AzWhoFan wrote:
Anyway, long story short, they faded into my memories until this Xmas when the wife bought me the newly remastered Octopus and Three Frieds CD's (yes, I still buy cd's ...) and it was like KA-POW!! I haven't been able to get their stuff out of my head for the last three months.
I heartily advise everyone to go and get those remasters, they did a primo quality job getting it to sound right.
Amen. One of the fun things about their live performances was that Ray Shulman totally got into it.
Off-topic but slightly related, I was listening to Tony's excellent track on You Tube and when it was finished, this link came up. I've never seen a lefty Fender VI before. I looked closely at the vibrato plate and headstock and it doesn't appear to be shot in the mirror. Either this thing really exists or he flipped the mirror image back with editing software.
In the comments, the guy confirms that it's a lefty Fender IV. He had it made by the Fender custom shop. I've read that doing so will run you about $5000. They used to make them stock. A vintage one will set you back... $13,000.
The keyboard player and the "roadie" in stiletto heels and sprayed-on jeans setting the floor tom up again after it fell over.
My second-favorite bass player of all times, Scott Thunes, is touring and recording again, so maybe if more and more people start posting Gentle Giant videos on YouTube and the other original members of the band continue performing the music, Ray Shulman will succumb to his inner bassist and pick up the instrument.
