Want to talk to him? Rockline, hosted by Bob Coburn, on Wednesday, March 28th will hold a Q & A with the legend. The show starts at 11:30 PM (EST) and fans are encouraged to speak with Anderson by calling 1-800-344-ROCK.
In celebration of the tour and sequal to "Thick As A Brick", which begins in the States on April 4, the publicity junket begins!
Thick As A Brick, 40 years ago was lyrically credited to a fictitious characher named Gerald Bostock. His life and times so too speak and his parents who supposedly 'lied about his age of 12'. So now, all these years later this fictious boy is 50. Thick As A Brick the sequel will pick up on events in Geralds life. The schoolboy has grown up and with him has a continued story.
A non Tull fanatic would not have known about this quirk in the album, and may not even care. To hatch a part two seems odd and risky.
Ian Anderson says of the album, “As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional 'what-if' moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?” Adding, “And those of more tender years – the social media and internet generation – may choose to ponder well the myriad of chance possibilities ahead of them at every turn…..”
Might we have become a little big in the britches?
And so, for the first time since 1972, Anderson, John O'Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) – as well as some guest performers – will take to the road to perform the album in its entirety and, it can now exclusively be revealed that, in addition, there will be a second part to the show where Anderson and the band will also perform the sequel.
Nineteen stops in the US. How freaking cool is this going to be? Who gives a crap about the boy, its pure genius even without the silly back story.
For more information go to Rocklineradio.com.