Listening to Jethro Tull - Benefit.....pulled it off of the shelf after lo these many years.

Excellent album.

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I Can't Explain

Martin Barre never gets enough respect IMO.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Jethro Tull is a great rock and roll band! When I saw them Fanny was the opener and we had either front row or second row seats. I can't ever remember because the next night at the same venue we saw Argent, so that weekend was memorable because we had first row seats for one concert and second row seats for the other concert I just can't remember which was which
Play In Time-Jethro Tull
http://youtu.be/H0pC56L-AIY

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

I read a long interview with Martin Barre in a guitar mag several years ago and I couldn't get over how humble and self effacing this guy is.He even downplayed his phenominal guitar work on the Aqualung album-Yngwie could certainly take a page or two from his book.I have never read any interviews or much at all really about Ian Anderson-is he secretive and reclusive or is it that there isn't much written about him?I would imagine that a Jethro Tull biography would provide some good reading.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I had been a folkie/acoustic fingerpicking player for a long time before hearing Benefit: it was one of the albums, if not the album, that convinced me I needed an electric guitar. Since so few people talk about it, I figured I would open this thread and get to post, "Oh, I thought this would be about the Jethro Tull album:" imagine my delight when it was! Excellent call.

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Jim Bordner
Gravity Music - www.gravitymusic.com
Composer, producer, Egnater Artist

Amen,his recorded solo on Aqualung is perfect!
A very melodic soloist,that you hardly ever hear mentioned.

Benefit was always my favorite JT album -- Some classics here for sure! (To Cry You a Song was my personal fav) Gonna have to go dust that one off myself and listen again

BTW, Martin Barre does some work with a guitarist named Willy Porter these days. Check him out if you get a chance

He's one of five primary early influences on my playing -- along with Joseph Walsh (James Gang), Leslie West (Mountain), Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) and the Cream-era Eric Clapton.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Those are some great guitarists to draw inspiration from for sure!

I have been listening to Crest Of a Knave lately on tape of all things.....My 15 year old daughter was like what band is this dad....they rock.I love my daughter.She follws in my musical footsteps and she owns her own mini strat.

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1986 Fender Sidekick Reverb 35
1990 Fender Red Knob - "The Twin"
1992 Fender Newporter - Acoustic
2000 Fender American Series Strat - Natural ash
2010 Fender Mustang 1
2011 Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster -Sunburst
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