Gary Green (musician)

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Gary Green
Gary Green (1974)
Background information
Born	(1950-11-20) 20 November 1950 Stroud Green, North London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Progressive rock Blues rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, mandolin, recorder
Years active	1970s-
Associated acts	Gentle Giant

Gary Green (born Gary William Green, 20 November 1950 in Stroud Green, North London, England) is a British musician. During the 1970s, he was the guitarist for the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Green was with the band from the debut album Gentle Giant all the way to the last album Civilian. Green's style was different from most of his peers, being a more blues based guitarist. Like his other band members, Green was also adept at other instruments, including mandolin and recorder among others. According to a 2008 interview, founding member Phil Shulman said that, despite Green's blues influences, he fitted in well with the band's progressive style since Green was "quick on the up-take."^[1]^[2]

Later on, he was a member of the band Mother Tongue, and also recorded on the Zinc – The Green Album album with Eddie Jobson.

In recent years, Green has been working with Billy Sherwood on a number of projects, including Back Against The Wall (2005) and Return to the Dark Side of the Moon (2006).

Green currently lives southwest of Chicago in Princeton, Illinois in an old Victorian home with his wife Judy and a large collection of animals that have been rescued and now receive much love.

Gary Green's brother, Jeff Green, was a roadie for Soft Machine in the early 1970s and later played with Elton Dean.

Gary now plays in a band called Three Friends with fellow Gentle Giant member Malcolm Mortimore who mostly covers G.G. songs.

References

↑ http://www.expose.org/GaryGreen/gary_green_complete.htm Expose interview
↑ http://salmonbones.co.uk/blog/2009/01/26/gary-green-challenge/ Salmon Bones

External links

v t e Gentle Giant

Derek Shulman Ray Shulman Kerry Minnear Gary Green John Weathers Phil Shulman Martin Smith Malcolm Mortimore

Studio albums	Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste Three Friends Octopus In a Glass House The Power and the Glory Free Hand In'terview The Missing Piece Giant for a Day Civilian

Other releases	Playing the Fool In Concert-BBC Radio 1 Out of the Woods The Last Steps Under Construction King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Out of the Fire Totally Out of the Woods Live in Rome 1974 In'terview in Concert In a Palesport House Experience Artistically Cryme Endless Life The Missing Face Prologue Scraping the Barrel Playing the Cleveland Live in New York 1975 Live in Santa Monica 1975 Live in Stockholm '75 King Alfred's College Winchester Giant on the Box (DVD) GG at the GG (DVD)

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Name	Green, Gary
Alternative names
Short description	British musician
Date of birth	20 November 1950
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