After Airbag last Friday, this was my second Prog gig in the space of a week.
Love Prog gigs for the profound ambience, no pushing and shoving, just a brilliant, dreamy focus on great music.
Last night, the Martin Barre set was divided nicely into two parts: old Jethro Tull favourites in the first part, the whole of the Aqualung album (plus a few other tunes in the second.
From the first part, Hunting Girl and Heavy Horses were always going to be my favourite tunes, but a massive shout out to Sweet Dream too, as I wasn't expecting this.
Dan Crisp has a great (Ian Anderson-type) voice:
And works in great unison with Martin Barre:
Saw Jethro Tull four times somewhere between the Broadsword and the Beast and Crest of a Knave albums.
But my favourite Jethro Tull albums are the Trilogy: Songs from the Wood; Heavy Horses; and Stormwatch (easily the most underrated Tull album, for me).
And the second half of the Martin Barre set last night, like the first part, went by in a flash:
Bought Aqualung while still at school in the dim and distant past, and it was great to see the accoustic tunes (Cheap Day Return; Slipstream etc.) done live, shortly after the title tune, of course .
Had also forgotten how good My God and Hymn 43 are, it was a really nice trip back down memory lane.
So hats off to Martin Barre and his great band for giving me a great Thursday night out, a real treat:
Saw Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull at the New Day Festival in Kent in August, so seeing Martin Barre last night kind of gelled things together a bit.
Also saw Martin Barre at the New Day Festival in 2019.
Great to see that there's some kind of circularity to it all.
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