Kerry Minnear
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Kerry Minnear is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist who played in the innovative progressive rock
band Gentle Giant
during the 1970s.
Kerry received a classical music education at the Royal Academy of Music, with a degree in composition.
Contributing to the band's success as one of the composers and arrangers, Kerry, unlike most of the keyboardists of his time, chose to create natural sounds from his keyboards. Like the other members of Gentle Giant, Kerry is quite adept on a number of instruments including the cello, drums, guitar, upright bass, vibraphone, recorder, and the flute.
Kerry now lives in Solihull
(West Midlands
) with his wife Lesley and has three children, Sally, Sam and Suzie. Still very much a part of the Gentle Giant
franchise, he also composes for film and television.
In the years since the disbanding of Gentle Giant, Kerry has used his talents as a teacher and a church musician. He and his wife Lesley own Alucard Music, which releases Gentle Giant CDs and DVDs.
His son Sam Minnear is a founding member of alt pop band Misty's Big Adventure
.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
during the 1970s.
Kerry received a classical music education at the Royal Academy of Music, with a degree in composition.
Contributing to the band's success as one of the composers and arrangers, Kerry, unlike most of the keyboardists of his time, chose to create natural sounds from his keyboards. Like the other members of Gentle Giant, Kerry is quite adept on a number of instruments including the cello, drums, guitar, upright bass, vibraphone, recorder, and the flute.
Kerry now lives in Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...
(West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
) with his wife Lesley and has three children, Sally, Sam and Suzie. Still very much a part of the Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
franchise, he also composes for film and television.
In the years since the disbanding of Gentle Giant, Kerry has used his talents as a teacher and a church musician. He and his wife Lesley own Alucard Music, which releases Gentle Giant CDs and DVDs.
His son Sam Minnear is a founding member of alt pop band Misty's Big Adventure
Misty's Big Adventure
Misty's Big Adventure are an eight piece band from Birmingham, England. Their music is an eclectic mix of jazz, lounge, psychedelia, two tone, pop and punk....
.
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