper \u2013 \u201cThese Fifty Years\u201d from <em>The Dream Society<\/em> (1998)<\/strong><br \/>\nEqual parts genius and eccentric, Roy Harper has made a long string of superb (if deeply idiosyncratic) albums. Despite the quality of his solo output, Harper is best known as the subject of the Led Zeppelin song \u201cHats off to (Roy) Harper\u201d and as guest lead vocalist on Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cWelcome to the Machine.\u201d But his own music is well worth seeking out. This ambitious and lengthy track \u2013 featuring Ian Anderson on flute \u2013 is from one of Harper\u2019s most acclaimed releases.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-_wP4D4qbA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With due respect to the various superb musicians who have passed through the ranks of the band \u2013 guitarist Martin Barre most notable among them \u2013 for more than a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1032],"class_list":["post-26240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essay","tag-ian-anderson","cat-27-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26241,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions\/26241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}