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[ROCK] The way the story goes, Martin Barre’s original audition for Jethro Tull didn’t go well—he was too nervous to play. But a second audition was furnished at his request, and Barre then spent the 1968 holiday season learning guitar parts for Tull’s classic Stand Up album, which got recorded the following spring. Barre’s tenure as Tull’s guitarist extended until the band’s (supposed) dissolution a few years ago and also included contributed bits of mandolin and flute playing. Over the years, he also became a key co-writer with frontman Ian Anderson, his contribution to the band’s trademark neo-classical arrangements reaching a pinnacle with Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978), and again on 1987’s Crest of a Knave. During the 1990’s, he launched the solo career that brings him to Sportsmen’s Tavern on Sunday, September 30. In the wake of Tull’s potentially permanent hiatus, Barre has released a live album and a pair of recent studio recordings, 2014’s Order of Play and the blues-focused Back to Steel the following year.