Gary Green (musician)
Introduction


**Gary William Green** (20 November 1950 in [Stroud Green](/wiki/Stroud_Green "Stroud Green"), [North London](/wiki/North_London "North London"), England) is an English musician. During the 1970s, he was the [guitarist](/wiki/Guitarist "Guitarist") for the [progressive rock](/wiki/Progressive_rock "Progressive rock") band [Gentle Giant](/wiki/Gentle_Giant "Gentle Giant"). Green was with the band from the debut album *[Gentle Giant](/wiki/Gentle_Giant_%28album%29 "Gentle Giant (album)")* all the way to the last album *[Civilian](/wiki/Civilian_%28Gentle_Giant_album%29 "Civilian (Gentle Giant album)")*. Green's style was different from most of his peers, being a more [blues](/wiki/Blues "Blues")\-based guitarist. Like his fellow band members, Green was also adept at other instruments, including [mandolin](/wiki/Mandolin "Mandolin") and [recorder](/wiki/Recorder_%28musical_instrument%29 "Recorder (musical instrument)"). According to a 2008 interview, founding member [Phil Shulman](/wiki/Phil_Shulman "Phil Shulman") said that, despite Green's blues influences, he fit in well with the band's progressive style since Green was "quick on the up\-take."[http://salmonbones.co.uk/blog/2009/01/26/gary\-green\-challenge/](http://salmonbones.co.uk/blog/2009/01/26/gary-green-challenge/)

Later on, he was a member of the band Mother Tongue, and also recorded on *[The Green Album](/wiki/The_Green_Album_%28Eddie_Jobson_album%29 "The Green Album (Eddie Jobson album)")* with [Eddie Jobson](/wiki/Eddie_Jobson "Eddie Jobson") and Zinc, splitting guitar duties with Zinc guitarist Michael Cuneo on two tracks. Green has worked with [Billy Sherwood](/wiki/Billy_Sherwood "Billy Sherwood") on a number of projects, including *[Back Against The Wall](/wiki/Back_Against_The_Wall "Back Against The Wall")* (2005\) and *Return to the Dark Side of the Moon* (2006\). He is now a member of a band called Three Friends with fellow Gentle Giant member [Malcolm Mortimore](/wiki/Malcolm_Mortimore "Malcolm Mortimore").

Green lives in [Princeton, Illinois](/wiki/Princeton%2C_Illinois "Princeton, Illinois"), United States, with his wife, Judy.

Gary Green's brother, Jeff Green, was a [roadie](/wiki/Roadie "Roadie") for [Soft Machine](/wiki/Soft_Machine "Soft Machine") in the early 1970s and later played with [Elton Dean](/wiki/Elton_Dean "Elton Dean").


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