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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 28, 2014 1:43:42 GMT
April 27 2014 The List www.list.co.uk/article/60448-ian-anderson-to-record-more-music/Ian Anderson Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson may be 66, but he still has no intentions of giving up making music. Ian Anderson plans to make "one or two" more albums before he stops recording. The Jethro Tull frontman, whose new record 'Homo Erraticus' reached number 14 in the UK Album Charts, his highest charting solo record to date, still has plans to tour but might not want to record too many records in the future. He said: "I'm heading off to various parts of the world on tour during the rest of this year and into 2015 again before I take a break to record something. "There's maybe one or two more recordings in me before I decide I've done enough." But as a performer, Ian, 66, claims he is lucky to still be able to tour and health is on his side, therefore he wants to make the most of it. He explained: "I might find myself even going back to New Zealand and Australia. I can get on doing what I do for as long as I can, without fear of getting the sack or stopping on age related grounds," adding, "If you had my job, you wouldn't really think about retiring unless it's thrust upon you." The singer's next record will be a "string quartet album" featuring music ideal for "funerals and weddings." Ian told BANG Showbiz: "A lot of people do like those big moments in their lives to have a big piece of music mark the passage into life or death. I think it'd be quite nice to make a record that would consist of music which someone could say, 'We could play this at our daughter's wedding.' " Ian is set to go out on tour from next week with dates across the UK, kicking off at the Brighton Dome on Monday April 28. He play tracks from his new album and a number of Jethro Tull classic. Tickets and information is available at Gigantic.com/artist/ian-anderson. Ian Anderson tour dates: April: 28 Brighton, Dome 29 Southampton, O2 Guildhall May: 01 Salisbury, City Hall 02 Liverpool, Philharmonic 03 Birmingham, Symphony Hall 04 Oxford, New Theatre 06 Bristol, Colston Hall 07 High Wycombe, Swan Theatre 08 Guildford, G Live 09 Cambridge, Corn Exchange 10 Ipswich, Regent Theatre 11 Leicester, De Montfort Hall 14 Manchester, Palace Theatre 15 York, Royal Opera House 16 Gateshead, Sage Theatre 18 Edinburgh , Festival Theatre 19 Perth, Concert Hall 20 Aberdeen, Music Hall 21 Inverness, Eden Court 24 London, 02 Shepherds Bush Empire 25 London, 02 Shepherds Bush
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skytzo
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Post by skytzo on Apr 28, 2014 10:05:44 GMT
String quartet album? Please tell me that was tongue in cheek.
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 28, 2014 11:18:09 GMT
It's supposedly been on the cards for sometime, Ian's mentioned it in a few interviews previously, but then again he's also mentioned an acoustic album with Martin but I'm not holding my breath for that one at this moment in time. So given the "Music for funerals and weddings" comment I suspect there may be some cheek tongueing going on, although he has done a few outings with string quartets, so who knows.
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Post by progrockdeepcuts on Apr 29, 2014 13:09:32 GMT
It's supposedly been on the cards for sometime, Ian's mentioned it in a few interviews previously, but then again he's also mentioned an acoustic album with Martin but I'm not holding my breath for that one at this moment in time. So given the "Music for funerals and weddings" comment I suspect there may be some cheek tongueing going on, although he has done a few outings with string quartets, so who knows. It would be nice if he called on his good buddy, Dee Palmer to do the arrangements, but it'll probably be John O'Hara (which is fine, too!)
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 29, 2014 16:26:51 GMT
It would be nice if he called on his good buddy, Dee Palmer to do the arrangements, but it'll probably be John O'Hara (which is fine, too!) I agree it would be quite a score [if you excuse the pun]to see Dee working with Ian again, but if that's not to be I'm good with John O'Hara, he seems to respect the Tull back catalogue in his interpretations, and although I personally quite like 'the squeezy thing' [it's a long-term affection following on from Warchild] I could do with a break from it. So, if a solo/string quartet album was forthcoming any suggestions for a track listing? I'd have to go with Life's a long song and Summerday Sands
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Post by progrockdeepcuts on Apr 29, 2014 19:34:23 GMT
It would be nice if he called on his good buddy, Dee Palmer to do the arrangements, but it'll probably be John O'Hara (which is fine, too!) I agree it would be quite a score [if you excuse the pun]to see Dee working with Ian again, but if that's not to be I'm good with John O'Hara, he seems to respect the Tull back catalogue in his interpretations, and although I personally quite like 'the squeezy thing' [it's a long-term affection following on from Warchild] I could do with a break from it. So, if a solo/string quartet album was forthcoming any suggestions for a track listing? I'd have to go hwith Life's a long song and Summerday Sands Agreed, I LOVE O'Hara's arrangements on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - that middle section with the orchestral swells on Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull DVD is just glorious! As for string arrangements, I'd like to see "The Chequered Flag" and maybe even "From a Deadbeat to an Old Greaser" - TOTRR is such a beautiful album as it is, but the strings really make that one come to life IMO. Aside from that, maybe "Black Satin Dancer" or even bits of "Baker Street Muse" would be lovely.
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 29, 2014 19:48:12 GMT
TOTRR is such a beautiful album as it is, but the strings really make that one come to life IMO.. Great choices all. I love it when a someone other than a Brit say that they like TOTRNR, I think it is a vastly under-rated album, very British and I think a lot of people give up on it for that reason, it's not quite the documentary of a "greaser's" life as mayeb Quadrophenia is of a Mod's life, but it's well worth getting into IMO.
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Post by progrockdeepcuts on Apr 29, 2014 19:53:27 GMT
I just find it to be very charming, right off the bat with a song like "Quiz Kid" which criticizes game shows, which to me is still very relevant. Same for "Crazed Institution" with it's criticism of 'style over substance', specifically the whole glam rock era, but I feel that it is still applicable to modern pop music. I've always just loved it, the sound, the humor, the writing, everything. And Ian's voice is just top-notch throughout.
I don't know if it's the 'British-ness' of it that I find so appealing or not, but I admittedly have a certain fondness for many aspects of British culture, art, and humor (I love Monty Python, for instance). So maybe that's why?
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Post by Tulltapes on Apr 29, 2014 21:06:43 GMT
I just find it to be very charming, right off the bat with a song like "Quiz Kid" which criticizes game shows, which to me is still very relevant. Same for "Crazed Institution" with it's criticism of 'style over substance', specifically the whole glam rock era, but I feel that it is still applicable to modern pop music. I've always just loved it, the sound, the humor, the writing, everything. And Ian's voice is just top-notch throughout. I don't know if it's the 'British-ness' of it that I find so appealing or not, but I admittedly have a certain fondness for many aspects of British culture, art, and humor (I love Monty Python, for instance). So maybe that's why? Until Tull chat groups existed I had no idea TOTRNR was even underrated, while it's not "thick as a brick" it is still up there with the best of the rest as far as i'm concerned with the exception of the title track. (Maybe that's why?)
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