Posted on 02/03/2012 12:26:42 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
On April 3, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson will release Thick As A Brick 2, the followup to 1972′s beloved prog opus Thick As A Brick (an album comprised of two long, interconnected songs). In this extensive interview, rock’s most famous flautist talks to American Songwriter about the sequel’s genesis, its parallels to the original, his distinctive vocal style, and whether or not he believes he can win another Grammy.
With the recent Aqualung reissue and now Thick As A Brick 2, this a pretty exciting time to be a Jethro Tull fan.
It’s a really exciting time for me too. Aqualung and Thick As A Brick are two of my favorite records for the simple reason that from an artistic and a personal songwriting point of view, they’re very different in terms of their musical and lyrical content. They both represent a period when I got brave enough to take a few risks with different topics, different subjects, and different ways of writing music.
So the two albums are very dear to me in sort of artistic sense. I have studiously avoided, over the years, to recreate Thick As A Brick, either in terms of playing it all on stage, or venturing down that slightly more prog-rock course of musical endeavor.
And I was pretty much maintaining that position until sometime late in 2010, when I met up with an old acquaintance by the name of Derek Shulman. He used to be the singer of the band Gentle Giant, a prog-rock band that had quite a bit of success in the late ’70s.
(Excerpt) Read more at americansongwriter.com ...
Can’t wait! Guess I’ll have to wander to a CD store somewhere (do they even have those things anymore?)
These guys are no doubt genius, hard to believe they might match the days of their youth...
Just visited the St. Cleve website
“colorful contortionist of Latvian descent...”
LMAO!!!
kid would have been a hell of a lot richer if he went the Harry Potter route!
I ordered from Amazon, unfortunately there was other stuff there and they’re doing that Amazon thing. It’s getting good reviews.
Have heard bits on the website. Still saving nickels and dimes for it.
Arrived yesterday. Watched the DVD extras last night, enjoyed them. Halfway through the album, so far I really like it. I like the musical callbacks to the original, enjoying the mini-stories.
It’s at Best Buy for about $9.95 (I got the one with the DVD for about $23.00).
Listened twice so far, and I liked it much better the second time. Love the ending! :-)
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