" always thought Ian Anderson was kind of a scary flute-playing freak, but for what it's worth, he refused to cancel a show in Isreal a couple weeks ago (with the Katyushas raining down), saying something to the effect of "If we cancel the show Hezbollah wins, and we can't let that happen". So now he's OK in my book."
Ian Anderson has ALWAYS been a conservative! If you don't know his background, I suppose it would seem ostensible that he would be a raving lib. Some 25 or more years ago, I had front row tickets to his concert, and 2 chicks had a "Baggies" full of joints, which I swear they intended to empty by the end of the show : ). All of a sudden, Ian walked off the stage, snatched the Baggie, grabbed a water bottle, and poured it into the dope. He then tossed it back to them, and said " Now you will have to listen to the f'ing music, won't you"
He got a standing ovation, and the doper babes left!!
Some thirty years ago, Ian penned " Thick As a Brick".....a story about a young man who continually "slammed" his wealthy family, but in the end, decides he needs to emulate them.
Ian years ago bought the largest wholesale fish market in Britain, with some 100 employees, which he ran himself for many years. Interesting dude, eh?