What Happened When Blood, Sweat & Tears Went Behind the Iron Curtain?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Jazz/Rock Fusion greats Blood, Sweat & Tears were on top of their game in 1970, winning grammies, headlining Woodstock and racking up hit after hit with Spinning Wheel, And When I Die, and You’ve Made Me So Very Happy. And then they ventured behind the Iron Curtain.
It was not their idea. Nixon was President. The Viet Nam War raged on and BS & T were blackmailed into acting as emissaries on behalf of the U.S. State Department, touring the Soviet Bloc countries of Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland.
This precarious adventure and the ensuing stateside fallout are chronicled in the new doc, What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat and Tears?
Director John Scheinfeld and BS&T Drummer Bobby Colomby join us to discuss this remarkable film, the newly unearthed tour footage, The State Departments’ and the Soviet Bloc countries’ respective agendas, and how America’s response in 1970 reflects a nation as fractured and polarized as the one we see today.
Plus, we learn about the jazz and soul origins of BS&T, Bobby’s foggy Woodstock memories, John’s story-telling principles and how the making of this documentary allowed Bobby, at long last, to recognize his own skill as a drummer!
All that and Fritz and Weezy are recommending Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano on Hulu & HBO’s doc series, The Anarchists.
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What The Hell Happened To Blood Sweat and Tears
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Director John Scheinfeld
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John Scheinfeld on Instagram
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Bobby Colomby
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Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
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L.A. Times Article on the Film
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Rolling Stone Article on the Film
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New York Times Article on the Film
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Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano
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The Anarchists
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I'm a big Blues Project and B,S&T fan, great interview. Would like to see the film when it is available on streaming.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you 💙Yes, the film is awesome!
Amazing movie about an incredible band
Yes, for sure!
Great show from Kim Tap Gateshead in the North East of England!
Nice to meet you, Kim!
A chillum is held vertically while inhaling through the back of ones thumbs with clasped together hands. I've not thought of this popular pipe in 45 years.
Australia calling, chaps! I can hardly wait for the documentary to arrive down here! I so love B, S & T!
You will love it!
What about Lighthouse???? ( From Canada ) Been a BS & T Devotee since 1970.
They were good
Also, the debut album by a band called Dreams. Highlights of that album are the songs “Try Me” and “New York”
WHY WERE PEOPLE BLAMING NIXON FOR JOHNSON`S WAR?
There is a lot of blame to go around.
Copenhagen ! 😉
No person on the right-wing thinks highly of Putin. We are conservatives that love capitalism, freedom, and equality between all people. Not equity, but equalism. I love BS&T. They were and still are one of my most favorite groups of all time !!!
For sure!
You had to bring politics into it other than the politics at that time. I really don't know how that relates to the film. You have insulted me and half the country.
Thats right NIXON......NIXON........NIXON............U S A ..U S A .. U S A ..U S A .........
Nixon and Communism> Balance??? You ruined this interview, madam.
If your'e going to talk about Judge Clarence Thomas, then tell us about the left leaning judges who go bigger.