Lost classics: stiff little fingers

With Gentle Giant’s legendary Playing The Fool receiving a remix, the band’s Gary Green reminisces about playing during prog’s golden age

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.

It was a 24/7 existence. The phone did not stop ringing. It was like being on Concorde for six years, and I loved it. The speed at which they went from A-Z was incredible. They did the Marquee, then t

Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe takes time out to give us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear, delivers the lowdown on some of his more storied guitars, and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to run at breaking point in order to make the earth move and those riffs resonate…

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In 1976, Gentle Giant released their only official live album, Playing The Fool – The Official Live. Nearly 50 years later, it’s been reimagined in an immersive experience that reproduces the entire concert as if the listener is in the audience. Derek Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear and John Weathers give Prog the lowdown and reflect on the original’s legacy.