Ƙungiyar a ƙarƙashin sunan laconic Bread ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wakilan pop-rock na farkon shekarun 1970. Abubuwan da aka tsara na If and Make It With You sun mamaye babban matsayi a cikin ginshiƙi na kiɗa na Yamma, don haka masu fasaha na Amurka sun shahara.
Farkon aikin ƙungiyar Bread
Los Angeles ta baiwa duniya manyan makada da yawa kamar The Doors ko Guns N' Roses. Kungiyar Bread suma sun fara hanyar kirkire-kirkire a wannan birni. A hukumance kwanan wata na halittar tawagar ne 1969. Abun farko na rukunin Bread ya ƙunshi mawaƙa uku kawai: wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar David Gates, Robb Royer da James Griffin.
A lokacin aikinsa na kirkire-kirkire, Gates ya sami damar samun abokai a cikin da'irar kiɗa, bayan ya yi aiki tare da Elvis Presley, da Glenn Campbell, da Pat Boone. David sau da yawa ya yi wasa a makada daban-daban a matsayin mawaƙin zama. Ya sadu da Royer a lokacin rikodin kundi na gaba na ƙungiyar sa, The Pleasure Fair.
Griffin ya sadu da Gates bayan an gayyace shi don samar da tarihinsa. Bayan yin magana kadan, mutanen sun yarda da ƙirƙirar aikin haɗin gwiwa, wanda ya zama sanannen kwarjini.
Albums Gurasa da Kan Ruwa
Don yin rikodin rikodin farko, ƙungiyar ta rasa ɗan ganga kawai. Jim Gordon ya ɗauki wannan wuri a matsayin baƙo mai zane. Babu wani daga cikin mawakan da zai "kama taurari daga sama" kuma bai yi tsammanin cewa kundin zai yi nasara sosai ba. Amma dogon wasa tare da sauƙin sunan Gurasa ba zato ba tsammani ya bazu tsakanin magoya bayan dutse mai laushi mai laushi kuma ya sami farin jini.
A ƙarshen 1969, ɗan wasan bugu Mike Botts ya shiga ƙungiyar a madadin mawaƙin zaman Gordon. Tauraro mai tasowa da kyar (band Bread) ba zai iya barin ya mutu ba. Mawakan sun fara yin rikodin kundi na biyu, On The Waters.
Kundin waƙa Yi Shi Tare da ku ya shahara sosai. Ba da daɗewa ba aka sake fitar da shi azaman guda ɗaya kuma an sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 1 a duk faɗin ƙasar.
Kundin On The Waters ya sa ƙungiyar ta shahara, ta ba da haske mai haske ga kundi na farko. Misali, waƙar Ba Ya dame Ni daga Gurasar LP ta farko bayan hakan ta buga saman 10 na mafi yawan sigogin Amurka. Sa'an nan kungiyar ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa kuma ba ta faranta wa masu sauraro farin ciki ba har sai 1971.
Manna da Baby I'm a Wann You Albums
An fito da sabon cikakken faifai a cikin bazara na 1971, amma yawancin waƙoƙin da aka yi daga cikinsa ba su zama hits na har abada ba. Ballad ɗin soyayya kawai Idan an sami kulawar jama'a sosai. Bayan wani lokaci, Robb Royer ya sanar da barin kungiyar. Larry Knechtel ya ɗauki matsayinsa a maɓallan madannai.
Masu sauraro ba su ɗauki sabuntawa a cikin ƙungiyar da farin ciki ba. Bukatar kungiyar ta dan ragu kadan. Amma a shekara mai zuwa, Gurasa ya ja hankalin hankali ta hanyar sakin LPs Baby I'm-A Want You and Guitar Man. Na farkon waɗannan ana ɗaukarsa mafi nasara a saki a tarihin ƙungiyar.
Rushewa da farfaɗowar ƙungiyar Bread
Yawancin kungiyoyin kiɗa ba su iya guje wa jayayya tsakanin membobin ƙungiyar ba. Kuma kaddara guda ta jira Burodi. Bayan fitowar Guitar Man, rikici ya fara tsakanin Griffin da Gates game da tsarin kayan da aka saki. Dauda kawai ya so ya saki ƴan aure, amma James ya yi shakkar irin wannan dabarar. Mawakan ba su yarda ba - ƙungiyar ta rabu, amma ba da daɗewa ba.
A cikin 1976, Bread yayi ƙoƙari ya sake haɗuwa, har ma yana yin rikodin kundi na Lost Without Your Love. Ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙa daga tarin ya buga US Top 10, amma ba a sami dawowa mai haske ba. Maimakon Griffin, dan wasan guitar Dean Parks ya fara bayyana a wuraren kide-kide na kungiyar. Gates ya daina ciyar da duk babban lokaci akan rikodin haɗin gwiwa, ya shiga aikin solo. Album din sa na Goodbye Girl shima bai samu fitowa sosai ba. Yanke shawarar cewa dutsen mai laushi a cikin wasan kwaikwayon ya ƙare, mawaƙan sun sake watsewa.
An ƙaddara su sake shiga mataki ɗaya kawai bayan shekaru 20. A cikin 1996, ƙungiyar Bread ta haɗu don wani gagarumin yawon shakatawa na kide-kide na biranen Amurka, Turai, Asiya da Afirka ta Kudu. Wannan rangadin ya samu gagarumar nasara kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa shekarar 1997. Sa'an nan kuma mawaƙa sun sake komawa ayyukan solo, wannan lokacin yana da kyau.
A yau, Robb Royer da wanda ya kafa Bread David Gates, waɗanda suka yi bikin cika shekaru 2020 a cikin 80, kawai suka rage daga ƙungiyar. 2005 ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mambobi biyu na kungiyar lokaci guda - James Griffin da Mike Botts. Dukansu sun mutu ne sakamakon cutar daji. A cikin 2009, Larry Knechtel ya bar duniyarmu. An datse rayuwar mawakin sakamakon bugun zuciya.
Royer ya ci gaba da samun nasarar aikin solo a Tsibirin Budurwa. Gates yana rayuwa cikin kwanciyar hankali a ɗaya daga cikin wuraren kiwonsa a arewacin California.
