Blood, Sweat & Tears rocker David Clayton-Thomas dies at 84
The Grammy Award-winning music legend sold more than 40 million records and helped shape the sound of jazz-rock.
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RIP DCT
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He was a very impactful singer in a great horn band. Chicago, BS&T, Tower Of Power . . . What a great time in which to grow up. The downside is we're getting up there.
Rest in peace David...you made us all so very happy
There will be one child born to carry on!
RIP DCT!
As a child of the ‘70s David and BS&T are part of the soundtrack of my life.
RIP DCT!
As a child of the ‘70s David and BS&T are part of the soundtrack of my life.
My DCT Story
I was a local publicist on an overseas military base for a USO tour he was doing in the mid-80s. He was highly displeased that the tour was being promoted as a BS&T show, when it was fundamentally a solo project—with pay to match. FWIW, I had nothing to do with ANY of that.
He had a fascinating personal history that I knew nothing about when I met him or for many years afterward. I can almost forgive him for being such a prick in that encounter. To him, I was another member of the machine that was using him.
Showbiz is a cruel mistress, and his got fouled up with politics, which just has to be the worst. He had a terrific voice, full of life experience, and one of the most memorable of his era.
It was a fine show.
RIP
Epilog: I met his band (seven players, all terrific) at a club after his show and had a fun conversation with them. They told me they had all of ten days to rehearse the show before hitting the road. Wow!
I was a local publicist on an overseas military base for a USO tour he was doing in the mid-80s. He was highly displeased that the tour was being promoted as a BS&T show, when it was fundamentally a solo project—with pay to match. FWIW, I had nothing to do with ANY of that.
He had a fascinating personal history that I knew nothing about when I met him or for many years afterward. I can almost forgive him for being such a prick in that encounter. To him, I was another member of the machine that was using him.
Showbiz is a cruel mistress, and his got fouled up with politics, which just has to be the worst. He had a terrific voice, full of life experience, and one of the most memorable of his era.
It was a fine show.
RIP
Epilog: I met his band (seven players, all terrific) at a club after his show and had a fun conversation with them. They told me they had all of ten days to rehearse the show before hitting the road. Wow!
Such a fantastic voice. So sad. RIP David. 
Thanks so much for being here.
I had to put this on. Hoping the next child born has a great voice to carry on.
Thanks so much for being here.I had to put this on. Hoping the next child born has a great voice to carry on.
He had a tendency to say really dumb stuff from time to time. Some people fluffed it off as being due to his difficult childhood (he was in and out of jail for years as a teenager), then this happened:
1995 - July 22:
Canadian singer David Clayton-Thomas angered patrons at a Blood, Sweat And Tears concert in the heavily Jewish Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield. Halfway through the show he remarked that the weather was "as hot as the last train car going to Auschwitz." Clayton-Thomas later apologized, saying he spoke "in the heat of the moment."
1995 - July 22:
Canadian singer David Clayton-Thomas angered patrons at a Blood, Sweat And Tears concert in the heavily Jewish Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield. Halfway through the show he remarked that the weather was "as hot as the last train car going to Auschwitz." Clayton-Thomas later apologized, saying he spoke "in the heat of the moment."
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I wish the thread title was his name, DCT won't show up in the search. Clayton-Thomas's voice was instantly recognizable and everywhere when I was 14 and those albums are classic.
Some little seen Woodatock.footage, killer band!
Some little seen Woodatock.footage, killer band!
