It features Martin Barre, Dan Crisp, George Lindsay and Alan Thomson. Martin has since formed his own band, The Martin Barre Band, made up a quartet of seasoned artists. Barre spent 43 years as a guitarist for the legendary English band Jethro Tull before launching into his new career when Jethro Tull called it quits and broke up in 2011. Martin Barre did a phone interview with New England Rock Review’s Donna Erichsen prior to his scheduled show. The Martin Barre Band will be playing the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Theater in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on October 13, 2016. They built the audience up to a crescendo and took them over the top with the encore of “Aqualung” and “Locomotive Breath.” If this is how they go on little sleep they need to be sleep deprived and punchy all the time because the entire band once again wowed the audience with a fantastic and energetic performance. Barre said they were running on 8 hours sleep between all of them. The band had traveled through the night to get to The Kate after performing a show in Annapolis, Maryland. It was a great moment and the crowd thoroughly enjoyed it. He then took a seat in the front row and played back toward the rest of the band on stage, even giving bass player Alan Thomson the same look I am sure he sees from fans in the audience. Barre was excellent as usual on the guitar and he also surprised the audience at The Kate when he scrambled down the steps from the stage during one song and played to the audience in front. He seems to have his own style evolving is very engaging, especially when he’s singing a blues song.
He not only has great vocals but also does a fantastic job on guitar. Dan Crisp has totally come into his voice and delivered a strong performance. New to the line-up was Darby Todd on drums and he’s an excellent addition to the group. This time around they have been playing together for some time now, at least Barre, Crisp and Thomson have been. The band was getting into their rhythm and playing cuts off that release. In 2016 when I last saw Martin perform the Back To Steel album had just been released. If the whole album is as good as these two he has solidified the fact that he continues to release new and relevant music. This night they performed “Lone Wolf” and “(This is) My Driving Song” a couple of cuts off the new release due out October 28th. This is The Road Less Traveled Tour to coincide with the release of his newest album of the same name.
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