Ian Anderson – Thick As A Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? 2012

In 1972, Jethro Tull released a landmark concept album, Thick as a Brick, that contained only one almost 34 minute song spread over the two sides of the record. The album was supposedly written by a boy by the name of Gerald Bostock whose parents lied to him about his true age. The album was a major hit and cemented the group’s progressive rock reputation (hello, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).

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