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I'd love to go, but SBS is about 160 miles from my hometown, so a 320 mile round trip on a Thursday (aka work) night; I know I should go but, my age & lethargy says otherwise...

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I would love to go, but I am in the USA.   If they make it within 250 miles of my home, I will go.
 
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Originally posted by RaphaelT RaphaelT wrote:

Gentle Giant - one of the few classic bands that are impossible to make a tribute band for them
 
So true.  I'm wondering what they'll sound like without any Shulman's involved.
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Before Three Friends came into being, there Rentle Giant, which did a single gig last October.   It was a five man band (Three Friends will add Minnear and the vocalist) and several videos are on You Tube.    

The quality of the perfomances on You Tube is quite good.   And they played some songs that I do recollect Gentle Giant playing live (e.g., His Last Voyage).  
 
I believe it will be a very good band.
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As GG were my favourite band of the '70s, this does my old heart good to see. If I were still in the UK, with 5 less children and the bank balance of when I was footloose and fancy free, I'd do all that I could to be there. Shoreham-by-Sea seems a little low-key, but perhaps suits a first time out. I expect it is near where one/all live? Not a Shulman brother in sight but I think that very unlikely ever, so Three Friends is pretty good (hopefully excellent). I read somewhere a while back that Kerry Minear was giving piano lessons to kids in Birmingham (West Midlands), which made me kind of sad, but I guess the reality of life after a modicum of success 30+ years ago. The recorded evidence of his and Gary Green's talent is better than a thousand words I could write, so I wish them luck, await reports and hope the project moves into the future as Malcolm suggested.
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they will do more uk gigs surely?!  travelling hundreds of miles on a thursday to somewhere that, despite sounding lovely and quaint, i have never heard of is awkward.  i would make that journey for GG in any form but i have an event to put on the next day.  grrrrr
i am going to have to wait for the, surely inevitable, northern dates.
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Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:

Originally posted by RaphaelT RaphaelT wrote:

Gentle Giant - one of the few classic bands that are impossible to make a tribute band for them
 
So true.  I'm wondering what they'll sound like without any Shulman's involved.
 
Not that I claim Three Friends a mere tribute band - I just think that it would almost impossible to make an imitation of the old Gentle Giant, switching instruments in course of single song, turning from rock band to a medieval band to a jazz group - but I'd likely see someone trying to do shows in the vein of the Gentle Giant gigs. That really is a challenge
 
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Points: 19236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2009 at 13:09
Nice to see them playing. Too bad it's not a full reunion.
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They“re also playing in Gothenburg Sweden
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2009 at 12:49
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Hope they tape it and make a CD.


every band should at least tape all their shows, unless they play their songs by the numbers
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Well, sadly it looks like I'm just not going to be able to attend this gig due to everything else in my life getting massively in the way. If anyone would like to get their hands on a pair of tickets for twenty quid or so (they cost me £25 including booking fee) then e-mail me asap ([email protected]) and we can arrange something. Thanks.

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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Well, sadly it looks like I'm just not going to be able to attend this gig due to everything else in my life getting massively in the way. If anyone would like to get their hands on a pair of tickets for twenty quid or so (they cost me £25 including booking fee) then e-mail me asap ([email protected]) and we can arrange something. Thanks.

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I wish that I could help you out but the plane ticket alone makes it restrictive on my part.
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Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Well, sadly it looks like I'm just not going to be able to attend this gig due to everything else in my life getting massively in the way. If anyone would like to get their hands on a pair of tickets for twenty quid or so (they cost me £25 including booking fee) then e-mail me asap ([email protected]) and we can arrange something. Thanks.

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I wish that I could help you out but the plane ticket alone makes it restrictive on my part.


No worries. I'm hoping someone in the UK will be willing to take me up on this offer. I just don't want to see good tickets go to waste.
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Originally posted by Hamfari Hamfari wrote:

They“re also playing in Gothenburg Sweden
 
 
I really want to experience this. I'll see what I can manage to do! Big smile
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I have always wanted to see, as close to as I could get, Gentle Giant play live so when this gig was announced I bought my ticket instantly, even though it meant travelling from Liverpool on a school night. Anyway I learned last night that a job has come up for the rest of the week and I simply cannot go and I am devastated. I was really looking forward to the whole event but, in these current troubled days, I cannot refuse the work.

So, to get to the point, I have a ticket for tomorrow's Three Friends show that some lucky blighter can have for free, just give me a shout. If you are too far from Liverpool to pick it up I will see if something can be left at the venue to enable you to gain admittance.

Please contact me if interested, as I say you can have the ticket for nowt, I just don't want it to go to waste!
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Sadness, sir! I hope someone's able to take you up on that offer.

I should probably also point out that I've somehow managed to squeeze this gig back into my schedule, so my previous (far less generous) offer no longer stands.

Also, if anyone reading this will be there tomorrow night and fancies a quick chinwag with me then I'll be the mad-looking bloke in the bowler hat. Big smile
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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Sadness, sir! I hope someone's able to take you up on that offer.

I should probably also point out that I've somehow managed to squeeze this gig back into my schedule, so my previous (far less generous) offer no longer stands.

Also, if anyone reading this will be there tomorrow night and fancies a quick chinwag with me then I'll be the mad-looking bloke in the bowler hat. Big smile


Thanks for the invite but I will be seeing the Adrian Belew power trio tomorrow night in St.Louis. Enjoy the GG show.
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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Sadness, sir! I hope someone's able to take you up on that offer.



Me too, but as of yet no takers! I am absolute gutted not to be going to be honest, consoling myself with the fact that I am going to see Diagonal in Liverpool on Friday night :)


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Originally posted by davecigs davecigs wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Sadness, sir! I hope someone's able to take you up on that offer.



Me too, but as of yet no takers! I am absolute gutted not to be going to be honest, consoling myself with the fact that I am going to see Diagonal in Liverpool on Friday night :)


Ooh. I'd not heard of this band until I read your post just now. I'm currently listening to their myspace page and am more than a little impressed. I shall have to try and see them live myself, when the opportunity arises!
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