▁Mort imore ' s ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁band ▁called ▁Three ▁Fri ends ▁( origin ally ▁R ent le ▁Gi ant ) ▁to ▁play ▁Gent le ▁Gi ant ▁material . ▁For ▁this ▁project , ▁Green ▁and ▁Mort imore ▁rec ru ited ▁three ▁noted ▁jazz - f usion ▁mus icians ▁- ▁Roger ▁Care y ▁( b ass ▁and ▁vocals ), ▁Andy ▁Williams ▁( gu itar ) ▁and ▁John ▁Donald son ▁( p iano ▁and ▁key boards ) ▁- ▁with ▁Green ▁contrib uting ▁lead ▁vocals ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁songs . ▁Min near ▁joined ▁briefly ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁expanded ▁to ▁a ▁seven - pie ce ▁via ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁M ick ▁Wilson ▁( ex - 1 0 cc ) ▁as ▁dedicated ▁lead ▁singer , ▁but ▁Min near ▁soon ▁left , ▁apparently ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁Sh ul man ▁brothers ▁had ▁" not ▁been ▁particularly ▁enthus i astic " ▁about ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁Three ▁Fri ends . ▁Three ▁Fri ends ▁have ▁continued ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁cent red ▁on ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁Green ▁and ▁Mort imore ▁and ▁playing ▁further ▁concert s ▁and ▁t ours ▁with ▁a ▁varying ▁line - up . ▁ ▁Re issues ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁renew ed ▁interest ▁in ▁Gent le ▁Gi ant ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁with ▁new ▁fan ▁clubs , ▁new ▁releases ▁of ▁live ▁concert s ▁and ▁previously ▁un re leased ▁material , ▁and ▁several ▁t ribute ▁albums . ▁The ▁rights ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁catalog ue ▁are