He really is a fantastic singer/songwriter. The substance in his work is magical. The songs are crafted with pure emotion & vulnerability. Truly a gifted man.
@@redwandennaoui4508 you said you wonder.. if its in grocery store or in a park thats the moment you will wonder but the caption says it all.. its a legitimate interview
@@qwertyasdfg7782 what on earth are you talking about? Regard my statement carefully, the word wonder was to reflect (marvel, surprise, astonishment!) okay???
No one writes and performs songs like that anymore. Those were the days never to be forgotten. Such voice, such lyrics that really mean something and touches you deeply. Songs that can make you smile and even cry...takes you to places. Congratulations David on a brilliant and successful carrier, your music will live forever!
I grew up with David, loved all the music he wrote. It brought so many heart felt memories and breakups to my own life, indeed many moments I wept because of the love I felt for someone from my heart, but I usually got stonewalled by the shallowness of another's heart, I should say brain cuz they usually don't feel real love in their hearts. Thank you David for all the memories since the 60s. You were placed on this earth to bring peace with your music & an overwhelming feeling of one's heart even if it has been forgotten from those with a barbwire heart & soul.
I'm a Latino person and let me tell you this: David Gates songs hit me hard. I have never listened a musician, songwriter so prolific and very humble at the same time like David gates. Each chord at each song is so touching. There's a song that still make me cry when I listen to it. Everything I own! It seems written for me and my grandma! She raised me. She was my mom and dad. She died several years ago. I remember her everytime I listen this tune. Thanks David Gates for such wonderful music!
Beautiful Story Manuel. Its True, such words and the sound of David's voice, I love the song "IF" and the words are exquisite and takes you to transcendence as the song fades into the heavens. :)
This video just popped up in my suggestions for You Tube. I'm 53 now and kind of forgot about Bread. Now listening back I really miss them. Seemed like such a kinder and gentler time back then. I found your comment very heartfelt and a great story. Peace to you my brother.
I live 20 miles from David gates in Oak Harbor WA. I wish I was there to listen to him in person. I would rather hang out with David Gates than Bill Gates.
David got me through high school and college back in the 70's. His songs live forever. Sure wish we had music today that is half as good as what he produced.
Two words describe Mr. Gates -- sheer brilliance. The skill and patience to make the incredibly beautiful music he did, without computers and synthesizers, is simply amazing. I put him at the same level as Tom Scholz of Boston. It's unfortunate that kids growing up in the last three decades missed out on these kinds of groups, musicians and songs as part of their culture. I'm thankful that I was able to experience it.
Amazing, Tom Scholz could "Bostonify" If or Guitar Man! David Gates singing Hollyann would be interesting too. It's nice to see someone else who appreciates that talents of both. Tom said he had to deal with some of the lowest forms of life that got dressed and went to work in the morning in the record business. He said he was also earning money for all sorts of people.
What a down to earth family man. He never let stardom go to his head. He made great music that has withstood the test of time. He could be your next door neighbor and you would never know who he was in his past life.
He's 22 yrs. older than me, but I have loved him and Bread since I was a child. I'm really glad I found this interview and got to get a little more insight into who he is. I could listen to his stories all night. ❤
I love David Gates. He seemed like such a gentleman when I watched him on UA-cam. Thank God he didn’t get lost in the world of alcohol and drugs. Even though this was from 6 years ago, he still looks great. Same voice 😊.
David Gates was happily married with children when he wrote most to all of his beautiful love songs (currently married over 60 years). It's one thing to understand love but another on how to write a love song -David not only wrote beautiful music (mostly just with his voice and guitar) but his lyrics contain words of someone who understands love from it's most powerful place of being unconditional to the deep heartbreak of 'wanting' of taking someone for granted. His music truly is healing and heart breaking - there is a reality to it a purity and innocence not found in todays music. Because of his genius -his heart/love those of us who appreciate his music will never be the same. Thank you David!
Nice to see David so laid back, and to hear David's wife and what she thinks of it all. According to Wikipedia, they got married back in 1958, when David was at the University of Oklahoma studying music.
Though he's not into music industry anymore, I love the fact that he had retired with his wife and with his 1400-acre ranching business. That's living a life to the fullest to be honest.
What a legend...I spent lots of hours with the music of Bread and all through high school.There should have been 100,000 people attending this.David Blows away all the current artists of today in my opinion.
There was a stage in my life... for about (5) years, (I think 1971 - 1976), my strong belief was that Bread's song "IF" of course sung by David, was the greatest ballad love song ever written in the whole universe!❤
If you stand back and look at David as a singer, songwriter and producer he should be right up there with the greats. As a person, he made it through a career in a business that usually leaves a wake of marriages, children and stints in rehab in its wake. David was able to manage success not only in his professional life but in his personal life as well. Hi is 80 yrs old and I regret having never seen him perform live. I have tickets to see America live during their 50th anniversary tour. Then hopefully McCartney. Thank you David and Bread for all the beautiful songs. God Bless.
Awesome reply - you're spot on ! Good luck with your Concert quest. I too have tickets for America in the DC area this Year . I've been fortunate to have seen Bread in 96 or 97 in Ocean City MD. It was an awesome experience. Best concert I've ever been to. I've seen America several times and they always put on a great show.
David Gates made some of the sweetest mellow pop of the 70's and could rock surprisingly hard, too! I consider him one of the great pop/rock melody composers, up there with Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson. Saw him play to a packed auditorium in Australia in 1998 and his smooth tenor voice sounded just the same as it did back in Bread.
I think he was a geat ballad writer and a great singer. But not fair to compare him to maca or Brian Wilson. They are the two greatest musicians, song writers of rock. Compare him to James Taylor. Taylor was great. And gates was just as good. Better song writer. Gates is however in a class all by himself. I'm not sure any of the balladeers of the 70s wrote and sang as smoothly as he did.
David Gates, is really a living legend! His songs been always with me since I came across with "The Best of Bread" album at sixteen...This interview is quite an experience for admirers like me! You can see a humble and nice guy, kindly answering and telling anecdotes to a -not so- homogeneus audience. This man is a very high quality musician, side by side with Lennon&McCartney! I could never see Bread live...God save this guy for many more years..
Thanks for uploading this rare interview! A lot of admiration and respect for Bread, specially David Gates, who still haven't been given the rightful recognition they truly deserve.
Oh my God I live in Vancouver British Columbia and I did not know that this legend and icon is living only an hours drive away. David is an American music icon and I grew up on his music and used to play his songs to my first girlfriend back in the 70's. His music and the music of his generation is incomparable to the trash that is coming out these days and I will still pay big bucks to go and see him in concert. God bless you David you have no idea how many lives your music has changed.
I managed a record store in Florida in the late seventies after graduating high school. I was Still in community college, when an elderly couple from BC came in and noticed I was playing “Best of Bread” on the store sound system. They told me that when their son was a boy, he and David were friends, and David would come over and play guitar and sing with their son, in their basement! They were so proud of the success he had achieved, and thrilled to tell me the story! I can’t remember their name, or the town, but have always remembered the story! I was a David Gates and Bread fan long before that. But, I think that’s my favorite anecdotal story about him! Awesome talent and great voice! A great person also as far as I know! I hoped that someday I would get the chance to meet him, and tell him that story! I wonder if he would know who It was, that I met, and remember them, and their son. 😊😎👌🤔
We spent every summer day in the 70’s at the pool and loved listening to Bread. And talk about a life, world class band and then cattleman, heaven on earth. Running a ranch, spending everyday outside - chores aren’t chores!
THE REAL GENIUS IS THOSE SONGS ONLY COULD HAVE BEEN MASTERED BY THAT ICONIC, UNIQUE, EFFECTUAL HEALING VOICE THAT IS DAVID GATES!!!!!!!!WHICH WAS UNQUESTIONABLY GOD GIVEN!!!!!!!!
David Gates is one of my favorite musicians and songwriters. I only wish I could have seen him perform live in concert. I still listen to his music all of the time. Thank you, David Gates!
Love you David Gates, what beautiful music you gave to us. You blessed our lives with relatable relevant love ❤️ songs during this time. God bless you!!
David, I'd play your songs with Bread on 8 track cruising down the road on a date with my high school sweetheart in 1971 and 72. Make it with you and It don't matter to me were actually my favorites, especially on the dates. It was a long time ago I was taken back with your diversity in writing. Some folksy, some cross over Country to Pop, and some older stuff like the Pop Hit for Leslie Gore, It's my party. I came to tears most recently when I saw you in a You Tube video on the Glen Campbell special, watching both your solos and then you pairing with Glen is when I really came apart. Here's an East Coast New Jersey Trumpet player that thinks the world of you. You're incredible.
I got to meet David Gates after a Bread concert in Chicago. Friday, January 28, 1972 Bob Borjanovich, a friend of mine and I drove to the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, IL to see BREAD with David Gates in concert. I live 40 miles north of Chicago. After the BREAD concert on January 28, 1972 with the original line up of David Gates, Jimmy Griffin, Mike Botts and Larry Knechtel, they walked off stage. Security wasn’t as tight then as it is now so I walked down toward the stage and asked one of the roadies with a satin BREAD jacket on where I could find David Gates. He told me they went to eat at the Lake Shore Holiday Inn. I knew where that was. I had my wedding reception in the revolving restaurant called the Pinnacle on the 33rd floor where they were eating. We walked into the restaurant and the Host told us we weren’t dressed properly in ties and coats. We also didn’t have reservations. I told the host I just want to go talk to that guy for a minute as I was pointing to the band at their table. He still said NO. I told Bob, “Let’s go across the street and get some burgers while we’re waiting for BREAD to finish eating.” We waited about 30 minutes and went back into the hotel. I walked up to the desk and boldly asked which room David Gates was in like I was one of his friends. The guy at the desk told me, “Room 329.” I asked him if I could call him first and he said to go around the desk and in the hall is a “house phone, just dial 329.” I couldn’t believe he told me but hey….I’m too close to David Gates to blow it now. I picked up the house phone, dialed 329 and some guy said, “Hello.” I said “Hello, who is this?” He said, “Mike, who is this?” I told him my name was Rick and I saw their concert tonight and wanted to tell you how awesome it was.” He said, “Thanks” and that he had to go. I told Bob, “Let’s just take the elevator up to the room. I’m too close now.” We got to room 329 and I knocked on the door. David Gates opened the door and all he had on was his “Fruit Of the Loom” briefs. I said, “Dave?” And he said, “Yeah.” I said, “WOW, I’ve wanted to meet you for years. I told him I hate to bother him so I’ll make this quick….”Could you show me how to play the first 2 chords for ‘Make It With You’ and the first 4 chords for ‘IF’ if I draw a fretboard and strings on each arm?” He agreed. I drew them and he showed me where to place my fingers and I drew dots with my pen on the spots to place my fingers. I asked him to sign my ticket stub and he did. He was very nice and humble. I went home and tried the chords on my acoustic Ovation guitar and it sounded just like David Gates playing. Unfortunately I didn’t own a camera back then so no photo.
Great story Ricky, thanks :) I wanted those chords too and with the aid of an herbal remedy and days and weeks of hard work , they appeared on the fretboard for me eventually.
Man, you were a pushy cuss! I've toured with bands and if someone crashed our room like that, we woulda closed the door and called security. You were lucky the guys were not high or with girls.
Ricky Kay I would love to meet him! So many of his and Bread’s songs are my all time favorites. I was a little kid when they were popular but I remember borrowing their greatest hits album from my older sister quite frequently. I still listen to their music today.
I still play his records, yes records!!!!!! Love his singing and song writing. His songs are wonderful. My 12 year old grand daughter found his music and is in love with his music just as I was.
Towards the end of the video I thought David’s wife added tremendously to the conversation! Adding about how their kids were so protective of their father and the story about how they didn’t want to talk much about their Dad! Very interesting!
David looks really well. So talented. I love Bread. Had a couple of his solo albums too. Love the ballad ' Loralee' Make it with you' 'If' too many to count. Voice like sweet honey. Such a big inspiration. Miss you Dave. It will be so great to hear you sing again. You are so blessed.
Thank God these musicians were born so their careers coincided with the 70's, timeless classics never go out of style. I revisit Bread regularly and their Greatest Hits is playing in my car in August 2019. I hear more detail each time these songs play and truly appreciate the enormous talent of these guys.
Wow! David Gates, a name from the past and probably one of my top three or four artists of that time. Some of my friends teased me for liking Bread but I didn't care, and I couldn't wait for the next album.
Wow, great to see and hear Mr. David Gates here after so long. Such a genius Songwriter and a Singer. I love all of Bread's songs since my high school years and they still blow me away everytime i get to listen to them to this day. They absolutely bring back so many fond memories. Thanks so much for the music.
David, you have been my musical hero. No one wrote and sang more beautifully than you. Thank you for all the sweet musical memories you have given me and millions of others around the world!
I need to make a phone call to Mr. David Gates. Just a 1 minute phone call to say to him that I always love his music, since a was a little boy when my parents bought "First". That record was the soundtrack of my life even today with my family my wife and my children. Thank you very much to makes me very happy with your music. I have the cassette, cd and vinyl from "First" album. Sometimes this record makes me cry because its so beautiful. And the incredible musicians that play on it! Amazing! I m Matias Minervini, owner of Radio rock argentino from Buenos Aires Argentina. Regards David!!
My gosh, he looks and seems just so humble and ordinary, would never know you were in the Presents of a musical giant who dominated a whole era of music and known and loved world wide. I wonder if the younger people in this room have any clue??
I've listened to a LOT of music in my life & have very wide tastes, but Bread are probably my all-time favourites. The integrity shows in their music. And David Gates comes across, in this & other interviews I've seen, as genuine. Thank you to him - & to the poster of this video, which offers interesting insights into the group.
David Gates had the softist voice,as did Karen Carpenter. He wrote the most beautiful songs and lyrics ever. One after another . He was as soft spoken, in person, as his songs.I miss him deeply ! Thank you David and may you rest peacefully ! A fellow musician, Jim 💕
@@jimhack7439 David is still alive and well. He just turned 82 last month. I think you're thinking of the other three members in bread, who, sadly, have passed away. David and also Robb Royer (co-founding member of bread, but who left after their third album, 'Manna') are still alive and well.
I watched David's solo performance at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila some years back,it was in the 2000's.I was amazed at how good his voice was during that time still.I really wish he could come back.I love his music! I really wish him well!
I love David's "Look At Me". I first became aware of it through The Brooklyn Bridge's version. I had no idea it was a David Gates composition. It just shows how versatile a writer he truly is.
Thank You David Gates for everything you did in my life, You are far my favorite songwriter and singer. I really wish he could read this message! Sending love your way! Since you gave so much to us! God Bless You and protect you always!
I am so glad I found this as I am still writing songs at 67 and David Gates is one of my biggest influences of all time! I saw him here in Las Vegas in 2003 at the ORLEANS and his joke telling was almost as entertaining as his music! Almost folks! His music is still in my ears all the time! My first release has so many love songs on it and you can hear the DAVID GATES influences on all of them! My 12th comes out in about a week as I can't wait to get it out there but watching this made my day! Do you have anymore interviews like this with him? He's an ICON SONGWRITER but more impressive as a humble human being! Loved his wife as well!
I only started paying close-attention to the “BREAD” music and songs at 76 years old and found that because of the melodies and wordings, they are so easy to learn and when I belt them through my karaoke machines, my grandchildren would scream, that’s our papa, and I am now 79. I am turning 80 in 2025 ! Thank you very much for beautiful song Dave and Bread….❤❤❤😊👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭…I’m orinally from the Philippines..!!!
Just happened on this interview. I am most impressed by the way they raised their children. With all the success I can imagine how the epic-ness of David's Career could affect everything. His wife is the perfect mate!
Same here. Absolutely love that story about his humble son telling his then girlfriend/future wife that "We don't talk about Dad much cuz he's a "little bit famous" and then drop that bombshell on just who "Dad" is!! Evidently at that point she hadn't met his Dad! Would have loved to have been a fly on that wall when she finally met the man that was to be her father-in-law! 😲
I love the songs of bread especially david gates. It reminds me my high school days when i heard the songs in spotify. To name a few of their music never let her go, if, aubrey, lorelei, baby i want you, make it with you etc etc
What a great interview. Bread was one of my favorite bands to listen to in the seventies. My guitar teacher taught me every Bread song. They were the best! It’s so interesting hearing David speak of his experience. This is wonderful!
I was very young when Bread was hot. I have appreciated what they were and accomplished as I have grown older. I miss great musicians like the 70s produced. Thanks for the amazing music David
Great to listen to David talk about his songs. I was always a fan of his songwriting and of Bread. Got to meet him briefly after a sound check in Glasgow.
I am grateful to have grown up with the band called Bread. Although a Beatle fan first, and I note the Beatle catalogue climbs to almost 1000 songs, I hold The Gates-Griffin compositions as endearing and heartfelt as Lennon-McCartney. A special place for Bread and there touchstone performances . Simply stellar!
Absolutely agree with you, Gerard...David and James were so brilliant together, musically...just like John and Paul. Masters at their songwriting and singing craft. I'd have so loved it if David had a bit more time to talk about his working relationship and/or his personal relationship with James, though. I thought that was about to happen, when David first mentioned poor Mike becoming sick with colon cancer, and then started to talk a little bit about James' and his non-stop smoking, which ultimately and most likely led to his horrible diagnosis and untimely death from lung cancer. I know that David and James didn't always see eye to eye in a personal capacity, but they were magic together, musically speaking. I miss James so much.
Love that '78 live concert. He was so gracious and connected with the audience. Great musicians and the music speaks for itself. Nice to see this session with David.
We had just moved to the Tulsa area in 1999, I believe it was a couple years later, we found out David was doing a benefit concert at TCC. That was the most amazing concert, it was just David and his guitar. It was like we were in our living room. He’s the best!
David, we named our Daughter Aubrey. She is 25, and works in the medical field, and clients are always commenting and asking her if its after the song. She loves the name, by the way!
I love David Gates. I listen to his music often and yes when I was in high school the song “Took the Last Train” came along. A very different type of song for David but I loved it and bought it right away. I like the speed of it. I wouldn’t change anything.
He's so genuine and humble! David Gates is by far one of my favorite people. I grew up listening to Bread music with my father and his songs hold a special place in my heart. What a gift! ❤ 🇧🇷
Thanks for posting this! I have been a fan of David Gates since the early seventies. Learning guitar as a teen one of the first songs I learned to play was “If”. This interview is so great and seeing his wife besides him discussing their life was so interesting. Glad to see David looking so healthy and having a good family life. A great example of a pop star who can look back with fondness at his career. Sad to hear of the passing of the other members of Bread but the music lives forever! And what music it was!
I really love bread and david gates so much, thank you for bringing such a legendary interview with him...i always sing his songs all day....i mean every single day while on my bike driving to work or go back to home...wish i can sing with him some day
Love the Q&A. Never occurred to me about whether or not there were people in the room who can appreciate the greatness that sat before them. It actually doesn't matter to me. I'm encouraged that they were captivated and engaged. And it's a humbling thing to see a guy like David Gates selflessly willing to spend time with them and share his stories. Funny story about the drummer getting blocked by security, but a shame that the one gentleman tried to guess the outcome. He should've just stayed quiet and appreciate the story. David tells stories like performing a song: nice, slow and easy. If you don't know the song, don't sing it with him. ;-)
All I can say looking back to their time is those songs were an inspiration to countless upcoming musicians. They were so well crafted.. Thank You for Your Music David Gates
I wonder if those sitting around David know they are in the presence of one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time. ❤️
He really is a fantastic singer/songwriter. The substance in his work is magical. The songs are crafted with pure emotion & vulnerability. Truly a gifted man.
Of course they are.. it's question and answer session
@@qwertyasdfg7782 That was a complimentary statement I made not an ignorant call to question!
@@redwandennaoui4508 you said you wonder.. if its in grocery store or in a park thats the moment you will wonder but the caption says it all.. its a legitimate interview
@@qwertyasdfg7782 what on earth are you talking about? Regard my statement carefully, the word wonder was to reflect (marvel, surprise, astonishment!) okay???
David Gates is one of the most brilliant songwriters of all time!
With a great voice to boot!
paul nerval without question, no one writes as good as David Gates in my opinion
David Gate's. The greatest songwriter ever ! I miss his talent terribly ! RIP David. Fondly, Jim Hack 💕
@@jimhack7439 Are you sure David passed away? I just ran a Google search and couldn't find anything about it.
@@jimhack7439 He passed?
He is a legend and a dedicated, humble musician and they aren't many like him anymore.
White shirt guy looks very disrespectful
No one writes and performs songs like that anymore. Those were the days never to be forgotten. Such voice, such lyrics that really mean something and touches you deeply. Songs that can make you smile and even cry...takes you to places. Congratulations David on a brilliant and successful carrier, your music will live forever!
I grew up with David, loved all the music he wrote. It brought so many heart felt memories and breakups to my own life, indeed many moments I wept because of the love I felt for someone from my heart, but I usually got stonewalled by the shallowness of another's heart, I should say brain cuz they usually don't feel real love in their hearts.
Thank you David for all the memories since the 60s. You were placed on this earth to bring peace with your music & an overwhelming feeling of one's heart even if it has been forgotten from those with a barbwire heart & soul.
Bread, David Gates and The Carpenters were my all-time favorite artists of the 70's. They still are.
Lobo was very good as well
Still are !!!
You have to add Michael Martin Murphy. and Dan Fogelberg!
So was Carly Simon,Carole King and Austin Roberts
the band America became an institution too
I'm a Latino person and let me tell you this: David Gates songs hit me hard. I have never listened a musician, songwriter so prolific and very humble at the same time like David gates. Each chord at each song is so touching. There's a song that still make me cry when I listen to it. Everything I own! It seems written for me and my grandma! She raised me. She was my mom and dad. She died several years ago. I remember her everytime I listen this tune. Thanks David Gates for such wonderful music!
Beautiful Story Manuel. Its True, such words and the sound of David's voice, I love the song "IF" and the words are exquisite and takes you to transcendence as the song fades into the heavens. :)
God bless you bro....my Mom had to raise me when my Dad left us. We had nothing....but we had love!!! That was enough....
God bless you bro....my Mom had to raise me when my Dad left us. We had nothing....but we had love!!! That was enough....
SOOO right, an awesome guy. NEVER a let the industry ruin him..
This video just popped up in my suggestions for You Tube. I'm 53 now and kind of forgot about Bread. Now listening back I really miss them. Seemed like such a kinder and gentler time back then. I found your comment very heartfelt and a great story. Peace to you my brother.
I live 20 miles from David gates in Oak Harbor WA. I wish I was there to listen to him in person. I would rather hang out with David Gates than Bill Gates.
Gates is a musical genius of the highest caliber! What a voice!
sad truth is that very few people born after 1980 appreciate music of this calibre
David got me through high school and college back in the 70's. His songs live forever. Sure wish we had music today that is half as good as what he produced.
They meant the same to me in the 70s during rugged high school years. ❤️
Two words describe Mr. Gates -- sheer brilliance. The skill and patience to make the incredibly beautiful music he did, without computers and synthesizers, is simply amazing. I put him at the same level as Tom Scholz of Boston. It's unfortunate that kids growing up in the last three decades missed out on these kinds of groups, musicians and songs as part of their culture. I'm thankful that I was able to experience it.
sideskraft me too!
His arrangements are equally as brilliant as his lyrics.
Amazing, Tom Scholz could "Bostonify" If or Guitar Man! David Gates singing Hollyann would be interesting too. It's nice to see someone else who appreciates that talents of both. Tom said he had to deal with some of the lowest forms of life that got dressed and went to work in the morning in the record business. He said he was also earning money for all sorts of people.
Amen! I grew up listening to Bread music.
I’m very pleased that David Gates and his wife are doing so well.
What a down to earth family man. He never let stardom go to his head. He made great music that has withstood the test of time. He could be your next door neighbor and you would never know who he was in his past life.
Exactly, he is just a normal guy in town. What a legend he is!
I am 76 yrs old from the Philippines and i always listen to Breads greatest hits everyday
Actually a live legend. Thak you so much David for many years of great music.
A live one . He is still enjoying his popularity .
He's 22 yrs. older than me, but I have loved him and Bread since I was a child. I'm really glad I found this interview and got to get a little more insight into who he is. I could listen to his stories all night. ❤
I feel the same way.💕
I love David Gates. He seemed like such a gentleman when I watched him on UA-cam. Thank God he didn’t get lost in the world of alcohol and drugs. Even though this was from 6 years ago, he still looks great. Same voice 😊.
David Gates was happily married with children when he wrote most to all of his beautiful love songs (currently married over 60 years). It's one thing to understand love but another on how to write a love song -David not only wrote beautiful music (mostly just with his voice and guitar) but his lyrics contain words of someone who understands love from it's most powerful place of being unconditional to the deep heartbreak of 'wanting' of taking someone for granted. His music truly is healing and heart breaking - there is a reality to it a purity and innocence not found in todays music. Because of his genius -his heart/love those of us who appreciate his music will never be the same. Thank you David!
Nice to see David so laid back, and to hear David's wife and what she thinks of it all. According to Wikipedia, they got married back in 1958, when David was at the University of Oklahoma studying music.
It is really a pity he is retired. I miss this voice singing and playing his beautiful songs.
Though he's not into music industry anymore, I love the fact that he had retired with his wife and with his 1400-acre ranching business. That's living a life to the fullest to be honest.
We all get old, ever hear of it?
I wonder if he ever still plays for enjoyment on his own?...
He has the right to retire; he is entitled. I am a giant fan of him too, but we can still hear our albums and watch he and his associates on youtube.
Como tempo passa Hein ?Gustavo
This man is a master and so humble ! he is an incredible person with so much natural born talent !
One of the Absolute BEST Singer Songwriters i grew up listeing to, a voice like an Angel
God Bless you David Gate's.
What a legend...I spent lots of hours with the music of Bread and all through high school.There should have been 100,000 people attending this.David Blows away all the current artists of today in my opinion.
YES!
I suppose if you retire from music your music you have written and performed will never retire. David Gates absolutely brilliant.
David gates is one of my favorite song writer. He touched so many lives with his beautiful songs.
There was a stage in my life... for about (5) years, (I think 1971 - 1976), my strong belief was that Bread's song "IF" of course sung by David, was the greatest ballad love song ever written in the whole universe!❤
YES!!...To me, it STILL IS! ❤
If you stand back and look at David as a singer, songwriter and producer he should be right up there with the greats. As a person, he made it through a career in a business that usually leaves a wake of marriages, children and stints in rehab in its wake. David was able to manage success not only in his professional life but in his personal life as well. Hi is 80 yrs old and I regret having never seen him perform live. I have tickets to see America live during their 50th anniversary tour. Then hopefully McCartney.
Thank you David and Bread for all the beautiful songs. God Bless.
Awesome reply - you're spot on ! Good luck with your Concert quest. I too have tickets for America in the DC area this Year . I've been fortunate to have seen Bread in 96 or 97 in Ocean City MD. It was an awesome experience. Best concert I've ever been to. I've seen America several times and they always put on a great show.
David Gates made some of the sweetest mellow pop of the 70's and could rock surprisingly hard, too! I consider him one of the great pop/rock melody composers, up there with Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson. Saw him play to a packed auditorium in Australia in 1998 and his smooth tenor voice sounded just the same as it did back in Bread.
I missed him here in Brisbane that year so envy you
I think he was a geat ballad writer and a great singer. But not fair to compare him to maca or Brian Wilson. They are the two greatest musicians, song writers of rock. Compare him to James Taylor. Taylor was great. And gates was just as good. Better song writer. Gates is however in a class all by himself. I'm not sure any of the balladeers of the 70s wrote and sang as smoothly as he did.
What a joy to listen to this humble, laid-back genius. David's music will endure forever.
David Gates, is really a living legend! His songs been always with me since I came across with "The Best of Bread" album at sixteen...This interview is quite an experience for admirers like me! You can see a humble and nice guy, kindly answering and telling anecdotes to a -not so- homogeneus audience. This man is a very high quality musician, side by side with Lennon&McCartney! I could never see Bread live...God save this guy for many more years..
He died
@@uglyguitarist1340 Are you sure?? I don't think so.
@@repentobeyjesus9187 He is definitely still alive.
Thanks for uploading this rare interview!
A lot of admiration and respect for Bread, specially David Gates, who still haven't been given the rightful recognition they truly deserve.
@@uglyguitarist1340 No, he didn't. He just celebrated his 82nd birthday last month.
David Gates, missing you!! 😢❤🎸❤😘
Oh my God I live in Vancouver British Columbia and I did not know that this legend and icon is living only an hours drive away. David is an American music icon and I grew up on his music and used to play his songs to my first girlfriend back in the 70's. His music and the music of his generation is incomparable to the trash that is coming out these days and I will still pay big bucks to go and see him in concert. God bless you David you have no idea how many lives your music has changed.
I managed a record store in Florida in the late seventies after graduating high school. I was Still in community college, when an elderly couple from BC came in and noticed I was playing “Best of Bread” on the store sound system. They told me that when their son was a boy, he and David were friends, and David would come over and play guitar and sing with their son, in their basement! They were so proud of the success he had achieved, and thrilled to tell me the story! I can’t remember their name, or the town, but have always remembered the story! I was a David Gates and Bread fan long before that. But, I think that’s my favorite anecdotal story about him! Awesome talent and great voice! A great person also as far as I know! I hoped that someday I would get the chance to meet him, and tell him that story! I wonder if he would know who It was, that I met, and remember them, and their son. 😊😎👌🤔
We spent every summer day in the 70’s at the pool and loved listening to Bread. And talk about a life, world class band and then cattleman, heaven on earth. Running a ranch, spending everyday outside - chores aren’t chores!
THE REAL GENIUS IS THOSE SONGS ONLY COULD HAVE BEEN MASTERED BY THAT ICONIC, UNIQUE, EFFECTUAL HEALING VOICE THAT IS DAVID GATES!!!!!!!!WHICH WAS UNQUESTIONABLY GOD GIVEN!!!!!!!!
The 70s generation wasn't in the room. Bread filled up many hundreds of stadiums and Auditorium with people who loved his unforgettable music!
“Highly” Agree.
I would have loved being there. He looks like a great guy.
David Gates is one of my favorite musicians and songwriters. I only wish I could have seen him perform live in concert. I still listen to his music all of the time. Thank you, David Gates!
Never get tired listening to his songs til now 2020
Love you David Gates, what beautiful music you gave to us. You blessed our lives with relatable relevant love ❤️ songs during this time. God bless you!!
David, I'd play your songs with Bread on 8 track cruising down the road on a date with my high school sweetheart in 1971 and 72. Make it with you and It don't matter to me were actually my favorites, especially on the dates. It was a long time ago I was taken back with your diversity in writing. Some folksy, some cross over Country to Pop, and some older stuff like the Pop Hit for Leslie Gore, It's my party.
I came to tears most recently when I saw you in a You Tube video on the Glen Campbell special, watching both your solos and then you pairing with Glen is when I really came apart.
Here's an East Coast New Jersey Trumpet player that thinks the world of you. You're incredible.
I got to meet David Gates after a Bread concert in Chicago.
Friday, January 28, 1972 Bob Borjanovich, a friend of mine and I drove to the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, IL to see BREAD with David Gates in concert. I live 40 miles north of Chicago. After the BREAD concert on January 28, 1972 with the original line up of David Gates, Jimmy Griffin, Mike Botts and Larry Knechtel, they walked off stage.
Security wasn’t as tight then as it is now so I walked down toward the stage and asked one of the roadies with a satin BREAD jacket on where I could find David Gates. He told me they went to eat at the Lake Shore Holiday Inn. I knew where that was. I had my wedding reception in the revolving restaurant called the Pinnacle on the 33rd floor where they were eating. We walked into the restaurant and the Host told us we weren’t dressed properly in ties and coats. We also didn’t have reservations. I told the host I just want to go talk to that guy for a minute as I was pointing to the band at their table. He still said NO. I told Bob, “Let’s go across the street and get some burgers while we’re waiting for BREAD to finish eating.”
We waited about 30 minutes and went back into the hotel. I walked up to the desk and boldly asked which room David Gates was in like I was one of his friends. The guy at the desk told me, “Room 329.” I asked him if I could call him first and he said to go around the desk and in the hall is a “house phone, just dial 329.” I couldn’t believe he told me but hey….I’m too close to David Gates to blow it now.
I picked up the house phone, dialed 329 and some guy said, “Hello.”
I said “Hello, who is this?” He said, “Mike, who is this?” I told him my name was Rick and I saw their concert tonight and wanted to tell you how awesome it was.” He said, “Thanks” and that he had to go.
I told Bob, “Let’s just take the elevator up to the room. I’m too close now.”
We got to room 329 and I knocked on the door.
David Gates opened the door and all he had on was his “Fruit Of the Loom” briefs. I said, “Dave?” And he said, “Yeah.” I said, “WOW, I’ve wanted to meet you for years.
I told him I hate to bother him so I’ll make this quick….”Could you show me how to play the first 2 chords for ‘Make It With You’ and the first 4 chords for ‘IF’ if I draw a fretboard and strings on each arm?” He agreed. I drew them and he showed me where to place my fingers and I drew dots with my pen on the spots to place my fingers. I asked him to sign my ticket stub and he did. He was very nice and humble. I went home and tried the chords on my acoustic Ovation guitar and it sounded just like David Gates playing.
Unfortunately I didn’t own a camera back then so no photo.
Great story Ricky, thanks :) I wanted those chords too and with the aid of an herbal remedy and days and weeks of hard work , they appeared on the fretboard for me eventually.
Man, you were a pushy cuss! I've toured with bands and if someone crashed our room like that, we woulda closed the door and called security. You were lucky the guys were not high or with girls.
Great story! Nice! Sana all♥️
Ricky Kay I would love to meet him! So many of his and Bread’s songs are my all time favorites. I was a little kid when they were popular but I remember borrowing their greatest hits album from my older sister quite frequently. I still listen to their music today.
@Byron Tsusaki I really did and will never forget that night.
I still play his records, yes records!!!!!! Love his singing and song writing. His songs are wonderful. My 12 year old grand daughter found his music and is in love with his music just as I was.
Man, I would've loved to have been at this little soiree! Always been an admirer of David Gates' music.
Towards the end of the video I thought David’s wife added tremendously to the conversation! Adding about how their kids were so protective of their father and the story about how they didn’t want to talk much about their Dad! Very interesting!
David looks really well. So talented. I love Bread. Had a couple of his solo albums too. Love the ballad ' Loralee' Make it with you' 'If' too many to count. Voice like sweet honey. Such a big inspiration. Miss you Dave. It will be so great to hear you sing again. You are so blessed.
very lucky folks to sit and talk to him. Being a fan and a guitarist would love to have talked with him.
David, you were the most important artist to me personally...to this day I owe you everything...
Thank God these musicians were born so their careers coincided with the 70's, timeless classics never go out of style. I revisit Bread regularly and their Greatest Hits is playing in my car in August 2019. I hear more detail each time these songs play and truly appreciate the enormous talent of these guys.
Wow! David Gates, a name from the past and probably one of my top three or four artists of that time. Some of my friends teased me for liking Bread but I didn't care, and I couldn't wait for the next album.
Wow, great to see and hear Mr. David Gates here after so long. Such a genius Songwriter and a Singer. I love all of Bread's songs since my high school years and they still blow me away everytime i get to listen to them to this day. They absolutely bring back so many fond memories. Thanks so much for the music.
Best voice of the 70’s , his music will live forever. Thank you David 🙏
This man has done it all. the golden voice of that whole scene then. Absolutely my favorite singer. That voice is smooth as butter.
I wish I had known about this “Fan Gathering” I sure would have attended. Love this video.
David, you have been my musical hero. No one wrote and sang more beautifully than you. Thank you for all the sweet musical memories you have given me and millions of others around the world!
I need to make a phone call to Mr. David Gates. Just a 1 minute phone call to say to him that I always love his music, since a was a little boy when my parents bought "First". That record was the soundtrack of my life even today with my family my wife and my children. Thank you very much to makes me very happy with your music. I have the cassette, cd and vinyl from "First" album. Sometimes this record makes me cry because its so beautiful. And the incredible musicians that play on it! Amazing! I m Matias Minervini, owner of Radio rock argentino from Buenos Aires Argentina. Regards David!!
Thanks for posting this video of David Gates with his charming wife. It was such a blessing to get to know him. A wonderful human being!!!
I true legend and a all around good person. Glad to see him still playing and singing !
My gosh, he looks and seems just so humble and ordinary, would never know you were in the Presents of a musical giant who dominated a whole era of music and known and loved world wide. I wonder if the younger people in this room have any clue??
Tim Patrick I don’t think so.
I've listened to a LOT of music in my life & have very wide tastes, but Bread are probably my all-time favourites. The integrity shows in their music. And David Gates comes across, in this & other interviews I've seen, as genuine. Thank you to him - & to the poster of this video, which offers interesting insights into the group.
David Gates had the softist voice,as did Karen Carpenter. He wrote the most beautiful songs and lyrics ever. One after another . He was as soft spoken, in person, as his songs.I miss him deeply ! Thank you David and may you rest peacefully ! A fellow musician, Jim 💕
@@jimhack7439 David is still alive and well. He just turned 82 last month. I think you're thinking of the other three members in bread, who, sadly, have passed away. David and also Robb Royer (co-founding member of bread, but who left after their third album, 'Manna') are still alive and well.
I watched David's solo performance at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila some years back,it was in the 2000's.I was amazed at how good his voice was during that time still.I really wish he could come back.I love his music! I really wish him well!
I love David's "Look At Me". I first became aware of it through The Brooklyn Bridge's version. I had no idea it was a David Gates composition. It just shows how versatile a writer he truly is.
Hello from Russia, My Favorite Musician !!!
The Guitar Man
Listened to Best of Bread yesterday and cried my face off. Still hits hard !!
God bless you David!!
Happy almost 80th Birthday!!!!
Thank You David Gates for everything you did in my life, You are far my favorite songwriter and singer. I really wish he could read this message! Sending love your way! Since you gave so much to us! God Bless You and protect you always!
He is one of the best singer , songwriter in the history of Music . Look at his polo shirt reminds us how he loves music . The guitar man
I have the setlist from his Dublin 2003 show, both pages signed by David Gates, unbelievable talent..
I am so glad I found this as I am still writing songs at 67 and David Gates is one of my biggest influences of all time! I saw him here in Las Vegas in 2003 at the ORLEANS and his joke telling was almost as entertaining as his music! Almost folks! His music is still in my ears all the time! My first release has so many love songs on it and you can hear the DAVID GATES influences on all of them! My 12th comes out in about a week as I can't wait to get it out there but watching this made my day! Do you have anymore interviews like this with him? He's an ICON SONGWRITER but more impressive as a humble human being! Loved his wife as well!
I only started paying close-attention to the “BREAD” music and songs at 76 years old and found that because of the melodies and wordings, they are so easy to learn and when I belt them through my karaoke machines, my grandchildren would scream, that’s our papa, and I am now 79. I am turning 80 in 2025 ! Thank you very much for beautiful song Dave and Bread….❤❤❤😊👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭…I’m orinally from the Philippines..!!!
David, thanks for all of the wonderful music you wrote! Bread and solo.
David thanks so much for bringing Bread to NZ - I was there at your Christchurch concert with my girlfriend - an unforgettable experience !
Just happened on this interview. I am most impressed by the way they raised their children. With all the success I can imagine how the epic-ness of David's Career could affect everything. His wife is the perfect mate!
Same here. Absolutely love that story about his humble son telling his then girlfriend/future wife that "We don't talk about Dad much cuz he's a "little bit famous" and then drop that bombshell on just who "Dad" is!! Evidently at that point she hadn't met his Dad! Would have loved to have been a fly on that wall when she finally met the man that was to be her father-in-law! 😲
Keep this man well for as long as you can. He's one of the few real music legends left.
I love the songs of bread especially david gates. It reminds me my high school days when i heard the songs in spotify. To name a few of their music never let her go, if, aubrey, lorelei, baby i want you, make it with you etc etc
What a great interview. Bread was one of my favorite bands to listen to in the seventies. My guitar teacher taught me every Bread song. They were the best! It’s so interesting hearing David speak of his experience. This is wonderful!
I was very young when Bread was hot. I have appreciated what they were and accomplished as I have grown older. I miss great musicians like the 70s produced. Thanks for the amazing music David
Great to listen to David talk about his songs. I was always a fan of his songwriting and of Bread. Got to meet him briefly after a sound check in Glasgow.
I am grateful to have grown up with the band called Bread. Although a Beatle fan first, and I note the Beatle catalogue climbs to almost 1000 songs, I hold The Gates-Griffin compositions as endearing and heartfelt as Lennon-McCartney. A special place for Bread and there touchstone performances . Simply stellar!
Absolutely agree with you, Gerard...David and James were so brilliant together, musically...just like John and Paul. Masters at their songwriting and singing craft. I'd have so loved it if David had a bit more time to talk about his working relationship and/or his personal relationship with James, though. I thought that was about to happen, when David first mentioned poor Mike becoming sick with colon cancer, and then started to talk a little bit about James' and his non-stop smoking, which ultimately and most likely led to his horrible diagnosis and untimely death from lung cancer. I know that David and James didn't always see eye to eye in a personal capacity, but they were magic together, musically speaking. I miss James so much.
Bread is one of my favorite groups. I listen to them on my computer and my MP3 player. Great music!
David is very articulate, such a brilliant singer, songwriter - really, just a highly intelligent, well-spoken man.
David Gates i wish you would do more interviews your songs changed my life love you💗
Everything I Own is one of my favorite songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love that '78 live concert. He was so gracious and connected with the audience. Great musicians and the music speaks for itself. Nice to see this session with David.
We had just moved to the Tulsa area in 1999, I believe it was a couple years later, we found out David was doing a benefit concert at TCC. That was the most amazing concert, it was just David and his guitar. It was like we were in our living room. He’s the best!
This man knew the business,still knows the business, made a ton of money and didn't squander it.
David, we named our Daughter Aubrey. She is 25, and works in the medical field, and clients are always commenting and asking her if its after the song. She loves the name, by the way!
I named my cat Aubrey from the Bread song.
By far the most beautiful name I’ve heard, and David Gates song, gimme a break!
I too had named my only daughter Aubrie! And she is far from ordinary!🥰
I did the same Aubrey is my daughter's middle name...👍
@@savannah0113 Mighty fine choice of a name!!👍
I was six years old when it the song If came out. Mom bought the record. Now I hear it i go back in time with memories of my mom. ❤
Back in the day, Bread was THE ONLY band in the world to me. Oh the memories. Saw them live in 1978.
I’m still trying to learn all his music with my guitar, unforgettable and so famous group and a performer. Tks
It really sucks to get old the years have gone by very fast looking at david now makes me very sad
I'm from Tulsa. Tulsa needs to have a David Gates Celebration Week in 2022 or 2023 and give the Tulsa boy his due!
“IF” IS SINCERELY ONE OF THEE GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME.
I love David Gates. I listen to his music often and yes when I was in high school the song “Took the Last Train” came along. A very different type of song for David but I loved it and bought it right away. I like the speed of it. I wouldn’t change anything.
He's so genuine and humble! David Gates is by far one of my favorite people. I grew up listening to Bread music with my father and his songs hold a special place in my heart. What a gift! ❤ 🇧🇷
A giant talent who gave us pure magic. And what an endearingly genuine and genial man.
May GOD BLESS YOU. You are the real deal Mr. David Gates.
So fascinating to hear David Gates insight on his music. It seemed such a laid back and casual event
Thanks for posting this! I have been a fan of David Gates since the early seventies. Learning guitar as a teen one of the first songs I learned to play was “If”. This interview is so great and seeing his wife besides him discussing their life was so interesting. Glad to see David looking so healthy and having a good family life. A great example of a pop star who can look back with fondness at his career. Sad to hear of the passing of the other members of Bread but the music lives forever! And what music it was!
All gone do not know about Rob Royer?
@@Skycop51 Robb Royer is still alive and well. Living in Jamaica or possibly the Bahamas, if memory serves me.
I really love bread and david gates so much, thank you for bringing such a legendary interview with him...i always sing his songs all day....i mean every single day while on my bike driving to work or go back to home...wish i can sing with him some day
Love the Q&A. Never occurred to me about whether or not there were people in the room who can appreciate the greatness that sat before them. It actually doesn't matter to me. I'm encouraged that they were captivated and engaged. And it's a humbling thing to see a guy like David Gates selflessly willing to spend time with them and share his stories. Funny story about the drummer getting blocked by security, but a shame that the one gentleman tried to guess the outcome. He should've just stayed quiet and appreciate the story. David tells stories like performing a song: nice, slow and easy. If you don't know the song, don't sing it with him. ;-)
I really enjoyed listening to this Q&A session with one of the greatest melody makers of all time. Thanks for the beautiful songs David.
All I can say looking back to their time is those songs were an inspiration to countless upcoming musicians. They were so well crafted.. Thank You for Your Music David Gates