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The Aqualung character is also mentioned in "Cross-Eyed Mary", the next song on the album. In a 2015 interview, Martin Barre recounted a situation with Led Zeppelin while recording the song's solo: [7] We'd locked ourselves away in the studio—us doing Aqualung, and them working on Led Zeppelin IV—and I hadn't seen Jimmy Page at all. Finally ...
His signature solo on the 1971 Jethro Tull standard "Aqualung" was voted by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as one of the top rock guitar solos of all time. Also, in 2007, this solo was rated one of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos by Guitar World magazine. Authors Pete Brown and HP Newquest named Barre's "Aqualung" solo as the 25th-best ...
Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Jethro Tull; it was released in March 1971 by Chrysalis Records.Though it is generally regarded as a concept album, featuring a central theme of "the distinction between religion and God", the band said that there was no intention to make a concept album, and that only a few songs have a unifying theme. [4]
He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. [1] His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick , titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to ...
Martin Barre of Jethro Tull recorded the entire Aqualung album with a 1957 Les Paul Junior, including the extended guitar solo of the title track. Steve Howe used one with a different bridge on Tales from Topographic Oceans to overcome tuning problems he had with the guitar, where it was his key instrument on sides two, three, and four. [6]
Matthew Nicholas Hales (born 17 January 1972) [1] is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has been performing professionally under the name Aqualung since the early 2000s. [2]
"Locomotive Breath" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their 1971 album, Aqualung. Written as a comment on population growth, "Locomotive Breath" was meant to replicate the chugging rhythm of a train. In addition to its release on Aqualung, "Locomotive Breath" saw two different single releases and has been a live ...
Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 is a live album by Jethro Tull, released in vinyl LP on 18 April 2015, for Record Store Day.It was recorded on 4 November 1970 at Carnegie Hall, New York City.