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'''Martin Smith''' was Gentle Giant's original drummer from their days in | |||
[[Simon Dupree and the Big Sound]] | |||
He played on their first two albums, | |||
[[Gentle Giant (album)|Gentle Giant]] and [[Acquiring The Taste]]. | |||
According to a friend, "Martin was a wonderfully sympathetic | |||
drummer who could play all styles (except possibly funk) very | |||
convincingly. He was particularly good playing jazz/blues... he was | |||
never musically phased, no matter what was thrown at him." | |||
== After Gentle Giant == | |||
[[Image:sadggian.jpg|thumbnail|right|Picture created by Toby Trott in memory of Martin Smith]] | |||
Sadly, Martin passed away on March 2, 1997, of internal hemorrhaging. He was 50 years old and apparently had been very ill with a blood disorder for five years. He continued drumming up until 2 months before he died, though he needed help setting up his drums. His funeral was attended by 150 people, many of them fellow musicians, and Gordon Haskell (of early King Crimson fame) wrote the eulogy. | |||
[[Category:Members of Gentle Giant]] | [[Category:Members of Gentle Giant]] | ||
[[Category:Members of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound]] | [[Category:Members of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound]] | ||
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Martin Smith was Gentle Giant's original drummer from their days in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound He played on their first two albums, Gentle Giant and Acquiring The Taste.
According to a friend, "Martin was a wonderfully sympathetic drummer who could play all styles (except possibly funk) very convincingly. He was particularly good playing jazz/blues... he was never musically phased, no matter what was thrown at him."
After Gentle Giant
Sadly, Martin passed away on March 2, 1997, of internal hemorrhaging. He was 50 years old and apparently had been very ill with a blood disorder for five years. He continued drumming up until 2 months before he died, though he needed help setting up his drums. His funeral was attended by 150 people, many of them fellow musicians, and Gordon Haskell (of early King Crimson fame) wrote the eulogy.