That's Ryan O'Donnell, who augmented the band on the Thick as a Brick 2 and Homo Erraticus tours. He's exactly what the band needed. Not only did he take some of the vocal load off Ian, who simply can't hack it anymore, but he also added the element of stage presence and theatricality that everyone is complaining is missing from the current band. He made great use of a simple stick as a prop, using it to mimic Ian's flute playing, holding it like a swagger stick during the march section of "Thick as a Brick," and so on. His voice suited the material very well without sounding like imitation Ian. He was a real asset to the latter-day Tull, and it's a shame he wasn't kept on.
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