Barriemore Barlow first met Ian Anderson and John Evans in Blackpool, where the two were members of a beat group, The Blades.
12 Facts About Barriemore Barlow
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Barriemore Barlow left a career as an apprentice plastic mould tool fitter to start playing full-time with Anderson and Evan's band.
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Barriemore Barlow joined Jethro Tull in 1971, after the departure of Clive Bunker.
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Barriemore Barlow played on the EP "Life's a Long Song", before embarking on a concert tour with the band.
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Upset by the death of bassist John Glascock, with whom he had become very close, Barriemore Barlow left Jethro Tull in 1980 after completing the final leg of the Stormwatch tour.
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Barriemore Barlow played on Kerry Livgren's debut solo album Seeds of Change, and Yngwie Malmsteen's debut album, Rising Force.
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Barriemore Barlow played concerts in a group called Tandoori Cassette in the mid 1980s, with Zal Cleminson, on guitar, Charlie Tumahai on bass and Ronnie Leahy on keyboards.
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Barriemore Barlow has a recording studio, The Doghouse, on his property in Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England.
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Barriemore Barlow is currently managing a band from Henley on Thames called The Repertoires, and has been linked with other local bands which echo his own folk-influenced musical history, such as Reading's Smokey Bastard.
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Barriemore Barlow played percussion on "Artrocker," the opening track of the 2006 album Get Your Mood On by London indie punk band Dustin's Bar Mitzvah.
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Barriemore Barlow is known as a very technical and creative drummer.
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Barriemore Barlow was called "the greatest rock drummer England ever produced" by John Bonham.