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Ian Anderson

Ian Scott Anderson (born August 10, 1947, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish flautist, guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, most known as the leader of the band Jethro Tull. Ian was born in Dunfermline in Scotland; he spent part of his childhood in Edinburgh. His family moved to Blackpool in 1959. There, Ian's musical career began. In 1963, in Blackpool, he and his school friends Barriemore Barlow, Jeffrey Hammond, and John Evan assembled his first band, The Blades. During the 60s, the band changed its name several times (John Evan Band, John Evan Blues Band, and John Evan Smash), after which it turned into Jethro Tull in 1968.