Ian Anderson - Musical Collaborations and Other Work

Musical Collaborations and Other Work

Anderson plays flute on the Men Without Hats song "On Tuesday" from their album Pop Goes the World (1987), and on the Blackmore's Night song "Play, Minstrel, Play" from their debut album Shadow of the Moon (1997).

Anderson appears as a guest on the song "All Along You Knew" from The Big Prize, the second album by Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite. This followed Jethro Tull's 1984 tour on which Honeymoon Suite was one of the opening acts. Also in 1984, Ian Anderson, along with Martin Barre, Dave Pegg and Peter-John Vettese recorded A Classic Case with the London Symphony Orchestra, performing a selection of music from Jethro Tull. He was also a DJ on Planet Rock, presenting his own two-hour show Under The Influence. He also appeared on stage with Joe Bonamassa playing A New Day Yesterday at the Hammersmith Apollo in May 2010.

Anderson performs as a special guest on two Uriah Heep live albums: Acoustically Driven and Electrically Driven, on both performing the same two songs of Uriah Heep repertoire: Circus and Blind Eye.

Anderson plays flute on the track "Portmeirion" on Fairport Convention's 2001 album 'XXXV'. Anderson has performed with Fairport Convention at their annual Cropredy Festival on several occasions since the mid-1980s, when their bass player Dave Pegg was also a member of Jethro Tull.

Anderson produced Steeleye Span's 1974 album Now We Are Six, as well as appearing on and producing Steeleye Span member Maddy Prior's first solo album "Woman In The Wings", for which Jethro Tull made most instrumental contributions.

In April 2011, Anderson performed a flute duet with Astronaut Cady Coleman, during her mission aboard the International Space Station, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin.

A sequel to Thick As a Brick, entitled Thick As a Brick 2, was released on April 3, 2012. It is billed as being performed by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson instead of being a Tull album proper. Anderson is currently on tour performing both albums in their entirety. A trailer for the newer TAAB album is posted on YouTube.