R.I.P Ray Shulman

[Ronstein]

Sadly gone at 73. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, music producer & tech wizard. From a family of musicians who starrted out as Simon Dupree and The Big Sound before becoming dissillusioned with the pop world and creating Gentle Giant, one of the most original and creative bands in modern music.

Also, by all accounts, a genuinely lovely person.

[Lotobear]

Oh bugger - he was a brilliant musician and his bass lines were absolutely amazing.

I saw Giant a few times as a very young budding muso - I recall to this day Ray doing a viola solo in front a strobe light in one of their gigs at Newcastle City Hall - I must have been all of 14 and it left a permanent impression on me, I can still see it now as if it happened yesterday.

RIP Mr Shulman

[Lotobear]

Behold his brilliance and versatility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3MzYp9Om0

[ChrisPackit]

I think he produced one of my all time favourite albums, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays.

Awesome album.

RIP

C

[Dr.Hellno]

I was relatively late to discover the wonders of this man. Definitely better late than never!

RIP Ray

[lockhart flawse]

I saw them and they were very good, too good for the genre really. They toured the rock circuit but they were at one of the end of the bell curve where it heads towards jazz and I am not sure there was such a big market for that amongst 15-30 year olds. They were probably seen as a slight oddity at the time and are more appreciated now.

[Lotobear]

lockhart flawse said:

I saw them and they were very good, too good for the genre really. They toured the rock circuit but they were at one of the end of the bell curve where it heads towards jazz and I am not sure there was such a big market for that amongst 15-30 year olds. They were probably seen as a slight oddity at the time and are more appreciated now.

Perhaps one of the most inacessible bands of all time but persistence certainly pays off.

Hard to define - jazz yes, but also classical, folk, straight rock, baroque the whole gamut. Oh, and funk!

Even Zappa appreciated them and that is some accolade!

Edited by Lotobear on Wednesday 5th April 12:58