Druid was a progressive rock band that included Neil Brewer on bass guitar, Andrew McCrorie-Shand on keyboards, Cedric Sharpley on drums and percussion and ‘Dane’ on guitar and vocals. In 1975 they released their debut-LP
Towards the Sun and a year later a second album entitled
Fluid Druid. Their first effort featured fluent and melodic songs, layered with mellotron, often in combination with sensitive electric guitar work. The echoes from
Yes are obvious: lots of vocal harmonies, a
Chris Squire-like bass, Wakemanesque keyboards and even the high-pitched vocals like
Jon Anderson. B…
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