Gentle Giant: Santa Monica Civic, Los Angeles
Anne Moore, LA Free Press, 28 February 1975
AFTER SIX ALBUMS and three national tours, Gentle Giant has finally made it to headline concert status. Sure, they played the Whisky to sell-out crowds but the Santa Monica Civic was their first major concert gig on the West Coast. It won't be their last.
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