“My wife heard Locomotive Breath on the radio. She said, ‘I wish you played like that now.’ I was a bit upset”: Martin Barre on revisiting Jethro Tull, Leslie West – and the bootleg Les Paul that bent like a banana

Martin Barre plays his PRS onstage. He wears a grey suit jacket, black shirt, and the backdrop matches his suit.

Though he’s rightfully earned his place on electric guitar’s version of Mount Rushmore, Martin Barre has never been remotely interested in hero worship – especially when it comes to guitar heroes.

“I am not and never will be a guitar hero,” Barre emphatically tells Guitar World. “Not in this house, not in my world. It’s a concept I don’t understand. I love playing guitar. I love guitars. I love amps. I love sounds. I love music. But that concept doesn’t touch me.”