Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson: perhaps Robert Plant wanted to replace me

Ian Anderson He was recently a guest of the new episode of the “Classic Album Review” podcast and, among other things, he spoke of the possibility that Robert Plantbefore becoming the frontman of the Led Zeppelin, he wanted take his place In one of the first incarnations of the Jethro Tull. During the chat, Anderson said that this probability was raised by one of the pioneers of the British blues, Alexis Kornerduring a concert that the band of “A Song for Jeffrey” kept in a club in 1968.

In remembering the episode, Ian Anderson explained:

“Korner brought Robert Plant to a date in a club that we did at the beginning of 1968, presented his protected and more or less insisted because Robert was allowed to go on stage to play with us.
I remember thinking: ‘Wait for a moment, here is under the other!’. And I found myself in the situation that I could potentially be replaced by Robert Plant in the first Jethro Tull “.

The 77 -year -old British musician added: “I did not participate. Robert went on stage and sang – I think he also played a little harmonica. He made the classic blues performance that everyone knew, and it was immediately clear that this was a voice of another planet. He had qualities, not only vowels, but also in terms of charisma. It was obvious that he would have gone very far. Aid to grow, but nothing happened. As far as I know, Alexis never made a concrete proposal to the other members of the group to become the support band of Robert, but it would not be inconceivable that Plant may have made some speech with some of them “.

On the sidelines of the interview for “Classic Album Review”, the conductor Barry Robinson then asked Ian Anderson if Plant could successfully replicate his famous pose, playing the flute being in balance on one leg: “Who knows?!”, Anderson replied: “quite plausible, yes”.

The Jethro Tull released the new album last March “Curious Ruminant“, And have several concerts in Europe, including four concerts in Italy between July and November.