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Poll Question: Choose your favorite from these:
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    Posted: December 09 2012 at 13:36
Kerry Minnear, but Ray Shulman is a close second. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2012 at 15:21
I think Kerry was the glue that kept them on the road to their particular style with his classical training and arranging skills. Also an incredible keyboardist and emotive vocalist.
The rest of the band are all respected virtuosos as well but if I have to pick only one : Kerry.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2012 at 13:25
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2012 at 13:21
Kerry Minnear,
Oh, I also met Gary and Malcolm. They are pretty kind
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2012 at 05:37
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

What Gentle Giant member do you like the most? They all had an important role, but there must be one whom you like the best.

After few minutes of thinking, my choice would be Ray Shulman. I find him to be one of my favorite bassists, he is very creative and also cool.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2012 at 01:33
Crap. I was going to go straight for Kerry but I just love Gary's guitar sound so SO much on Three Friends.

I'm going to have to take some time off work to think about this.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2012 at 01:15
Kerry, hands down. He is sexy (at least he was), very skillful, and very talented. Plus, I love his singing. I like it much better than Derek's.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2012 at 23:55
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:14
John Weathers for having the best facial expressions
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:02
If I was going for pure musicmanship/composition/virtiousity I would definitely go with Kerry, but I voted for Gary as my overall favorite member.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2012 at 18:28
I'm gonna go with Phil Shulman. My reasoning is because my favourite albums is when he was in the band. I also understand he was very much a driving force when in the group and wrote some of the most poetic and complex lyrics in modern music. Then it's neck and neck with ray and kerry for out and out musicality Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2012 at 22:58
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2012 at 22:36
Ray's probably my favourite. The baby of the band, and who doesn't love those intricate, groove bass lines? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2012 at 09:07
And one more vote for mr. Gary Green Thumbs Up
He does some great things on his guitar, some of my favorite GG stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2012 at 08:37
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2012 at 15:22
I think i've always liked Gary the most.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2012 at 14:52
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2012 at 13:43
I liked them all and think they were all integral to the band's sound, but if I had to choose just one it would be Kerry, followed closely by Ray.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2012 at 13:12
As a musician I'd say Kerry but I voted for John Weathers who had a lone 1 vote, he was so fun to watch to with his weird faces and body language Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2012 at 08:32
Derek for me. He had a cool, commanding voice and made a dynamic frontman who added some physicality to the cerebral music.
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