Bread, Love And Dreams: Discography
Kostas does it again and shares music from a band I hadn’t heard of from these fair isles!Anybody else?Kostas says: Acid-folk act coming from Scotland, this time Edinburgh, BREAD LOVE AND DREAM was a trio lead by Glaswegian David McNiven, joining in with a two-women act: Carolyn Davis on guitar and Angie Rew on flute and lead vocals.They toured around Scotland for a while and started a loyal local following, but they sounded much influenced by another Scot act The Incredible String Band, which was not surprising since they ruled acid folk and it was not the first band inspired by ISB: indeed the Irish Dr Strangely Strange sounds much like BL&D.
Spotted by Decca staff Ray Horricks at the Edinburgh Festival in 68, they were brought down to London by him to record their first album and it was released in early 69. This self-titled album contained some acid folk with some string arrangements, but the market being flooded by such albums, it sold poorly, enticing guitarist Carolyn Davis to quit. Their 1969 debut album, on Decca Records, included mainly self-penned material.
P.S. Is there anyone Danny Thompson hasn’t played bass with?
David McNiven (4 November 1945 - 18 December 2015, Glasgow, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Flute
Angie Rew (25 September 1946, Edinburgh, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Organ, African Drums
Carolyn Davis (15 August 1946, Edinburgh, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Tambourine, Buzz Horn
1 comment:
I think that you will love this band.
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