Ex-Jethro Tull Guitarist Martin Barre Says He Dislikes '99% of Music.'
. With a new lease on his own career and on the relationship with the band that made him famous, the former Jethro Tull guitarist is scheduled to bring his solo band to the Arlington Music Hall.
Surprisingly, despite the wide-ranging styles that he has covered both with and without Jethro Tull, Barre says his own appetite for outside music is rather specific. Whether this method of"preservation" is more or less effective than others, Barre says every person should have their own methods. Barre says that he has no qualms about his newfound love for songwriting possibly being overshadowed by the towering legacy of his life’s work.
Barre says that if anything, the postponement of the last two years’ worth of live performances gave him a break and allowed him to creatively recharge. “I like working with other people,” Barre says. “Particularly people I know nothing about because it puts you in a very open position where you’ve got to work hard and come up with something that works for them rather than for yourself. I think musicians that don’t get involved in a challenge like that are missing out on what music’s all about.”