Don wrote:Not sure about Styx but in Bread's case, it was Electra Records calling the shots as far A-Side releases were concerned. What did Griffin want Gates to do, stop trying to write hits? Just a sad story all the way around.
Gates was/is a heck of a writer, too. It would have been hard to compete with him. I wonder why they didn't write more together? They sounded good on the songs they shared vocals on too, like "Mother Freedom", and you could hear a lot of Griffin on "It Don't Matter To Me".