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Martin Barre

1946 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Barre is the 1,218th most popular musician (down from 1,170th in 2019), the 3,368th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,084th in 2019) and the 212th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Martin Barre ranks 1,218 out of 3,175. Before him are Gene Autry, Bruce Kulick, Shawn Crahan, Mike Bloomfield, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, and Ronnie Radke. After him are Tomasz Stańko, Francis Goya, Grant Green, Johann Peter Salomon, Yuki Kajiura, and Hélène Grimaud.

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Among people born in 1946, Martin Barre ranks 441. Before him are Chava Alberstein, Luis Puenzo, Noddy Holder, Toshio Furukawa, Ron Silver, and Edoardo Bennato. After him are Francis Goya, Kathy Ellis, Olena Chekan, Wes Unseld, Erkki Tuomioja, and Daryl Hall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Barre ranks 3,369 out of 8,785. Before him are Raphael Holinshed (1529), Ian Paisley (1926), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Gladys Cooper (1888), George Graham (1673), and Radclyffe Hall (1880). After him are George Eastham (1936), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Michael Ball (1962), Philip Reeve (1966), Ken Green (1924), and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Martin Barre ranks 212. Before him are Maxim (1967), Dave Holland (1948), Simon Wright (1963), Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Noddy Holder (1946), and Martin Birch (1948). After him are Jimmie Nicol (1939), Phil Campbell (1961), Geoff Downes (1952), Geoff Emerick (1945), Neil Murray (1950), and Bernard Sumner (1956).

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