This group was one of my all time favorites. I hadn't heard them in a while then I saw this in my files. It fit today perfectly.
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Friday, January 02, 2009
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6 comments:
Sung by Steve Katz, not David Clayton Thomas.And still a wonderful song.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEuOFHd6GQ&feature=related
I thought you would like to find out more, so here is a brief bio:
Steve Katz's professional career started in the late fifties on a local Schenectady, New York television program called Teenage Barn. Accompanied by piano, he would sing such hits of the day as "Tammy" and "April Love". At 15, Katz studied guitar with Dave Van Ronk and Reverend Gary Davis. It was at this time that he met and befriended guitarist Stefan Grossman. They would sometimes act as road managers for Reverend Davis and, in so doing, met many of the great "rediscovered" blues men of an earlier era, such as Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt.
As a part of the Greenwich Village culture during this time, Katz, along with Grossman, Maria Muldaur, John Sebastian and David Grisman became interested in jug band music — the music of Cannon's Jug Stompers and The Memphis Jug Band. They and other friends formed the Even Dozen Jug Band and recorded an album in 1964 for Elektra Records. Katz played washboard in the band.\
After a brief sabbatical in college, Katz, while teaching guitar in Greenwich Village, auditioned for the Danny Kalb Quartet as a two-week substitute for Artie Traum. Traum did not return to the group and when Al Kooper joined, the Blues Project was formed.
After the demise of the Blues Project, Katz, Kooper, Bobby Colomby and Jim Fielder decided to work up a set of music — mainly of Kooper's new songs — for a benefit concert to raise money to send Kooper to London where he wanted to live. Joined by Fred Lipsius on alto sax, the concert raised "enough money for a cab to the airport". There was no choice but to start another band. Influenced by the Electric Flag and an album by The Buckinghams entitled Time and Charges, a horn section was utilized with rock arrangements that were a touch more sophisticated than most horn arrangements in rock up to that time. Thus, Blood, Sweat & Tears was formed, a Columbia Records contract obtained, and the album Child is Father to the Man released. Recorded and mixed in only two weeks, the album sold moderately well but was a critical success. Katz sang one original song ("Megan's Gypsy Eyes") and "Morning Glory" by Tim Buckley.
Kooper left Blood, Sweat & Tears after only six months and while they were reorganizing, Katz wrote record reviews for Eye Magazine, a Cosmopolitan spin-off. Getting the record company to continue with the band without Kooper was difficult. Auditions were held and David Clayton-Thomas was hired as lead singer. Their next album sold six million copies worldwide and fostered three number one singles. Katz continued with Blood, Sweat & Tears for five years.
In 1972 Steve met singer Lou Reed. After the commercial failure of Reed's album Berlin, Katz produced Rock & Roll Animal and Sally Can't Dance. After a number of productions during this period, including Nightlights by Elliott Murphy, Katz returned to playing music joining American Flyer with Eric Kaz, Craig Fuller from Pure Prairie League, and Doug Yule from The Velvet Underground. The first of their two albums was produced by George Martin.
In 1997, Katz became East Coast Director of A&R and later Vice President of Mercury Records. During the three years that he spent at Mercury he produced the Irish group Horslips and spent a good deal of time in Ireland producing three albums for the group. Horslips had originally been an acoustic band that sang their songs in Gaelic, and the band members made Katz aware of Irish traditional music. In 1987, Steve became Managing Director of Green Linnet Records, a leading record label of traditional Irish music in America.
Katz stayed at Green Linnet for five years, during which time he married Alison Palmer, a ceramic artist. Together, they started a small business. He also does photography professionally. After a 35-year absence, Katz rejoined Blood, Sweat & Tears as the band marked the 40th anniversary of its inception.
Wow! I can't recall the name of this BS&T album, but I think it had "You've Made Me So Very Happy" and "Lucretia McEvil" on it. I always favoured this song. I remeber seeing David Clayton Thomas at high school dances here in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. He was in a few rawer, edgier, rockier bands back then. Thanks for the memories (again!).
sblake,
That was so totally amazing. I tried my darndest to kepp track of who, what and where, but I'm not so sure I got it all straight. I found them in 1969 when I bought their self-titled album. All of my favorite songs, including this one, just happen to be on that album.
dan, The title was just "Blood Sweat and Tears",and many people actually believed it was their first album.However, it was preceded by the brilliant "Child is Father to the Man" album.
Dan,
That would be their self-titled album I mentioned.
I'm always glad to jog the memories!
sblake,
I don't think I have ever heard their first album.
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