Anderson is a singularity. Nothing like other rock legends. No drugs or alcohol or wild spending splurges. I have been listening to Tull since the late 60s and own a lot of his music. There is nobody out there like Ian and certainly no other music like theirs. I am fortunate to have lived at a time that allows me to enjoy this. I have been going to his concerts since the did the Aqualung tour. I am ALWAYS entertained. God bless them all. And giving back to his community as well. Jagger could take some lessons.
Well said. Tull is a unique fellow. I love his music. I never get tired of it. Tull's solid stuff is very good, too. He's one of my Top 10 Favorites of All Time.
Ian talking about people having lived in that area of Scotland for over 3000 years. That he feels a sense of eyes watching over him, "awe-inspiring...to see if you're doing it right or you're doing wrong." This is the kind of human being (and one of y favorite artists since I was a kid) that I'd want to be inspired by, gives me hope. A rock star who could just live in plastic glamour and with every modern and latest gadgetry, grossly attentive to his media presence, public profile and status, but instead thinks of where he came from, as his role as caretaker of the land and the long line of antecedents who came before. Like Neil Young he has the kind of sense of his place in the world that makes you feel an even stringer connection with their music. This is what purpose through art looks like.
@@seeDiersoilcrossrowds absolutely true. I worked for Metallica in L.A. The Rose Bowl. And In Kirk Hammett’s dressing room was a Alter to Satan. Very Disturbing. 666 I saw It They Pray To Satan Before Every Show
The more that I see of this Ian Anderson, the more I love this guy. He is an all around guy, a common sense kind of fellow who has a wife just as industrious.....And his music is classic and a cut above.....So is his lifestyle and outlook.....A man who farms, raises fish, plays music, keeps others employed, and is a productive individual is to be greatly admired.......I'm sure he has his naysayers, but nuts to them....They know not what they say or believe.....What a guy! This is a great man.... He's shown what one can do if he puts his brain and talents to work for himself and others....
felix stinson yes mate, a true living legend, I have great admiration for the guy, and there's not many rock stars I can say that about, maybe Phil Collins and Steven Wilson are a couple of others but Ian tops them
He's a Scotsman for heavens sake. He's the highlands in his bones and the loch in his blood. A bit of a perfectionist mixed together with an iconoclast sensibility and with the steely endurance of a William Wallace. In fact I tend to sense a drop of that rebel spirit in Mr. Anderson. In any case, one would expect thrift and economy arising from that heritage, if a stranger may be permitted to make such an observation without giving offence, things being what they are today. Creatively? Well what can one say? I've always been envious of how, seemingly effortlessly, both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Barre appeared to be able to pick up multiple instruments and, if not master them, then to at least employ them successfully in the production and performance of commercially viable music. Of this I am certain, I have been entertained, enriched and enlightened by the mans lyrics, his music and his indomitable spirit. He surrounds himself with capable, singularly competent and highly talented folk both in his musical pursuits as well as his other endeavors and this quality, above all else, is an indication of his genius. Well done Mr. Anderson, kudos to you and keep on rockin'. From one of your fans but I'm no fanatic.
@@paultheroman6637 Calm down, Iberian popinjay. Take it out your mouth for a second. He went to a grammar school in England and Tull's discog is filled with English folk and progressive composition. Even Henry's madrigal. The fact he kicked out the best members and turned Tull into the Ian Anderson business-band, bothers a lot of fans.
Ian Anderson is a very intelligent man, like so many in the music business he could've fallen to drugs and the rock lifestyle, but he diversified into farming , salmon growing biiz and still writes records and performs w/Jethro Tull over 40 yrs now,a rare feat among so many of his peers in rock now long gone
OMG - I was at the Milton Keynes Festival in 1986 - the first time I ever saw Ian and the guys live - I have lost count of the number of times I have seen Jethro Tull in concert since, including the "Thick as a Brick 2" concert in Birmingham in 2012, the "Orchestral Tull" concert in Prague in 2015 and the extension to the 50th Anniversary tour in San Diego (I was lucky enough to be working there) in 2019. Long may they continue to reign surpeme over their genre.......simply awesome!!
It is good to see someone who has been able to live and grow with their life. Living in the dream. Doing both with equal passion. Few ever have the chance, fewer still have the ability.
A very heady & eclectic man Ian is. He does a brilliant balancing act between the excesses of show business & the ways of rural life. I have much respect for his love of the land & his music.
Great man have loved his music since I first heard Stand Up in 1969. Married him a beautiful and intelligent lady. I believe Shona was the ballerina on the cover of A Passion Play. Said She Was a Dancer in an interview I once heard him give back in the seventies. Thanks for posting this, even though it was years ago.
Ian Anderson es muyyyyyyy grande y ejemplo de persona en el que nos podemos mirar todos y aprender.A mayores tiene un talento que hay que nacer con el y a los demas lo que nos queda es darle las gracias por compartirlo con nosotros y disfrutarlo.
I was lucky to see Jethro Tull 1st 6 Tours each one after a release of six incredible LP s. Best 1st five LP s in rock and roll history . A witches promise came true
In 1978, a friend and I went to the box office at the Capital Centre (Landover, MD) about 1/2 hour before the 'Bursting Out Tour' concert was to begin. As luck would have it, about 100 radio station promotional tickets had been released for sale. We got 2nd row center stage tickets. Top 3 concerts I've ever seen.
First saw this in 1990 on the Discovery Channel when I was 17. At that time I was attempting to get familiar with Tull as Aqualung was the only album my father owned from them that he bought in 1979 when I was a small child. I knew this wasn't about the history of the band but what Ian Anderson was up to doing as of 1986/'87. That was cool to see him working on Crest of a Knave.
Ian is a driven individual, he pushes himself, his band, and most likely his employees and family to some perceived notion of how he thinks things should be. This has resulted in much success, however at a cost.
thank you for this interesting documentary! I'm a great fan of Tull since I was sixteen, that's so long ago, in the early seventies. Like myself, there's a huge fan community in Germany who admires this awesome group and its frontman, Ian Anderson. I remember that I improved my skills in English language at school by translating the song texts, which are masterpieces of poetry.
@@andycleeter I Think the popularity was mainly the result of young people's desire towards an alternative draft to the prissy taste of their parents concerning not only music, so Ian and Glenn Cornick in particular were the rebellious answer to the outmoded principles of bourgeois behaviour, especially Live in Stage!
That song Ian was writting at 36:15 - which I'm almost certain never made it's way onto a Jehtro Tull album - would have been a "thing of beauty & a JOY forever" had he gone on to complete it and release it as a "bonus track" on a future "Crest of a Knave" release... and I'm STILL waiting to hear it!
I somehow lucked out and caught this show in 1989 on an obscure cable station. I've tried dozens of times since to find it. Thank you so much for sharing!
Tull is so unassuming, Driving around in a Volvo Station Wagon ! 😄 Just a regular guy. Tull goes to the market, like anybody else, for bread & wine, raspberry jam ! I saw Tull on Dan Rather, he was intelligent, but humble & grounded.
The concert footage is from my 18th birthday. Too bad I did not get to see Jethro Tull that day, I would have loved it! I got to see the Grateful Dead play a week later, though!
Caressing an animal and feeling its warmth is one of the best thing i have ever tried. Caressing my guitar and feeling the vibing of the strings under my fingers is another of the things i like best.Music and animals, Animals and music, i don't need anything else. I never received a trick or a fraud or a damage from animals, neither from my guitar. i have received many from men.
I love Jethro Tull with all my heart. And Ian is a musical hero, his early compositions I'd defend to the death. But I also know he's one of the great jerks of all time. Treated his bandmates horribly, broke many of their hearts, treated so poorly after years of loyal service. And he wore a cod piece, setting prog back decades after initially propelling it forward. He's veering into Spinal Tap here, so self important. C'mon Ian
Today I realise for the first time I once actually came quite close to Strathaird, going to Elgol, on a walking trip across Scotland/Skye in 1999. Never knew this then. LOL.
Nicely done- enjoyed this on its own, but also as a lifetime fan of Ian and the band. Thank you for this lovely view of a bit of the inner world of Ian Anderson and the beauty that abounds where he lives and farms
I knew from the late sixties the man was special.I was one of the lucky people to meet Ian, I was a Teamster at Nassau Coliseum Long Island, N>Y> Loading and unloading equipment trucks for bands that played their.. . Tull to this day my favorite band.
In case anyone s wondering. In the early scene with lan talking to that guy in front of the trailer, that guy is Martin Barre,lead guitarist, Jethro Tull.
The footage of the band's performance at Milton Keynes Bowl and Anderson recording vocal tracks in his home studio for "Crest of a Knave" is phenomenal.
Look how he brings people together - a Celtic flag and an Ulster Loyalist flag in the same audience! In 1986! *Everybody* loves the Tull! Brilliant music and really interesting insight into his other life.
Waw it is a pittty ( Pena ) that a good profesional apears in such a sheety documentary. He was one of the great rock real musicians so please leave hem alone with his gut and flute
What beautiful countryside. It sounds as if he may have bought this estate in 1979. I'm wondering if he still owns it, and still is giving farming a go. I'm pretty sure I have bought, or at least seen that brand of salmon here in NJ. A little cream cheese, capers, tomato and onion...yum.
He sold the Estate to the John Muir Trust in 1994 for £750,000. His salmon farming business turned out to be successful though and was worth circa £10 million by the mid-nineties.
About the 1968 Hyde Park footage, in reality they weren't actually performing "Living in the Past". It was overdubbed by a 1986 or '87 live performance of "Living in the Past" as it was clearly Dave Pegg on bass and not to mention Ian's voice clearly wasn't the 1968 voice but the voice he had after his throat infection sometime after Under Wraps. As for what they were actually playing at Hyde Park, my guess would be "Dharma For One" given how wild and energetic they were playing. Given this was performed on June 29, their debut album This Was hadn't even seen the light of day (that had to wait until October).
49:07 an embryonic 'Farm on the Freeway'! Interesting to find out that Ian played the keyboards on 'Crest of a Knave', he surely is a man of many talents! It's also super cool to get a glimpse of his home studio! Anyone know the gear he was using here?
Funny. Being an American I’ve never been exposed to Ian this way. He made some comments after 9/11 and it was transferred through the good ole USA media as derogatory. Maybe it was maybe it wasn’t but none the less you gotta love how this guy built this thing of his and kept it local.props and good on you Ian. Philly loves ya!
Whatever you think about landownership, he allways Seems to respect the people living on the Land and he provides work and care for the people. That is all that matters. Only thing that bothers me is the Bird shooting. Killing animals "for fun/sport" is a sin.
I only recently discovered Jethro Tull. Locomotive Breath was the first I ever heard. Gonna record an Ukulele cover of it tonight. Cant replicate the flute but I'll do my best with the chords and vocals. Thanks for the upload.
I hate to say it, but Ian Anderson kind of is Tull. Just like Mark Knopfler basically is Dire Straits. Not that the other members aren't vital, but Ian Anderson really is what makes Jethro Tull, Jethro Tull. I mean, you never really hear anyone say "Wow Tull has the greatest drum or guitar rifs of any band". Its all about the flute baby
The year before marillion were support band for Tull .....now marillion are being supported by Tull at this the garden party Milton Keynes ( misplaced) tour ."...just look at the size of crowd fish an the band were playing to at the time they were the biggest band on earth......it would of been great to get hold of the big garden party banner...from the festival....
Tull is fuckin' ace...but I don't like the way the band dressed in the 80's! Ian is a very clever man, I watched once on a Led Zep docu...he weren't into drugs and all that groupie BS, he went to bed on tour and read a book. But you could never accuse Anderson of being boring! He's a cool guy who spent his money well, and made good!
There was a lot of bad taste in fashion in the 1980s. Look at how Duran Duran or Culture Club dressed. Or those countless hair metal bands like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Ratt and the likes. Their choice in fashion was really cringe worthy compared to Tull around the same time. Certainly I'm not fond how Tull dressed at the time but at least it wasn't full of excess hairspray and makeup.
I don't know why they even mentioned Tull in the title. This is the Ian Anderson documentary, and having watched him for quite a few years, both on and off stage I'm sure that's exactly the way he likes it. I am an admirer, but there's so much more to Tull than IA
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Anderson is a singularity. Nothing like other rock legends. No drugs or alcohol or wild spending splurges. I have been listening to Tull since the late 60s and own a lot of his music. There is nobody out there like Ian and certainly no other music like theirs. I am fortunate to have lived at a time that allows me to enjoy this. I have been going to his concerts since the did the Aqualung tour. I am ALWAYS entertained. God bless them all. And giving back to his community as well. Jagger could take some lessons.
Well said. Tull is a unique fellow. I love his music. I never get tired of it. Tull's solid stuff is very good, too. He's one of my Top 10 Favorites of All Time.
Well, all things said being quite right, though no alcohol would be not exactly the truth. No excess was there, that is right.
spends money on the land , to promote the economy and help people . Incredible human being . loves dogs . Check 1st LP cover
@@Thadmotor1044 And cats, my friend, and cats!. By the way, my dog's name is Jethro.......guess why!
He might have kept his voice though if he'd done less cigarettes. Such a shamr he lost his fantastic voice so early.
Martin Barre one of the most under rated guitarists in rock and roll history
Attorney General Barr one of the worst in American History .....disbarr barr
Completely agree
Eamonn
... and a really lovely guy. We had the pleasure of meeting him one day coming off the tennis court.
Jethro Tull is the best there is in concert! I've seen everything from Benefit to To old to rock and roll to young to die.
Ian talking about people having lived in that area of Scotland for over 3000 years. That he feels a sense of eyes watching over him, "awe-inspiring...to see if you're doing it right or you're doing wrong."
This is the kind of human being (and one of y favorite artists since I was a kid) that I'd want to be inspired by, gives me hope. A rock star who could just live in plastic glamour and with every modern and latest gadgetry, grossly attentive to his media presence, public profile and status, but instead thinks of where he came from, as his role as caretaker of the land and the long line of antecedents who came before.
Like Neil Young he has the kind of sense of his place in the world that makes you feel an even stringer connection with their music.
This is what purpose through art looks like.
Too bad Neil turned out to be a corporate tool.
Place looks like something from middle earth! Ian Anderson is a genius, this band put on an amazing show every time. Have seen the group three times.
The Tull totally deserved that Grammy in 1989! To hell with Metallica
Tull didn't sell his soul to that first musician called Lucifer.
My question is, how did they win a Grammy in 1989 for an album that came out in 1987?
@@seeDiersoilcrossrowds absolutely true. I worked for Metallica in L.A. The Rose Bowl. And In Kirk Hammett’s dressing room was a Alter to Satan. Very Disturbing. 666 I saw It They Pray To Satan Before Every Show
Awards are for wankers mate
@@seeDiersoilcrossrowds Jethro Tull is a band, you thick, yank, fuck. Not a person since a couple of hundred years ago.
Awesome guy and awesome band!!!❤❤❤❤the music!!!!
The more that I see of this Ian Anderson, the more I love this guy. He is an all around guy, a common sense kind of fellow who has a wife just as industrious.....And his music is classic and a cut above.....So is his lifestyle and outlook.....A man who farms, raises fish, plays music, keeps others employed, and is a productive individual is to be greatly admired.......I'm sure he has his naysayers, but nuts to them....They know not what they say or believe.....What a guy! This is a great man.... He's shown what one can do if he puts his brain and talents to work for himself and others....
felix stinson yes mate, a true living legend, I have great admiration for the guy, and there's not many rock stars I can say that about, maybe Phil Collins and Steven Wilson are a couple of others but Ian tops them
Indeed Sir Ian is a Paragon, a strong and virtuous man greatly to be admired, and a great poet and artist. Hats off to him.
I absolutely agree with you!
He's a Scotsman for heavens sake. He's the highlands in his bones and the loch in his blood. A bit of a perfectionist mixed together with an iconoclast sensibility and with the steely endurance of a William Wallace. In fact I tend to sense a drop of that rebel spirit in Mr. Anderson. In any case, one would expect thrift and economy arising from that heritage, if a stranger may be permitted to make such an observation without giving offence, things being what they are today. Creatively? Well what can one say? I've always been envious of how, seemingly effortlessly, both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Barre appeared to be able to pick up multiple instruments and, if not master them, then to at least employ them successfully in the production and performance of commercially viable music. Of this I am certain, I have been entertained, enriched and enlightened by the mans lyrics, his music and his indomitable spirit. He surrounds himself with capable, singularly competent and highly talented folk both in his musical pursuits as well as his other endeavors and this quality, above all else, is an indication of his genius. Well done Mr. Anderson, kudos to you and keep on rockin'. From one of your fans but I'm no fanatic.
@@paultheroman6637 Calm down, Iberian popinjay. Take it out your mouth for a second.
He went to a grammar school in England and Tull's discog is filled with English folk and progressive composition. Even Henry's madrigal.
The fact he kicked out the best members and turned Tull into the Ian Anderson business-band, bothers a lot of fans.
I remember watching this on TV. Thanks for sharing
Ian Anderson is a very intelligent man, like so many in the music business he could've fallen to drugs and the rock lifestyle, but he diversified into farming , salmon growing biiz and still writes records and performs w/Jethro Tull over 40 yrs now,a rare feat among so many of his peers in rock now long gone
OMG - I was at the Milton Keynes Festival in 1986 - the first time I ever saw Ian and the guys live - I have lost count of the number of times I have seen Jethro Tull in concert since, including the "Thick as a Brick 2" concert in Birmingham in 2012, the "Orchestral Tull" concert in Prague in 2015 and the extension to the 50th Anniversary tour in San Diego (I was lucky enough to be working there) in 2019. Long may they continue to reign surpeme over their genre.......simply awesome!!
It is good to see someone who has been able to live and grow with their life.
Living in the dream.
Doing both with equal passion.
Few ever have the chance, fewer still have the ability.
A very heady & eclectic man Ian is. He does a brilliant balancing act between the excesses of show business & the ways of rural life. I have much respect for his love of the land & his music.
Great man have loved his music since I first heard Stand Up in 1969. Married him a beautiful and intelligent lady. I believe Shona was the ballerina on the cover of A Passion Play. Said She Was a Dancer in an interview I once heard him give back in the seventies. Thanks for posting this, even though it was years ago.
Cool, didn't know that.
No. That ballerina was Jane Eve.
@@dementedavenger74 The ballerina was Jane Eve.
Ian Anderson es muyyyyyyy grande y ejemplo de persona en el que nos podemos mirar todos y aprender.A mayores tiene un talento que hay que nacer con el y a los demas lo que nos queda es darle las gracias por compartirlo con nosotros y disfrutarlo.
Love this documentary - thanks for posting! Always has a pre Christmas vibe for me!
Too right! I always thought it was just me who felt that!
Amazing singer, amazing songwriter, eccentric, clever, a great artist, great man employing people and working hard. Ian is awesome
I was lucky to see Jethro Tull 1st 6 Tours each one after a release of six incredible LP s. Best 1st five LP s in rock and roll history . A witches promise came true
In 1978, a friend and I went to the box office at the Capital Centre (Landover, MD) about 1/2 hour before the 'Bursting Out Tour' concert was to begin. As luck would have it, about 100 radio station promotional tickets had been released for sale. We got 2nd row center stage tickets. Top 3 concerts I've ever seen.
The live show was The Garden Party in June 1986, what a fantastic day that was.
Mama's Boys.
Magnum.
Gary Moore.
Jethro Tull.
Marillion.
Is that Gary performing in the background at 3:01-3:19?
Keen eared listeners may have noticed that the Channel 4 announcer introducing this programme is John Leeson, who was the voice of K9 in Dr Who.
Good spot!
Didn't he also play Bungle in Rainbow?
@@jamesgriffithsmusic Yes he did.
@@jamesgriffithsmusic awww I would of preferred if it was zippys voice he did?!
I've always liked the way Ian Anderson uses the flute as of a baton.
Watched this once again. Just great. I am hoping the quality will be improved one day!! Thanks for the upload.❤
What a great post!!! The more I learn about Mr Ian Anderson, the more I love and respect him. He's one of a kind. I would love to know him ♡
Kim he is very Unique Individual and amazing artist I love Jethro Tull
Roadie at 4:59 is wearing a KSHE 95 hat, my childhood FM radio station that turned me on to Jethro Tull as a wee tike in the early 1970’s.
First saw this in 1990 on the Discovery Channel when I was 17. At that time I was attempting to get familiar with Tull as Aqualung was the only album my father owned from them that he bought in 1979 when I was a small child. I knew this wasn't about the history of the band but what Ian Anderson was up to doing as of 1986/'87. That was cool to see him working on Crest of a Knave.
Ian is a driven individual, he pushes himself, his band, and most likely his employees and family to some perceived notion of how he thinks things should be. This has resulted in much success, however at a cost.
so brilliant in so many ways . love the banter with the audience
thank you for this interesting documentary! I'm a great fan of Tull since I was sixteen, that's so long ago, in the early seventies. Like myself, there's a huge fan community in Germany who admires this awesome group and its frontman, Ian Anderson. I remember that I improved my skills in English language at school by translating the song texts, which are masterpieces of poetry.
Why do you think Tull have been so popular in Germany? I have always been struck by this in my time there, admittedly in the '80s ..
@@andycleeter I Think the popularity was mainly the result of young people's desire towards an alternative draft to the prissy taste of their parents concerning not only music, so Ian and Glenn Cornick in particular were the rebellious answer to the outmoded principles of bourgeois behaviour, especially Live in Stage!
@@andycleeter not just Germany -USA, Italy - all over the world. Testament to their class!
No way Ian Anderson is only 39 years of age here. 😮
Si fantastic...ian Anderson beautiful..
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I swear Ian Anderson looks younger today than he did in 1986.
Zach Hunter yeah hahahahhshs
Love the fact that some of the farm hands wouldn’t have looked out of place in Jethro Tull 😂
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That song Ian was writting at 36:15 - which I'm almost certain never made it's way onto a Jehtro Tull album - would have been a "thing of beauty & a JOY forever" had he gone on to complete it and release it as a "bonus track" on a future "Crest of a Knave" release... and I'm STILL waiting to hear it!
Maybe on the eventual Crest of a Knave Anniversary Deluxe Edition from Steven Wilson will have it.... If it's finished that is.
I somehow lucked out and caught this show in 1989 on an obscure cable station. I've tried dozens of times since to find it. Thank you so much for sharing!
Tull is so unassuming,
Driving around in a Volvo Station Wagon ! 😄
Just a regular guy.
Tull goes to the market, like anybody else, for bread & wine, raspberry jam ! I saw Tull on Dan Rather, he was intelligent, but humble & grounded.
You do know that people behave differently when they are being filmed?
“Jethro Tull” is the name of the band- Ian Anderson is the name of the musician who is the band.
The concert footage is from my 18th birthday. Too bad I did not get to see Jethro Tull that day, I would have loved it! I got to see the Grateful Dead play a week later, though!
I saw this on ch4 when it was first shown, it was great then, and still is.A big thank you.
ROCK FLUTE THE LEGEND IS ALIVE THE GENIOUS OF IAN ANDERSON OUT IN RIL 21 2023 SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER IVE BEEN LISTENING TO JETHRO TULL
Caressing an animal and feeling its warmth is one of the best thing i have ever tried. Caressing my guitar and feeling the vibing of the strings under my fingers is another of the things i like best.Music and animals, Animals and music, i don't need anything else. I never received a trick or a fraud or a damage from animals, neither from my guitar. i have received many from men.
You, should probably seek help.
I love Jethro Tull with all my heart. And Ian is a musical hero, his early compositions I'd defend to the death. But I also know he's one of the great jerks of all time. Treated his bandmates horribly, broke many of their hearts, treated so poorly after years of loyal service. And he wore a cod piece, setting prog back decades after initially propelling it forward. He's veering into Spinal Tap here, so self important. C'mon Ian
I wasn't into his music, but in less than 10 minutes I see his attitude as a jerk.
I envy you guys for never having met actual jerks. Ian is far more tolerable than some of the goofballs floating around the planet
@@YSEVERYNAMETAKENGOD ya, these people must live in closets... we call them snowflakes.
I would give my right leg to be Ian.
That's how you get success and keep it unfortunately... Most successful rockstars were not nice people at times.
I was at the garden party....Tull made a massive impression on me that day
Today I realise for the first time I once actually came quite close to Strathaird, going to Elgol, on a walking trip across Scotland/Skye in 1999. Never knew this then. LOL.
I went through Elgol as well. With a devoted Tull fan. I wonder if he realized how close we were. I'm sure he would have said.
Nicely done- enjoyed this on its own, but also as a lifetime fan of Ian and the band. Thank you for this lovely view of a bit of the inner world of Ian Anderson and the beauty that abounds where he lives and farms
I knew from the late sixties the man was special.I was one of the lucky people to meet Ian, I was a Teamster at Nassau Coliseum Long Island, N>Y> Loading and unloading equipment trucks for bands that played their.. . Tull to this day my favorite band.
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OBXSOSN - Played their what?
In case anyone s wondering. In the early scene with lan talking to that guy in front of the trailer, that guy is Martin Barre,lead guitarist, Jethro Tull.
man thats whats living a full filled life
Remy it just is amazing you upload full Tull history you are a great fan and friend to all Tull fans thank you. R. B.
Great, simple, insightful, inspiring warm and cozy documentary.
Ian anderson one of my favorites
The footage of the band's performance at Milton Keynes Bowl and Anderson recording vocal tracks in his home studio for "Crest of a Knave" is phenomenal.
Look how he brings people together - a Celtic flag and an Ulster Loyalist flag in the same audience! In 1986! *Everybody* loves the Tull! Brilliant music and really interesting insight into his other life.
Benjamin Goldstein I was at this gig. Marillion were headlining and Gary Moore was also on the bill.
I was there too, it was The Garden Party in June 1986 at the Milton Keynes Bowl, what a day.
Mama's Boys.
Magnum.
Gary Moore.
Jethro Tull.
Marillion.
Loved it, 5:04 start the keys (Peter-John Vettese) then Ian rushes to the stage wrapped in that fantastic instrumental stage sound!
His songwriting style/singing is bewitching
Thanks for the upload! I haven't seen this since it first aired.
Thanks for posting - not seen the whole of this since first broadcast.
Top ten greatest bands of all time.
love u Ian , u help poor people ? i hope so . i help 2 poor filipinas that didnt eat for 6 days , that s hurt stomach and health
Even concert in symphony floutists agree it's not easy to play the flute like that!!
Waw it is a pittty ( Pena ) that a good profesional apears in such a sheety documentary. He was one of the great rock real musicians so please leave hem alone with his gut and flute
A whole new perspectives about The Anderson Group of Companies.
When do we get a Martin Barre documentary?
Yeah, really !
one of the most under rated guitarists in rock and roll history
@cobar53 😠 true.
It was Anderson's band, he did pretty much everything,. no disrespect to Martin Barre, fantastic guitarist.
Thank you sharing. The older I get, the more I am sure this is my favorite band ever.
What beautiful countryside. It sounds as if he may have bought this estate in 1979. I'm wondering if he still owns it, and still is giving farming a go. I'm pretty sure I have bought, or at least seen that brand of salmon here in NJ. A little cream cheese, capers, tomato and onion...yum.
He sold the Estate to the John Muir Trust in 1994 for £750,000. His salmon farming business turned out to be successful though and was worth circa £10 million by the mid-nineties.
Kim, I met him at a Dennys after one of their shows in Raleigh. He's a great guy, autographed a napkinfor me which I lamenated
About the 1968 Hyde Park footage, in reality they weren't actually performing "Living in the Past". It was overdubbed by a 1986 or '87 live performance of "Living in the Past" as it was clearly Dave Pegg on bass and not to mention Ian's voice clearly wasn't the 1968 voice but the voice he had after his throat infection sometime after Under Wraps. As for what they were actually playing at Hyde Park, my guess would be "Dharma For One" given how wild and energetic they were playing. Given this was performed on June 29, their debut album This Was hadn't even seen the light of day (that had to wait until October).
In the top ten of GOAT bands 🫠
Formidable groupe aux superbes compositions !
49:07 an embryonic 'Farm on the Freeway'! Interesting to find out that Ian played the keyboards on 'Crest of a Knave', he surely is a man of many talents! It's also super cool to get a glimpse of his home studio! Anyone know the gear he was using here?
Looks like a Roland Alpha Juno-2 with a Korg DDD-1 and an Akai ME-30P on top an Akai S900. A Yamaha TX7 is seen in the background as well. 48:25
Brilliant programme, thanks for posting!
Ty, I never get to concerts.
Love this video. I watch it at least once a week
A fascinating man
thanks for upload
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Thanks for posting this great Doco.
Thanks for posting!
That was great. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you!
Movies caused me to remember
Ian is without a doubt one of my idols, this was a completely enjoyable watch.
Funny. Being an American I’ve never been exposed to Ian this way. He made some comments after 9/11 and it was transferred through the good ole USA media as derogatory. Maybe it was maybe it wasn’t but none the less you gotta love how this guy built this thing of his and kept it local.props and good on you Ian. Philly loves ya!
Youre awesome for uploading. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Benefit was the best Tull period
AWESOME!
Whatever you think about landownership, he allways Seems to respect the people living on the Land and he provides work and care for the people. That is all that matters. Only thing that bothers me is the Bird shooting. Killing animals "for fun/sport" is a sin.
...and don't pretend perfection, you'll be cruising far too late.
-engineer
Cheers for sharing!
Excellent documentary, much thanks for the upload! Such pretty country and such an odd looking crowd at that festival. It sure isn't California. ;)
I remember seeing this when it first came out.....Thanx Remy...Tull Forever!!!
Had this on a vhs tape , lost it before switching to dvd, great upload
Very enjoyable
This is sooo good. Salmon farming is exactly like rock n roll. Same risk and energy?! What a cool dude. Farmer prog forever
I only recently discovered Jethro Tull. Locomotive Breath was the first I ever heard. Gonna record an Ukulele cover of it tonight. Cant replicate the flute but I'll do my best with the chords and vocals. Thanks for the upload.
Between Ian's artistic and daily life... Awesome
you can do nothing else but respekt Ian Andersen. this man is just amazing!
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Christian Buch - And he’d be the first to say so.
Misleading title, this is all about Anderson, not the Tull.
I hate to say it, but Ian Anderson kind of is Tull. Just like Mark Knopfler basically is Dire Straits. Not that the other members aren't vital, but Ian Anderson really is what makes Jethro Tull, Jethro Tull. I mean, you never really hear anyone say "Wow Tull has the greatest drum or guitar rifs of any band". Its all about the flute baby
Ian Anderson is Tull .....without Ian there wouldn' t be Tull at all !!!!
Just all business..Isn't he..
Ian you may never read this but I love you, thank you!
The year before marillion were support band for Tull .....now marillion are being supported by Tull at this the garden party Milton Keynes ( misplaced) tour ."...just look at the size of crowd fish an the band were playing to at the time they were the biggest band on earth......it would of been great to get hold of the big garden party banner...from the festival....
Tull is fuckin' ace...but I don't like the way the band dressed in the 80's!
Ian is a very clever man, I watched once on a Led Zep docu...he weren't into drugs and all that groupie BS, he went to bed on tour and read a book. But you could never accuse Anderson of being boring!
He's a cool guy who spent his money well, and made good!
I don't like the way i dressed in the 80s.
Manbunn McFanypak {just a cool guy being cool} - Hilarious! I can totally relate! 😆
There was a lot of bad taste in fashion in the 1980s. Look at how Duran Duran or Culture Club dressed. Or those countless hair metal bands like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Ratt and the likes. Their choice in fashion was really cringe worthy compared to Tull around the same time. Certainly I'm not fond how Tull dressed at the time but at least it wasn't full of excess hairspray and makeup.
I remember watching this back in the day it was special
1986. Tull at their most irrelevant. Still rockin.
I mean they still won a Grammy for Crest of a Knave
Ugh, whoever chose that D50 patch for "Locomotive Breath" should be shot.
I agree, but you have to remember that this a performance from 1986, two years after the release of UNDER WRAPS. Period piece.
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I don't know why they even mentioned Tull in the title. This is the Ian Anderson documentary, and having watched him for quite a few years, both on and off stage I'm sure that's exactly the way he likes it. I am an admirer, but there's so much more to Tull than IA