Interview: Will Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Work With Martin Barre Again?
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October 28, 2019 - Guitarist Martin Barre joined the band Jethro Tull on their second album, "Stand Up" from 1968. He was with the group until 2012. Many fans would love a reunion between Tull leader Ian Anderson and the guitarist but that seems unlikely. We asked Anderson if there was a chance for the two to get together again?
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Without Martin Barre it's not Jethro Tull to me. In my opinion he's one of the most underrated guitarists in the world.
Last time I saw JT (5 yr ago) Ian couldn't hit all the vocal notes, pulling the mike away from his mouth, Jethro Tull is finished for me. I'd go see MB though.
Exactly...in the later years, Martin Barre was the one thing that distinguished "Jethro Tull" from "Ian Anderson". Now that he's gone, it's nothing but the Ian Anderson Band to me.
That’s what everybody said and it’s definitely true!
This doesn't become true parroted for the millionth time. Tull was Tull before and after Barre. If everyone says someone is underrated, he obviously is not underrated.
Agree..Ian treated members as 2nd class player's that had to follow his strict guidance on and off the stage. Tull was over as a Band after Living in the Past.Then it was Ian's big Show.cod piece and Monte Python Joke..Benefit was last one for me..great chemistry as a group unique
Would Barre want to get together again is a better question. I saw Tull at the 25th anniversary show, at SDSU Amphitheater in San Diego. Every time Martin just touched his guitar it would EXPLODE! I'd seen Tull many times over the years, and Barre just kept getting better.
Martin is a wonderful guitarist and person.
Iv'e hung out with him,and he really is a great guy.We talked about their gig at Devonshire Downs back in the seventies and he told me the police hassled him over some ginseng seeds they found on him that they thought were drugs!
Martin Barre gave Jethro Tull its wings and made it fly.
When Ian did not even acknowledge Barre’s contribution to Tull during the 50th Anniversary tour it became quite obvious that there is no love lost between these two.
Very sad considering the body of work they made together and the mutual respect they had. I hope that eventually they get on again, life's too short.
Was very sad to learn about that. Ian had pictures of all past band members throughout the years at the shows and didn't show one of Martin?! That's just messed up.
Almost like trying to erase him from their history, 50 years of Jethro Tull fans will forever include admire and remember Martin as the important piece he was in that band and I think it was SO WRONG of Ian to do such a thing.
Martin Barre was never just "the guitar player."
He is to Tull what Dave Gilmour is to Floyd. A valuable and irreplaceable member of the band.
@@nogbadthebad2609Absolutely.
So let me get this right, Ian is saying Martin could not cope with the culture and technology used in various aspect of managing the bands operations, including touring. This all sounds like dressed-up bullshit to me and is really disrespectful to Martin. Ian is deflecting with smoke and mirrors. This is not what the great Martin Barre intimates in his interviews. I would tend to believe Martin Barre's version of event any day of the week. Ian is a genius song-writer, no question, and I love the real Tull (with Martin) but Ian is an inconsiderate, self-absorbed tool.
I agree. Anderson is a control freak. How Martin Barre took this for so long, is beyond belief
I think you might be onto something there. 🤔
No one loves "Tull" more than I. I'm discgusted by Ian's comments here.
Ian Anderson, CEO, is Jethro Tull, Inc. Barre was an employee among the dozens of others.
spot on @@user-bg2oi4bz3p
Just saw Barre at the show in Copenhagen. Loved it! To me he is much of the sound of JT. Also recently saw JT as well. Not very impressed, sadly. Mr. Anderson has little or no voice left but his flute still works very well.
Hi. We all lose something as we age. Ian Anderson was a good singer. Now he isn’t and I agree. Most likely he knows it too. There is no one like Jethro Tull. On that I’m sure we are in agreement. Life is a long song. 😎
Sorry, it’s not Jethro Tull without Martin. It’s something much less. I find it hard to believe Ian doesn’t recognize this. But, Ian always had a colossal ego.
Fortunately for you, and you should know, Barre is on a Tull tour right now. Tull is so much more without Anderson. Right?
Sooo cold! I will always miss Martin Barre!!!
No Martin Barre, no Jethro Tull.
The classic lineup should be in the rock and roll hall of fame
which one?
No question.
@@jermaschinot Ian, Martin, Barrie, Clive, John Evans, John Glascock, Jeffery Hammond, and Glenn Cornick should get in if Tull is ever put in. I could also see a case for Mick Abrahams, Doane Perry, and Dave Pegg being put in.
@@jermaschinot Right..to me there are 2 classic lineups....1968 to 1971 and 1972 to 1980.
I don't think Ian is personally well liked by other musicians, especially his contemporaries. RRHOF powers-that-be just don't like him.
When it first happened, I remember Martin saying he was totally caught off guard as Ian had not mentioned anything to him about starting a new band without him. He was hurt and said he was really lost until trying to write his own stuff and starting to put a band together himself. He has succeeded much more than he thought he would and is loving life now without Tull.
And it’s so well-deserved!
I am glad Martin can find fans and play gigs, but as a fan from the 70's I cannot stand anything about that band but some of Martin's improvs on old Tull and his solos. The singer just creeps me out. He should get You-Tube guy Jack Hickos or something like that who sings more like Ian than Ian at this point. or Mark Sencunda? have you ever heard him doing Tull covers?
Martin is one of the most underrated guitarists around, not to mention his ridiculously impressive musicianship..truly should be in anyone's top 20 list..just let your ears convince you..
Martin has narcistic personality disorder.
Ian - “Martin is just too busy to get together with us.”
- He told you he was too busy?
Ian - “No I looked at his schedule and decided he was too busy.”
that’s Ian in a nutshell. Jerk
Martin Barre - "Ian Anderson? Last time I spoke to him was late 2011"
Why pick a side? Fantastic musicians and disagreements. So? Enjoy the music.
I think Ian is bullshitting about email etc. If Martin can tour the world he is almost certainly using email etc.
Tull is definitely not Tull without Martin. The music is less incisive, more smooth, less cutting. Like Fairport without Swarbrick. I get why bands split but the new Tull just doesn't excite me.
Well that's really rich right there. The Guy who opined for the Days of "Heavy Horses turning the land under me" is complaining his guitar player of 50 years won't do business via text and phone apps. This is really a Narcissist creating the cover for why he had to be the ONLY Jethro Tull member. If given free tickets to Anderson's Jethro Tull or Paying $50 to see Barre I am going to see Martin I for one still believe in loyalty to friends who have been there for decades.
I would just like to add that the stories of early Tull and Tony Iommi's short stint further indicate that Anderson has always had a Narcissist complex
If you want to be employed by Anderson, you better answer the texts and emails immediately, not some month.
Have you been to Martin's tour? I have, and it was really wonderful!
This is a perfect example of being in a band. Egos, slights, resentment, etc. It’s why most bands don’t even get out of the rehearsal stages. This should show up in the next Spinal Tap film.
I loved Tull since I first (of many) saw them 40 years ago. But sometimes Ian can be a complete tosser. And his voice is sadly shot, whereas Martins guitar still soars.
No matter what, there would be NO Jethro Tull without Ian Anderson, he can be a prat there is no doubt, but without his talent as a writer, his vocals [ in the early years ], his flute and acoustic guitar playing, and his stage presence, Tull would never have existed. So we should count ourselves lucky that Jethro Tull formed in the first place, and left us such a wonderful back catalogue of music to play with. And that includes the brilliant Martin Barre, as he wouldn't be enjoying the success he is having now without Ian Anderson, plus the back catalogue he has access to, which will never sound right without a flute player !
Whatever the rights and wrongs, at least he's happy for him to play Tull's music and use the band's legacy to make a living, unlike Jeff Lynne with his former bandmates.
Martin Barre is Jethro Tull, as is Ian Anderson
What is he on about. Martin deserved more than this. Ian sounds like an angry boss.
I love Ian but to suggest that Martin shouldn’t/couldn’t be back in the band due to unfamiliarity with the internet is beyond absurd.
ezzz9 Don’t be ridiculous. Ian is being purposely evasive here. If you believe his absurd reason for Martin leaving after 40+ years, you’re kidding yourself.
I agree. Ian is too old to rock but too young still to die, and Martin is living in the past. Thats thick as a brick isnt it?
@@leemaples1806 ian cant sing anymore, his voice is appalling- if
he could then he would have every
reason to continue but he cant.
Finish live performances now, end
of story - he owes it to himself and
also the old tull fans who remember
better times, long gone
This reminds me of the Breakup of Yes
( Yes without Jon Anderson isn't Yes )
and Jethro Tull without Ian Anderson and Martin Barre isn't Jethro Tull ( it's not the same )
All I can say is the recorded guitar lead on Aqualung has to be one of my all-time favorites.
I agree for recording in the studio but in live shows he never replicated that magic .
I am sorry but i can not listen Ian Anderson anymore. His voice is awful and 5 - 6 tones on music scale down. He alone is not Jethro Tull. I know the history of all redentions of JT and Martin Berre was 43 years in JT band . To flick him of from band was not really good idea .
I don't like his comments on his former guitarist. He seems to say he's stupid because he doesn't use computers.
I'm a big fan of his work, but Mr. Anderson can sound like a condescending jerk while reading a takeout menu.
His comments most probably reflect the issue and then if both sides get entrenched and don't agree and push comes to shove then obviously MB got the shove (Ian would have to do all the work to placate MB otherwise), I think he was genuine in his praise that MB is doing the circuit and seems to be pretty busy. MB in a recent youtube interview said of the meeting Ian talked and I listened, it has happened to numerous other groups, and yes they are old but obviously can still retain an audience of mostly hard core fans I would expect!?!
I have heard IA basically call MB stupid for other things as well.
That's all very well, but you don't can a valuable band member - and ROCK ICON - just because he doesn't like the Internet very much..... You work around it!
what a knob of a person....does not use an email and Internet?
I wonder what the original mindful Ian Anderson, in 1970, would say when he’d be told “this is what you will say in 50 years”. And, yes, Martin was never “just the Tull guitarist”
I have been in struggle with some of my own blood (I love them though) but, some of us are better off apart from each other.
The relationship could be whatever but, THE music prevails.
THANKS guys, EACH ONE OF YOU, who have been part of the trip, I really appreciate you ALL.
For me Jethro tull with Martin Barre has achieved a lot of success Martin is one of the best guitarists in the world his style is unique many God guitarists think he's one of them
He played the Aqualung solo in ONE TAKE.
Holy cow Ian just rambled on for 5 minutes without taking a breath about emails, the internet not using a tour manager… A glimpse into why Barre is touring on his own to be sure. Anderson prefers playing solitaire anyway
Ian should change the name of his band to Matlock. Because it’s sure NOT Jethro Tull anymore.
Regardless of how much I appreciate Ian, I would have never expected such a lame excuse.
The thing about Martin not taking to computers and the internet may be a distraction but the point that it wouldn't do Martin any good to get him back in the band is quite true and fair. I just watched an interview with Martin where he told how hard it was for him to build his own band and get recognition and lead that band himself, but he made it and is in a comfortable position now and very happy about it. Getting him back into JT would ruin all that and IA is right about that one.
I agree; it would be a step backwards for Martin Barre to rejoin Jethro Tull. I saw Martin this spring and the whole group was fantastic! The last time I saw Tull, Ian could hardly sing, and in fact did not sing most of the songs.
It's a bit harsh to call him dishonest, egomaniac, etc. At least he answers questions with more than a grunt: and he's certainly a good talker. Getting him to shut up may be a bit of a problem. But hey, show business people put themselves out there, and some of them are performing even when they're not performing. It's always been obvious he is a control-freak and probably a bit lacking in the human warmth and humour department, but anyone who's been in a band knows you have to find a way to get along, and work with what you've got. Martin Barre is a nice guy, but never likely to be a driving force the way IA has been. Similarly, Cornick and Bunker were serious musicians thrust into rock stardom. You had three fabulous players, and one front man who, OK, could knock out a tune on various instruments, but he wasn't primarily a musician: he was a showman, and a good one. I wouldn't have fancied working for him, but you know what you're getting, and there are worse people in the business, believe me.
Anderson was a composer from the start, and became a magnificent instrumentalist.
You can never get too much Jethro Tull. Ian is so articulate.
It isn’t Jethro Tull without Martin. Just as The Stones with someone that isn’t Keith isn’t exactly The Rolling Stones.. Perspective by a drummer.
Always seemed Martin had a huge hand in arranging and really composing the instrumental bits.
I saw Martin Barre two days ago, Clive Bunker was there and it was awesome, I would like to see Ian's JT once again ,absolutely! Long life Ian and Martin!
So, why is it that Tull's new guitarist tries so hard to sound like Martin Barre???
Great job, John! Very surprising response from Ian Anderson about why Martin Barre is not with Tull. 40 years later, I am still upset over Ian's dismissal of the classic '70's Tull lineup, and would have thought that Martin's departure was just another case of Ian's shuffling of band members. Knowing his tendency to "rearrange the furniture," however, it's kinda hard to believe Ian's two reasons for not keeping Martin: his unwillingness to adapt to the internet, and the pursuit a (very late)solo career.
That's "just" 2 reasons. I bet there are more
I have been a huge fan of the band and Ian for decades, but what seems sadly more like the real reason is that this may be Ian's final move to achieve autocratic control of the band. It started in the late 70's with the dismissals of the "Songs From The Wood" era players, but it's especially upsetting, because no one has been more loyal and dedicated to Ian than Martin- and of course no one can embody the guitar sounds of Tull like Martin.
@@stuarthecht8196 When Ian succeeded in gaining absolute and total control, the music suffered greatly.
Martin Barre, was the sound of Jethro Tull.
If you think about how important Steve Hackett was to Genesis then that is how important Martin Barre was to Jethro Tull. And just has Steve Hackett has kept the music of Genesis alive so Martin Barre has kept the music of JT alive. Just listen to Martin’s band and it is far superior to the current and indeed recent versions of JT.
Yep.
I love them both, but that's some passive aggressive shit, right there. Disappointing.
I’m going to see Martin and Band on July 21…Can’t wait…gonna be fantastic!
I saw him two nights ago it was an awesome show you'll have a great time
Martin Barre was the wind beneath Ian Anderson's wings.
Blah, blah, blah and Ian drones on avoiding the truth.
you,re bloody right!!!
Lord this man could talk.
Total BS from IA😂! Intimating Martin couldn't and wouldn't embrace modern tech is total garbage. The way IA went behind Martin and Doane's back before TAAB 2 in 2012 is hugely despicable.
I crossed that threshold of AM top 40/ pop-rock listener in the 1960's into an FM rock listener with Jethro Tull's Aqualung in October 1971. I followed Tull all the way up to Martin's departure. So Jethro Tull was a huge influnce on my listening- I can say my blues listening experience started with Tull, and Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig. So I am grateful for that musical exposure.
I have yet to see Martin play, but absolutely will.
As for Ian, well I am not motivated at this point.
An expensive concert ticket, unfortunate singing, and no Martin seals the Seal Driver deal!
Barre wouldn't say why he and the band separated but it seemed like an emotional thing for him. I was hoping for some clarity here but no such luck.
This was a stellar incredible band with musicianship far beyond that of today's mortals
FYI, The name Jethro Tull is also the name of a 14th century agriculturalist.
I never knew someone could be so condescending while spreading fertilizer.
That is a most charitable way to put that
Ian and Martin are quite fine the way they are now. Martin’s band is fierce. Ian is very organized, obviously, and is busy enough. Tull was Tull. That discography is astonishing, but those days are gone. This is like The Beatles, Floyd, Yes, Genesis, the whole lot of great bands. Stop crapping on Ian. Life goes on.
Met him at a meet and greet. Very rude man. Ignored us, didn’t engage at all. Shame as I enjoy the music
Got it.. Ian became more and more of a taskmaster and independent over time. That’s one thing he’s honest about. He’s one of these guys that will not pay any employee he doesn’t have to in order to furnish a product. He’s learned over time how to minimize and maximize, if you know what I mean.. As for the issue of when is it no longer Tull?… Well, it will always be Tull, IF you consider JT is be interchangeable with IA. On the flip side.. You can’t change every ingredient of a cake, and still make the same cake.. so those are the two opposing thoughts to consider. I’d be willing to bet the recent resurgence in the JT “brand” in this decade is a revenue experiment.
Martin is a living legend and very humble. If the man wants a printed itinerary, I think for all his years of loyalty, you print the man an itinerary! If any one in rock and roll deserves a little slack for being delinquent on reading emails, it’s Martin Barre!
This longtime Tull fan can never forgive Ian for not even mentioning Martin Barre during the 50th Anniversary tour.
This annoys me so much. Martin brought so much to Tull. Imagine Aqualung without his contribution. Also he wrote that instrumental interlude in Minstrel. That warrants a co-writing credit.
Spot on. We all love Tull (with Martin in), Ian is undoubtable a genius song-writer and arranger, but he has not treated Martin or many other past members of Tull with any respect. Makes me sick. Ian is very full of himself and loves to blame others e.g. Robert Plant, Roxy Music, John Peel have all had the Ian treatment. It's never his fault it is always someone else's.
Ya, ian screwed him, plain and simple.
He has never been given the credit he was due, imo. I don't consider Jethro Tull to be Jethro Tull without Martin.
So Martin isn't in the band because Ian thinks he's a Luddite? When Martin is asked if there could ever be a reunion, he simply says "No" and moves on. There was absolutely no need for Ian to dump on Martin like this. Then again, there is absolutely no reason for Ian carrying on "singing", yet he insists.
That story about emails is insulting to one's intelligence. Really Ian, emails???
@@gutterdandy9173 Or it's a metaphor for Ian and Martin have grown apart and work differently these days.
One thing I really like and respect about Ian Anderson, obviously aside from his music, is his disciplined mind and his ability to take on the management, organization and logistics of the band. He kept this band alive and going a lot longer than most other bands when they would have folded or faded into obscurity and come back when someone else managed their return for profit. I wish he would talk more about that, and let us know more about who he is and what his songs mean ... the ones that had meaning ... LITP and previous. ;-)
Ian really screwed martin barre, after all martin has done for tull, pretty sad.
I've seen Tull twice now without Martin. I'm very sad to say, that even though JT is a top 5 favorite band, I'll never go again unless Martin can somehow rejoin the band. There's just no reason to anymore. 😢
Jethro Tull would not be the Tull that electrified me over the 70's, ( their glory years), without the two guys being together. When it comes to the metal riffs of Martin Barre's unique and powerful lead guitar licks, along with Ian Anderson's flute and flamboyant energetic showmanship, that was the recipe that made them exceptionally noteworthy to listen to and follow.
'Just the guitarist' in the band?? That's like saying Jimmy Page is 'just the guitarist' in Led Zep.
But Ian doesn't have a band, he has employees 🙄
That's not what he meant. What he meant was, as he said, that Martin should have his own universe that he controls, and not be part of Ian Anderson's universe, where he doesn't.
Martin Barr would likely have never had the confidence to get out and do it for himself without Anderson's prompting. Sort of like trial by fire
Martin Barre is one of four guitarists in Tull together with Mick Abrahams (being the original guitarist), Florian Opahle (widely considered a great player, by Greg Lake for instance), and Joe Parrish (who is also a capable singer).
It seems Tull needed the change in order to become a creative force again, with the last decade of MB in the band having resulted in zero new material.
@@NuntiusLegis
As Martin said , Jethro Tull only had two guitarists, M Abrahams and M Barre which was 45 years until the end of Jethro Tull, the other two you mentioned were only employees, never compare with Martin and Abrahams. Jethro Tull ends after The Christmas Album.
If you don’t know, most of the compositions of Thick as a Brick was made by John Evan . Ian never mentioned that . And most of the orchestral arrangements were made by D Palmer , and never would exits a drummer as B Barlow and never Ian Anderson will play with a guitarist with the quality of M Barre .
Here you have tips for what Jethro Tull is not only Ian Anderson, without these members Jethro Tull never would have had that success.
When the admin is more important than the music I have lost the plot. I am glad I lived through the 60,s 70,s and 80's but since the internet not so much. I liked actually speaking to and meeting people.
The definition of bullshit, I’m afraid.
Imagine Mick Jagger would tell us that he couldn't work any longer with Keith, Charlie or Ron, because they don't read their e-mails. Come on Ian, show some dignity.
That almost came to fruition in the 80s
^^^^^^^ THIS!!! ^^^^^^
People do grow apart and bands do divorce - it does happen. The Beatles were one of the greatest examples of that. Paul couldn't work with John and Yoko and all that.
There’s more to it than just modern technology
Who knows as long as they all do read Micks e-mails.
As in most bands, the individual musicians contribute their own ideas, but I and Many others realize that coming up with the initial framework of the song takes Way more talent. Any dispute is delusion. The band is Ian's. Period. Like it or leave it. Guess what? He'll continue to do just fine 'till the end. Flush your negative cosmic debris, it's meaningless.
Wee Willy I agree ! IA is JT, without him there is no Tull ! From what I remember Ian wrote ALL the songs on Aqualung ? He is A great Frontman & enetertainer and as everyone knows, good luck having a successful rock band without that . There are countless great musicians but few great front men !
I agree, Ian was Tull. I realise that without him, there was no Tull. I get that and agree. What I don't get is why he downplays the contributions of the other members to the extent that they appear to be little more than the hired help. I thnk they were a lot more than that, especially Martin and a few of the earliest band members. Even if they were just 'the hired help' he needn't talk about them in such a condescending tone.
boy, i’d love to work for you. you’re wrong on so many levels i think i’ll just move on
Well if that's true Ian songs would just be acoustic folk song's..and they all are .framework don't make song .collaboration of Idea's shape the sound and Ian won't let his ego go ..example Aqualung without Martin Barre..Living in the Past or Bourée without Glenn Cornick Bass line's.. Ian didn't come up with every idea or note in Tull and it show's in Hus catalogue if song's.
Is Ian Serious He sounds Like a Travel Agent - Why is he doing all that?? Its Not that complicated - It is the world you live in - Why not Print out - No Tour Managers?? So Ian spends all his time Managing Tours - No time spent on Music Making? So if Martin doent like email Leave him alone pick up the damn phone
Wow, he certainly dumped on Martin Barre ! It's very hard to think of Ian's current musicians as a band,if they simply swap mp3 files and show up in the departure lounge having learned their parts. John,I noticed you couldn't get a word in edge-wise.I hope it got better as the 47 minutes wore on.
Hah! I watch Martin Barre's interview where he emphatically states his dislike for anything to do with computers to the point of always asking others to do it for him. He is very happy doing what he's doing now, and I really like his revival of the old Tull songs.
I agree with Martin regarding the whole internet thing. I have had the same experience with the guys in my band. I hate all of it and I am lousy at it.
I’ve read interviews with Martin where he suggests that he left because he got bored with the repertoire. The set list had barely changed for decades, and there were songs that he wanted to perform that were never in the set list.
He also stated that Ian’s vocal problems were becoming an issue for him. It restricted the song choices they could play live, and he said it was getting to become embarrassing when Ian’s voice let him down on stage.
I can understand this. I’ve seen the band 4 times between 1998 and their 40th anniversary tour, and it was mostly the same set list. And on several occasions Ian’s voice was just wretched, which was sad. For the 40th tour they threw in a few more early Tull numbers, but Ian was not capable of singing them anymore so he hired the lead singer from Tull tribute band Sossity. I’m sorry, but it’s a bad sign when you have to hire your tribute act to sing on your behalf. It’s not Ian’s fault that his voice is damaged, but it’s sad all the same and I get what Barre was saying.
Absolutely spot on my friend, Ian's singing is totally abysmal and you
can understand Martins decision
on that alone
That's maybe some positive notes of Martin being let go, but make no mistake, Martin didn't quit, he was definitely terminated from Jethro Tull (in a rather roundabout and sneaky way I might add). He has talked about it many times, he found it odd when he heard through the grapevine about Ian approaching some of the guys about participating in TAAB 2 but keeping it from both Martin and Doane Perry. And then Ian told the two of them he was ending "Jethro Tull" because he wanted to continue working only under his own name, at which point Martin says that he felt like the rug was being pulled out from underneath him.Then 5 years later Ian resurrects Jethro Tull without inviting Martin and Doane back. Listening to Martin speak about Ian, he definitely still holds a bit of a grudge about it, although he's got his own career independent of Ian now so that's a silver lining.
Sandro Kovalev , Martin Barre had been a Tull member for 43 years before his contract of employment was terminated. He has witnessed Ian Anderson’s behaviour and attitude at first hand for all of that period - from the sacking of Glenn Cornick when they were about to board a flight at Los Angeles airport to the big clear-out of 1980. He’s spoken about how he had to ‘fight’ for his position in Tull, knowing that what happened to the others could easily happen to him if he failed to deliver or got out of line. I think it’s a testament to his own personality that he was a member of the band for so long. Tull has never been a ‘fun’ band to be a member of (various members have testified to this over the years) but it made economic sense if you wanted to pay your mortgage off early, say.
@@AK99581 And Ian Anderson replaced Martin Barre with a 30-year-old Barre look and sound-a-like. Pretty ridiculous. I have nothing against Florian Opahle, but he always seemed like somebody that was playing Barre in a Jethro Tull biopic or something.
3 pks a Day ..puff puff..no voice
I think of Ian Anderson like Ricky Gervais. He co-authored work with a great partner (Steve Merchant/Martin Barre) that was his "best", and then when that partner left his work lost quality.
I've been a Tull fan my whole life but I don't want that to give the impression that I am keen to explore anything they make now.
In terms of Ian's "treatment" of Martin - Ian already had a bad rep for being the Josef Stalin of famous musicians when he backhandedly fired previous members who were important to the band.
But as far as his voice goes - why wouldn't Ian perform himself to death? I don't think giving up is Ian's thing - he moves onwards to new things like everyone does but he doesn't quit, and why should he? Because other people want him to? Why would he care about what other people want? He doesn't owe anyone anything - if people are willing to pay to see him fail live let them.
Should have called it quits years ago, voice is completely knackered. In his prime the greatest front man in rock music!
All that internet stuff is an excuse. He's guitarist. If they wanted him in the band they could just phone him.Keith Richards admitted he was clueless with computers.Would the Stones give him the sack?
Core sound of Tull Ian , Martin Barre, Barimore Barlow. Minstrel in the Gallery Rocks!
So if you want a job in Ian Anderson’s band, make sure you put “Proficient in Word, Outlook, and the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite” on your resume.
"An adaptable self-starter" is even better.
Thank god Martin is doing his own gigs. Saw him in late June. His set includes Tull songs I want to see and perform live. He's such a personable guy - great stage presence. Hope he continues going his thing and Ian does his - more opportunities to see legends and hear some of the best rock/prog/jazz/folk for the late 60s - mid 80s.
Well that’s a new one. Martin was bounced over email.
Kevin Hoover absolutely ridiculous excuse
@@rightchordleadership 100% totally ridiculous BS story from Ian.....
It's just a metaphor for the fact that Ian went his own separate way.
There was not a band that I liked more than Jethro Tull in the early to mid 70s. I have seen them 4 times beginning in 1974. From what I've read, Ian Anderson's decided to stop touring in 2012 because of his voice (or lack of it) and Martin Barre still wanted to perform so he left to start his own band. How funny is it that Ian Anderson seems to blame him for the breakup. Actually, the more that Ian Anderson talks, the less I think of him. Martin Barre was not just some studio musician playing with Ian Anderson, he was instrumental in most of the early JT music.
Just what I said. Ian comes across as self important and arrogant.
@leahcim38 jeez i am awake,"i saw thems 13 times live from 69 to 82..after that JT was lost and Ian couldn't sing no more on the 82 tour and it hurt me to much to see him that diminished vocally so i stop going to the theirs shows after 82..now as far as band's members goes so sorry but after 79 it was never that great again even if Ian is great the band never capture the musical eloquence of the 70's line up band,,period..!
So jeez maybe you cannot hear the differences,,good for you then you can still go see Ian playing flute,but for me it's long gone for Tull.
They became a bad cover band in the 80'..regards jeez..!
Well that has to be the longest "no" I have ever heard.
It's like he was dancing around the subject because his conscience isn't clear. He said he'd first checked Martin's tour dates. How about checking with Martin or just writing a letter of good will and mentioning that he's contemplated such options. Maybe Martin would've responded positively, regardless if there's no future work related.
@@ytusersumone I wonder what people expect from a collaboration that clearly didn't work well anymore in the last entire decade they were together - with not a single new song recorded in all that amount of wasted time. They had to part ways to become creative again.
Deflect. Deflect. Avoid. Deflect. If I don’t stop talking you’ll forget the question. Deflect. Ian has lost the thread. Sorry.
Martin has a different view..Ian just replaced him without notice and was surprised when Ian dumped him like the others before him..
David, The fun part of all this is Martin is having the time of his life doing things with the new band & all these years later he like Dave Mason or Robin Trower have lost nothing in their playing & writing skills. It may just be my opinion but Ian is the real loser here in losing one of Rocks best players . I have no doubt's Martin still knows how to use a telephone LOL .. We just have enjoy the great Rock they made in their heyday as the real Jethro Tull.
Absolutely loved Ian Anderson and JT from his first album till about heavy horses after that there albums have gone down hill as Ian voice..
what he said about Martin was not so kind., Seems there would be a song in there somewhere 😂
Know how Martin feels I'm not into computers
I remember Tony Iommi commenting on the short time he was in the band saying how strange the whole dynamic was. When they'd go to eat, Ian had to have a table by himself and nobody was aloud to bother him.
That doesn't seem much like a healthy kind of environment for a band. It wasn't a brotherhood for them in any way. It was Ian's band, you worked for him and if you didn't like it......see ya?!
I think Martin put up with a lot from Ian Anderson and was willing to keep doing so until Ian forced him out.
What a disappointing load of crap of one my of my all time heroes. I am in my sixties and have been a fan of JT since I was 11. Marin Barre is as much JT as Ian Anderson is. I have seen JT several times in my life and the level they reached in 1977 in the Hammersmith Odeon was never surpassed. That was a magic show for me and later was realeased on Bursting Out. Hearing Ian who is now struggling to deliver his vocals talk about Martin Barre as a guitar player in a band is deplorable. Pity Pity Pity. And then talking about Martin not reading email for *** sake music dependent on email what kind of act has this become. Ok no more new JT for me I will enjoy the old stuff which still stands with Martin Barre.
I'm sure you're aware of it but Martin has been touring far and wide playing 'almost' exclusively 60s and 70s era Tull with his band. Well worth checking out if you haven't already..?
Agree.
Btw, I thought Live Bursting Out was from performances of the European tour May to June 1978? Not that it particularly matters.
I could see where that would get frustrating that Martin couldn't embrace technology when proper communication within a band is so important. Ian's voice is so bad that in the long run this was a good move for Martin.
I agree. The videos online from this current tour are brutal. No idea why anyone would want to see that..
Love JT (classic, that is...pre 1980), love Ian...but if I had to choose between going to see Martin's show or Ian's show today, I'd choose Martin's.
Sorry to all the haters but Ian Anderson is Jethro Tull!!
@@tece2796 Not in the last decade with MB in the band. Album-wise, Tull was non-existent in that decade, zero new material. New guitarist, two great new albums within three years, than a hiatus longer than intended due to the pandemic, now another great album, and the next one is in the making. MB is a good guitarist, but I prefer Tull being a creative force.
Charles , I don't really think any of this is about hatred between Ian & Martin just big differences of ideas & opinions. Ian can do what he pleases & Martin still rocks the house as one of rocks best players. I grew up in the 60s & 70s & do play guitar , Tull will always be about Ian , Martin & even Mick A. Clive , John Evan & Glenn . Everything else is just the remains of what that line up produced which are the classic Tull albums we all think of first. No hate here just an opinion.
So in a 6:58 long video regarding the actual question, from 2:15 till the end, Ian's justification was about Martins lack of emails or desire to use it. Wow... petty much?!
Well the first thing Ian talked about was Martin doing his own thing, presenting his own takes on the songs, and running his own band, rather than working under Ian, which is fair and understandable. Regarding e-mails, this isn't something to be dismissed out of hand - it's actually a pretty legit concern. My understanding about how Ian and Jethro Tull works is that Ian generally writes a loose song structure, chords, lyrics and melody, and then circulates that among the band to get everyone's input and work out arrangements and the final song structure collaboratively. 30 years ago that might have been done in a rehearsal room, but now, it's often done by e-mailing ideas back and forth, and even recording remotely. If your second-most-important member doesn't want to do that, that's really going to throw a wrench into how you run a band. It's also a pain in the ass to co-ordinate all the other things related to running a band, from scheduling rehearsals to planning tours and everything else, when people aren't responsive to e-mails.
"It seems like maybe 20 years since we employed a tour manager. It ceased to be any use to us whatsoever sometime in the late 90s". If only Ian Anderson had used the money he saved to employ a full time vocalist, Jethro Tull might still be worth watching live. If they still existed, that is. Sadly, Jethro Tull ceased to be a band when Martin Barre left.
Ceased to be Tull - when Martin and Doane were exiled.
@@stephanmichaels7215 - Doane had medical issues.
Hmmmmmm....... a little economical with the facts there I think. Went to the 50th anniversary tour (twice!). Previous band members featured to some extent by either anecdote or video. Hammond-Hammond, Bunker, Iommi, etc. But not one single bloody word about Martin. A bloke who’s been in the band for 40 plus years, through thick and thin didn’t rate even the briefest tribute. Anderson would seem to prefer to fill his band with second rate session musicians who are probably cheap and happy to continuously churn out the same old ‘classics’ behind the ever failing singing voice. Ego and money reign supreme.
He seems to like being a PA for his own band. Going on and on about booking references, boarding passes, hotel information....very weird.
Everything has been done online for many years. No need for a tour manager making phone calls and writing handwritten letters.
Looking at what is doing Ian Anderson with his new band, which is a very bad band , nothing that resembles the Jethro Tull sound , I realize what Martin Barre said once after Ian disbanded , Martin said : It was Ian Anderson biggest mistake in his life .
What a ridiculous and humiliating shows Ian Anderson is doing with these new members .
Yes, I agree with you. I was shocked at how bad the "Jethro Tull" band is now when I watched a show - Ian has completely lost his voice (Like Jon Bon Jovi) and the musicship, although adequate seems to have no spark. Ian is still amazing on flute but the with another guy doing most of the vocal duties now it has lost something vital. The same goes for the loss of Martin Barre, you don't realise how much of the band's sound was Martin's guitar. Some good friend should tap Ian on the shoulder and say "it's time buddy". When you compare the old band to the new, it's embarrassing. Funny thing is though, Martin's band is no better. You'd think Martin could find a singer guitar player to front his outfit at the level it deserves but no, his vocalist is not very strong either and it lets the whole thing down. Too Old to Rock'n Roll, Too Young To Die...maybe not LOL :-)
Sadly you are right. Jethro Tull is a sorry copy of a once great band .
They most probably should pack it in but if there is an audience, then the show goes on, it seems like the biggest loss is Ian's voice and that is very difficult to replace!?!
So Martin got fired because he didn’t use email? Seems legit to me...
I guess you didn't watch the interview. There was never any discussion about why Martin was let go.
Tell the truth you don't want to pay him for what he's worth so go find a just a guitarist in a band
The most essential thing about Jethro Tull was Martin Barre's guitar work. Ian Anderson was a great front man, but more of a medieval clown act than a Musician or Song Writer.
I've seen Jethro Tull several times over the last 40 years. The concerts that stood out the best (for me) were the ones with Martin Barre. Every time I've seen other versions of Jethro Tull, it was more an Ian Anderson concert and simply did not have the JT feel. JT without MB, is just another Jethro Tull cover band.
It's a cover band when there is no new, original material. So Tull was closest to being their own cover band in the last entire decade with Barre as guitarist - and not a single new song. The most dreadful Tull era by far.
I have a better life since 2012 with Tull/Anderson being back as a creative force.