▁— ▁they ▁couldn ' t ▁contribute ▁anything . ▁We ▁had ▁to ▁teach ▁them ▁what ▁to ▁do . ▁It ▁got ▁rather ▁heavy ▁when ▁we ▁could ▁play ▁drums ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁drum mer , ▁and ▁even ▁on ▁record ▁we ▁were ▁doing ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁of ▁it ▁with ▁over d ubs . ▁It ▁got ▁stupid ▁having ▁a ▁band ▁like ▁( that ). ▁The ▁first ▁thing ▁was ▁to ▁get ▁some ▁mus icians ▁of ▁a ▁higher ▁standard ." ▁ ▁Form ation ▁of ▁Gent le ▁Gi ant ▁Gent le ▁Gi ant ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁when ▁the ▁Sh ul man ▁brothers ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁two ▁other ▁multi - inst rument al ists , ▁Gary ▁Green ▁( gu itar , ▁mand olin , ▁rec order ▁etc .) ▁and ▁Ker ry ▁Min near ▁( key boards , ▁v ib raph one , ▁c ello , ▁etc ), ▁plus ▁drum mer ▁Martin ▁Smith , ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁drum med ▁for ▁Simon ▁Dup ree ▁and ▁the ▁Big ▁Sound . ▁The ▁class ically ▁trained ▁Min near ▁had ▁recently ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Royal ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁composition , ▁and ▁had ▁played ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁R ust . ▁Green ▁was ▁essentially ▁a ▁bl ues ▁player ▁and ▁had ▁never ▁worked ▁with ▁a ▁band ▁above ▁the ▁semi - prof essional ▁level , ▁but ▁adapted ▁readily ▁to ▁the ▁demand ing ▁music ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁band . ▁The ▁Sh ul man ▁brothers , ▁mean while , ▁settled ▁into ▁typically ▁multi - inst rument al ▁roles ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁- ▁D erek