BREAD Live in 1972 - Tecolote & Guitar Man (Rare)

[therealcaesar]

who playes the solo? Larry Knechtel is playing bass I assume...?

[Mikeyt53]

Caught this tour in Houston. Great show. They definitely changed my mind about being a pop band. They rocked several tunes. Tecolote was always one of my underground favorites, off the Guitar Man album.

[Blanchefort1]

Very good performance!

[utubuser10]

the guitar riff in telecote sounds just like beatles' song, "i want you."

[TheEngewatt]

Esta é uma das boas Bandas que em 1974 faziam independente de gênero ou estilo musical músicas para nós jovens da época. Coerência musical, harmonia musical, sentimento e principalmente capacidade criadora por vezes passavam quase despercebidas, mas hoje são totalmente perceptíveis e tangíveis em apenas uma das composições, e são muitas delas... A partir já do final da década de 70 os sinônimos declarados anteriormente se tornaram raros ou escassos, e infelizmente no principal deles, a criação.

[MoMoneyMan]

Thanks for posting and keeping this memory alive ! James Griffin RIP

[tplayer73]

I was born in 1973, but I sure do love this group! Wish more people my age or younger appreciated groups like Bread, which in my opinion are musical geniuses (is that the right word?)

[fffp1]

this is awesome man, it will be great if you find a video of this performance

[mwowm123]

I remember this show. The lead singer bit the head off a bat during the guitar lead. Or maybe I was hallucinating. I don't remember now. I was pretty high at the time.

Anyway, it was a wicked show. I almost lost my virginity that night.

[utubuser10]

@mwowm123 sure it wasn't an ozzy concert?

[Rose1963ful]

The voice of Griffin led the way, now we need new leaders old ... Those who know the way back ... I believe!

[angelisabamf]

Was this DAR Constitution Hall? This was the first Concert I ever went to @ 17 years old.

[LiteOfYourMind]

Yes!

[quackdr]

awesome!!!

[eurobaby460]

Thx much for this posting-excellent! How did you find such a treasure?

[c0ldb00t]

David Gates should tour again. His songs and its genre are real classics and are really beautiful and rare nowadays.

[Hopingtosurvive]

The lead guitarist on this cut was Larry Knechtel

[eowyn1964]

Oh, thank you, Lite, for uploading this. I saw Bread just once waaay back when I was in high school, but I don't remember much about it. They were one of my '70's favorites, to be sure. I was fortunate enough to see the band on their 1997 reunion tour. They did a smart thing, when they added Larry to the band....

[onemikehart]

Larry Knechtel, is playing the guitar on this song. Larry, started his career with Duane Eddy as one of his Rebels. Larry was a member of Phil Spectors...Wrecking Crew. He played on hundreds of Hits. One of them was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Larry was the Keyboard player for the Dixie Chicks. Larry, died on 8/20/09 of a Heart attack at the age of 69.

[Martinobeck]

Why BREAD stopped ?

[DaisyMclintock]

Was it the world who wanted that soft beautiful voice or was it the music label that wanted that voice? At any rate, how would the label know what the public wanted? A big guess? A sample of the radio comments? The rock side of Bread was brilliant, and rightly so, with Griffin's voice leading the way.

[LiteOfYourMind]

The record label made the decision, based on the fact that Gates had the first hit single for the group, therefore they determined that his sound was the most commercial. They stuck with the sound that had already been accepted, so the public never really got the opportunity to hear Jimmy's songs. The public was fed Gates, and it became the only Bread sound they recognized. But both Gates and Griffin did ballads and rockers with equal grace. The rougher songs were not just Jimmy's.

[123ZAC456789]

Ya the fans like to rock but the world wanted that soft beautiful voice but YA THEY CAN ROCK. The records have a great variety but when "Aubrey" comes along - MAN, what an oasis.

Someone here thinks David Gates is a 'hack'. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING! Go listen to Ozzie or some of the new bands. . B-)

[chuckdee121]

Well, lets put it this way, he was a big fan of "Just Call Me Angel In The Morning" Oh, I love David Gates, I'm a huge fan, but if you knew anything about his history, you'd know where I'm coming from. After all, this is the man who called himself Del Ashley!

[Luciddreamer007]

This Bread is toasting me

[Luciddreamer007]

Not surprised at all

[Markgr122]

strong performance ,was Griffin the lead player on this cut?

[LiteOfYourMind]

Which song are you asking about? I assume you mean lead guitar. It's difficult to say, since they often switched off with lead. It was likely either Griffin or Gates on the first song. Second song was probably Knechtel.

[DaisyMclintock]

Beautiful Live -- love the rock side of Bread. Thank you for posting Lite. What a great and talented band.

[chuckdee121]

I think these live tracks are fantastic. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for David Gates. Sure, he's somewhat of a hack, but who cares? Oh the memories!

[djadshead]

Vocals arn't by David Gates, it's James Griffin. Other than that, thank you so much for posting this!

[LiteOfYourMind]

You're welcome! Which vocals are you referring to??? The vocals are exactly as listed in the info window. One is by Griffin, the other is by Gates. :)

[Captb55806]

Make it with you, guitar man won song of the year. I am very sure of it.

[Cristalship88]

anyone know how many records Bread sold worldwide?

[wildbill197749]

WHY, "BREAD" NEVER WON ANY AWARDS "THAT I KNOW OF? IS BEYOND ME. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE "GREATEST BANDS OF THE "70s ERA". BUT, IT'S STILL AS GOOD TODAY AS IT WAS IN THE 70s. DOES,, ANYONE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE "STILL TOGETHER OR NOT? AND CAN YOU TELL ME THE NAMES OF "ALL THE MEMBERS? LIKE ANOTHER AWESOME GROUP "NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND" HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER 30+ YRS. ALSO NEVER WON AN AWARD!! BUT, THEY'LL HAND AWARDS OUT LEFT AND RIGHT TO THIS CRAP THAT THEY CALL "RAP"!! IT CRAP!!

[LiteOfYourMind]

No, they are not still together and haven't been since the 70s. They had a reunion tour in 96'-97', but it will never happen again. Two of them passed away in 2005. The names of the members are listed in the info window. Thanks for your comments!

[kyannos]

a vastly underated band indeed

[WileERobby]

WildBill, you are SO right ! This was one of the major bands of the early 70's !! Great songs, vocals, a string of hits we all loved !

[nycdude999]

Amazing live versions of both songs. The records company should consider releasing a live album of Bread for the fans, I'm sure they have a choice of quality concerts in their vaults.

[LiteOfYourMind]

The record company is either very stingy about releasing what they have, or no one ever made a point of recording enough quality live material to release. Maybe some of it was the group's decision. Numerous "best of" or "retrospective" types of albums have been released, which leave a lot to be desired. I think the lack of live material was a huge oversight. It's obvious their concerts were fantastic.

[nycdude999]

I agree, retrospectives on Bread seem to be compiled by people without vision or real appreciationof the group's music. I wish Rhino Records would take a stab at it, they're the best when it comes to that.

[2005139347]

i always loveeedd that "hard rock" side of bread as their soft rock side..!!

my favorite hard rock song is TAKE COMFORT...such a riff..!!!!!! more even than the "classical" MOTHER FREEDOM....

[LiteOfYourMind]

I agree. I always loved their harder rock side too. Take Comfort is fantastic, but I'd call it more a mix of hard and soft. It has several tempo changes.

[gilbertogodoy]

I'm a Brazilian fan since I was a child. I don't believe that we can't find out any concert of Bread in the music stores around the world till now. Many groups with less success launched videos and concerts. Bread had quality and their performance could not be neglectful this way by the Elektra, Warner or who is responsible for this. It's not an opinion from who loves Bread. It's a fact! This is unfair with the fans and with the music culture.

[Cristalship88]

Thats what I figured, I remember reading in the cd booklet on "Retrospective" David saying lead guitar work was done by whoever was having a good day at it, he also said that he wasn't that good at lead guitar

[RUTHGEE]

This was 1 of my fav Jimmy Griffin songs!! Don't get yo hear it much!! Thanks for the live version. Ruth

[Cristalship88]

whos playing the lead guitar solo on this version?

[LiteOfYourMind]

Guitar Man? Can't be sure for this live version, but it most likely was Larry Knechtel, who was their bassist and keyboardist. He was never a lead guitarist, but he was the one who came up with the technique to get the sound they were looking for.

[Cristalship88]

Yeah it may have been, I thought Gates and Griffin both didn't play lead and I don't think they had Dean Parks touring with them yet

[LiteOfYourMind]

Actually, they both played lead. Griffin was often lead guitarist, but they were multi-instrumentalists, so all three of them switched off with the various instruments. Larry played lead on the album version of Guitar Man. The same switching took place with some of the other instruments.