Martin Barre, who logged 40-plus years as Jethro Tull’s lead guitarist, will present “A Brief History of Tull” June 24 at Penn’s Peak, located on Maury Road, Jim Thorpe.

While he commemorated the progressive rock band’s 50th anniversary with late-2010s shows and a two-CD retrospective, Barre conceived a new production for his latest tour.

“I don’t want to come back with the same show or a slight variation,” said Barre. “That’s what Tull did in the later days. I didn’t like it. I don’t want one person to think, ‘Oh, it’s pretty much the same show.’”

The current tour, Barre added, represents “history, pivotal points. It’s a roller coaster, the best I could ever do. It’s got to be better than last year, otherwise it’s not a success.”

Aside from Barre, his current band lineup features Dan Crisp on vocals and guitar, Alan Thomson on bass, and Darby Todd on percussion and drums.

Born in England, Barre taught himself to play guitar as a teen and took flute lessons. Work duties prevented his father, an aspiring clarinetist, from pursuing his musical ambitions.

“Once he knew I wanted to play, he was over the moon,” Barre said. “He never imposed anything on me. He gave me so much support, encouragement, in a subtle way.”

Barre, who listened to American artists, did not copy acts he admired, unlike guitarists during the late-1960s blues boom, who tried mimicking Albert, B.B. and Freddie King. “I thought, ‘I’m never going to do that. I will find my own way and have fun doing it.’”

In his early years, Barre, who studied architecture in college, played in various U.K. bands and clubs before joining Jethro Tull in 1968.

“I was jumping into the deep end of swimming pool and learning how to swim,” he said. “Nothing can prepare you. If you got determination and know this is your thing in life, you figure it out pretty quickly.”

Once Jethro Tull came to the U.S., “we were in a different world. I loved it. We were learning how to be musicians/rock stars, watching everybody else make idiots of themselves. It was fantastic, the early days of stadium rock music.”

Barre credits the band’s nonstop writing, recording, rehearsing and touring - with no holidays - in keeping the cliché rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle at bay. “It never appealed to us. We found rock music fairly ridiculous. That’s why we did things like ‘Thick as a Brick,’ where we poke fun of ourselves. Being in a stadium, playing music; these pompous, rock ‘n’ roll, look-at-me sort of people. We found humor in it.”

Jethro Tull, named after the 18th-century British agriculturist, played folk, blues and electronic rock, among other genres. Barre played on 20 Tull studio albums, from 1969’s “Start Up” through a 2003 holiday album. Tull’s biggest hit singles include “Living in the Past” and “Bungle in the Jungle.”

Fifteen Jethro Tull albums sold 500,000-plus copies domestically, including 1971’s multi-million-selling “Aqualung.” The latter includes, among others, “Cross-Eyed Mary,” “Locomotive Breath” and the title track.

While Barre has cited 1977’s “Songs from the Wood” and 1978’s “Heavy Horses” albums as his best playing, “I am never happy with what I play. I’m always striving to improve.”

Barre’s work on 1987’s “Crest of a Knave” album helped Jethro Tull snag a Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy. The win was considered an upset, as group leader Ian Anderson and others did not think Tull belonged in the category.

“I love that I’ve got one,” Barre said. “You see people with armfuls of Grammys. I can’t imagine it means the same to them.”

In the early 2010s, Anderson dissolved Jethro Tull. While Barre and Anderson do not communicate often, “there’s a lot of unspoken respect,” Barre said. “Musically, the door’s open, but I don’t think he’ll ever knock on it.”

Furthermore, “what I’ve spent 12 years putting together, I would never jeopardize. I have a great band, great bunch of friends. It’s a fantastic circle. I don’t ever wanna break that.”

Barre, residing with his family in the U.K., thinks “it’s a shame” how the dissolution has impacted Jethro Tull’s legacy. “The brand is severely diluted. Jethro Tull deserves more.”

As for the group’s exclusion from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Barre’s “over it. We’re never gonna get in. We‘ve been passed over so many times. It’s become a joke.” Though “I would love to go in there and see a photo of me in a display case.”

Considering his career highlights, “I never sit back and think I’ve accomplished anything,” said the guitarist, who has new tracks “in the pot” to work on later this year. “I want to be a better player, writer, flute player, play to more people, play to more countries.”