Ekewaka Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 When big stacks of keyboards ruled and musicians actually could play complex songs all night long. Gentle Giant - Free Hand, Live 1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm sure we had a Gentle Giant thread going for a while here. that performance as well as several other classics were posted. Gentle Giant were awesome, I'm proud to say I've been listening to them since the late 80s when my older brother discovered "So Sincere". Several KC members were listening to them when they were 'popular'. Great band. Ray Shulman later went on to take a big part in ruining pop/rock music (Bon Jovi, etc). http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Funny that you mention this band and this song in particular, because at this very moment I'm in rehearsals practicing this tune with a band (Downing Grey) that I joined on this forum a just few months ago. I think we did a pretty good job of it. Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I actually watched that entire concert about a week ago. Very good. And I like their Missing Piece album! Estonia 190, Korg TrinityPlus, Yamaha P90, Roland PK-5a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Several KC members were listening to them when they were 'popular'. Count me among that group. Saw them in '75 (I think) in Philly opening for Rick Wakeman. Wakeman should've gone back to the hotel after the Gentle Giant set. Nothing against Rick, but that was one of the most amazing live performances I've ever seen. 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Count me among that group. Saw them in '75 (I think) in Philly opening for Rick Wakeman. Wakeman should've gone back to the hotel after the Gentle Giant set. Nothing against Rick, but that was one of the most amazing live performances I've ever seen. Yes, it was '75. An amazing show, to be sure. Never fails to crack me up that you and I were both there... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Count me among that group. Saw them in '75 (I think) in Philly opening for Rick Wakeman. Wakeman should've gone back to the hotel after the Gentle Giant set. Nothing against Rick, but that was one of the most amazing live performances I've ever seen. Yes, it was '75. An amazing show, to be sure. Never fails to crack me up that you and I were both there... dB Around that same time, maybe a couple of years before, I saw GG open for Jethro Tull. I had never heard of them before that, and was just stunned. Tull was great too, but . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm pretty sure I started at least one or two of those old Gentle Giant threads. They're my favorite band! It's funny. Just a week ago, I was thinking to myself that it had been awhile since we had any GG discussion. Good to see this thread pop up. I saw them open for Renaissance and then by themselves. If I recall correctly, they were touring The Power and the Glory and then Free Handwhich for my money are their two best albums. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm pretty sure I started at least one or two of those old Gentle Giant threads. They're my favorite band! It's funny. Just a week ago, I was thinking to myself that it had been awhile since we had any GG discussion. Good to see this thread pop up. I saw them open for Renaissance and then by themselves. If I recall correctly, they were touring The Power and the Glory and then Free Handwhich for my money are their two best albums. Best, Geoff Both excellent albums. I really liked Octopus, Three Friends and Aquiring the Taste as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekewaka Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Personally, my small curse was that I got Three Friends as my first Gentle Giant album, it's an OK album but nothing compared with the other albums they released before and after so I was somewhat neutral about GG for a while in the seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Free Hand was my first Gentle Giant album. I was 14 in 1975. didn't get it at the time, but at least I was tryin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCoscia Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thank you for posting this video. Free Hand was my first Gentle Giant album too - I wore out the vinyl. Steve Coscia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Personally, my small curse was that I got Three Friends as my first Gentle Giant album, it's an OK album but nothing compared with the other albums they released before and after so I was somewhat neutral about GG for a while in the seventies. My first was Octopus, so I was lucky there! My favorite was In a Glass House, though I seem to remember reading that that is the least favorite of at least some band member. (Or at least, of that era.) Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Free Hand was my first GG album as well, probably got it in 1978 or so. They immediately became my favorite band, and I pretty quickly tracked down the rest of their catalog, not an easy task in rural Oregon in the pre-internet age. What a terrific band. Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Some older Gentle Giant threads: Gentle Giant cover! G e n t l e G i a n t At Last - A Gentle Giant DVD! Hey Gentle Giant fanatics Gentle Giant - Live and in the Flesh!! Gentle Giant At The Golders Green Hippodrome - New DVD! Gentle Giant Proclamation Video NEARfest / Gentle Giant / Bob Moog Foundation For what it's worth, my posts in some of those threads are under my old "soapbox" screen name. And I stand corrected by the me from a decade ago who had a fresher memorythe Gentle Giant concerts I went to were in support of Free Hand and Interview, not The Power and the Glory and then Free Hand. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingstonCrim Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I saw them open for Renaissance and then by themselves. If I recall correctly, they were touring The Power and the Glory and then Free Handwhich for my money are their two best albums. My first GG show was also that tour with Renaissance (what a double bill!). Later saw them in a very intimate club setting (their opener was Dr. Feelgood). We had a table at the front corner of the stage right in front of Kerry Minnear. I could have just about reached out and grabbed the floor monitor if I'd wanted to. They were doing the new material from "Missing Piece". Was always amazing to me how they could pull off those vocal parts in "On Reflection" and "Knots" so well, and made it look easy. Masters of the craft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The best progressive rock band in the world!!! NS2 88, Yamaha Cp300, Moog Little Phatty, Hammond Sk2, Roland Fantom X6, Ventilator, Nord C2D, Leslie 3300, Leslie 122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I saw them open for Renaissance and then by themselves. If I recall correctly, they were touring The Power and the Glory and then Free Handwhich for my money are their two best albums. My first GG show was also that tour with Renaissance (what a double bill!). Later saw them in a very intimate club setting (their opener was Dr. Feelgood). We had a table at the front corner of the stage right in front of Kerry Minnear. I could have just about reached out and grabbed the floor monitor if I'd wanted to. They were doing the new material from "Missing Piece". Was always amazing to me how they could pull off those vocal parts in "On Reflection" and "Knots" so well, and made it look easy. Masters of the craft! Gentle Giant and Renaissance on the same bill must have been sublime. Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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