Martin Barre

 

Artist:  Martin Barre
Birth Name:  Martin Lancelot Barre
Born:  November 17, 1946.  Kings Heath, Birmingham, England
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Mandolin, Flute, Saxophone

Martin Barre is an English Rock Musician.  He was the Lead Guitar of the Progressive Rock Band Jethro Tull, starting with the band's second album in 1969, he also played Flute, both on-stage for Jethro Tull and in his own Solo work.

Title:   Away With Words  (2020)

Genre:  Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock

Label:  Purple Pyramid Records

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD 

Tracks:

 1.  At First Light/Moths  (3:10)

 2.  It's My Round/Requiem  (6:04)

 3.  One Brown Mouse/Fatcat  (3:16)

 4.  Air:  Lament Of The Spalpeen/Martin's Jig/Hymn 43  (6:11)

 5.  All Bars Hold  (1:12)

 6.  Pussy Willow  (3:44)

 7.  Snapsahot/Paparazzi  (4:14)

 8.  Long Ago/Home  (4:54)

 9.  Fire At Midnight/From The Ashes  (4:06)

10. Protest & Survive  (3:06)

11. Space A Thought/From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser  (4:03)

12. Sundown  (4:04)

Bonus Tracks:

13. The Meeting (Live 1996 With Doane Perry)  (4:26)

14. Silk Ties   (3:17)

Personnel:

Martin Barre:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Bass, Flute, Bass Clarinet

Dan Crisp:  Vocals

Frank Mead:  Balckwood Flute, Whistles, Bodhran, Blues Harp

Jonathan Noyce:  Bass

George Lindsey:  Drums, Percussion 

Bonus Tracks:

Martin Barre:  Guitar on Tracks:   13, 14

Jon Noyce:  Bass on Track 13

Andy Giddigs:  Keyboards  on Track 13

Doane Perry:  Drums on Track 13

Maggie Reeday, Joy Russell:  Vocals  on Track 13

Simon Pilgrim:  Drums on Track 14

Away With Words is the fifth solo studio album by Martin Barre, originally released in 2013 by Edifying Records, remastered and reissued on October 2, 2020  by Purple Pyramid Records.  In a digipak with 2 Rare Bonus Tracks.