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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 21, 2016 2:49:54 GMT
MB Link 1 MB Link 2 JETHRO TULL’S MARTIN BARRE BAND – AN EVENING OF BLUES, ROCK & TULLGrammy-Winning, and long time Jethro Tull lead guitarist, Martin Barre makes his Infinity Hall debut!! We couldn’t agree more with JT leader Ian Anderson, when he said “without Martin Barre, Jethro Tull could not exist.” Come see the progressive rock legend responsible for one of the most iconic solos in Rock N’ Roll history (a little ditty called, “Aqualung”) as he plays all of your favorite Jethro Tull hits and more!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 17:04:21 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 22, 2016 1:33:30 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 22, 2016 8:46:12 GMT
www.unionvilletimes.com/?p=28903The Unionville Times April 21, 2016 Classic rock fans love Jethro Tull and, whether they know it or not, also love Martin Barre. If you’re a fan of Jethro Tull, you most likely have spent many hours listening to Barre’s guitar work.
From 1968-2014, Barre and vocalist/flautist Ian Anderson formed the core of Jethro Tull. Then, Anderson pulled the plug on Jethro Tull. Now, there are two bands playing Tull music and their own music — the Martin Barre Band and the Ian Anderson Band.
Barre has had his band together for a few years and has recorded several albums. Back in December, Barre and his crew crossed the Atlantic for a North American tour and played locally at the Sellersville Theater.
Now back in the states, Barre is bringing “Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre Band — An Evening of Blues-Rock-Tull” to the The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389, http://www.ardmoremusic.com).
The band includes Dan Crisp (vocals/acoustic/bouzouki), George Lindsay (drums), Richard Beesley (horns), Alan Thomson (bass) and Barre (guitar).
Barre has released three albums in the past few years — “Martin Barre” (2012), “Away With Words” (2013) and “Back to Steel” (2015).
“We finished making ‘Back to Steel’ in November,” said Barre, during a recent phone interview. “The longest session for me was doing the lyrics. I spent well over a month working on the lyrics. I actually spent a lot of time on every aspect of the album – even on the art.
“Traditionally, I’ve written instrumentals — four-piece band originals. I wanted songs that were direct so there were very little lyrics. In the eight previous solo albums I’ve done, there were only a few songs with lyrics.
“First of all, the music has to be there. That’s the most important thing. Because I’m not a singer, it’s a challenge to write lyrics. I wrote many, many versions of songs with lyrics until I got them right.
“I’ve had my live band on the road for four years but this is our first time to tour America. I still do a lot of old Tull songs but in a way that’s more bluesy and rock. I love music to be very broad in scope. Blues is the backbone of rock.”
But, there is more to Barre’s music than just blues-rock tunes and different renditions of Jethro Tull classics. He is a world-class guitarist who knows how to explore the instrument’s wide range.
“I like melody,” said Barre. “I like dynamics. I like space. Blues is open to that. Space is important. I don’t want there to always be an onslaught of notes. Dynamics make everything work.
“Songwriting is a pleasure for me. It’s never a chore. I love arranging. I play guitar every day and come up with things that might develop into a song. Because I’m a late starter with solo work, I’m like a youngster in songwriting terms.”
In addition to numerous Jethro Tull albums, has performed or recorded with many other distinguished artists, including Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa and Chris Thompson. He has shared a stage with such legends as Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Even though Barre had worked on a few solo projects over the last 40 years, most of the time was devoted to being one of the musical mainstays of Jethro Tull. But, that ended suddenly when Anderson opted to follow a different road.
“The end of Jethro Tull—I didn’t see it coming,” said Barre. “It was a difficult time for me. It took me about six months to sort out what I need to be doing. Now, I’m so happy. I have a great band and it’s going great. I’m very happy now.
“People who see our band play get a great Tull experience. I feel like I’m carrying the tradition.”
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 22, 2016 20:55:22 GMT
Excellent interview on Podcast with 102.9 WMGK MB Link Martin Barre (Jethro Tull guitarist) at Ardmore Music Hall Well I had a delightful chat with Martin Barre who was Ian Anderson's right hand guitar playing man for SO many years in Jethro Tull. Martin now has a new album called BACK TO STEEL and a show coming to the Ardmore Music Hall this Saturday (4/23). Find out why his middle name is Lancelot, where he vacations with his wife's family, and what you can expect if you're going to see him play this weekend! (and confession: I had to look up Porcupine Tree).
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 23, 2016 1:49:15 GMT
Saturday Night @ Ardmore Music Hall means MARTIN BARRE (LEAD GUITARIST- JETHRO TULL) MB LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 25, 2016 1:39:50 GMT
OMG !!! MB Link Tuesday April 26th Chicago, Illinois SHARE THIS PIC on your Facebook/instagram/twitter and tag @martyrslive for a chance to win an autographed CD + Soundcheck Meet & Greet with Martin Barre of Jethro Tull!! Please also tag Martin on FB: @officialmartinbarre or Twitter: @tullguitarist. Tag any of your friends who would love to go, for a chance to bring one of them as your guest to the meet & greet! 2 winners will be selected randomly from all participants. Contest winners must be ticket-holders attending the concert to receive the prize.
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 25, 2016 3:11:53 GMT
Spy report from friend in the know: 'Martin's current tour going very well...his fans are great and really love him'.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 25, 2016 7:38:13 GMT
Spy report from friend in the know: 'Martin's current tour going very well...his fans are great and really love him'. Too right
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 25, 2016 17:07:40 GMT
I just hope that means he will come West in 2017.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 26, 2016 2:15:39 GMT
STREAM LIVE: Watch a LIVE WEBCAST of Martin Barre former Jethro Tull guitarist HERE MB Link 1 MB Link 2
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 26, 2016 3:23:44 GMT
April 26, 2016 at Martyrs’ in Chicago Martin Barre MB Link
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Post by clasp on Apr 26, 2016 7:56:19 GMT
Cool, thanks! Is there any chance to record these videos!?
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 28, 2016 2:01:46 GMT
OMG !!! This looks like the place where Daryl Hall hangs out... Jethro Tull's Martin Barre Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 8:00 PM EDT (5:00 PM Doors) Daryl's House, Pawling, NY MB Link
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 28, 2016 9:43:06 GMT
www.telegram.com/article/20160428/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/160429264Former Jethro Tull guitarist having the time of his life on his ownPosted Apr. 28, 2016 at 6:00 AM Martin Barre performs with his band. Photo/Martin WebbJethro Tull had a long run as a famous progressive rock band, but the ending still came as something of shock to Martin Barre, the British group's longtime guitarist. Ian Anderson, Tull's founder, main songwriter, flute player and vocalist, basically always called the tune and did so again as he moved forward under his own name after Tull's last concert in 2011. "It was hard work. Ian deserved to finish Jethro Tull, not me," Barre said of the band. Still, "I had no game plan, no idea. The ground was pulled under my feet. I had a difficult year." Barre is playing a different tune this year with the Martin Barre Band, which is generating a buzz in its own right and comes to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester for a show at 8 p.m. April 29. "To have my own band, it's like starting out again," Barre said during a telephone interview earlier during the group's Spring U.S. tour. "I've now got such a fantastic band, and it's such a great feeling. It's something money can't buy." There's clearly a spring to the 69-year-old Barre's step, and voice — which also sounds down-to-Earth, unpretentious and unaffected in its English accent. The band's all-Brit lineup is Barre on lead guitar, with lead singer/guitarist Dan Crisp, drummer George Lindsay and bass player Alan Thomson. At The Hanover Theatre people can expect a mix of early Tull ("Teacher," "Cry Your Song"), reconfigured and "more bluesy" Tull, blues standards, rock, and Barre's own blues-rock compositions. "We do a variety of things for fun, basically," Barre said. "It's a really good mixture." The band itself is an age mix — with Crisp and Lindsay in their 20s and Thomson and Barre older. "It's an old band as well as a young band." A review of a performance by the band in Asheville, N.C., late last year noted, "You know it's going to be good. Then when you get there, the band comes on, and … It's better than you expected." Barre, the reviewer added, "seems to be having the time of his life." Barre — pronounced "Bar," unlike our town of Barre — was always known as a fine guitarist. His solo on Tull's "Aqualung" is ranked among the Top 25 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time. Bruce Edler, for allmusic.com, has written that "His playing has provided much of the energy that allows the band (Tull) to soar on record and in concert." Barre has also played guitar with the likes of Paul McCartney. Ironically, when Barre was developing an interest in music while growing up in Birmingham, England, he became particularly enthusiastic about the flute — Anderson's instrument. From a musical family, Barre already had a guitar when his father gave him "a load of records" to listen to, including American jazz guitarists Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery. There was flute playing on some of the albums, which Barre liked. He got a flute and started taking lessons. Barre studied to be an architect at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England, but moved from the Midlands to London to follow music and was a member of the band Gethsemane, playing guitar and flute. "I've always played flute as a second instrument," he said. It was through the flute that he met Anderson in 1968. "I was doing the same sort of thing as Ian was separately. We were unaware of each other until we played a gig in Plymouth (Devon, England). We were probably the only two guys in England playing that sort of rock music." Gethsemane subsequently split, and Barre auditioned for Jethro Tull (named after an 18th-century English agriculturalist whose name every English high school student learns in history class). Anderson's Tull already had a name for being led by a flute player (Anderson) who looked like a tramp. Also, "Tull had a pretty good reputation as a blues band in England," Barre said. "When I joined them, Ian already had in mind he was going to veer away from the blues. The blues band finished when I joined. The first few gigs were to the old blues audience, and they didn't really like what we were doing." But Tull's "art-rock," as it was once described, quickly developed a following with the 1969 album "Stand Up" and single "Living in the Past" achieving success, and a big breakthrough occurred with 1971's "Aqualung." Barre said he he did his famous guitar solo for "Aqualung" in one take at the recording studio. "In the old days of recording, that seemed to be the normal thing … I still find the first take the one that's got something quirky about it. The minute you start thinking too hard, they don't have that freshness about them." Besides which, Barre said perhaps only half-jokingly, with Jethro Tull, "if you didn't get it in a couple of takes, it was in mortal danger of becoming a flute solo." Regarding Anderson, "I think you have to deal with Ian on his terms. We were together 46 years. That speaks for itself. He's pretty assertive. I never crossed him, and he always knew he could rely on me. In the latter years, we both knew our jobs and got on with it." Asked if there could be a reunion, Barre said, "one part of me thinks it would be very sad if it never happened." However, Barre is now his own boss. "With Jethro Tull, I'm sort of happy to do my job, and now I'm sort of happy doing what he (Anderson) did but in a different way. I've learned lessons of how he did it right (lead a band) and how he did it wrong in my mind. The way you approach your job is different for each person." The way Barre approached life after Tull was first to record an acoustic album. "That gave me confidence." He formed bands with different lineups, before settling on the one he has now. His latest album, "Back To Steel," has his own compositions as well as renderings of classic Jethro Tull tracks "Skating Away" and "Slow Marching Band" and an arrangement of "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles. "People see my name and they're probably a bit cynical — me and my mates having a jam. It's not until they see us they see that we're investing in what we do and making it a musical band," Barre said. "It's a great night out," he said of going to the band's shows. "The music is for everybody."
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 29, 2016 11:53:07 GMT
This looks like more than an 'Intimate Evening' to me... An Intimate Evening with Jethro Tull's Martin Barre and Band MB Link
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 29, 2016 12:23:17 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 30, 2016 2:36:26 GMT
Last night of the Spring U.S. Tour 2016... TULL Fireworks Tonight Performances at The Blue Ocean Jethro Tull Guitarist Martin Barre MB Link
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Post by maddogfagin on May 1, 2016 8:32:53 GMT
www.telegram.com/article/20160430/NEWS/160439977Martin Barre reaches beyond his Tull rootsBy Bill Thomas Telegram & Gazette Reviewer Posted Apr. 30, 2016 at 1:40 PM WORCESTER — It's tough to exist within the shadow of iconic genius, especially when you're too old to rock 'n' roll, yet too young to die. Then again, as the tune goes: No, you're never too old to rock 'n' roll, if you're too young to die. So it goes with Martin Barre, who anchored the seminal British prog rock band Jethro Tull as guitarist for more than four decades, performing alongside legendary Tull founder Ian Anderson. Friday night at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, the 69-year-old Barre proved that he and his trio of bandmates are a force to be reckoned with in their own right, showcasing a repertoire ranging from hard rock, to folk rock, to blues. Drawing upon Tull songs, classic blues and selections from his own catalog, Barre melded the old with the new, such as his "Back to Steel" composition, from his CD of the same name. The rendition was crunchy and grinding in the manner of FM hard rock radio, but not without its alluring hooks. Barre was a loquacious and welcoming host to the Hanover audience. "In many ways I feel like this old theater," he noted, "in that I have been given a new lease on life. Our mission is to make friends, and we're going to be in the states for many months." Barre and company drew upon Tull songs without making the evening a tribute show. Tull compositions covered included "To Cry You a Song," "Teacher," "Thick as a Brick," "Love Story," "A New Day Yesterday," "Fat Man," "Hymn 43," "A Song for Jeffrey," "Minstrel in the Gallery," "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day," and "Black Satin Dancer." Barre's band might aptly be termed a power quartet. He is egalitarian in his role, letting vocalist and guitarist Dan Crisp take center stage attention while churning out elaborate shadings and frequent interlocking with Crisp and bassist Alan Thomson to stunning effect. Meanwhile, drummer George Lindsay nails down the rhythm section with a bedrock foundation. "That's wine," Barre said between songs, holding a glass of clear liquid aloft. "I started singing last night, and they had to drag me off the stage." While Barre and his sidemen are stellar, alternating between melodic and explosive brilliance, one has to wonder why some of their show bears semblance to Van Headache's — sorry, I mean Van Halen's — histrionics when it comes to ax interpretations. Furthermore, the strength of Barre and Co. arguably lies in blues roots and traditional stylings, much as Tull emerged from the blues and added a variety of instruments ranging from bouzouki, mandolin, trumpet, trombone, piano and of course, flute. So many of the revered Brit bands emerged from a love of the American blues, and likely taught their stateside brethren a thing or two about the national treasure in their own background. Ironically, Barre apparently met Anderson through their mutual avocation as flautists and established a flauting bond. So why wouldn't Barre bear a flute in concert for a bit of the old-time Tull magic? It would likely be an enhancement. Friday night's show intensified when Barre reached back into the blues roots and shifted to mandolin, along with Thomson. Prior to the second set, "Rock Me (Like My Back Ain't Got No Bone)" was a precursor of finer things to come. Likewise, a cover of the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" was a fresh approach to a standard, albeit a questionable improvement on the original. "This is a mandolin," Barre intoned, "and I'm going to play the blues on it, which is impossible." Well, he did the impossible, accentuated by Crisp's evocative vocals, driving Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" into an ominous, ethereal coda over a pulsating rhythm section. The show soared when Barre and Thomson reinvented their sound with the mandolins, and then Thomson performed sidewinding, squalling slide blues guitar. Perhaps it isn't fair to him, but one can't help but juxtapose Dan Crisp, in his white shirt, neatly coiffed hair and largely unintelligible vocals, with the rakish, waifish, outrageous Ian Anderson. Crisp is an evocative, emotive vocalist and musician who lends heartfelt dramatic flair to a performance. Yet one is hard-pressed to discern his lyrics; it is unclear whether that is a function of the Hanover sound system or his vocal phrasings.
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Post by JTull 007 on May 2, 2016 0:37:00 GMT
Martin Barre 4/23/16 Hammer, To Cry You A Song video by Tom F
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Post by nonrabbit on May 2, 2016 7:12:44 GMT
Martin Barre 4/23/16 Hammer, To Cry You A Song
Very good! Dan and Martin owning it! Must be tricky trying not to mimic Ian's movements when singing a Tull song - things like the slight shake of the head after singing each line.
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Post by JTull 007 on May 2, 2016 17:39:46 GMT
Awesome night @ Daryl's House with Martin Barre & Barry Goldberg!
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Post by JTull 007 on May 14, 2016 0:31:09 GMT
For MAXIMUM enjoyment... TURN IT UP ! OMG!!! Remy (TULL50) Rocks again! KILLER video from April 25th in Chicago Live At K Hits Studios
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Post by JTull 007 on May 18, 2016 20:15:49 GMT
Martin Barre plays at the Mexicali in Teaneck N.J. video by johnnyice428Wonderful show great & very down to earth group of musicians that are quite talented. They play Tull songs with a new twist to them that really works along with new original songs. This is a Tull song with a new twist. Hope you enjoy and if you're a Tull fan and haven't yet been to see Martin Barre yet, you owe it to yourself to see them. You won't be disappointed!
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Post by JTull 007 on May 18, 2016 23:13:46 GMT
Back to the U.K. in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex... MB Link 1 Jethro Tull's Martin Barre Ropetackle Arts Centre MB Link 2
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Post by JTull 007 on May 26, 2016 10:28:43 GMT
GET MELLOW with MARTIN BARRE MB Link
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Post by JTull 007 on May 28, 2016 18:10:48 GMT
A New Day in Ardmore with Martin Barre MB LinkBy Geno Thackara Walking by the Ardmore Music Hall on Saturday night, a person could have thought there was some loud twenty-something hard rock act getting ready to tear the place up. The drums were slamming, the guitars were amped to 11 and you could almost feel the walls shaking even from outside the door. If your impression of classic rock band Jethro Tull stems only from seeing pictures of a guy with a flute, you probably wouldn’t have drawn any connection to the band we were there to hear. Those who know better, though, have to be aware of what a force Martin Barre’s guitar can be. Even if he was never the one entertaining at center stage, his fretwork was always there to add the right shadings and give everything a good jolt when needed.
With his own band now five years strong, Barre has been adapting some of that material in his own way—heavy, loud and soaked in the blues. You’ll hear no lullaby from this crew. Dan Crisp may not look like anyone’s idea of a blues singer, but his lead voice has enough grit to power things along and he handled the supporting guitar role with flair. Alan Thomson churned out solid rocking bass with the rare smooth jazzy solo, while George Lindsay injected powerful rhythmic life into everything, nevermind that many of the songs were probably older than he is.
Slightly more than half the set came from the Tull catalogue, but if you’ve heard this band on 2014’s Order of Play, you know the likes of “Sweet Dream” or “To Cry You a Song” are much more raw and in-your-face than those classic versions we used to know. Even the folksy “Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day” and an airy section of “Thick as a Brick” became grungy rockers. Just to show the other side of the coin, Barre grabbed a mandolin for his arrangement of “Hymn 43” (as featured on his acoustic release Away with Words), turning one of his old band’s more rocking tunesinto a stomping folk jig instead.
Barre turns out to be warm and genial when he gets the chance to step up to the mic. He was happy and full of laughs, regaling us about rubbing elbows with British icons before declaring how rubbish England is at so many things compared to the States. “I have to say there are two things we’re better at,” he quickly amended with colorful swearing (which is impossible to deny after all), and the fact that “we had the Beatles and you didn’t.” This served as an intro to the most juiced-up “Eleanor Rigby” I’ve ever heard. If Tull had played like this, they might have very well deserved that hard-rock/metal Grammy once upon a time.
The rest included more covers ranging from B.B. King to Porcupine Tree, mixed with rousing original pieces up to “Misère” and “Back to Steel.” That last was the title track to his most recent solo album of last year, which only shows that he’s not ready to slow down. The crowd may have stayed far too still for most of the night (barring a few bobbing heads here and there), but the band was always a powerhouse, sometimes to the point of hopping up and down like teenagers. There’s no worry about being too old to… well, you know. Martin Barre is still fired up and raising as much steam as ever.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 29, 2016 13:34:27 GMT
www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/2016/05/29/makin-waves-woodbridge-expands-summer-concerts-series-jazz/84875254/Makin Waves: Woodbridge expands summer concerts series with jazzBob Makin, @reporterbmakin 5:02 a.m. EDT May 29, 2016 The Wednesday series struggled to draw 100 in 2010, and now we regularly draw 300-plus. I hope and expect the Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull) show on Sept. 7 to be the largest crowd we've ever had in Parker Press Park. This is the first year for the Jazz Series and I suspect it won't draw as well as Parker Press Park this year, but if the pattern holds, each year, more jazz fans will become aware of the series and attendance will grow. Local press like this is, of course, extremely helpful in getting out the word. The patience to give a series time to find its audience is uncommon and a key element in the success of these endeavors.
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Post by JTull 007 on May 29, 2016 21:27:55 GMT
Holy LOUDINI ! Interview with Martin Barre
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 17, 2016 15:31:48 GMT
www.courrier-picard.fr/region/chaulnes-du-rock-samedi-avec-l-ex-guitariste-de-jethro-tull-ia183b0n798721From rock CHAULNES Saturday with former guitarist of Jethro TullPUBLISHED ON 17.06.2016 Picard mailThe Rock returns to Chaulnes with the concert of Martin Barre, former guitarist of the British band Jethro Tull, Saturday, June 18 at the socio-cultural space. The concert is organized under the Lhomond Selecta Festival. It is still a member of a mythical band has invited the Office of Culture and Recreation Chaulnes (OCLC). Jethro Tull was one of the figureheads of the English progressive rock of the late sixties and early seventies years. His album Aqualung , published in 1971, has sold over three million copies in the United States nothing. It contains the title song, instantly recognizable by its guitar riff. Saturday, the festival begins well before the concert guitarist, since a gathering of American cars is scheduled at 10 am in front of the community center. From 14 hours, a music contest will pit five formations believed. The winners will win a recording session and a benefit to the Overdrive Festival. The festival will begin to speak Saturday from 19 hours with Dolly Watts, punk rock formation and Amiens. Before Martin Barre, it will be possible to appreciate Oil City Band, Lille specialized in times of pub-rock band Dr. Feelgood, passed by Chaulnes in 2013. Certainly, the OCLC programmers have later in ideas. BENJAMIN MERIEAU Lhomond Selecta Festival on Saturday from 19 hours in sociocultural space of Chaulnes. Places in presale € 12 at City Hall. € 15 on site.
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