Comus are a British progressive folk band which had a brief career in the early 1970s; their first album, First Utterance, gave them a cult following which persists. They reunited in 2009 and have played several festivals and released a new album. <br /> <br />To Keep from Crying is the second album by progressive folk band Comus, released in 1974. It featured a notably different lineup from their other releases, with the violin/viola and woodwind spots replaced by keyboards and a conventional drum kit. The album's content has also been noted as being more common than their earlier work, centred more in conventional progressive rock and folk. <br /> <br />Personnel <br />Comus <br />Bobbie Watson – lead and backing vocals, percussion, recorder <br />Roger Wootton - guitar, lead and backing vocals <br />Keith Hale – keyboards, marimba <br />Andy Hellaby – bass, autoharp, tape effects <br />Gordon Caxon – drums, percussion <br />Guest musicians <br />Philip Barry – bongos <br />Lindsay Cooper – bassoon on "To Keep from Crying" <br />Didier Malherbe – saxophone on "Get Yourself a Man" <br />Tim Kraemer – cello on "So Long Supernova" <br /> <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Keep_from_Crying
