Unbelievable:Lan Anderson Rushed To The Hospital In a Critical Health Condition
Ian Anderson, the lead singer of multimillion-selling prog rock band Jethro Tull, told me in 1993 that he planned to hang up his flute in 2000. He responds today, “I suppose I was confusing myself with British Airways pilots who are out when they age 65.” “You might be able to continue playing tennis until your late 30s if you are a professional and have had all the necessary vaccinations. But, like John Wayne in a black-and-white western, those of us in the entertainment and arts industries get to die with our boots on.
When I look at Anderson’s face on my laptop screen, I could easily subtract ten years off his 74 years of age, but it is still difficult to reconcile this articulate, knowledgeable political and historical analyst with the wild hippy dervish he was in the 1970s, when he was well-known for playing his flute on one leg. The fact that his troll-like hair has long since disappeared is “both romantic and encouraging, because it means we can keep on paying our grandchildren’s school fees in our old age.” Some people who are older than me are still working. As long as Mick Jagger’s pants continue to rise and fall, everything is OK.
