I've just been listening to Gentle Giant and it struck me how similar Gary and Martin are as guitarists: both are blues-based players without formal training playing extremely complex music. I am wondering how these guys were able to play their extremely integrated and complex parts without being able to read music! It just blows my mind that these guys could have come up with these parts by ear, particularly from a blues background. Sight-reading would almost seem to be indispensible with this stuff!
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