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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 11, 2019 6:09:37 GMT
poststar.com/news/local/former-members-of-jethro-tull-ready-to-rock-the-strand/article_19dd4f58-7989-5df9-88c5-85c4d57fd6a8.htmlFormer members of Jethro Tull ready to rock the Strand on Friday, SaturdayDAVID BLOW Special to The Post-Star 8 hrs ago HUDSON FALLS — The legendary rock band Jethro Tull formed 50 years ago, and to commemorate the five decades, three members of the band are kicking off a world tour at The Strand Theatre this weekend. Yes, you heard right. Martin Barre’s Jethro Tull Show, featuring three former members of Jethro Tull, will start its 50th anniversary tour at 8 p.m. Friday in tiny Hudson Falls, and Strand Theatre General Manager Jonathan Newell is giddy. “It’s the biggest show yet and I don’t know if it’ll get this big again,” he said of landing the Tull tour. “It’s a big act that requires a lot of sound, a lot of setup, staging, different lighting — and we’re pulling it off!” Newell said Tull guitarist Martin Barre will be performing with original drummer Clive Bunker and longtime keyboardist Dee Palmer in an eight-piece band that, he said, will rock The Strand on Friday and Saturday nights before moving across the country. Barre appeared in a Facebook message with two female backup singers, who he said will be putting neat twists on Tull acoustic classics. “They do them absolutely beautifully,” he said in his thick English accent. “You need to listen, because it’s really special.” Barre wowed the audience last fall at The Strand Theatre with his own band promoting a new album. Loren “Sully” Sullivan was at the fall show and said Barre was amazing. “Martin Barre always sounds great,” said Sullivan, who owns the Vintage Village Craftsman kitchen cabinet store in South Glens Falls and has been advertising the Tull event out of his own pocket to help The Strand. “He’s one of the world’s 10 best guitar players, wrote some great licks, Grammy nominated and he’s coming to The Strand Theatre in little Hudson Falls. Amazing.” Newell, earlier this week, said there were still 75 tickets left for Friday night and 50 tickets for Saturday. He said volunteers have been working overtime to get The Strand painted and mechanically ready for the big show. And thanks to a $5,000 donation from Stewart’s Shops, there is also a bathroom backstage now. That may not sound like a big deal, but Newell said it was vital, and the theater didn’t have the money to do it. “Stewart’s Shops is happy to support the arts and The Strand Theatre. The Strand Theatre is a huge asset to the Hudson Falls community, and we are proud to support their restoration project,” said Stewart’s Shops spokeswoman Erica Komoroske. The concert will have a full bar for the event, which is new and theatergoers will enjoy, Newell said. “There’s a lot of collective energy around this,” he said. Mark Carpenter, an avid live music fan and collector of guitar picks and set lists, saw Barre in the fall and has tickets to see the Saturday night show this time around. “I loved it. And this time there doing a straight-up Tull. It was a really tight show and the singer sounded a lot like the original singer. And Martin Barre was such a nice guy. He came out and signed everything and I heard he stayed out at Maxwell’s next door till 2 in the morning.” He got a signed pick from Barre and is coming back hoping for a signed poster on Saturday. Sullivan said he can’t wait for the show, and said he also plans to loan his collection of rock art from world-renowned Boston artist Brian Fox to adorn the theater walls for the show. “There are so many of my friends that are going to be there,” he said. “The community is coming together big time for this show. I actually have the set list, but I cannot let anybody see it. … This is as close to a full Jethro Tull concert you’re ever going to see.” If you go What: Martin Barre's Jethro Tull Show at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls When: Two-night run on Friday, Saturday Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $50 each and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4031838 or at the Strand Theatre box office.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 11, 2019 11:26:54 GMT
From The Strand Theatre Things are shaping up ... They are supposed to load in at 10 tomorrow ... I'll be in the Box Office selling tickets!
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 12, 2019 1:03:28 GMT
Martin Barre on his return to Hudson Falls LINK with 2 Jethro Tull alumni & 50th year tour
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 13, 2019 0:40:10 GMT
FRONT ROW TICKET !!! PRICELESS
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 14, 2019 11:37:02 GMT
Center for the Arts of Homer LINK
Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years of Jethro Tull
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 15, 2019 0:44:44 GMT
SOLD OUT in NEW YORK CITY !!! LINK Martin Barre Band Celebrates 50 Years Of Jethro Tull featuring Clive Bunker, Dee Palmer
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 15, 2019 2:19:35 GMT
April 12th 2019 SET LIST PART 1
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 15, 2019 15:28:12 GMT
www.masslive.com/entertainment/2019/04/jethro-tull-guitarist-martin-barre-to-mark-bands-50th-anniversary-with-northampton-show.htmlJethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre to mark band’s 50th anniversary with Northampton showToday 7:29 AM By Chris Dondoros | Special to The Republican Chances are you’ve heard a Martin Barre guitar riff before. That’s because the former Jethro Tull guitarist’s place in rock history was cemented as far back as 1971, when “Aqualung” propelled the band to stardom and established Barre as one of rock’s most creative guitarists. Barre will bring 50 years of Jethro Tull to the Academy of Music Theatre on Saturday night as part of the “Stand Up America” tour, promising to deliver the “tour of tours” for longtime fans and casual listeners alike. In a recent interview sandwiched between rehearsals, Barre’s enthusiasm for the tour - as well as his passion for performing - was on full display. “We've been rehearsing for four days solid - twelve hour days” said Barre. “It's a full history of Tull's music; almost a theatrical production. The music is complex. We have a video screen, voiceovers, special lighting. It'll be very choreographed.” With a half-century of recorded work at his disposal, Barre said he set the bar high for himself and his bandmates, which include members of the Martin Barre Band (which most recently released 2018's “Roads Less Travelled”) and former Jethro Tull bandmates Clive Bunker and Dee Palmer, who appeared on albums spanning the late 1960s to 1980. In fact, Barre said he wanted to use this tour as an opportunity to bring Jethro Tull's music to life with greater depth than that of the band's own heyday – including songs people haven't heard in a “long, long time.” “He [Ian Anderson, vocalist and songwriter] didn't want to go back to the earlier material,” Barre said of his former bandmate, who currently fronts a reformed version of Jethro Tull. “I have my own opinion what songs are most important in our history. We're playing something from 'Passion Play,' from 'Heavy Horses,' things Tull struggled to play. The harmonies are really intricate. Tull never played them. We had harmonies on a backing tape because we couldn't do them. Everything is live.” Barre said that the risks and rewards of bringing Jethro Tull's oftentimes dense, complex music to life have been one in the same. “A lot of Tull's music is very demanding, intricate, complicated to play. It isn't P.R., this is me having torn out all the hair I have left after four days of rehearsals,” said Barre with a laugh. “My world centers on music and all the peripheral stuff. What you wear on stage. How you get on as a band. It's all cream on the cake. The focus is the core of hard work you have to do to play this music. I love it. It's what my life is about, without sounding dramatic. Everything I have goes into it. The rewards are tenfold. When music comes together, it's a wonderful beast.” “Stand Up America” will come to Northampton on Saturday night at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $38.50. For more information, call the Academy of Music Theatre box office at 413-584-9032 ext.105 or visit www.aomtheatre.com/event/jethro-tull-50th-anniversary-tour-performed-by-martin-barre-clive-bunker-jonathan-noyce-special-guests/ www.cityguideny.com/event/The-Iridium-2019-04-15-2019-04-15Martin Barre Band Celebrates 50 Years of Jethro Tull Featuring Clive Bunker, Dee Palmer04/15/19 | 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM The Iridium 1650 Broadway (51st St.) 212-582-2121 $75 and up Martin Barre Celebrates Jethro Tull 50th Year Anniversary Tour featuring Clive Bunker and Dee Palmer In 1969, a band of four English musicians arrived in New York and literally took America by storm. Over the next 50 years, this legendary band accumulated over 65 million record sales and a following of loyal fans that are the envy of rock bands worldwide! This band was Jethro Tull. At the centre of Tull's unique sound is guitarist Martin Barre. Renowned for his formidable mastery of historic riffs, power chords and soaring melodic solos. Martin is celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Jethro Tull, with a 'Tour of Tours'. An event to do justice to Tull's amazing history. He will be bringing a spectacular show with his touring band, featuring Dan Crisp on lead vocals, Alan Thomson on keyboard, Darby Todd on Drums, with Becca Langsford and Ali Hart on vocals. Plus, two very special guests – Jonathan Noyce and Clive Bunker; both of whom performed with Tull for many years and were an important part of their success. The show will also feature a special multi-media presentation that, together with the music, highlights the 50 years of Jethro Tull musical career. This is the most significant Tull show of the past two decades, truly a very special concert that will do justice to the legend.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 16, 2019 1:33:44 GMT
Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre performed at the Homer Center for the Arts Sunday, April 14, 2019. Joining him in The Martin Barre band were former Tull drummer Clive Bunker, Dee Palmer on keyboards, Alex Hart and Becca Langsford vocals, Dan Crisp on guitar, Alan Thomson on bass and Darby Todd on drums. Photographer Warren Linhart was there and shares these images. LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 16, 2019 2:26:13 GMT
Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years of Jethro Tull LINK ROCKIN' in Millville, New Jersey !!!
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 17, 2019 1:43:44 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 17, 2019 17:26:08 GMT
Good to see 'A Passion Play' excerpt on MB setlist...looking forward to hearing it.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 18, 2019 2:21:17 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 18, 2019 2:40:28 GMT
Special Thanks to Larry Babbin for these drinks
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 18, 2019 6:36:57 GMT
www.unionleader.com/nh/arts_and_ent/music/martin-barre-recruits-former-bandmates-to-celebrate-years-of-jethro/article_56085d52-7e35-5e19-a840-693a0b4b71da.htmlMartin Barre recruits former bandmates to celebrate 50 years of Jethro TullBy MIKE COTE New Hampshire Union Leader Apr 17, 2019 Updated 6 hrs ago Bartin Barre, best known for his long tenure with Jethro Tull, celebrates the band’s 50th anniversary with shows at the Lebanon Opera House tonight and Friday at Tupelo Music Hall in Derry. MARTIN WEBBIt beats sitting on a park bench spitting out pieces of your broken luck. After Jethro Tull broke up eight years ago, Martin Barre had to reinvent himself. The long-time guitarist and foil for singer Ian Anderson suddenly found himself having to start over — this time as a bandleader. “I guess it’s a career I didn’t know I had — or didn’t know I had it in me — because at the end of Tull I was really quite repressed musically,” said Barre. “It sounds a bit dramatic, but the role I played was more supportive than anything else. ” Barre returns to New Hampshire with his band and a couple of Tull alumni tonight at the Lebanon Opera House tonight and on Friday at Tupelo Music Hall in Derry to celebrate 50 years of Jethro Tull. Expect a show that focuses on the band’s early work, beginning with Tull’s 1969 release “Stand Up” to “Crest of a Knave,” the 1989 album that won the band a Grammy. During an interview last week, Barre recalled his journey from support player to front man. “I’m fine being in the background, but suddenly I’m a solo artist,” Barre said from Hudson Falls, N.Y., hours before the band’s first show of the tour. “I need to talk to the audience. I’ve got to play a lot more guitar, and I need to start writing and releasing albums. And wow, surprise, surprise, it is a lot of fun. I’ve sort of opened up all these doors that I hadn’t seen before.” Ian Anderson is also touring in support of Jethro Tull’s 50th anniversary. Barre says he hasn’t seen former band mate Anderson’s show but promises a singular experience. “This is a heavier show, and it’s more representative of all the music. I don’t really want to go into why it is. They’re two different animals and they need to be,” Barre said. “There’s no use going out on the road and doing a similar show. People go, ‘I’ve seen that one so I won’t go and see the other one.’ I’d rather people go see Ian because they like Ian, and see me because they like me.” Barre recruited former Tull drummer Clive Bunker and keyboard player (David) Dee Palmer, who both played with band in the ‘70s. “The short list of who I could approach and who would be really good for the gig, it was pretty tight,” said Barre, 72. “But I do believe I got the best options. Clive is phenomenal and such a big part of Tull’s history, and Dee Palmer is the same. She wrote so much of the music, and was on all the albums and brings all those keyboard parts onstage. It’s really, really satisfying that it’s worked out really good.” Jethro Tull, named for an 18th-century English agricultural pioneer, first came to prominence as a blues-based band in 1968 with the album “This Was.” Barre joined in time for the recording of “Stand Up” in 1969, which introduced FM radio to “Living in the Past,” “A New Day Yesterday” and the instrumental “Bouree.” The band’s scored another radio hit with the song “Teacher” from its next album, “Benefit.” But it would be the title track of the group’s fourth album, 1971’s “Aqualung” — the tune about the guy sitting on a park bench — that would make Jethro Tull pro-rock gods and forever associate Barre with its signature guitar riff. “I want a big variety so there’s a lot of dynamics,” Barre said. “And I always like to do something where people go ‘Wow, I didn’t expect that.’” Barre wants the same experience for the shows, which includes both acoustic and electric versions of “Locomotive Breath.” “I don’t want people to find it predictable. ‘Oh, yeah, they did all the big hits. Yeah, they sounded like the record. Yeah, I could have stayed home and listened to the CD,’” he said. Tull fans can expect standout tracks from the albums “Songs from the Wood,” “Heavy Horses” and, of course, “Aqualung.” “There’s so many albums that it could be a five-hour show. But we picked out the songs that we think are really important in the history of Tull, and that’s what we’re playing. The great ability for this lineup is we can play anything we want because we have great musicians; we’ve got great singers. We’ve worked really, really hard,” Barre said. That meant organizing rehearsals — something Barre would rather skip. “When you get to my age, I usually do all my homework at home and avoid rehearsals like the plague. But you discover with eight people on stage there’s no escaping it,” he said. “So it’s a big investment in time, but it’s showing. It’s finally becoming really important and a great show.”
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 18, 2019 6:42:24 GMT
nysmusic.com/2019/04/17/martin-barre-celebrates-50-years-of-jethro-tull-at-the-strand-in-hudson-falls/Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years Of Jethro Tull At The Strand In Hudson FallsStephanie Bartik On Apr 17, 2019 Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, was joined by a lively Dan Crisp on vocals, Alan Thomson on Bass, Darby Todd and Clive Bunker rocking the drums, and Dee Palmer on keyboards for two nights at The Strand Theater in Hudson Falls, NY. The show featured a special multimedia presentation that, together with the music, highlighted the 50 years of Jethro Tull’s classic hits. Photo gallery here
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 18, 2019 6:48:35 GMT
www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/forever-young-for-rock-n-roll/article26866273.eceForever young for rock ‘n’ rollNarendra Kusnur APRIL 17, 2019 20:25 IST UPDATED: APRIL 17, 2019 20:25 IST In July 2011, English guitarist Martin Lancelot Barre had to bid adieu to Jethro Tull, the British progressive rock band he had served for 43 years. The group’s frontman Ian Anderson had decided to opt for a solo career, using a set of younger musicians who had been accompanying him for a while. Though Barre initially wondered what to do next, he too decided to focus on his solo work. The last few months have seen the release of two albums and on April 12, he commenced the American leg of his latest tour to celebrate 50 years of Jethro Tull. From social media posts, it seems the response to his shows has been terrific. In a coup of sorts, Barre roped in drummer Clive Bunker and keyboardist Dee (formerly David) Palmer to his line-up. While Anderson is working on his next album and doing his own set of golden jubilee concerts, Barre will round up his tour with shows in some European cities and in the UK. Now 72, Barre has always been one of the most underrated guitarists in classic rock. Those who admire Tull are big fans of his — and that forms a large number. Beyond that, there is little acknowledgement of his genius. Besides being overshadowed by Anderson’s showmanship and songwriting flair, he’s never been spoken of in the same vein as many other guitar contemporaries. But check out his solos on ‘Aqualung’, ‘Thick As A Brick’, ‘Minstrel In The Gallery’ and ‘Dark Ages’, and much of his work on the 1970 album Benefit, and there’s enough evidence that he compares with the best. Sadly, his solo albums have had a limited following, despite having some great portions. He began in 1992 with A Summer Band, a collection of live performances. In 1994, he’d just released A Trick Of Memory, when I interviewed him over the telephone. Extremely soft-spoken, he displayed a sharp sense of humour, and talked of his love for the movies and long-distance running. Subsequent solo albums have included Stage Left (2003), where he’s used an assortment of guitars and musical styles; and Back To Steel (2015), which has a complete Tull feel and yet its own individuality. Barre’s 2018 studio album Roads Less Travelled uses styles as diverse as hard rock, progressive rock, folk and the blues. Stand-out tracks are the very Tull-like ‘Lone Wolf’, guitar-driven ‘Out Of Time’, the instrumental ‘Trinity’ and the bluesy ‘And The Band Played Only For Me’. Vocalists Dan Crisp, Becca Langford and Alex Hart have provided able support. The other recent release is Live At The Factory Underground, a mix of adapted classics and solo numbers. Besides the standard ‘Minstrel In The Gallery’, ‘Aqualung’ and ‘Locomotive Breath’, it had interesting versions of Tull’s ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Love Story’, Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroads’ and Blind Faith’s ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’. Clearly, the man is still going strong. Anderson and Barre may be doing their own things, but both are proving they are never too old to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Post by rredmond on Apr 18, 2019 15:55:50 GMT
Sheesh Graham, you need to change your title from "Global Moderator" to "Forum Reporter!" This is great stuff, thank you!! Dig how much of a gentleman Martin is about 2011.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 19, 2019 1:51:50 GMT
Jethro Tull's Guitarist Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years of Jethro Tull with Dee Palmer, Clive Bunker, and special guests at Tupelo Music Hall on Friday at 8 p.m. LINK
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 19, 2019 7:02:19 GMT
Sheesh Graham, you need to change your title from "Global Moderator" to "Forum Reporter!" This is great stuff, thank you!! Dig how much of a gentleman Martin is about 2011. It's a labour of love and integrity by all of us Ron.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 20, 2019 2:24:11 GMT
Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre to mark band’s 50th anniversary with Northampton show ! LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 21, 2019 1:34:47 GMT
Happy Easter in Sellersville Theater Tonight !!! This performance is sold out LINK Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years Of Jethro Tull Promo Image by Cary Silkin
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 22, 2019 2:01:12 GMT
READY TO ROCK @ The Birchmere Music Hall MARTIN BARRE Celebrates 50 Years Of JETHRO TULL LINK
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 22, 2019 6:48:03 GMT
www.newtownbee.com/concert-preview-jethro-tulls-martin-barre-time-tripping-ridgefield/04212019Concert Preview: Jethro Tull's Martin Barre Time Tripping Into RidgefieldPublished: April 21, 2019 at 12:51 pm I resisted the temptation to make a "Road Less Traveled" joke (riffing on his latest solo album title) when I recently connected with Grammy-winning Jethro Tull guitarist and songwriter Martin Barre - even though he was taking my cell call while on a gas stop somewhere along the New Jersey Turnpike. Barre, traveling with his wife, Julie, was winding his way northward on a tour that will bring him and former Tull bandmates Dee Palmer and Clive Bunker to The Ridgefield Playhouse April 24 for a celebration of "50 Years of Jethro Tull," a two-hour-plus, multi-media extravaganza of classic and prog rock. Anyone with ears on classic rock radio between around 1970 has undoubtedly heard a few of his trademark guitar licks on tunes like “Aqualung,” “Bungle in the Jungle,” “Locomotive Breath,” “Cross-Eyed Mary,” and many others. He has also enjoyed a fairly prolific solo career — recording a total of eight of his own albums before and after his 42-year tenure with Tull ended in 2012 including his latest Road Less Traveled. Barre said the period following his departure from Tull was both terrifying and liberating, but the veteran rocker whose middle name is actually Lancelot, said he knew he couldn't hesitate to jump right back on the musical horse that had unceremoniously thrown him. "I really discovered a lot of freedom," he replied. "It was interesting because I didn't have a lot of warning or a lot of time, so I really had to think on my feet. But I felt quite determined not to sit back and watch the months go by wondering what to do with myself. "So I started playing music again straight away. Actually, I had to for my own sanity. And it worked out really good because I was able to do an acoustic album, which was half quiet, melodic Jethro Tull songs that I wrote. It's almost all instrumental and provided me an intense three months of writing and arranging. "That sort of gave me a kick-start into being busy - writing and playing again and thinking through how I was going to get back on the road again," he continued. "And for that last seven years or so, has been building this live band on the road - the best band you could ever get together. And really playing the music I want to play, especially from the Jethro Tull catalog because certainly in the later days with the band things were getting pretty stale - very stagnant - no forward motion at all musicall, creatively. "So on my own I'm able to do that. That was the release I got from the situation and it turned into a very positive thing," Barre said. "I've got an amazing band and an amazing show on the road and that makes me very happy." New Songs, Old Guitar Road Less Traveled is a cornucopia of well-crafted material that never strays far from what you might expect to hear if Jethro Tull and its fiercely independent front-man Ian Anderson had opted to continue working with Barre. Mentioning an immediate affinity for one particular new number from Road Less Traveled, Barre seemed intrigued that I singled out the moody "For No Man" — which he said seemed to resonate with a lot of fans and critics alike. He chuckled when I suggested the song seemed to end one verse too short. "That's amazing and makes me quite happy to hear you say that," Barre replied. "That's the one a lot of people pick out to ask me - they all want to know what the lyrics are all about. I'm so pleased you like that one because it's not an in your face type of arrangement, there's a lot of subtleties in it. I really like the mood and atmosphere. "If there's a message to it, I suppose it's how loyalty, respect, friendship, can take a sideline in today's greedy world. And it reflects how there are bad things emotionally, even in what you may think are the best of relations." Switching focus from the music to Barre's tools of the trade - a respectable cache of instruments - he talked reverently about a sweet Gibson ES335 that he owned and played early in his career before selling it, and then re-discovering and buying it back years later. "It's a beautiful instrument and really supplies a slightly different tone and color. I have played PRS (Paul Reed Smith) guitars for a long time, because they will do anything you ask them to do. But I like that there's something a little more quirky about playing a different guitar. Essentially, I don't need it but I love playing it - and I think any instrument you find pleasure in playing, it really is a luxury, isn't it? A bit of cream on the cake. "I've got quite a few instruments on the road with me, but that one provides such a slightly different sound, I've had to bring a number of other guitars with me on tour," Barre said. "A lot of the early Tull material is played on a '59 [Gibson] Les Paul, so as I was getting ready for this tour last year I thought it would be really nice to have a Les Paul guitar to play those same tunes on. So I brought one on the road and really enjoy playing that." Learning & Loving Mandolin Barre was also candid in admitting his initial discomfort when he decided to try and take up the mandolin, which he said he now loves playing and using for songwriting. "I never really liked it until I sort of got involved in it - it was really quite alien to me," Barre said. "Then I slowly started getting into playing it and it gives you such a different perspective on music in terms of opening other channels and areas. You can't really play it and think like a guitar player. And I quite like that it makes you approach music from a different direction and attitude when you write on it." As someone who primarily expresses his artistic talents through a instrument, Barre said as his skills at playing and arranging have become much more adept in his solo years, but he still struggles when it comes to putting lyrics to paper. "I'm still a beginner as a songwriter and I really enjoy it although the lyrics I find are a nightmare because I don't have a natural ability to write them. But creating the music is fun - I could write songs forever whether they're good or bad I don't know. I just do what I do, and work hard to make sure it's the best I can do. But those lyrics...I do spend a lot of time. "I guess what worries me is I don't sing them, I'm writing lyrics that somebody else sort of has to grapple with and shoe horn it into a melody that might not come naturally. That's really the difficult side of it. I think the lyrical writing will improve - I like the fact there's this whole new area that's brand new to me. It's very fresh and an exciting new part of what I do." Electrifying Concert Repertoire Tull fans, as well as anyone who enjoys a thoroughly immersive concert experience will not want to miss his April 24 show in Ridgefield (he is also set to play the intimate Iridium in New York City the following night). His show April 20 at the Academy of Music in Northampton, Mass, revealed a treasure trove of Tull gems. Barre hit buttons across the Tull landscape from "Steel Monkey" off the Grammy-winning Crest of a Knave, and 1968's "My Sunday Feeling," to the obscure "Heavy Horses" from Barre's first project with Tull — Stand Up — an energetic "Hunting Girl," and a note-perfect "War Child." The entire show flows from tune to tune flawlessly with creatively conceived projections showcase clips of Barre, Palmer, and Bunker, interlaced with historical touchstones from Jethro Tulls' ascent from late '60s blues to the classic rock machine it became in the years leading up to Barre's solo period. His other musical colleagues Dan Crisp (vocals/guitar), Alan Thompson (bass), and Darby Todd (drums), melded swimmingly with Palmer and Bunker. The show also features Alex Hart and Becca Langsford, lending added acoustic guitar, percussion, and beautifully woven vocals and harmonies at various points in the set. Their contributions to "Life's A Long Song," (with tasty keyboard work from Palmer) and "One White Duck," helped infuse those acoustic melodies with new energy. And by the time every member of his ensemble takes the stage for "Bungle in The Jungle," their contributions are solidy evident. Barre's frequent dual guitar interplay with Crisp is also a huge treat and astonishingly good - leaving this reviewer and more than a few audience members not missing the many absent flute passages one bit. If you saw any of the post-Barre shows from Tull co-founder Anderson's recent past, you owe it to yourself to see the critical ingredient those shows lacked. Having the opportunity to see Barre's take on the Tull catalog was nearly as joyous for the sold out Academy Of Music audience as it appeared to be for him, and it reminded many hard-core fans of the countless and now missing contributions he made to the band. For tickets to see Martin Barre and "50 Years of Jethro Tull" at The Ridgefield Playhouse, ($49.50 or add-on VIP Meet & Greet package for $55 extra) call 203-438-5795 or visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 23, 2019 1:30:40 GMT
Martin Barre Celebrates 50 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL feat. Clive Bunker, Dee Palmer & Special Guests LINK 1 LINK 2
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 23, 2019 6:13:12 GMT
"My Sunday Feeling" at Sellersville Theater
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 23, 2019 6:17:15 GMT
Here it is Bernie and I think it's brilliant even though it's cut before the end .
A passion Play
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 23, 2019 11:24:51 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 23, 2019 14:57:15 GMT
Yep...BRILLIANT. Thank You.
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 23, 2019 18:18:16 GMT
Yep...BRILLIANT. Thank You. You're welcome and I agree, BRILLIANT!
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