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Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers
It was October 15, 1965 when 18-year-old Ian Anderson travelled from Blackpool to Manchester to see the fourth visit to Britain of The American Folk Blues Festival. A rolling revue of blues legends, the original event was the brainchild of German promoters …