Drummers - Barriemore Barlow
Barriemore Barlow (born 10 September 1949, in
Birmingham) is best known as the drummer and percussionist for rock band
Jethro Tull from May 1971 to June 1980.
Jethro Tull
Barrie was a school friend and former bandmate of Tull leader Ian
Anderson. He joined after the departure of Clive Bunker and played on
the following albums:
* Thick as a Brick
* Living in the Past
* A Passion Play
* War Child
* Minstrel in the Gallery
* Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
* Songs from the Wood
* Heavy Horses
* Bursting Out
* Stormwatch
Following the death of John Glascock, Barlow left Jethro Tull in 1980,
after completing the final leg of the Stormwatch tour.
Since Jethro Tull
Barrie went on to do various session projects, including work with
Robert Plant, John Miles, and Jimmy Page, and he also started his own
band for a spell called Storm. He played on the Yngwie Malmsteen album,
Rising Force.
Barrie has a recording studio, The Doghouse, on his property in Shiplake,
UK.
Drumming technique
Barlow is known as a very technical and creative drummer. His drumming
on the live album, "Bursting Out", is testimony to his great and
creative talents as a drummer. He was called "the greatest rock drummer
England ever produced" by the late John Bonham.
In a comment on his drumming for the Jethro Tull albums he said; "I've
always admired people who invent — and on a percussion level I admire
inventors of rhythm. I tried to strive for that in Tull, but now I go to
great lengths to advise the drummers in the bands I'm managing not to
play anything like I used to play in Tull, because it was so busy and
over-the-top." (Modern Drummer, December 1990)
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriemore_Barlow
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