{"id":973449,"date":"2019-11-12T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=911173"},"modified":"2019-11-12T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:35:29","slug":"watch-ian-anderson-preview-new-jethro-tull-book-whoopee-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/watch-ian-anderson-preview-new-jethro-tull-book-whoopee-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Ian Anderson Preview New Jethro Tull Book: \u2018Whoopee, at Last!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IanAnderson.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jethro-tull\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jethro-tull\" data-tag=\"jethro-tull\">Jethro Tull<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ian-anderson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ian-anderson\" data-tag=\"ian-anderson\">Ian Anderson<\/a> shared a charming unboxing video of sorts in which he previews a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jethro-tull-first-book-ballad-of-jethro-tull-857535\/\">illustrated history of the band<\/a>, <i>The Ballad of Jethro Tull<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The clip finds rock\u2019s most famous flautist enthusiastically admiring the tome \u2014 \u201cHot off the presses,\u201d he exclaims, shaking his hand as if the book just burned him. Anderson also flips through the book, happening upon a photo of him and the British dance troupe Pan\u2019s People without all their clothes on (\u201cGoodness me, what\u2019s all that about!\u201d), as well as a poster from one of Tull\u2019s earliest gigs at the Marquee Club in London. \u201cHope you enjoy it as much as I do,\u201d Anderson says at the end. \u201cWhoopee, at last!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Ballad of Jethro Tull <\/i>was written by Mark Blake and features contributions from past and present members of Jethro Tull. While a \u201csignature edition\u201d of the book is sold out, the classic version is still available to <a href=\"https:\/\/jethrotullbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pre-order<\/a> and will start shipping in Europe in mid-November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jethro Tull spent much of last year on the road celebrating their 50th anniversary with a massive tour that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jethro-tull-50th-anniversary-tour-2019-768352\/\">stretched into 2019<\/a>. In October, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jethro-tull-stormwatch-40th-anniversary-reissue-861050\/\">celebrated the 40th anniversary<\/a> of their 1979 album <i>Stormwatch<\/i> with a reissue featuring unreleased songs, a recording of a 1980 concert and a new remix of the original album.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-book-preview-911173\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jethro Tull\u2019s Ian Anderson shared a charming unboxing video of sorts in which he previews a new illustrated history of the band, The Ballad of Jethro Tull. The clip finds rock\u2019s most famous flautist enthusiastically admiring the tome \u2014 \u201cHot off the presses,\u201d he exclaims, shaking his hand as if the book just burned him. 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