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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Jonathan Horsley

“If you have a 16-bar guitar solo, please don’t turn into Yngwie Malmsteen orJoe Satriani”: Ian Anderson had some soloing advice for Jethro Tull’s new guitarist

[L-R] Joe Satriani wears dark shades and smiles as he solos on his Ibanez JS signature model; Ian Anderson strikes a pose as he plays the flute; Yngwie Malmsteen pulls his aviators down to give the camera some eye-contact in this portrait from 2019.

Jethro Tull are one of prog’s most uncompromising acts, one of its trailblazers, the band who give blues-rock an evolutionary push and shove into more adventurous terrain, seeking out the wide-open sonic pastures of English folk, applying classical flourishes, following their musical curiosity to see where it might take them.

But for co-founder and vocalist/flautist/acoustic guitar player Ian Anderson, that musical curiosity has to be reined in a little when it comes to lead guitar.

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