I don't he is claiming it is Tull. But to be honest with you, Ian's voice and the band he has now is pale and dire immitaion of the Jethro Tull I love.
Martin is a nice fellow. Time has taken its toll on all of them. Shame there is so much animosity between them. Ian is not ageing gracefully in terms of his attitude at all.
Dan Crisp, the vocalist in Barre's band, has a very similar vocal tone to early Anderson. In face, he sounds more like Ian than Ian does. Ian is using a stand in these days because his voice is in such rough shape.... I have seen Martin and his band 3 times and they have been much more enjoyable (to me) than the times I've seen Ian and his band.
@@macfinnh thing is they should all stop. Martin Barre and Ian Anderson are now shadows of themselves. Same with John Bon Jovi. They are now bloody bores. I’ve seen them all when they were young and dynamic dynamite. It’s gone that magic and they don’t even realise it. Going to see a Rammstien concert in Cardiff and I’m sure it will be 100 times better.
In contrast to other opinions - Tull without Martin aint Tull. No doubt that IA was the driver behind the band, songwriter etc but the contribution that MB made to that band was immense and one of the most 'under the radar' guitarists ever. I notice that IA, having 'denounced' Tull has released a Tull album 'The Zealot Gene'. I have everything that Tull/I.A ever released but I didn't bother with that - I.A is writing the same song (with a shot voice) over and over again. the last few times I saw Tull (with Martin), it was obvious that they were coasting, the same 'safe' set and I note that Martin is visiting Tull stuff that they never did! More power to him.
Martin's thoughts are very interesting, and they accord with my feelings about the old albums. Stand Up was great, and Benefit was even better. There was something magical about the guitar+bass sound of Martin and Glenn Cornick. Something was lost when Glenn left before Aqualung.
I seen Tull at the Alexandria Roller rink in March of 1969 and again in 1971 for the Aqualung album. Right after the release of Stand Up. I was floored by Martins playing. Being able to switch key and tone effortlessly. Today I can not recall the vocals. But the music plays clearly in my head. It was great seeing the band in a roller rink with a couple of thousand people. Where you knew most of them and the music was personal.
what a lovely interview, Martin always comes over very warm and friendly and a very intelligent musician, the perfect partner for Ian Andersons creative genius. Barry as always is great. thank you really enjoyed this one
Benefit is my favourite Tull album. As a kid, I listened to it over and over again. I’m just about to get my ancient Uni ravaged copy out to figure the bum notes!!
Mr.Martin"Lancelot"Barre is the hero of my childhood and his guitar playing is outstanding and superb. Every Tull album he played on it is amazing and to me he gave Jethro Tull the right input. His solo albums are really great stuff too and i dig them all. He accompanied me almost my whole life. In everything he has always remained very humble, a great personality.
Hey HP don't forget Ian Anderson said "I wrote every note of every song "that's so much Bovine scatology it's unfriggin beleavable 😀😀Listen to the AQUALUNG solo ,there is no way.
@@Jermeister12 I asked because I've read interviews with Mr. Anderson where he freely credited other members of the band with contributing musical material to various Tull albums. And if you look at the liner notes for Under Wraps (for instance), various band members are credited with the music from track to track along with Ian.
@@c.a.t.732 Ok ,maybe I'm wrong I just know I still love the music but I just can't stand Ian Anderson. I'm 1000% behind Martin Barre .Ian just gets on my last nerve.
It is very cool to see how he thinks. In his interviews, I always have to change how I picture his personality, I have my mental "stage" image of Martin and my "real" Martin from the interviews.
Stand Up is probably my all-time favourite rock album. The only possible competition may be Camel's Snow Goose. The atmosphere that those albums create is something else really. And an average listener like me doesn't give a **** about the music's naivety or imperfection. I know what I like.
I LOVED Stand Up ! Had it been the first Tull album, I think it would have received universal acclaim and approval. But because it was SO different from This Was, it was almost viewed as a kind of musical betrayal. I heard Stand Up BEFORE I heard This Was, so it just struck me how brilliant and unique it was. And, for me, still is.
I won’t use the word underrated as it is used way too much on you tube but Martin Barre is certainly under recognized. He is one of the great rock guitarists for sure
Let’s face most of the world’s finest guitarists are not household names ie apart from other players who would know Lawrence Huber Martin Taylor Jan Akkerman
Lovely interview that Barry. Martin always comes across as a modest and charming bloke, whether on stage or talking music. His band are great live too. Really enjoyed that.
We saw Martin’s band last summer in Victoria Vancouver Island and was the best live show I’d seen in years…Martin moved and performed like a man a third his age…and Clive Bunker sat in for the entirety of Aqualung as a bonus. As a 72 year old man who first saw The Beatles at 13 that’s saying a lot. Brilliant show!
Benefit is the first Jethro Tull album I bought and To Cry You a Song was the piece that first caught my attention in 1970. I was totally unaware of Jethro Tull. When I first heard that song on the radio, I did not catch the name of the group. Something about it got me so curious about who the band was I searched until I found Jethro Tull and Benefit. Still my favorite Jethro Tull album. Still my favorite song by the group.
Martin still plays with brilliance, fun, energy, and love for the music. He's great live and I'd rather see him than 95% of "current" bands. I don't care whether what he's doing compares with what Tull was doing in the 1970s.
I have nothing but immense respect for Martin. He is humble yet direct and always looking to develop his craft. I attended his concert in my hometown about three years ago and was utterly surprised to see he has lost none of his facility with the guitar. He had a great band and it was wonderful to see him up close after over forty years as a fan.
Agree - his guitar playing was pretty awesome on everything Tull did. That burst guitar he does in Minstrel in the Gallery and parts of Broadsword and the Beast is superb.
How thrilling to see you interview The Maestro! I've seen his solo shows and his band sounds more like JT than JT currently does! Not that it matters, Martin's wonderful solo material ("The Meeting," "Stage Left," etc. stands on its own! Thanks, Barry.
Hats off to Martin for restraint and humility on the Grateful Dead, a band I really like and saw live a few times towards the end of their time with Garcia. This typifies why it appears he is so respected- because he gives respect to others in his interviews.
I would love it if they would do the entire minstrel in the gallery album, because I don't believe they ever performed Baker street muse live, and that's one of the best songs ever created by Jethro Tull. But Passion play would be phenomammal I would cross the country to hear That album
Thanks for bringing the fabulous Martin Barre to our homes, one of the most underrated guitarists in Rock's history. He is fantastic. God bless you Martin
The great Martin Barre. Thanks for all your brilliant music I feel privileged to have seen you with Tull. Hope to see you with your new band in the UK. Cheers.🇬🇧
I would rate Benefit as a better overall album than Aqualung. I've always found Aqualung to be a bit uneven. Benefit might not have quite as many highs as Aqualung, but it is the more consistently solid record.
I bought 8 or 9 Tull albums from Stand Up on. ●Now at 70 years old I find BENEFIT and Stand up are my favorites. Especially BENEFIT ! Out of the thousand albums I've BOUGHT Benefit is in top 5. LIVING in the Past 3rd fav. I truly love the bassline....some of thee best eathy tone bass ever. Composition, structure, was superb by all other instruments. The songs had emotive balance of great beauty.
What a great interview ! You asked some really great questions, and you allowed Martin to answer, which is very rare by interviewers now days. they all seem to wanna talk over the interviewee, But your interview was really good. Of course there's always a question I would like to hear asked, but you know you can never get everything out there, but you did a really good job. I just want to say thank you for your knowledge of the band, and asking so many good questions...
My first tull experience was when my cousin brought home stand up lp..who's tull?? Well since 1969.. stand up is to me the best and most quirky lp tull ever did..then I got to see them with gentle giant..the greatest concert ever seen..and Martin Barre the best guitarist I ever saw..thanks to mr.barre for the phenomenal music and what a great channel..Thanks for the music
I thought it was so cool that after I got the album Aqualung ( ny first album), that I realized there were other albums, and that they were so different ... and then came TAAB ... WOW! What a group.
Ian Anderson touring one more time feels eerily similar to Phil Collins with Genesis on the last tour: Like both went to the well one more time too many ... :(
Really nice interview. I really wish, like a lot of people I suspect, that the Anderson, Barre, Bunker & Cornick line up had stayed together a bit longer. Benefit remains one of my absolute favourite Tull records. There are some odd sounds and effects on there but the songs are fantastic. Keep going Martin, love that you go back into the Tull catalogue and pick out long forgotten gems perhaps never played live.
Those odd sounds are fantastic too, particularly in 'With You There To Help Me'. Such a haunting, isolated sound. The message coming through the music is, "We don't care how unusual it is; we're going to make it work anyway!". Pure chutzpah and it works.
One thing of Martin's I really liked was his instrumentals he played on Ian's breaks. Trio Instrumental. That and others is as good or better than any other rock guitarist out there living or dead. If he could do an album of that kind of stuff without the dreadful vocals I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Exciting to hear of all the future new and reconstituted material hopefully to be released in the near future - and great choices made by Martin. 'Under Wraps' played with 70's instruments would be interesting, I think Tull went a little too far with that one.
Yes was the first band I saw as a 15 year old in the summer of 1971. I thought they were amazing, but then the headliner Jethro Tull hit the stage and they were absolutely explosive opening with My God, made me a lifelong fan. One thing I always loved about Tull was that as powerful and virtuosic as they were, they came off as complete clowns onstage, unlike those slightly too precious bands like Yes who seemed almost overly sincere. The combination of Anderson, Barre, Evans, Hammon-Hammond and Evans was the best band I ever saw, and I attended all of their tours, they were magical. The 1972 Thick as a Brick concert was heads and tails above any other that I attended by any band.
There are 3 guitarists who have inspired my playing, in order, Pete Townshend, Martin Barre and Davey Johnstone. Martin and Davey don’t get the recognition (respect?) they deserve from the general public but without the music created by these 3 amazing musicians I might not have ever picked up a guitar or smiled from ear to ear laying on my back in a dimly lit room reading liner notes. Thanks for this!
Benefit was Tulls sound that was my Cup of Tull Tea..Saw them play Benefit and Stand Up material in '70 Red Rocks amphitheater Colo.Glenn Cornick Clive Ian Martin and John Evan
Martin live ain't Tull but on any given night he plays, I can't imagine a better place to be. The original material on his solo and MB Band albums is very strong. Very.
Geez, now I want to send Martin a Grateful Dead song certainly not to try to indoctrinate him, but just because I think he'd like and my personal fave of their repertoire and a deeper cut than radio friendly Dead.
Martin is just the nicest, most modest, man imaginable - never utters a bad word about anyone - including about Ian, his life-partner for 45 years, who let him down very badly. Modest as a person, Martin has never had doubts or inhibitions on stage - and his input gave almost as much to Tull’s idiosyncratic creativity as Ian’s. OK, Ian did most of the “writing” but without Martins interpretations, arrangements and phrasing, much of the catalogue would not have worked nearly as well. (Thick as a Brick being a prime example.) I love Martin’s music, and although I mourn the passing of Tull, I think the split was actually (eventually) good for Martin’s creative soul. Every success for the future, fellow Brummie. You made my life just a little better.
Once you understand the dynamics, interactions of Tull members (this according to members over the years) you wouldn't exclude or criticize Martin's modern performances of JT classics. Martin Barre had independent creativity when it came to "his" part in any given song, a "blank canvas".
So if Martin's going to give us his top 5 albums, I'll give him my Top 5 Tull albums. Out the front is Bursting Out. And in equal second place is Benefit, Songs from the Wood, Broadsword and the Beast and Crest of a Knave.
Neither Stand Up or Benefit is as good as Ian Anderson's masterpieces Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play.There is nothing like those 2 albums in the entire history of Music.
Did Martin say that he was happy with his version of My God? I looked it up on RUclips and was quite underwhelmed unfortunately. There's no doubt the flute and piano in the original give the song extra dimensions that Martin's current band simply can't match.
In a way it's like seeing a Jethro Tull Cover band but with an original member of Jethro Tull when I Saw Martin and his band in February of this year performing all of the Aqualung album. It was good seeing Martin again who to me is an underrated Guitar player.
Very good analysis of the music at that time. I saw them every year in Brussels, after every new album they came out. Genesis was like that, for Yes I had to wait until 1978 to see them live. Jethro Tull was the best live band I've seen reproducing the sound of their records. They were always funny too. If you see how everything then evolved towards greeting record companies and more predictable music, such a shame.
I try to see Martin and his band every time they come through my area. I've met and spoken to him after a show. He is a super nice, approachable guy. Thank you for this interview I enjoyed it very much.
Mate, you are very cool to get these musicians on camera and interview. Good for you. Wow, how do you do this besides your impeccable reputation. I truly enjoyed this.
@@classicalbum You bet , I love your show, your dialogue I am a music buff first class with an amazing collection never just go one style. (exception Rap, never interested me) my father was a crooner very famous in central Europe 50ties - 80ties. sold over 7. million records and did 17 movies, I grew up with music. I met so many, especially David Bowie. (RIP) your show is the BEST. Thanks for loving the music and bring all this to us. Wish I could have a pint with you , Music discussions never end. Great Music and good food keep us together.
I agree with Martin about Benefit being a step-up from Stand Up because once they got John Evans to play keyboards and that seemed to allow Martin to play more melodic, as well as complex parts for songs such as To Cry You a Song, Nothing to Say, Alive and Well and Living In etc. It also allowed Ian and Martin to weave their parts together, whether Ian was playing acoustic or, as in To Cry You a Song, electric, along with the rich harmonic underpinning of Glenn's bass parts, which were so good.
Aqualung would have been a much better album if Tull/ Ian had kept Cornick on bass for that last effort. Could have moved on to Hammond and Barlow for TAAB, for the more Prog sound.
Ah yes. The lovely Martin Barre. I am thrilled to hear that he likes some of the material from Under Wraps. I agree that if the album could be remixed without the electronic drums it might make it even greater than it is. Count me in to get the box set or whatever set up he is working on. That sounds intriguing. Great interview Barry
Having heard Martin himself say in a recent interview that some other members (including John Evans) had contributed lots of uncredited material to Jethro Tull, in particular for "Thick As A Brick" - so around the height of their creativity and popularity - I'd say no, Dee is wrong.
Question: Why is Martin out playing Tull's music , but is no longer a member of a band where he is sorely missed ?? It would be great and he would "rejuvenate" Tull. Love his playing anyway..
@@NelsonMontana1234 He actually did perform original music with Tull, often while Ian was on a "pibroch". (He references that music at the 25:44 mark in this interview.)
Because Ian ended Tull in 2011 to perform under his own name with his solo band (he has recently resurrected the Tull name). Martin, as he stated in the interview is catching up, post pandemic with Tull 50th anniversary dates, hence the material. For most of his solo career prior to this, his sets have largely contained music from his numerous solo albums.
@@NelsonMontana1234 Actually, it was. Not only his contributions to recorded works, but he regularly performed an instrumental track of his composition during Tull gigs.
Saw Martin on tour a few months ago in Florida. Fantastic show! One of the best I've seen in the last decade. The band really seemed like they were having fun.
How can you tour aqualung without Ian? Hmm. Like Martin but ain’t Tull without Ian
I don't he is claiming it is Tull. But to be honest with you, Ian's voice and the band he has now is pale and dire immitaion of the Jethro Tull I love.
Martin is a nice fellow. Time has taken its toll on all of them. Shame there is so much animosity between them. Ian is not ageing gracefully in terms of his attitude at all.
Understand ages etc. But can’t tour aqualung without Ian flute and voice.
Dan Crisp, the vocalist in Barre's band, has a very similar vocal tone to early Anderson. In face, he sounds more like Ian than Ian does. Ian is using a stand in these days because his voice is in such rough shape.... I have seen Martin and his band 3 times and they have been much more enjoyable (to me) than the times I've seen Ian and his band.
@@macfinnh thing is they should all stop. Martin Barre and Ian Anderson are now shadows of themselves. Same with John Bon Jovi. They are now bloody bores.
I’ve seen them all when they were young and dynamic dynamite. It’s gone that magic and they don’t even realise it.
Going to see a Rammstien concert in Cardiff and I’m sure it will be 100 times better.
In contrast to other opinions - Tull without Martin aint Tull. No doubt that IA was the driver behind the band, songwriter etc but the contribution that MB made to that band was immense and one of the most 'under the radar' guitarists ever. I notice that IA, having 'denounced' Tull has released a Tull album 'The Zealot Gene'. I have everything that Tull/I.A ever released but I didn't bother with that - I.A is writing the same song (with a shot voice) over and over again. the last few times I saw Tull (with Martin), it was obvious that they were coasting, the same 'safe' set and I note that Martin is visiting Tull stuff that they never did! More power to him.
Stand Up and Benefit are still some of my favorite Tull albums
Great albums
Same here
My two favorites.
I also loved the This Was album with Mick Abrahams.
@@paulinwoburn9680 me too also I have the first and second Blodwyn Pig records 😎
Martin's thoughts are very interesting, and they accord with my feelings about the old albums. Stand Up was great, and Benefit was even better. There was something magical about the guitar+bass sound of Martin and Glenn Cornick. Something was lost when Glenn left before Aqualung.
I seen Tull at the Alexandria Roller rink in March of 1969 and again in 1971 for the Aqualung album. Right after the release of Stand Up. I was floored by Martins playing. Being able to switch key and tone effortlessly. Today I can not recall the vocals. But the music plays clearly in my head. It was great seeing the band in a roller rink with a couple of thousand people. Where you knew most of them and the music was personal.
what a lovely interview, Martin always comes over very warm and friendly and a very intelligent musician, the perfect partner for Ian Andersons creative genius. Barry as always is great. thank you really enjoyed this one
Glad you enjoyed it
Benefit is my favourite Tull album. As a kid, I listened to it over and over again. I’m just about to get my ancient Uni ravaged copy out to figure the bum notes!!
Love Tull and Martin Barre!!!! 😎
Mr.Martin"Lancelot"Barre is the hero of my childhood and his guitar playing is outstanding and superb. Every Tull album he played on it is amazing and to me he gave Jethro Tull the right input. His solo albums are really great stuff too and i dig them all. He accompanied me almost my whole life. In everything he has always remained very humble, a great personality.
Hey HP don't forget Ian Anderson said "I wrote every note of every song "that's so much Bovine scatology it's unfriggin beleavable 😀😀Listen to the AQUALUNG solo ,there is no way.
@@Jermeister12 When did Anderson say that?
@@c.a.t.732 To tell you the truth I don't remember.I just know he said it.
Sorry but that's the TRUTH.
@@Jermeister12 I asked because I've read interviews with Mr. Anderson where he freely credited other members of the band with contributing musical material to various Tull albums. And if you look at the liner notes for Under Wraps (for instance), various band members are credited with the music from track to track along with Ian.
@@c.a.t.732 Ok ,maybe I'm wrong I just know I still love the music but I just can't stand Ian Anderson.
I'm 1000% behind Martin Barre .Ian just gets on my last nerve.
Love hearing Martin’s perspectives and opinions. He nicely expresses what he likes and doesn’t like.
It is very cool to see how he thinks. In his interviews, I always have to change how I picture his personality, I have my mental "stage" image of Martin and my "real" Martin from the interviews.
I believe, A Passion Play made them all better Musicians.
Brilliant interview- Martin comes across as very honest, open and a warm personality.
Stand Up is probably my all-time favourite rock album. The only possible competition may be Camel's Snow Goose. The atmosphere that those albums create is something else really. And an average listener like me doesn't give a **** about the music's naivety or imperfection. I know what I like.
I do agree with you considering Stand Up as JT best album ever...👍👏👏👏
I LOVED Stand Up ! Had it been the first Tull album, I think it would have received universal acclaim and approval. But because it was SO different from This Was, it was almost viewed as a kind of musical betrayal.
I heard Stand Up BEFORE I heard This Was, so it just struck me how brilliant and unique it was. And, for me, still is.
Yes. Agreed. Benefit for me was #1 with STAND UP a close 2nd . Both albums are in my top 10 of all time.
I won’t use the word underrated as it is used way too much on you tube but Martin Barre is certainly under recognized. He is one of the great rock guitarists for sure
Let’s face most of the world’s finest guitarists are not household names ie apart from other players who would know Lawrence Huber Martin Taylor Jan Akkerman
ian was so wrong to get rid of Martin and what ian did in 1980 was also wrong
Lovely interview that Barry. Martin always comes across as a modest and charming bloke, whether on stage or talking music. His band are great live too. Really enjoyed that.
Thanks for listening
We saw Martin’s band last summer in Victoria Vancouver Island and was the best live show I’d seen in years…Martin moved and performed like a man a third his age…and Clive Bunker sat in for the entirety of Aqualung as a bonus. As a 72 year old man who first saw The Beatles at 13 that’s saying a lot. Brilliant show!
What a humble guy, Martin is. With his legacy, he still strives forward.
Passion Play is by far my favorite Tull album. Would love to see Martin play it live.
Yes. Wow! I saw them on the Passion Play tour and it totally blew my mind!
Benefit is the first Jethro Tull album I bought and To Cry You a Song was the piece that first caught my attention in 1970. I was totally unaware of Jethro Tull. When I first heard that song on the radio, I did not catch the name of the group. Something about it got me so curious about who the band was I searched until I found Jethro Tull and Benefit. Still my favorite Jethro Tull album. Still my favorite song by the group.
Woohoo, love Martin Barre. Thanks for bringing this to us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Martin still plays with brilliance, fun, energy, and love for the music. He's great live and I'd rather see him than 95% of "current" bands. I don't care whether what he's doing compares with what Tull was doing in the 1970s.
I have nothing but immense respect for Martin. He is humble yet direct and always looking to develop his craft. I attended his concert in my hometown about three years ago and was utterly surprised to see he has lost none of his facility with the guitar. He had a great band and it was wonderful to see him up close after over forty years as a fan.
His guitar on We Used to Know is awesome .
Agree - his guitar playing was pretty awesome on everything Tull did. That burst guitar he does in Minstrel in the Gallery and parts of Broadsword and the Beast is superb.
👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️❤️
How thrilling to see you interview The Maestro! I've seen his solo shows and his band sounds more like JT than JT currently does! Not that it matters, Martin's wonderful solo material ("The Meeting," "Stage Left," etc. stands on its own! Thanks, Barry.
Hats off to Martin for restraint and humility on the Grateful Dead, a band I really like and saw live a few times towards the end of their time with Garcia. This typifies why it appears he is so respected- because he gives respect to others in his interviews.
I would love it if they would do the entire minstrel in the gallery album, because I don't believe they ever performed Baker street muse live, and that's one of the best songs ever created by Jethro Tull. But Passion play would be phenomammal I would cross the country to hear That album
Great interview. Love the fact he referred to the "pandemic" as "Covid Shit."
Wonderful interview with sharp questions. And really awaiting now the 3 CD package, Martin. That idea is smashing.
Thanks for bringing the fabulous Martin Barre to our homes, one of the most underrated guitarists in Rock's history. He is fantastic. God bless you Martin
The great Martin Barre. Thanks for all your brilliant music I feel privileged to have seen you with Tull. Hope to see you with your new band in the UK. Cheers.🇬🇧
I would rate Benefit as a better overall album than Aqualung. I've always found Aqualung to be a bit uneven. Benefit might not have quite as many highs as Aqualung, but it is the more consistently solid record.
I bought 8 or 9 Tull albums from Stand Up on.
●Now at 70 years old I find BENEFIT and Stand up are my favorites. Especially BENEFIT ! Out of the thousand albums I've BOUGHT Benefit is in top 5.
LIVING in the Past 3rd fav.
I truly love the bassline....some of thee best eathy tone bass ever.
Composition, structure, was superb by all other instruments. The songs had emotive balance of great beauty.
1. A Passion Play 2. Aqualang 3. Stand Up 4. Minstrel Gallery 5. Storm Watch
What a great interview ! You asked some really great questions, and you allowed Martin to answer, which is very rare by interviewers now days. they all seem to wanna talk over the interviewee, But your interview was really good. Of course there's always a question I would like to hear asked, but you know you can never get everything out there, but you did a really good job. I just want to say thank you for your knowledge of the band, and asking so many good questions...
I wish Martin would play "Play In Time". AND actually figure out how to pull off the wacked out guitar break live. It would be otherworldly.
King of the Barre chords
My first tull experience was when my cousin brought home stand up lp..who's tull?? Well since 1969.. stand up is to me the best and most quirky lp tull ever did..then I got to see them with gentle giant..the greatest concert ever seen..and Martin Barre the best guitarist I ever saw..thanks to mr.barre for the phenomenal music and what a great channel..Thanks for the music
I thought it was so cool that after I got the album Aqualung ( ny first album), that I realized there were other albums, and that they were so different ... and then came TAAB ... WOW! What a group.
Wow - Martin's putting out a 3 CD album!
Great interview. Martin was just perfect for Jethro Tull.
Ian Anderson touring one more time feels eerily similar to Phil Collins with Genesis on the last tour: Like both went to the well one more time too many ... :(
Fascinating insight into how Martin thinks and makes me appreciate him even more . A true genius and always was a major part of the classic Tull sound
Really nice interview. I really wish, like a lot of people I suspect, that the Anderson, Barre, Bunker & Cornick line up had stayed together a bit longer. Benefit remains one of my absolute favourite Tull records. There are some odd sounds and effects on there but the songs are fantastic. Keep going Martin, love that you go back into the Tull catalogue and pick out long forgotten gems perhaps never played live.
Agreed that Martin Barre very under rated. As Tull guitarist. His sound his leads his rhythm all precise and emotional
@@danclark3377 He's a great combination of steady guitarist sprinkled with exactly the right amount of tone and flamboyance.
Those odd sounds are fantastic too, particularly in 'With You There To Help Me'. Such a haunting, isolated sound. The message coming through the music is, "We don't care how unusual it is; we're going to make it work anyway!". Pure chutzpah and it works.
One thing of Martin's I really liked was his instrumentals he played on Ian's breaks. Trio Instrumental. That and others is as good or better than any other rock guitarist out there living or dead. If he could do an album of that kind of stuff without the dreadful vocals I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Exciting to hear of all the future new and reconstituted material hopefully to be released in the near future - and great choices made by Martin. 'Under Wraps' played with 70's instruments would be interesting, I think Tull went a little too far with that one.
Thanks for this, Martin is one of the greats.
Couldn't agree more!
"I'm very opinionated, but only in my own home. And that's where it needs to stay." Wise words that many people could take to heart.
bless martin barre...no martin barre no JT...imho
Yes was the first band I saw as a 15 year old in the summer of 1971. I thought they were amazing, but then the headliner Jethro Tull hit the stage and they were absolutely explosive opening with My God, made me a lifelong fan. One thing I always loved about Tull was that as powerful and virtuosic as they were, they came off as complete clowns onstage, unlike those slightly too precious bands like Yes who seemed almost overly sincere. The combination of Anderson, Barre, Evans, Hammon-Hammond and Evans was the best band I ever saw, and I attended all of their tours, they were magical. The 1972 Thick as a Brick concert was heads and tails above any other that I attended by any band.
Great Story ❤🎸 I'm Fan since 1970 in East-Berlin
I anderstand your Emotions. Greetings from Berlin 👍
Excellent musician. Pleasure to listen to the insights of this old pro.
love this interview with Martin.His live in NY cd is fabulous.
There are 3 guitarists who have inspired my playing, in order, Pete Townshend, Martin Barre and Davey Johnstone. Martin and Davey don’t get the recognition (respect?) they deserve from the general public but without the music created by these 3 amazing musicians I might not have ever picked up a guitar or smiled from ear to ear laying on my back in a dimly lit room reading liner notes. Thanks for this!
Interesting point about SFTW, HH and Stormwatch - I've always grouped them in my mind as having a similar sound and similar themes.
Benefit was Tulls sound that was my Cup of Tull Tea..Saw them play Benefit and Stand Up material in '70 Red Rocks amphitheater Colo.Glenn Cornick Clive Ian Martin and John Evan
I been following Martin for many years I got my style of playing through him in my opinion there’s nobody better
One big reason "Benefit" is better than "Stand Up" (though I love them both),
John Evan
Martin live ain't Tull but on any given night he plays, I can't imagine a better place to be. The original material on his solo and MB Band albums is very strong. Very.
Geez, now I want to send Martin a Grateful Dead song certainly not to try to indoctrinate him, but just because I think he'd like and my personal fave of their repertoire and a deeper cut than radio friendly Dead.
They are a very eclectic band. For rock fans, there is always something to enjoy in their catalog even if people don’t realise it yet.
Martin is just the nicest, most modest, man imaginable - never utters a bad word about anyone - including about Ian, his life-partner for 45 years, who let him down very badly.
Modest as a person, Martin has never had doubts or inhibitions on stage - and his input gave almost as much to Tull’s idiosyncratic creativity as Ian’s. OK, Ian did most of the “writing” but without Martins interpretations, arrangements and phrasing, much of the catalogue would not have worked nearly as well. (Thick as a Brick being a prime example.)
I love Martin’s music, and although I mourn the passing of Tull, I think the split was actually (eventually) good for Martin’s creative soul.
Every success for the future, fellow Brummie. You made my life just a little better.
He is such an amazing original musician....!!!!
And a real gentlemen..!
Once you understand the dynamics, interactions of Tull members (this according to members over the years) you wouldn't exclude or criticize Martin's modern performances of JT classics. Martin Barre had independent creativity when it came to "his" part in any given song, a "blank canvas".
So if Martin's going to give us his top 5 albums, I'll give him my Top 5 Tull albums.
Out the front is Bursting Out. And in equal second place is Benefit, Songs from the Wood, Broadsword and the Beast and Crest of a Knave.
Benefit is such a great album.
Neither Stand Up or Benefit is as good as Ian Anderson's masterpieces Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play.There is nothing like those 2 albums in the entire history of Music.
Did Martin say that he was happy with his version of My God? I looked it up on RUclips and was quite underwhelmed unfortunately. There's no doubt the flute and piano in the original give the song extra dimensions that Martin's current band simply can't match.
Thank you very much for the excellent interview.
In a way it's like seeing a Jethro Tull Cover band but with an original member of Jethro Tull when I Saw Martin and his band in February of this year performing all of the Aqualung album. It was good seeing Martin again who to me is an underrated Guitar player.
Greetings from Venezuela! 🇻🇪
Very good analysis of the music at that time. I saw them every year in Brussels, after every new album they came out. Genesis was like that, for Yes I had to wait until 1978 to see them live. Jethro Tull was the best live band I've seen reproducing the sound of their records. They were always funny too. If you see how everything then evolved towards greeting record companies and more predictable music, such a shame.
I try to see Martin and his band every time they come through my area. I've met and spoken to him after a show. He is a super nice, approachable guy. Thank you for this interview I enjoyed it very much.
My pleasure. Do check out my other videos.
I do... I really like your channel
Great to hear he wants to revisit his Tull instrumentals! Hidden gems.
To me, Martin's guitar never sounded better than on Benefit....
fantastic musician and for me the bedst guitarplayer ever.
Mate, you are very cool to get these musicians on camera and interview. Good for you. Wow, how do you do this besides your impeccable reputation. I truly enjoyed this.
I don't know, my channel has reach I guess.
Great Guitarist
@@classicalbum You bet , I love your show, your dialogue I am a music buff first class with an amazing collection never just go one style. (exception Rap, never interested me) my father was a crooner very famous in central Europe 50ties - 80ties. sold over 7. million records and did 17 movies, I grew up with music. I met so many, especially David Bowie. (RIP) your show is the BEST. Thanks for loving the music and bring all this to us. Wish I could have a pint with you , Music discussions never end. Great Music and good food keep us together.
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What a nice man - and a great guitarist
Ian Anderson is fortunate that MB tolerated so many flute solos instead of insisting on more guitar.
I agree with Martin about Benefit being a step-up from Stand Up because once they got John Evans to play keyboards and that seemed to allow Martin to play more melodic, as well as complex parts for songs such as To Cry You a Song, Nothing to Say, Alive and Well and Living In etc. It also allowed Ian and Martin to weave their parts together, whether Ian was playing acoustic or, as in To Cry You a Song, electric, along with the rich harmonic underpinning of Glenn's bass parts, which were so good.
Aqualung would have been a much better album if Tull/ Ian had kept Cornick on bass for that last effort.
Could have moved on to Hammond and Barlow for TAAB, for the more Prog sound.
I'm from Venezuela. Curious Who is this Guy
I must have been around 10 or 12 when i first heard A Passion Play. It blew my mind cpmpletely
It's Martin Barre from Jethro Tull :-)
That Martin Barre is a great bloke.
He invented the single hand shape you can play many chords up and down the fretboard?
I've been wishing that Martin would record some of his epic Tull instrumentals. happy to hear that it is happening
Yes and Tull. Wish I'd'a seen it. Two major faves.
Great interview. Jethro Tull are one of my favorite bands. I saw them most recently a couple of years ago and it wasn't the same without Martin Barre.
Excellent. I am so looking forward to seeing him in July. It is going to be great.
The great Martin!. Loved the interview
Ah yes. The lovely Martin Barre. I am thrilled to hear that he likes some of the material from Under Wraps. I agree that if the album could be remixed without the electronic drums it might make it even greater than it is. Count me in to get the box set or whatever set up he is working on. That sounds intriguing. Great interview Barry
See you at the end the end of June!!! 🙂👍🎸
Exciting to see this. Thanks for the interview.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Attended a Tull concert 20 years. Martin was phenomenal.
''Ian Anderson IS Jethro Tull'' Dee (née David) Palmer
Having heard Martin himself say in a recent interview that some other members (including John Evans) had contributed lots of uncredited material to Jethro Tull, in particular for "Thick As A Brick" - so around the height of their creativity and popularity - I'd say no, Dee is wrong.
A living legend of a guitarist. Hoping to catch him in Ontario next month!
Sorry to all rock Mussos , the fans got the vote , for once
Question: Why is Martin out playing Tull's music , but is no longer a member of a band where he is sorely missed ?? It would be great and he would "rejuvenate" Tull. Love his playing anyway..
Because at least he can do some of his own music which would never be allowed in Tull.
@@NelsonMontana1234 He actually did perform original music with Tull, often while Ian was on a "pibroch". (He references that music at the 25:44 mark in this interview.)
Because Ian ended Tull in 2011 to perform under his own name with his solo band (he has recently resurrected the Tull name). Martin, as he stated in the interview is catching up, post pandemic with Tull 50th anniversary dates, hence the material. For most of his solo career prior to this, his sets have largely contained music from his numerous solo albums.
@@NelsonMontana1234 Actually, it was. Not only his contributions to recorded works, but he regularly performed an instrumental track of his composition during Tull gigs.
Ian won’t pay his slice as his co band member he just pays sessionists who mark time with whatever Ian says
Saw Martin on tour a few months ago in Florida. Fantastic show! One of the best I've seen in the last decade. The band really seemed like they were having fun.
Cool!
Great interview. Two lovely chaps.
Fantastic interview thoroughly enjoyed watching 👍
A great Brummie, typically modest
Fantastic interview with an absolute legendary guitarist!
Martin what a great guitarist and a lovely man.