To this day, founding member Bobby Colomby still hand picks the musicians for every tour using his same theory, “Great Musicians Make Great Music. The band members are always looking to inspire the next generation of musicians so don’t be shy walk up and talk to them. BS&T still headlines jazz festivals all over the world, but only perform about 60 shows a year so it’s a rare treat to see them live. They are the first rock band to tour behind the former Iron Curtain. BS&T performed on Sunday, Augat Woodstock same day as Jimi Hendrix and other great bands. Other prestigious awards and recognitions include The Playboy Jazz & Pop award, the 1969 album induction into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame, and being named an Honorary Ambassador of Peace for the Republic of Korea. Bobby Columby was Blood, Sweat & Tears drummer, percussionist and a backing vocalist. Along with David Clayton-Thomas, the line-up for Blood, Sweat & Tears recording Lisa, Listen To Me was stellar. Blood Sweat & Tears went on to receive 10 GRAMMY nominations and won three. Between 19 Blood, Sweat & Tears released 18 singles, ten of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. That album went on to earn quadruple Platinum status with sales well over four million. The album received the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year beating out the Beatles’ Abby Road. Their second, self-named album was a success, rising to the top of the charts for seven weeks, yielding three top five singles.
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Fifty years ago, founding member and drummer Bobby Colomby knew they were on the right course and since then, the band has never stopped touring.
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That album went on to earn quadruple Platinum status with sales of well over 4 million units. The album received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970, beating out the Beatles’ Abby Road.
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From the first ensemble in the late sixties practicing in New York’s Greenwich Village while crowds clapped on the street below between songs. The bands second album, self-named Blood Sweat & Tears, rose to the top of the charts for 7 weeks and yielded 3 top 5 singles. Blood, Sweat & Tears is not the first band to ever use a horn section, but they are the first to fuse it with rock, jazz, and some blues thrown in for good measure. None can argue BS&T invented a new style of music.