Gulu lomwe lili pansi pa dzina la laconic Mkate linakhala m'modzi mwa oyimira owala kwambiri a rock rock kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Zolemba za If and Make It With You zidakhala patsogolo pama chart a nyimbo aku Western, kotero akatswiri aku America adatchuka.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya gulu la Mkate
Los Angeles yapatsa dziko magulu ambiri akulu ngati The Doors kapena Guns N' Roses. Gulu la Mkate linayambanso njira yawo yolenga mumzinda uno. Tsiku lovomerezeka la kulengedwa kwa timuyi ndi 1969. Gulu loyamba la Bread gulu linaphatikizapo oimba atatu okha: woyambitsa gululo David Gates, Robb Royer ndi James Griffin.
Pa ntchito yake yolenga, Gates adatha kudziwana ndi mabwalo oimba, atagwira ntchito ndi Elvis Presley, ndi Glenn Campbell, ndi Pat Boone. Nthawi zambiri Davide ankaimba m’magulu osiyanasiyana ngati woimba. Anakumana ndi Royer panthawi yojambula nyimbo yotsatira ya gulu lake, The Pleasure Fair.
Griffin anakumana ndi Gates ataitanidwa kuti apange mbiri yake. Atatha kulankhula pang'ono, anyamatawo adagwirizana kuti apange ntchito yogwirizana, yomwe inakhala quartet yotchuka.
Albums Mkate ndi Pa Madzi
Kuti alembe nyimbo yoyamba, gululo linalibe woyimba ng'oma. Jim Gordon adatenga malo awa ngati wojambula alendo. Palibe oimba omwe "adzagwira nyenyezi kuchokera kumwamba" ndipo samayembekezera kuti chimbalecho chidzapambana kwambiri. Koma sewero lalitali lokhala ndi dzina losavuta Mkate linafalikira mwadzidzidzi pakati pa mafani a rock yofewa ya melodic ndikupeza kutchuka.
Chakumapeto kwa 1969, woyimba ng'oma Mike Botts adalowa nawo gululo m'malo mwa woyimba ng'oma Gordon. Nyenyezi yongotuluka pang'ono (gulu la Mkate) sakanaloledwa kufa. Oimbawo adayamba kujambula chimbale chawo chachiwiri, Pamadzi.
Nyimbo yoyimba ya Make It With You inali yotchuka kwambiri. Posakhalitsa idatulutsidwanso ngati imodzi ndikugulitsidwa makope opitilira 1 miliyoni mdziko lonse.
Chimbale cha On The Waters chinapangitsa gululo kutchuka, kupereka kuwala kobiriwira ku chimbale chawo choyamba. Mwachitsanzo, nyimbo ya It Don't Matter To Me kuchokera ku LP Bread yoyamba pambuyo pake idagunda ma chart 10 apamwamba kwambiri aku America. Kenako gululo linapita kukaona malo ndipo silinasangalatse omvera ndi masewero oyambirira mpaka 1971.
Mana ndi Baby I'm-a Want You Albums
Chimbale chatsopano chathunthu chinatulutsidwa m'chaka cha 1971, koma nyimbo zambiri za izo sizinakhale zamuyaya. Balladi yachikondi yokhayo ikalandira chidwi cha anthu. Patapita nthawi, Robb Royer adalengeza kuchoka ku timuyi. Larry Knechtel adatenga malo ake pamakibodi.
Omvera sanatenge zosintha za gululo mwachikondi kwambiri. Kufunika kwa timuyi kwachepa pang'ono. Koma chaka chotsatira, Bread adakopa chidwi potulutsa LPs Baby I'm-a Want You ndi Guitar Man. Yoyamba mwa izi imatengedwa kuti ndiyo kumasulidwa kopambana kwambiri m'mbiri ya gululo.
Kugwa ndi chitsitsimutso cha gulu Mkate
Magulu ambiri oimba alephera kupeŵa mikangano pakati pa mamembala amagulu. Ndipo tsoka lomwelo linali kuyembekezera Mkate. Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Guitar Man, mikangano inayamba pakati pa Griffin ndi Gates ponena za mtundu wa zinthu zomwe zatulutsidwa. David ankangofuna kumasula osakwatiwa, koma James ankakayikira njira yotereyi. Oimba sanagwirizane - gululo linatha, koma osati kwa nthawi yayitali.
Mu 1976, Bread anayesa kukumananso, ngakhale kujambula chimbale Lost Without Your Love. Mmodzi mwa osakwatiwa omwe adasonkhanitsidwa adagunda US Top 10, koma panalibe kubwereranso kowala. M'malo mwa Griffin, woyimba gitala Dean Parks adayamba kuwonekera pamakonsati a gululo. Gates anasiya kuthera nthawi yonse yaikulu pa kujambula pamodzi, iye anali kuchita ntchito payekha. Chimbale chake cha Goodbye Girl sichinatchulidwenso kwambiri. Poganiza kuti thanthwe lofewa pakuchita kwawo latopa, oimba adabalalikanso.
Anayenera kulowanso m’gawo lomwelo pambuyo pa zaka 20 zokha. Mu 1996, gulu la Bread linagwirizana paulendo waukulu wa konsati ku mizinda ya USA, Europe, Asia ndi South Africa. Ulendowu unali wopambana kwambiri ndipo unapitirira mpaka 1997. Kenako oimba anapitanso ntchito payekha, nthawi ino zabwino.
Masiku ano, Robb Royer ndi woyambitsa Bread yekha a David Gates, omwe adakondwerera zaka zawo 2020 mu 80, atsala mgululi. 2005 adapha anthu awiri a timu nthawi imodzi - James Griffin ndi Mike Botts. Onse awiri anamwalira ndi khansa. Mu 2009, Larry Knechtel anasiya dziko lathu. Moyo wa woimbayo unafupikitsidwa chifukwa cha matenda a mtima.
Royer akupitiriza kukhala ndi ntchito yabwino payekha ku Virgin Islands. Gates amakhala moyo wabata pa imodzi mwamafamu ake kumpoto kwa California.
