Three Friends (band)
For other uses of "Three Friends", see Three Friends (disambiguation).
Three Friends is a band starring several former members of Gentle Giant:
- Gary Green (guitar, vocals)
- Malcolm Mortimore (drums)
plus:
- Roger Carey (bass and vocals, from Liane Carroll's band)
- Mick Wilson (vocals, from 10cc)
- Gary Sanctuary
The band plays Gentle Giant songs and plans to create original music.
This is not a Gentle Giant reunion. It's a new band.
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Previous members
- Kerry Minnear - left in early October 2009
- John Donaldson (piano and keyboards)
- Andy Williams (guitar, collaborator with Roger Carey in the Engine Clutch And Gearbox trio)
Tour schedule
These are all the tour dates we know about. See the official schedule for the latest information.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | More info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-21 | New York City | USA | B.B. King Blues Club | |
| 2010-06-19 | Bethlehem, PA | USA | NEARfest | |
| 2009-09-26 | Würzburg | Germany | FreakParade Festival (poster) | progrock-dt.de |
| 2009-09-21 | Aoyama | Japan | Mr Le Sang Full Moon | |
| 2009-09-20 | Aoyama | Japan | Mr Le Sang Full Moon | |
| 2009-09-19 | Aoyama | Japan | Mr Le Sang Full Moon | |
| 2009-09-13 | Montréal | Canada | Festival des Musiques Progressives de Montréal | Prog Quebec, Admission.com |
| 2009-09-10 | Shoreham-by-Sea | England | Ropetackle Arts Centre | |
| 2009-04-25 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Musikens Hus | |
| 2009-04-17 | Coolham | England | Big Jim's Music Nights | |
| 2009-04-16 | Shoreham-by-Sea | England | Ropetackle Arts Centre (poster) |
Set list
The set list played at the Ropetackle Arts center on 2009-04-16 was:
- Prologue
- Playing The Game
- The Advent Of Panurge
- Pantagruel's Nativity
- Just The Same
- Think Of Me With Kindness
- The House, The Street, The Room
- The Boys In The Band
- (Band Introductions)
- His Last Voyage
- In A Glass House
- Mister Class And Quality
- Three Friends
- Free Hand
- Giant
- Peel The Paint
Instruments
In place of orchestral instruments such as violin and cello, Three Friends is using virtual synthesizers and samplers.
Photographs
View the Photos of Three Friends gallery.
Debut as Rentle Giant
On October 17, 2008, the band debuted, calling themselves "Rentle Giant," at Coolham Village Hall, Coolham (near Billingshurst), West Sussex, UK. At that time, Kerry and Mike were not in the band. They played "Prologue", "Playing the Game", "Think of me with Kindness", "The House, the Street, the Room", "The Boys In the Band", "Plain Truth", "Just the Same", "Advent of Panurge", "His Last Voyage", "In A Glass House", "Giant", "Peel the Paint" and "Mr Class & Quality."
Recordings
Apparently there are recordings locatable via the Dime a Dozen torrent site.
Video
As Three Friends
- Free Hand
- Just the Same
- Think of Me with Kindness
- Various excerpts
- Pantagruel's Nativity (excerpt)
- Prologue
- The Boys In The Band (Excerpt)
- The Boys In The Band (Excerpt 2)
- The House, The Street, The Room
- The House, The Street, The Room (again)
As Rentle Giant
These are excerpts only...
- Prologue
- Playing The Game
- Boys In The Band
- In A Glass House
- Giant
- Peel The Paint
- His Last Voyage 1
- His Last Voyage 2
