Memory:Bill Lavery

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This fan memory was written by Bill Lavery.

Just thought you might be interested in a gig I saw around early 1972. the band were supporting another band called Black Widow at Highfield Comprehensive school in Liverpool The school hall was packed out mainly because it was the first time they had ever put on a gig and also Black Widow used to include a mock satanic offering of a naked virgin so everyone was expecting that but probably becasue it was a school they didnt do it. Afterward everyone agreed giant had blown them away and people i knew were hooked for life as well. I cant remember the date but Martin Smith was the drummer and they played stuff of the first two albums which had been released. It was the first real gig i had ever seen. GG were brilliant and I have been hooked since. I never believed a band could play so many instruments and in such combinations.