# The Best Jethro Tull Guitar Solos > The 17 best Jethro Tull guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Aqualung (1971), then Locomotive Breath and Cross-Eyed Mary. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Martin Barre spent more than four decades as Jethro Tull's lead guitarist, bringing heavy blues-rock punch to Ian Anderson's folk-prog songs. His solo on 'Aqualung' regularly appears in Guitar Player and Guitar World lists of the greatest rock solos. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Martin Barre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Barre) 1. [Aqualung](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-aqualung/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1971 2. [Locomotive Breath](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-locomotive-breath/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1971 3. [Cross-Eyed Mary](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-cross-eyed-mary/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1971 4. [Minstrel in the Gallery](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-minstrel-in-the-gallery/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1975 5. [We Used to Know](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-we-used-to-know/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1969 6. [A New Day Yesterday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-a-new-day-yesterday/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1969 7. [Nothing Is Easy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-nothing-is-easy/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1969 8. [Heavy Horses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-heavy-horses/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1978 9. [Thick as a Brick](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-thick-as-a-brick/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1972 10. [Hymn 43](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-hymn-43/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1971 11. [Budapest](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-budapest/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1987 12. [Steel Monkey](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-steel-monkey/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1987 13. [Farm on the Freeway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-farm-on-the-freeway/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1987 14. [Teacher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-teacher/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1970 15. [Pibroch (Cap in Hand)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-pibroch-cap-in-hand/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1977 16. [Black Sunday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-black-sunday/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1980 17. [Bungle in the Jungle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jethro-tull-bungle-in-the-jungle/) — Jethro Tull · solo by Martin Barre · 1974 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)