\t\t\t\tAndwella\u2019s Dream was a thrusting injection of freakbeat that could not be ignored. Their slicing riffs were high core psyche injected from guitarist \/ keyboardist David Lewis, bassist Nigel Smith and drummer Gordon Barton who started out as The Method that at one time included Gary Moore.They were regulars at the Maritime Club where Van Morrison had his early days with Them.<\/p>\n
The Method evolved into Andwella\u2019s Dream and were the primal Irish psyche next to Eire Apparent. Dave Lewis the soaring guitarist who wrote all the songs also recruited keyboardist Dave McDougall, ex McCullochs Struthers & Paterson bassist Dave Stuthers, Nigel Portman Smith and ex One In A Million\/Andromeda drummer Jack McCulloch.The bamboo flute and sax was played by future Egg Bob Downes. When Andwella\u2019s Dream moved to London they released their primal 1969 debut Love And Poetry with surging numbers like the thrusty opener \u201cThe Days Grew Longer For Love\u201d and guitar razzling \u201cSunday\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dave\u2019s throttling axe exerts fury on \u201cLost A Number Found A King\u201d with its ancient Indian flute and ambient acoustic textures. The two finest numbers \u201cCocaine\u201d with McDougall pushing hard and the soaring \u201cShades Of Grey\u201d where ex Thunderclap Newman Jack McCulloch\u2019s drums are best heard create a furnace of fusion.<\/p>\n
Acoustic delights are \u201cMidday Sun\u201d, \u201cGoodbye\u201d and the Hammond rolling \u201cFelix\u201d which opens into crescendo breaks by Lewis. In 1970 they evolved into Andwella and launched a further two albums Worlds End (1970) and Peoples People (1971) plus a bounty of singles. World\u2019s End although a lyrical romantic masterpiece did ignite the past as on the psyche \u201cMichael Fitzhenry\u201d exalting frenetic flute and Dave\u2019s insatiable guitar riffs. The harmonies and melody that bend around the brassy I\u2019m Just Happy To See You Get Her are creative marvels.<\/p>\n
Future Bad Company definitely copped the riffs from \u201cJust How Long\u201d while the double linked \u201cWorld\u2019s End\u201d is just so underplayed. Sterling jazz riffs trip through Steely Dan styled \u201cBack To The Road\u201d with Bob Downes giving it stick in the wind. There\u2019s a bit of Billy Joel in the People\u2019s People or even Tremeloes in the opener \u201cShe Taught Me To Love\u201d which crystalises into the spiritual \u201cSaint Bartholomew\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lewis was the songwriter extraordinaire having written the award winning film War and songs as varied as \u201cHappy To Be An Island In The Sun\u201d, #1 for ex Aphrodite Child Demis Roussos. David\u2019s 1969 The Songs Of David Lewis remain a collector\u2019s dream.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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