Martin Barre
November 17, 1946 (79 years old) in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England, UK
Martin Lancelot Barre (born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 2011. Barre played on all of Jethro Tull's studio albums from their 1969 album Stand Up (replacing Mick Abrahams, who played on their first album) to their 2003 album The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. In the early 1990s he began a solo career, and he has recorded several albums as well as touring with his own live band. He has also played the flute and other instruments such as the mandolin, both on stage for Jethro Tull and in his own solo work.
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- 2019 · Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition) as Himself
- 2015 · Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition) as Himself
- 2008 · Jethro Tull Live at AVO Session Basel as self
- 2008 · Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in Germany as self
- 2007 · Jethro Tull: Bethlehem, PA 9 August 2003 as Himself
- 2007 · Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003 as Lead Guitar, Mandolin
- 2005 · Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005 as Guitar
- 2004 · Jethro Tull A New Day Yesterday as
- 2002 · Jethro Tull: Living With The Past as Guitar
- 1981 · Jethro Tull: Slipstream as Himself
- 1977 · Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre as Guitar