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Podcast: Word In Your Ear
Episode: Derek Shulman – when Simon Dupree and Gentle Giant were “the darlings of the English Mafia”
Description: Derek Shulman was at the heart of two great transformations – Simon Dupree & the Big Sound switching to psychedelia, and then sensing the prog-rock trade winds and becoming Gentle Giant. One minute he was singing Kites, the next Pantagruel’s Nativity (Gentle Giant’s rebooted ‘Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience’ is just out). After which he was a record label president signing Bon Jovi, Slipknot and Nickelback and rebooting AC/DC and Bad Company. It’s a phenomenal story and involves … … three pieces of advice for any band today. … playing the ‘64 circuit in his...