The 1980s brought new elements to Jethro Tull’s music. Following on from Ian Anderson’s would-be solo album A, and The Broadsword And The Beast’s folk-synth hybrid, came a more solid electronic sound. The recently reissued Under Wraps and Anderson’s true solo debut, Walk Into Light, harnessed the latest technology and the talents of new keyboardist Peter-John Vettese. Anderson takes Prog on a journey through their creation.
Where does Jethro Tull end and Ian Anderson begin? The longtime leader of the British prog institution was forced to ponder that question at the turn of the 1980s, when his eagerness to explore new creative pastures had him to put the band he’d led for 12 years on hold.
