ArtistInfo

Galliard

Band, 1968-1976 GB, Birmingham
Rock, Folk and World

Galliard is a sextet formed in the summer of 68, and developed a psychedelic type of brass rock, fronted by twin wind players Caswell and Smith and singer Geoff Brown. They recorded two albums on the Deram Nova label (the subsidiary prog label of Decca records) around the turn of the 70's decade, when brass rock was the rage. Their first album Strange Pleasure By Galliard, released in 69, was quite eclectic, ranging from Medieval to Flamenco/Spanish music. For their second album New Dawn, wind player John Smith was gone, but the group adjoined a mega brass section of four player, plus keyboardist Morton. This second album sounds a bit different, but we are still roughly in the same realm even if the spectrum is enlarged to folk and Indian raga.

Members

	Lyle Jenkins ts, fl *1942 GB
	Dave Caswell tr, fh
	Geoff Brown GB
	Les Podreza dr, perc
	Andy Abbott voc, eb
	John Smith ts, as, ss
	Richard Pannell acg, fl, bvoc, key