Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) visit March 1, 2024

[@paulhart3812]

Wow. First Steve Hackett… now Martin Barre. Two of my idols. Thank you Dereck!!!!

[@hauskahirvi]

Dereck, This is another fine example of you connecting and conversing with a great musician and artist. And I emphasize that you are connecting and conversing. It is not an interview but a conversation on a mutual level. I really appreciate your approach and engagement in these videos.

[@J3unG]

Oh wow!!! This is amazing to see and hear Martin Barre. There's nothing on this great man on the Internet. Thank you Dereck!!

[@Oakenshield69]

Love to hear Martin speak. You're on a roll Dereck, fantastic

[@yokerecords803]

Martin Barre is without question my favorite guitarist. He and Ian Anderson comprised the best duo in Rock in my opinion.

[@allanwidner9276]

I finally got to see Martin Barre Band at Bloomington, IL, a couple weeks ago - great show. Crowd was small but enthusiastic and 95% my age and older, but there were a few younger folks there. There were moments of the show that could only be described as sublime. There was one moment when a song off This Was (and for some reason my mind blanks on the song title) was introduced by Martin effusively praising his predecessor Mick Abrahams. Classy. Ever since I learned Martin Barre was touring again, I've wanted to see him - in Jethro Tull, he worked on a pretty tight leash most of the time, I always wanted to see him live off the leash. I just accidentally saw he was playing near East Peoria a week beforehand and my sibling I was visiting with at the moment talked me into going ahead and buying a ticket. Dream come true.

[@adamhunt4462]

Big fan of Martin. Awesome interview!

[@johnwalker4480]

Hey Dereck, Enjoyed hearing and surprised at some of the people he backed when he was getting started as a musician. Really enjoyed this. Take care Dereck

[@mr.sootgremlin]

The interviews on your channel are really valuable, Dereck, thank you for sharing them. I got to see Martin and his band perform in Minneapolis in 2018 and it was like a dream come true.

[@rightchordleadership]

Martin is a legend and a gentleman.

[@guitarchannel5676]

Another great interview of one of my favorites. And it's great that Martin is still playing, composing, and touring. I was especially glad that you asked him about 'Stand Up' which is one of my favorite Tull albums. Martin's answer, that he "didn't play on it" creates a bit more mystery about the album since he's the only guitarist credited. (I'm convinced Iomi is playing on 'New Yesterday' and maybe Mick is on some of the other tunes, if Martin isn't on it.)

[@xcinema-tic]

thank you Martin, for all that

[@tomdutton6976]

Wonderful interview with Martin BaBarre! He has always been one of my favorite guitar players, he is the sound of JT for me, without him it's just not the same.

[@wesselg]

That was beautiful! Big smile on my face.

[@planetpjr]

So cool, I sang locomotive breath and played bass in my high school band. This is another epic inside look back at great memories. It wasn't a dream! Thank you Dereck

[@ladybearbaiter]

been a fan since 1968 and still am............what a blessing ! Martin, you are one of the greats,

[@Fender73472]

Just saw Martin play and he at 77 years young and is playing at a very high level.If you get a chance to see him do it.

[@BBlooger]

That was so nice to watch. Cheers Martin and Dereck!

[@bornagainbornagain6697]

Long live Martin. One of my fav guitarists.

[@coolguy-wolf]

Martin Barre is super Funny and very cool person. Also very talented musician. Another great interview Dereck.

[@L.E.55472]

I had nooooo idea he was the backing band with so many great groups...Albert Collins, King, Gaye on and on.....learning is a groove! I agree w all who have commented about this excellent musical conversation that you and Mr Barre had together, thank you D🙏🏻✨🎶☮️✊🏻

[@FernandoHatsumura]

Great! Thick as a Brick is one of the best pieces of prog rock I ever heard. Nothing is Easy also a favorite! Thank you for the interview!

[@dhala54]

Saw Jethro Tull in '76 and The Martin Barre Band last summer. What a fabulous guitarist and excellent band. Great show that was very well thought out the entire bands sounded extremely tight. Guitarist /vocalist Dan Crisp was such a pleasure to hear both on guitar and vocals.

[@uncleambient]

Martin what a great guitarist and one hell of a nice guy

[@davidmajor4484]

Watched this as soon as i saw the title 😊 Thanks for bringing Martin on

[@Ukedc259]

Excellent interview. V interesting 👏🏻

[@MarkRoss-v4y]

Criminally under-rated guitarist. I remember taking a metal friend who didn't like Jethro Tull to see them in the 90's and he couldn't get over how good Martin was. Very pleased to have seen him live. Thank for years of musical pleasure Martin.

[@mylungpuppy]

Great interview with Martin.

[@danielgriffis9759]

Another great conversation! Thank you, Dereck. 😊❤

[@NoLegalPlunder]

Amen on his guitar tone. It's sublime. He's so self-effacing.

[@croiners4166]

Once again, Fantastic!❤

[@michaelpdawson]

Ian Anderson was never very generous about crediting the contributions of the other band members to the overall composition of the songs. One exception was the song "Minstrel in the Gallery," where Martin got a grudging credit for the instrumental middle section, which was entirely his work. (No credit on the single version, which omits that section!)

[@shepmathe]

Thank you both for this conversation. Saw Martin 2x w/Jethro Tull. Excellent musician and show. Well have to check out more current music. I'm surprised to hear he's not yet in the RocknRoll Hall of Fame. Well deserved.

[@Richcanvas]

Keep up the great work, Dereck.

[@marklatkowski9327]

Thank you, Dereck.

[@aaronandrews1040]

What a treat! I enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@idflux]

Wow! Fantastic.

[@grahamcole1539]

Thank you Dereck, much appreciated! I have been listening to Martin play for over 50 years since hearing Tull singles on the radio and then buying the albums. Solo Martin is as good as ever! Really love these recent conversations.

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Thanks for sharing this really chilled out interview with Martin; really interesting stuff he's sharing.I've see Tull live 3 times live,way back 74,75 in Newcastle UK and a little later 94 ish Manchester Apollo UK.Just awesome as a band👍

[@grahamallen9393]

"That phone is driving me nuts.....I'm going to the bathroom!!" Aww man you bring joy !

[@NoLegalPlunder]

It's so awesome that you're interviewing these legends.

[@sspbrazil]

Nice interview Dereck

[@coast73]

17:24 Once it seemed there would always be A time for everything. Ages passed I knew at last My life had never been. I'd been missing what time could bring. Fifty years and I'm filled with tears and joys I never cried. Burn the wagon and chain the mule. The past is all denied. There's no time for everything. No time for everything.

[@RomeoJuju]

That exact thought crossed my mind...great song

[@prutters]

I listened to 'Queen and Country' earlier today - a fav. Martin has his very own, unique, path in guitar/progrock history. That´s really something.

[@larrymcmonagle738]

Martin is a great interview! Thanks gentlemen...😀

[@brucevair-turnbull8082]

I love that impromptu intermission, Dereck. Two old guys muddling through.🤣More interviews please.

[@dereckvon]

😂

[@markspooner1224]

Nice one!

[@aschule5684]

Truly a gem of a musician and human being. "Rock Royalty" An inspiration to so many. Music would have never been the same without him. Long live Martin 👍

[@justgivemethetruth]

The great thing about Jethro Tull is from album to album they have NEVER BEEN THE SAME ... embrace it, Ian writes incredible music, and takes responsibility to all the things necessary to make it work. Without Ian there would be nothing. With the other guys it has always been different and better, and evolutionary. I don't think there is any other band of musician who has done that.

[@bertkarlsson1421]

Another great interview! I would love to see more!

[@megasoid]

Thank you.

[@pauldenby878]

Brilliant, thank you so much!

[@danburnes722]

Great job Dereck! Martin is painfully too humble.

[@richardossian4468]

I was at the same show that D was in 79 in Omaha with UK for support.

[@Cpayne30]

John Evan was also a huge personality on stage.

[@mr.bloodvessel260]

He ended up selling siding!

[@LPS-R-US]

Marvelous!!

[@richg1776]

Great chat Dereck 👍

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

Wow, this is amazing 🙏🏼🎶

[@danielmoore4693]

Dereck is absolutely right - Martin Barre is among the great guitar players. Although it does hurt that neither Tull nor the musicians that make it up are in the R'n'R hall of fame, it hurts just as much when a music or guitar mag publishes its list of "greatest" guitarists and doesn't include Martin. I mean, he should definitely be there among the top 50 but he only seems to get that kind of recognition from other guitarists who, for example, laud his playing on Aqualung. Maybe more of an open secret esp. with Tull fans is how integral he is to the sound of Benefit, Minstrel, and Warchild, not to mention how he really begins to perfect his technique on Broadsword and beyond. One couldn't really imagine Crest of A Knave without Martin - great great album that one, whatever anybody says.

[@srikanths5178]

But Tull isn’t an example of Americana, and Americana is what the Rock Hall should be about. It’s celebrating American music in an American institution, and I don’t really feel Tull really qualifies in that sense. It’s not that I have any disdain for Americana − that’s what got me into music in the first place − but I don’t feel that’s what I do. ----Ian Anderson in an interview in 2023

[@danielmoore4693]

@@srikanths5178 That is Ian's prideful talk again; he'd be fine if the band were admitted but, then again, it doesn't affect his world. Like Ian, I personally I don't care that much they aren't in there; it certainly doesn't diminish my enjoyment of the band and their music. But if Yes belong there, then so do Tull. Yes, I know the Rock and Roll HOF is an American institution (as is the original form of rock and roll music), but it also rewards membership to a great many English bands, as it well should, given that bands from that side of The Pond were vital for the revitalization of rock music in the 1970s. I wouldn't argue that Ian and Co. were doing in 1971-73 was quintessentially R'n'B, blues- or jazz-based or otherwise American, but it was massively popular in America. But I think, maybe, Tull's "original sin" was not erring far enough into the habit of aping American music trends. After all, at times even Yes could be funkier than Jethro Tull.

[@srikanths5178]

​@@danielmoore4693 That was Ian's acerbic wit and self deprecating humor at its best. He is right in that R&R hall of fame is more about commercial success and popularity, which is probably why JT may never make it to that arena . Most JT fans couldn't care less about R&R hall of fame either. .It is better not to be inducted and lumped along with lesser bands. But as you had stated, he wouldn't mind if they were admitted as JT did not reject the Grammy award for Crest of a Knave although IA stated then that it was quite an embarrassing moment. Yes and Rush have a bigger fan base and their music is relatively mainstream compared to JT. In fact, King Crimson's vocalist --I believe it is Adrian Belew --once said that Yes plays a clever variation of pop music.

[@marhill77]

Great player who really never got his due as he should’ve 👍

[@cookmoore3736]

Very lucky!

[@lagpressure]

I've always considered him one of the greats... along with Michael Schenker and Alex Lifeson who also are not talked about as much as they should be...

[@mr.bloodvessel260]

The bathroom break had me rolling, please don’t edit it!

[@Carma_1]

🙏💌🙌

[@LPS-R-US]

Gotta pull my SONGS FROM THE WOOD.

[@DTMBYLEZ70]

Favorite of all time!

[@rightchordleadership]

Tull has never even been nominated, let alone inducted, into the HOF. Total joke and a ridiculous omission.

[@williamstevens4251]

actually is an honor NOT being inducted

[@PeterHuebner]

MARTIN BARRE IST DIE ANDERE HÄLFTE VON JETHRO TULL❤😊. SORRY IAN ANDERSON SIE HABEN DIE SONGS GESCHRIEBEN,DOCH MARTIN BARRE HAT MIT SEINER ROCK-GITARRE DEN TULL-SOUND GESCHAFFEN!!ER IST SUPERNETT UND EIN SEHR BESCHEIDENER TYP. IAN ANDERSON IST SO DAS GEGENTEIL DAVON,LEIDER!!😢😢

[@ghostandbell2006]

☆☆☆☆☆

[@arfshesaid4325]

thought mr clampton got a little messed after his injection, silly me it was arthritis