Dreams So Real

Among the lesser-known electric guitar pop rings to emerge from the fertile Athens, GA, music picture from the mid-’80s, Dreams Thus True formed in 1984. Vocalist/guitarist Barry Marler fulfilled bassist Trent Allen and drummer Drew Worsham in an area record shop, and in just a calendar year the trio released its initial one, the psychedelia-inspired “All over the place Gal.” The one was made by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, who also helmed Dreams So Real’s initial full-length work, 1986’s Father’s Home. A highlighted appearance within the documentary Athens, Ga. Inside/Out implemented that same calendar year, and eventually the trio arrived a major-label cope with Arista, in 1988 launching the harder-edged Rough Evening in Jericho. 1990’s Gloryline simplified Dreams So Real’s strategy, favoring folkier agreements, however when the record didn’t connect at radio, Arista lowered the group. They dissolved immediately after, using a fanclub-only rarities compilation, Nocturnal Omissions, showing up in 1992. Five years afterwards, Marler and Allen reunited within the group Ether. Tragically, in 2003 Worsham was shot in the facial skin, reportedly the outcome of a local confrontation.