Memory:Brian J. Idle

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This fan memory was written by Brian J. Idle.

It was the mid 70's and Gentle Giant was pretty big in Michigan at the time. A guy who painted air-brush paintings on vans named Gator turned me on to Gentle Giant in the parking lot of a place we called The Pit in Owosso Mich. I first heard Octopus and thought it was the most original music I had ever heard. I then went to the nearest mall and bought all the Gentle Giant albums that were out at the time. My first concert that I saw them live was at Cobo Hall in Detroit around 1975, right around when Free Hand was out. Gary Wright opened up with his first Dream Weaver Concert and nobody knew who he was but he blew us all away. Then Gentle Giant opened up with The River and totally blew everyone away. Their recorder solo's they did as well as the percussion solo's so well rehearsed were awsome! The head liner was Rick Wakeman doing King Henry the 8th's wifes. Needless to say it was the best concert I ever saw in my life of 37 years!!!!!