![]() In June 1970, hot off their spectacular Grammy® win for Album of the Year (besting The Beatles’ “Abbey Road”), Blood, Sweat & Tears becomes the first American rock band to perform behind the Iron Curtain, doing concerts in Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland on a tour sponsored by the U.S. Keep up the good work," -Artie Kaplan, Sax/Songwriter Every young or wannabe arranger should listen to this interview. It was a thrill to hear the breakdown of the arrangement, from the man himself! I really loved hearing it and I really loved hearing from you." -Will Lee, Bassist "Man, thank you so much for sending this. Great stuff." -Brad Wilcox, Trumpet/Arranger Thanks for sharing this post and interview. I know I borrow the concepts he mentions in this about certain arranging components (subconsciously). I was probably most influenced by this band and Fred’s arrangements than any other. ![]() ![]() Sid says, “Many people don’t know that BS&T’s 1968, self-titled second album produced a trio of Billboard Top 40 hits, and won Album of the Year Grammy honors in 1969 - beating The Beatles’ Abbey Road in the process.” JFred on You've Made Me So Very Happy by Sid Holmes, Song Surgery Listen to the two interviews above by Sid Holmes speaking with Fred who was the horn arranger and sax player for the multi-Grammy award winning band Blood, Sweat & Tears. While the new trailer doesn’t offer any more details on that part of the story, it does tease the band’s tumultuous, surreal adventures behind the Iron Curtain - a striking mix of excited young fans and violent authoritarian crackdowns.Ģ021 INTERVIEWS WITH FRED 1. However, the reason they agreed to the tour, guitarist-singer Steve Katz claims in the trailer, was because they were blackmailed. government pawns didn’t exactly endear Blood, Sweat & Tears to the counterculture that previously embraced them, and their popular standing never recovered (the tour landed at Number 7 on Rolling Stone’s list of the “Worst Decisions in Music History”). State Department enlisted the group for a tour of three Soviet-linked countries: Poland, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia. Blood, Sweat & Tears venture behind the Iron Curtain in the wild new trailer for the upcoming documentary, “What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?”Īs the clip establishes early on, Blood, Sweat, & Tears were briefly the biggest band in America - Grammy winners with massive hits like “Spinning Wheel.” But in 1970, at the height of their powers and the Vietnam War, the U.S.
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