BassTractor Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) Gentle Giant reunited of sorts forty years after disbanding, in that seven of its eight past members contributed to a fan initiative where a 100 or so people sent in a vid of themselves playing "Proclamation", and Noah Shulman (son of GG member Derek Shulman) edited those into one vid. I'd say: awesome within its scope and limitations. article with video: https://www.loudersound.com/news/gentle-giant-premiere-fan-video-of-proclamation video only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjFP8gildU Edited July 16, 2020 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Brilliant isn't it. As well as the aforementioned Gentles, there's also Jakko Jakszyk, Lee Pomeroy and probably a load of others I should recognise (as well the host of talented regular fans of course) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 3 hours ago, toneknob said: Brilliant isn't it. As well as the aforementioned Gentles, there's also Jakko Jakszyk, Lee Pomeroy and probably a load of others I should recognise (as well the host of talented regular fans of course) Innit. The whole thing originated in the On-Reflection e-mail list. We started to organise gatherings roughly 25 years ago, after an attempt at a reunion, and the band members became interested in this 20 years ago. Part of the success is in people most of the time not behaving like fans but like adults. Most of the time. 🙂 Amongst the regular fans are some professional musicians, but AFAIK there were no rehearsals, and no interaction about timing. I gather everyone just played along to a CD and sent the vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Ah, those were the days ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Dammit - lets have another 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 After "Two Weeks in Spain", we need some antidote: 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Excellent video portraying an excellent and innovative band. I need to get the vinyl back out😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Where's the tinned sweetcorn gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 11 hours ago, BassTractor said: Innit. The whole thing originated in the On-Reflection e-mail list. We started to organise gatherings roughly 25 years ago, after an attempt at a reunion, and the band members became interested in this 20 years ago. Part of the success is in people most of the time not behaving like fans but like adults. Most of the time. 🙂 Amongst the regular fans are some professional musicians, but AFAIK there were no rehearsals, and no interaction about timing. I gather everyone just played along to a CD and sent the vid. Yep I'd need 25 years to learn a Gentle Giant song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 So many Rickenbacker basses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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