Memory:Rich whitebraynz
I'd seen Gentle Giant in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the early 70's. I think Foghat was on the bill with them. I think I was probably outside smoking a cigarette while Foghat was playing. When compared to Gentle Giant almost everything is boring. I had to laugh when you mentioned Gary Green's crushing handshake. We had spent a few minutes at the side of the stage talking with Gary after their show. To this very day I always associate a handshake with the name of Gary Green. I also associate pain with the name of Gary Green. I would NEVER arm-wrestle with him! I didn't know that much strength could be concentrated within the human hand.
I would love to talk with Kerry Minnear for a long time. Few people in my lifetime have impressed me so much with their abilities/gifts as he. That concert in Allentown was the first time in my life that I'd ever seen a human being do one hundred things that I'd previously believed to be impossible. I mean that I'm a 4/4 Motown musician. He was playing in some weird 13/7 time signature and singing a vocal line with complete ease on top of it. I am SO jealous of his brain!