Ian A. Anderson

Ian A. Anderson (born 26 July 1947, Weston-super-Mare, England) is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster.

Country Blues, The Village Thing and "Psych Folk"

Ian first performed in his home town of Weston-super-Mare as a member of the Backwater Jook Band and came to prominence as a member of the Bristol based country blues scene of the mid to late 1960s, performing live and on record, both solo, with Al Jones and Elliott Jackson as the trio "Anderson Jones Jackson", and as a duo with Mike Cooper. The middle initial was added at a later date to avoid confusion with Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull.

After two EPS, he recorded his first album Stereo Death Breakdown as Ian Anderson’s Country Blues Band, which was released by Liberty/United Artists in 1969.

In December 1969, with John Turner, he conceived the record label The Village Thing, for which he was also a producer. The label released two dozen albums by mostly British and American artists between 1970 and 1974 including LPs by Wizz Jones, Sun Also Rises, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, Steve Tilston, Dave Evans, Fred Wedlock, Al Jones, Derroll Adams, Hunt & Turner, Lackey & Sweeney, Chris Thompson, Dave Peabody and Noel Murphy as well as three by Anderson himself.