McKendree Spring

McKendree Spring is a progressive folk-rock band, active mainly in the early 1970s. The band consisted of Fran McKendree, their first bass player was Larry Tucker then Fred Holman took over bass, Dr. Michael Dreyfuss, Martin Slutsky. Christopher Bishop replaced Holman on bass as of the 1973 release Spring Suite. Some of their music ventured into avante-garde or experimental territory, such as "God Bless the Conspiracy" from their album 3, with its violin/viola/synthesizer solo by Dreyfuss. Steve Anderson and Alan Stoker were added for the "Live at the Beachland" 2007 release. In addition, Dave Morrison also played on the live album. In the summer of 2010, Christopher Bishop rejoined the group for the recording of 5 songs for "McKendree Spring: Recording No. 9". This recording also featured Alan Stoker, Paul Hollowell and Fred Mollin.