Blood, Sweat & Tears

This article is about the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. For other meanings, see Blood, Sweat and Tears .

Blood, Sweat & Tears
General information
Genre (s)	Jazz rock
founding	1967
resolution	1981
Founding members
Vocals , keyboard	Al Kooper (until 1968)
guitar	Steve Katz (until 1973, from 2008)
Guitar, bass	Jim Fielder (until 1974)
Drums	Bobby Colomby (until 1976)
Alto saxophone	Fred Lipsius (until 1972)
Trumpet	Randy Brecker (until 1968)
Trumpet, flugelhorn	Jerry Weiss (until 1968)
Trombone , organ	Dick Halligan (until 1972)
Last occupation
singing	David Clayton-Thomas (1968–1972, 1974–1981)
Keyboard	Lou Pomanti (1980-1981)
guitar	Peter Harris (1980-1981)
bass	Wayne Pedziwiatr (1980-1981)
Trumpet	Mic Gillette (1980-1981)
Saxophone, flute	Earl Seymour (1979-1981)
Saxophone, flute	Vernon Dorge (1979-1981)
Drums	Bobby Economou (1977–1978, 1979–1981)
former members
singing	Jerry Fisher
Trumpet	Lew Soloff (1968–1974)
Trumpet	Chuck Winfield (1968–1973)
trombone	Jerry Hyman (1968–1972)
saxophone	Joe Henderson (1972)
saxophone	Lou Marini (1972–1974)
Trombone, tuba	Dave Bargeron (1970–1978)
piano	Larry Willis (1970–1978)
guitar	George Wadenius (1972–1975)
trombone	Tom Malone (1973-1974)
Alto saxophone, flute, clarinet	Bill Tilman (1974–1978)
guitar	Steve Khan (1975)
guitar	Mike Stern (1975-1976)
bass	Ron McClure (1974-1975, 1976)
bass	Jaco Pastorius (1975-1976)
bass	Keith Jones (1976)
bass	Danny Trifan (1976-1977)
Trumpet	Forrest Buchtell (1975-1977)
Percussion	Don Alias (1975-1976)
Drums	Roy McCurdy (1975-1977)
guitar	Randy Bernsen (1977)
guitar	Barry Finnerty (1977-1978)
bass	Neil Stubenhaus (1977–1978)
saxophone	Gregory Herbert (1977–1978)
Trumpet	Michael Lawrence (1977)
Trumpet	Chris Albert (1977–1978)
guitar	Kenny Marco (1979)
bass	David Piltch (1979-1980)
Keyboard	Joe Sealy (1979)
Trumpet, flugelhorn	Bruce Cassidy (1979-1980)
Saxophone, flute	Steve Kennedy (1979)
Drums	Sally Chappis (1979)
Saxophone, flute	Harvey Kogan (1979)
Drums	Jack Scarangella (1979)
guitar	Robert Piltch (1979–1980)
Keyboard	Richard Martinez (1979–1980)
Saxophone, lead vocals	Jerry La Croix (1974)

Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz rock band that was formed in New York in 1967 . The name of the band goes back to a quote from the inaugural speech of Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in 1940 at the beginning of the Second World War .

history

The group, which was initially led by Al Kooper , had their first appearance in 1967 in New York Cafe Au Go Go as the opening act for Moby Grape . The audience was enthusiastic about the new fusion of jazz , blues and rock music . The original line-up consisted of Al Kooper (keyboards, vocals), Jim Fielder (guitar, bass), Steve Katz (guitar) and Bobby Colomby (drums) as well as the brass section Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker , Jerry Weiss and Dick Halligan.

The first album Child is Father to the Man (1968) was highly praised, but sold only sluggishly. After personal differences, first Kooper, then Brecker and Weiss left the band. Colomby and Katz recruited the Canadian David Clayton-Thomas as singer.

The second album Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) was also a commercial success with 3.8 million copies sold and won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1970 . The wind arrangements and arrangements of themes by classical composers (such as Erik Satie ) set standards for other groups in jazz and brass rock. It came in at number 1 on the Billboard 200 . The single Spinning Wheel , which was released from the album, reached number 2.

A tour through Eastern Europe sponsored by the US State Department brought the band into disrepute among hippie and rock audiences. The album Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970), released after this tour, could not build on the success of its predecessor, but nevertheless reached number 1 in the USA; the band also played the score for The Owl and the Pussycat . A performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas did not help to improve the image of the band. The fourth album Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (1971) could not come close to its two predecessors commercially. Singer David Clayton-Thomas left the band and was replaced by Jerry Fisher.

After that there were several line-up changes, but the desired success did not materialize despite the experienced musicians. Finally, after a few more albums - Greatest Hits (1972), New Blood (1972), No Sweat (1973) and Mirror Image (1974) - the singer David Clayton-Thomas, who had been hapless as a soloist, returned. However, a commercial comeback did not last long. After the records New City (1975), In Concert (1976) and More than ever (1976), the record company canceled the contract. The last albums Brand New Day (1977) and Nuclear Blues (1980) were barely noticed. Of the members of the first albums, only David Clayton Thomas was there at this point. In various reunion attempts in the late 1980s and early 90s, a new young band formed around Clayton-Thomas, but they could no longer build on their old successes.

In 2005 Chuck Negron , former singer of Three Dog Night , received the rights to the band name "Blood, Sweat & Tears". This complete re-formation played in 2007 at several open-air concerts in Europe.

Steve Katz has been back in the band since 2008.

“The Beatles brought rock into music. Blood, Sweat & Tears brought the music to rock. "

- Leonard Feather

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1968	Child Is Father to the Man	-	-	UK40 (1 week) UK	US47 gold (55 weeks)US	264th place in the Rolling Stone 500 (2003); Grammy Hall of Fame
1969	Blood, Sweat & Tears	-	-	UK15 (9 weeks) UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (109 weeks)US	Grammy (Album of the Year), Grammy Hall of Fame
1970	Blood, Sweat & Tears 3	DE39 (1 week) DE	-	UK14 (12 weeks) UK	US1 gold (41 weeks)US
	Comedy Highlights & Music from the Soundtrack ›The Owl and the Pussycat‹	-	-	-	US186 (6 weeks) US	with Barbra Streisand and George Segal : dialogues from the film of the same name with musical accompaniment by Blood, Sweat & Tears
1971	BS & T. 4	DE50 (1 week) DE	-	-	US10 gold (23 weeks)US
1972	Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits	-	-	-	US19th × 2 Double platinum (27 weeks)US	Best of album
	New Blood	-	-	-	US32 (17 weeks) US
1973	No sweat	-	-	-	US72 (12 weeks) US
1974	Mirror image	-	-	-	US149 (6 weeks) US
1975	New City	-	-	-	US47 (13 weeks) US
1976	More Than Ever	-	-	-	US165 (3 weeks) US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• In Concert (Live album, 1975; 1991 under the title Live and Improvised )
• Brand New Day (1977)
• Nuclear Blues (1980)
• Live (Live album, 1995)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1969	You've Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat & Tears	-	-	UK35 (6 weeks) UK	US2 gold (13 weeks)US	Authors: Brenda Holloway , Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson, Berry Gordy
	Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears	-	-	-	US2 gold (13 weeks)US	Author: David Clayton-Thomas ends with the melody of O dear Augustine
	And When I Die Blood, Sweat & Tears	-	-	-	US2 gold (13 weeks)US	Author: Laura Nyro
1970	Hi-De-Ho Blood, Sweat & Tears 3	-	AT16 (4 weeks) AT	-	US14 (8 weeks) US	Authors: Gerry Goffin , Carole King
	Lucretia Mac Evil Blood, Sweat & Tears 3	-	-	-	US29 (7 weeks) US	Author: David Clayton-Thomas
1971	Go Down Gamblin ' BS & T. 4	-	-	-	US32 (8 weeks) US	Author: David Clayton-Thomas
	Lisa, Listen to Me B. S. & T. 4	-	-	-	US73 (6 weeks) US	Authors: Dick Halligan, David Clayton-Thomas
1972	So Long Dixie New Blood	-	-	-	US44 (11 weeks) US	Authors: Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil
1974	Tell Me That I'm Wrong Mirror Image	-	-	-	US83 (4 weeks) US	Author: Henry Cosby
1975	Got to Get You into My Life New City	-	-	-	US62 (6 weeks) US	Original: The Beatles ; Authors: John Lennon , Paul McCartney

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

• I Can't Quit Her (debut single, 1968)
• God Bless the Child (1969)
• I Can't Move No Mountains (1972)
• Roller Coaster (1973)
• Save Our Ship (1973)
• Yesterday's Music (1975)
• You're the One (1976)
• Blue Street (1977)
• Nuclear Blues (1980)

literature

• Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
• Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd Revised Edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 64-66 - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

Web links

• Official Website of Blood, Sweat & Tears (English)
• Meeting of the group on UltimateClassicRock
• Blood, Sweat & Tears on Music VF

Remarks

1. ↑ For reasons of clarity, the newly founded band in 1985 and 2005 are not included in the cast list
2. ↑ Churchill spoke, just as Theodore Roosevelt once did in 1897 , but of "blood, hard work, sweat and tears". In 1963 an album by Johnny Cash had the same title.
3. ^ Billboard Albums Blood, Sweat & Tears . Retrieved December 13, 2010.
4. ↑ Chart positions for spinning wheel . Retrieved December 13, 2010 on Allmusic
5. ↑ Steve Katz, founding father of BS&T has rejoined the band after a 35 year leave of absence! ( Memento from August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ cit. to posthof.at - Blood, Sweat & Tears World Tour
7. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT UK US
8. ↑ ^{a b} US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7
9. ↑ ^{a b} Blood, Sweat & Tears in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)