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.
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.
Personnel Comus Bobbie Watson – lead and backing vocals, percussion, recorder Roger Wootton - guitar, lead and backing vocals Keith Hale – keyboards, marimba Andy Hellaby – bass, autoharp, tape effects Gordon Caxon – drums, percussion Guest musicians Philip Barry – bongos Lindsay Cooper – bassoon on "To Keep from Crying" Didier Malherbe – saxophone on "Get Yourself a Man" Tim Kraemer – cello on "So Long Supernova"
