The rock opera tells a fictionalized story of English agricultural inventor Jethro Tull’s life as if it was playing out in the near future - integrating nearly two dozen of Anderson’s songs from the rock band Jethro Tull’s repertoire.
Known throughout the world as the flute and voice behind the legendary band Jethro Tull, Anderson and his band will be performing Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera at the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino on November 8 at 7 pm. So by the fourth check-in about his latest venture - a rock opera loosely celebrating his old band’s namesake - it was as genial as a call could be despite a few choice explitives directed at a few critics. And interview number one begat another and another over the past decade. It also made us journos work extra hard crafting an acceptable query or two about the old days - risking Anderson’s ire and occasionally a profane rebuke.Īs it turned out, that first chat went well. This was awesome for Anderson, forcing interviewers to focus mostly on what he’d been doing lately. I mean, here’s a guy issuing advances ahead of press calls answering dozens of boilerplate questions about himself and all things Jethro Tull along with a warning that he would not suffer any of them being asked again.
His gentlemanly but take-no-bull-from-the-press reputation long preceded that call. I remember how intimidating it was the first time I interviewed Ian Anderson.
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