BAKERY

Bakery was a progressive hard rock band formed in early 1970 in Perth by two New Zealand-born musicians, Hank Davis on drums and Eddie McDonald on bass guitar – both were ex-members of the Avengers. The line-up was completed by Mal Logan on keyboards (ex-Rebels, a New Zealand band), Peter Walker on guitar (ex-Jelly Roll Bakers) and John Worrall on vocals and flute. Logan soon left and, by October, he was a member of Healing Force and, later, in Chain and Little River Band. By mid-1970, Bakery's Davis, McDonald and Walker were joined by Rex Bullen on keyboards (ex- Bitter Lemons) and Tom Davidson on vocals. The band supported overseas acts on the Perth leg of their Australian tours. Frijid Pink (Sep 1970) Christie (Mar 1971) and Deep Purple (May 1971).

Worrall had left and joined SSARB and in 1972 he was a founding member of Fatty Lumpkin. Bakery's debut album, 'Rock Mass for Love', was issued in August 1971 on Astor Records which, according to Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane, had been recorded live at a Mass "held at St George's Cathedral on 21 March 1971" and was "not indicative of the band's style of progressive hard rock". The group released two singles, "Leave Scruffy Alone'' with Deep Purple's ''Bloodsucker" on the flip. (February 1971) and "No Dying in the Dark / Trust In The Lord" (July), before Mark Verschuer (ex-Barrelhouse) replaced Davidson on vocals. "No Dying in the Dark" was a top ten hit on the Perth singles chart.

The band's influences were Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. In August 1972 they released their second album, 'Momento', by which time Steve Hogg had replaced McDonald on bass guitar and also performed vocals and Peter Ewing replaced Bullen on organ and vocals; when Verschuer left he was not replaced as Davis, Ewing, Hogg and Walker shared lead vocals. McDonald initially joined a new group, McAskill, and by 1975 was a member of the Phil Manning Band. Bullen worked in Jim Keays' Southern Cross and Marc Hunter's backing band before Bullen died in March 1983.

In January 1973 Bakery performed at the Sunbury Pop Festival and played the festival and concert circuit along Australia's east coast. In February that year, New Zealand-born Barry Leef joined on lead vocals. In April "Living with a Memory", from their Sunbury performance, appeared on the triple-live album 'The Great Australian Rock Festival Sunbury 1973' on Mushroom Records. By that time Phil Lawson had replaced Hogg on bass guitar, with Lawson replaced in August by Jackie Orszaczky (ex-Syrius). The group continued to perform without further recording until February 1975. Steve Hogg died in 1990. Mark Verschuer died in 2009.

Members

Peter Walker (guitar), Mal Logan (keyboards), Hank Davis (drums), John Worrall (vocals, flute), Eddie McDonald (bass), Rex Bullen (keyboards), Tom Davidson (vocals), Mark Verschuer (vocals), Peter Ewing (organ, vocals), Steve Hogg (bass, vocals), Phil Lawson (bass),
Jackie Orszaczky (bass),Barry Leef (vocals)

SINGLES

Trust in the Lord / No Dying in the Dark

12 JUL '71

#94

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakery_%28band%29

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/