With all this talk about prog and epics maybe it's time there was a GENTLE GIANT ALBUMS POLL

But The Missing Piece is still plenty prog, again the complexity of "As Old as You're Young"

How many members stayed playing music because I suspect a band like this couldn't have a reunion because their skills can't just be picked up again to the same level if they stopped playing so long. Is there any examples of virtuosos quit playing then able to pick it up again after long years of absence? I would think that once you get to a certain level it becomes such a part of your identity that it's difficult to put down

the only relevant story I can think of is Phil Collins trying to fill in for the encore on a Musical Box performance and not really being able to do it. he wrote something about being in disbelief at how technical his pars were.

afaik none of the Gentle Giant guys did much after the band broke up. I think John Weathers got some session work but there's not much there. Derek and Phil Schulman don't appear to have a single credit that isn't GG or Simon Dupree. that's pretty remarkable given how great a band they were.

The Shulman brothers went into the business side of music business, of course.

I always wondered if they pitched themselves by saying "well we know a lot about what ~doesn't~ sell"

Lol. Also I think there was a partial reunion called Three Friends with new/session members who did live shows a few years ago.