Martin Barre

Martin Lancelot Barre (born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist. He was 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 to their 2003 album The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. He remains the longest-serving member of the band after founder and leader Ian Anderson. In the early 1990s he began a solo career, and he has recorded several albums as well as touring with his own live band.