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Ian Gives Cat the Finger
Ian Anderson is recovering from his recent finger drama. The day before Jethro Tull's departure to Minsk, Belarus, Ian managed to break a finger while putting out a reluctant cat during the early hours of the morning. The tendon which controls that part of the finger was torn off the joint taking a small piece of bone with it. Technically known as Mallet Finger, the condition slowly mends after about 6 - 8 weeks in a specially designed plastic splint which has to be worn continuously for the first 6 weeks. Having played the 6 shows in Belarus, Germany and Finland wearing a finger splint, Ian has adapted the G key of his flutes to allow fairly normal playing but the guitar remains difficult. Well, impossible, really. Some parts are playable with compromise using only two fingers in the left hand. Most are not. But Martin and John are covering most of the acoustic guitar parts for the next show in Spain in April as they did in Germany and Finland earlier this month. It's good to have friends. " Business as usual," says the sign on Ian's dressing-room door. Ian will remain splinted until the beginning of May. The cat may well remain splinted for longer.... webmaster's note: For the curious, Ian refuses to divulge if the cat was Rupi...after all, she is a minor and we don't want assault on her permanent record.
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