Helmed by already established songwriter, Bread explored several different types of pop-rock in the 70s—but somehow it was always David Gates' signature ballads, which took soft-rock sadness to epic levels that resonated both in the hearts and on the charts. As is normal for musicians as talented as these, directions began to veer, and the differences were impossible to justify keeping the group together. Approaching the release of their sixth album, the group called it quits after a final concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City in May 1973. I was ten-years-old and lived in Salt Lake at the time.
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