BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS MARATHON | FIRST SOLO REACTION | 🤘 MUST LISTEN🤘 JAZZ/ROCK EXTRAVAGANZA !!!!
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1. "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements)
2. "Smiling Phases"
3. "Sometimes in Winter"
4. "More and More"
5. "And When I Die"
6. "God Bless the Child"
7. "Spinning Wheel"
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This album won a grammy for Album Of The Year! Blues, rock, jazz, with a touch of gospel.
That album beat out the Beatles abbey road I believe.
Their version of "God Bless the Child " is utterly phenomenal...
Exactly, such truth and wisdom in the lyrics, sung with passion and set to fantastic music.
lisarainbow9703 : Agreed !!
NicknLex, as a boomer I am really enjoying your musical journey. I think you're starting to understand the incredible depth of the music created during the mid-sixties to mid-seventies.
As was customary in the late '60s, groups often covered songs by other singer-songwriters they admired. In these 7 songs, only "Sometime in Winter" written by Steve Katz, the guitarist and "Spinning Wheel" written by singer David Clayton-Thomas are originals. "Smiling Phases" is from Traffic, "More and More" from Little Milton, "And When I Die" from Laura Nyro, and, of course, "God Bless the Child" from Billie Holiday. Of course, the arrangements are their own, under the supervision of producer James William Guercio (he also produced Chicago's early albums).
Thanks for the songwriter info.
They're so often compared to Chicago as they were the two late 60s bands that featured horn, but Chicago was a rock band with horns. BS&T was a jazz fusion band that dabbled in rock. They really had the superior horn section, but couldn't really reproduce the core rock elements of Chicago - specifically, Terry Kath's guitar work. Also, Chicago were better writers. Still, BS&T was a great band and David Clayton Thomas a fantastic blues singer!
Pretty much: this ^^^^
Nice comparison of the 2 bands!
You must watch the 2016 documentary, The Terry Kath Experience, which was directed by Terry's daughter Michelle. It's mandatory viewing for Chicago fans. It's free on TH-cam and it's great.
th-cam.com/video/f7egJTtz10E/w-d-xo.html
Was listening to both bands and going to their concerts. Loved them both: but, BS&T has always even my favorite. Mostly, because of the strong jazz element in their music. BS&T has been and remains my favorite band of all time. Their concerts were phenomenal!
You can't lose with David Clayton Thomas
David Clayton Thomas…a hella lot of soul for a anglo saxon
He's a cool Canadian.
@@johnbrowne3950 his real is David Henry Thomsett one hell of a singer he has great pipes 👍
I grew up with this album. (My brother owned it and I loved it). Spinning Wheel was probably their biggest hit. It's hard to have appreciation for much of today's music when you grow up with all this stuff.
Great choice, Great Scott! What an album, not to shabby for a sophomore album. God we grew up with such great, eclectic music in the 60’s & 70’s. It was all there for the taking. Thank you Nick for playing this and bits and pieces of your story as well.
I was thinking similarly that we heard such eclectic styles back then and the variety was vast and you didn't give a second thought about it; guess it was as it should be but unfortunately didn't last.
This band was big in Toronto because singer David Clayton Thomas was from there. The other members were session musicians from New York. The first singer was keyboardist Al Kooper, who had left by this time.
Al Kooper did the arrangements on the album….
This band knows and understands the importance of using dynamics. True professionals.
Just to let you know Nick this is one of my favorite band.....I heard You Make Me So Very Happy on the radio in 1968....and fell in love with the Frank Sinatra soulful vocals of Clayton Thomas and the Big Band Horn section......which influenced other groups like Chicago.....Earth Wind & Fire....and Tower of Power.......truly the pioneers of Jazz Fusion Rock........I tried to request them especially Blues Part 1 & 2 and You Tube blocked the request.....for 2 years.....so I am sooooooooooooooooo happy you get to react to them!!!!
Tremendous album. Love the mixture of sounds with the jazz. Terrific.
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Love that your doing BS&T
This album is a gem
But the first album
Child is father to the man is brilliant
Chicago came after these guys
Lighthouse is another band from the same era
Both bands actually formed at about the same time (early '67), but it took longer for Chicago to get a record deal (BST had the advantage of Al Kooper already being an established artist from his work with Blues Project as well as his session work with Dylan.
Have a listen to Flock X
It says a lot about the music industry of those days and the catholic tastes of the music buying public that "Spinning Wheel" could be a huge international hit single back then. I think being so very distinct from the guitar band sound, having that sophistication, raw energy and fantastic vocal performance sold it to the younger generation. But, also with that sound harking back to people like Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak, Duke Elllington and the big bands of the 1940s and 1950s it also appealed to the older generation.
"Vehicle" by the Ides of March and "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago and "Spinning Wheel" are outstanding examples of commercially successful jazz/rock singles from that era - though of course Jazz had made the singles charts in the 1960s before with Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" being the obvious example from the early 1960s. In the UK at least Kenny Ball's and his Jazzmen had a succession of hits in the early 1960s "Midnight in Moscow" being my favourite of those.
Although they (arguably) fell slightly more on the rock side of the line than BS&T or Chicago, I would say that Steely Dan perfected and progressed Jazz/Rock fusion into the 1970s?
There is an excellent live version of “Sometimes In Winter” on TH-cam from when they played at Woodstock in 1969. They were able to be just as great live as they were in the studio, and the performance at Woodstock was especially impressive because they went on around 2 am.
Probably the most unusual album to hit number one in the album charts. It won a Grammy for album of the year….
Just as an aside... B, S, & T played at Woodstock. They were not in the movie due to contractional issues. Amazon music does have their Woodstock set. Its worth a listen if you like them. Al Kooper was instrumental in the establishment of the band. Somewhat different vibe. If you like Al, try an album named Super Sessions.. It is a collection of song performed by Al Kooper with Mike Bloomfield on one side and the other side was Stephen Stills. There are many more great B, S, & T songs.. too many to list here.. Yes, also a huge Chicago fan, and pretty much any band with a horn section.
Super Sessions is great, thanks for mentioning it!
Man season of the witch of that album is a favorite of mine
I saw Blood Sweat and Tears in 1968. The day before I left for boot camp. A great show
Tempo changes: Laura Nyro was the queen. Her version of her song And When I Die is richer and more intense. She wrote it when she was 18.
I'm with you. I wish more people were familiar with Laura Nyro. What a great talent as both a musician and songwriter! I miss her.
@@rorystorm4284 Laura Nyro is my ultimate "best friend" for over 50 years.
@@joannevincent2035 She has a cult. May not be a big one. Saw her in 1976. Eli is my favorite non Beatle LP.
other great Laura Nyro songs:
Stoney End- Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Paper Lace and 21 more;
Stoned Cold Picnic- The 5th Dimension and 32 more; Wedding Bell Blues- The 5th Dimension;
Eli’s Comin’- Three Dog Night, The 5th Dimension(live) and 21 more.
Loved your reaction to this LP, Nick, and your interesting life anecdotes too! This came out when I was 12 and my older sister got it. It was one of the records my parents could tolerate, since they were of the Big Band generation. We played it a LOT!! It still is one of my favorites, and I think "Sometimes In Winter" is one of the most achingly beautiful songs ever! I'm a Michigan girl and love all the seasons too! 🎵❤️🎵
"O du lieber Augustin" - very few ever recognize that traditional ditty - and with the German oom-pah too! 54 years ago, I bought this album as a college junior, and sat in our apartment's psychedelic room with roommates listening intently, as you are, to each unfolding revelatory track. It feels like last week - it's still a vivid memory. It was all about the brass arrangements - they are classic! Lew Soloff on trumpet, Fred Lipsius on sax, Steve Katz on guitar, Jim Fielder on bass, etc. - their solos were even transcribed in Down Beat magazine. For a better thrill, listen to their earlier debut album "Child is Father to the Man" with the founder, the great Al Kooper - it's one of the first concept albums that is all sizzle, all the way through!
This record won Grammy Album of the Year for 1969.
NicknLex, I'm just catching up on your videos, a few days late. Great reaction to a super album! The writer of And When I Die was Laura Nyro (pronounced Near-O), who was only a teenage when she penned it. Laura was an amazing artist -- very unique. She wrote hits for BS&T, Three Dog Night, The Fifth Dimension and others in the later '60s. But her own albums are stunning. Sometime you should check out Laura Nyro's albums "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession" and "New York Tendaberry."
I second that!
Those are my two favorite albums of Laura's work!
A great band and so influential for many bands that followed. David's voice was so soulful. I'm with you on the changing of the seasons... Canadian in southern Portugal.
David is a Canadian.
Their cover of "God Bless the Child" easily one of my favorite songs of all time along with Chicago's "Poem 58".
Hey Nick. So glad you discovered Blood, Sweat and Tears! An old friend of mine described them as "jazz musicians gone astray". Certainly, the jazz influences are there but they have managed to combine several elements to great effect. Love their version of "God Bless The Child" originally done by Billie Holiday. Enjoy the music!
BST songs from this album make a lot of musical references that the older us get but the younger people don't catch. The oomph pa pa was played in amusement parks on the merry go rounds. The music in When I Die we heard in old western movies. The player piano sound, Barn dancing music, The clip clop sound of horses and the sound of the harmonic around the camp fire.
A classic album from a classic 60s band.
You've made me so very happy!😊
Dude! I love your backstory! Thanks for sharing that with us. I can listen to the music anytime I want. Listening to your background and how it relates to the music is like hanging out with a brother. Thanks for sharing that.
And as a bonus I get to vicariously live through your discovery, my pleasure at hearing this album for the first time back in 1968. This was one of the first rock albums I ever had. And I wore it out. This was before I discovered King Crimson the following year and ELP and Yes another year or two later.
What you and Lex do is great. Just follow your heart. Those of who love what you do, will follow. Those who don’t…well, hey, that makes it self-filtering!
Nick. Am praying for you and your dads reconciliation, if possible. Thank you for being real. God loves you and your entire family.
Great choice. I still have the original album bought in 1968. Have to put a little weight on the needle to play it thru. Beautiful music. Play it for Lex!
Absolutely stellar request Great Scott! The BS&T 3 album is masterful as well. Glad you're finally be introduced to these cats! So much talent in one band. Immensely enjoyed this! Thanks again Nick.
Nick , whoever DIDN'T have this album in 1968 , 1969 , was considered strange ! It was very popular to say the least.
This is one of the first albums I ever owned. (Guess I was a pretty cool 11 year old) I still love it. Where is 'You Made Me So Very Happy', Nick? This album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
It's been forever since I've listened to this album. I forgot how diverse and interesting all the music is. I remembered about half of the songs, obviously the ones played on the radio : )
I remember it in its entirety but like you, I haven't sat down to listen to it in so long! What a great re-visit!
@@lindazee very much so : )
Nick, glad you got into some BST. I really think Lex would probably like as well. Another band had a great horn section, Chase...Bill Chase founder died in 1974 so I think that curtailed the bands future success after their intial albums in 1971 and 1972, but you might check it out "Get It On" and "Open Up Wide"
Beautiful marathon reaction! Loved it! Enjoyed your musical family history. Keep it up 👍
Thanks
Your music/life journey story is actually interesting. Great reaction overall!
Nick play You've Made Me So Very Happy by Blood sweat and tears a beautiful love song for Lex
Nick, you seem to really like the Satie bit. I think you guys would really enjoy reacting to select classical pieces. Some selections from Debussy, Ravel and Satie would be a good start.🎶
Love Satie, Debussy, and Ravel too!
I would love to do The Planets by Gustav Holst, that would be a trip!! I love Debussy and Ravel!
@@NicknLex I'm down for the Planets, one of my favourites.
@@NicknLex you want to do the Planets I have a great idea. Listen to the '70s electronic rendering of that work by Isao Tomita. It is a sonic mind f__!
@@NicknLex That would be great! I've sung "Neptune" several times with orchestras! Love the whole suite!!
The difference between just a band and true musicians.
If what you're reading is on the screen you can magnify the text...?
Bassist Jim Fielder grew up in Orange County and went to Loara High School with Tim Buckley - He played in Early Mother's of Inventions albums; on the song Everydays by Buffalo Springfield (even was the bass player with his back to the camera on the TV show Hollywood Palace doing "For What It's Worth & Mr. Soul". Then he was the mainstay of BS&T for many years and then was the bassist for Neil Sedaka for 40 years.
Nick I would love to see you Marathon React to Gino Vannelli's LP "Storm at Sunup" there is a lot of Synth used including Bass. Have fun, Peace...
Great suggestion on a great album. Please Nick, you won’t be sorry
I definitely seconds that suggestion 100%
Blood, Sweat, & Tears' lead singer David Clayton Thomas is as proudly Canadian as me.
The only Blood, Sweat & Tears album I owned way back when was BS&T 3 and I played the hell out of it. They were relatively unique for the major horn section.
Composers like Satie had a great influence on Frank Zappa. This album turned a lot of heads when it came out in '68. Needless to say, it was way ahead of its time. I imagine Blood Sweat and Tears were influenced by Miles Davis and others who were trying to combine jazz and rock at the time. Listen to Bitches Brew.
The next song was you make me so very happy was a big hit off this album and a beautiful love song, lex will love it
Great request, Scott. I also included BS&T “God Bless the Child” on my marathon list. It’s a good thing I included a list of alternates. NnL, you pick.
Enjoyable reaction, Nick. Thanks for all the personal information stories (I’m reminded of the film “Big Fish” hearing about your father’s Wild stories). And I send love for your Mom’s health and your heart. 😍
Thanks for covering BS&T, especially this album. They did a great job of covering Billie Holiday's
God Bless the Child, one of my favorite songs. David Clayton Thomas was a great voice for their music.
I have mentioned this band to you in one of the Chicago videos. BS&T predate Chicago by a couple of years, and are definitely more jazz oriented, which was the attraction, to me. We listened almost exclusively to jazz in my home as I grew up, this band had a little taste of the rock that was so much more popular, and the Eric Sateé was just a bonus for me as I was a French horniest and played in the concert band and woodwind ensemble at school, so I was equally grounded in classical and jazz. David Clayton Thomas's lead vocals are astounding, and BS&Ts version of Billy Holiday's iconic song, God Bless The Child opened my eyes to vocal jazz, which was not the kind of jazz we listened to at home ( even though it is nearly all that I perform these days!)
At the time, late mid 60s, the Summer Of Love was happening just blocks from my home in San Francisco, and although there had been popular music bands with a sax or a trumpet, there were no longer many big bands left ( I used to sneak in to clubs to see Count Basie and his orchestra play! They and Duke Ellington's Bands still played to small audiences). There were some R&B bands with horns, but BS&T, Tower of Power (from Oakland just across the bay from San Francisco, and originally featuring my half brother Rick on vocals, check him out on You're Still A Young Man for a ballad, and Down To The Nightclub, for a funky, gritty, banger ), and then, a couple of years later Chicago Transit Authority, who were originally a live club band before becoming recording artists. This was the trifecta of horn bands, until Steely Dan appeared, and slowly morphed from a guitar band to a horn band with keyboards and guitars. BS&T is what we musicians listened to before Steely Dan! BS&T didn't last too long, precisely because they were so jazz oriented.
Spinning Wheel was my favorite song as a kid, and it remains one of my favorite songs as an adult. Glad you're listening to this album.
It was my favorite, too!
One of my earliest memories was me getting excited and dancing whenever this came on the radio, when I was about 3, lol....
@@lisarainbow9703 love it 🙂
Great choice Great Scott! BST was remarkable, I wish they were more highly regarded from a music history perspective. If you like(d) Chicago, you like these guys. And David Clayton-Thomas' voice is still probably one of my top 5 faves ever.
That was fun Nick, if you was going to do a Blood, Sweat & Tears album, that is definitely the one to listen to. It was a huge album for them to. I think four hits coming off that album. Spinning Wheel is definitely their biggest & possibly their best song. But on their first album with Al Kooper, they do a song called I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know. That might be their best song & one that you should check out. There also a couple of great covers of that song. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa together do a killer version & Gary Moore does another fantastic version.
Thank you.....I really enjoyed listening to this fantastic album. It was one of my first albums from way back in the late 60s.
Utter brilliance .
Top shelf virtuosity .
Early Chicago (albums 1-7) , & Tower of Power swam in parallel streams .
Thank you for picking this fantastic album,
Bought this album in 1968 on a whim because Spinning Wheel was on it and have listened to it off and on for over 50 yrs. now and have discovered so much more than Spinning Wheel. David Clayton Thomas has one of the best voices I've ever heard
Great musicians. Love BS&T! Even my parents liked this music.
This was a great hour Nick. Thanks for the sharing, fantastic!
This album takes me way back. 16 when it was released, and it blew me away! Really broadened me into jazz fusion, and I’m so glad for that.
I don't watch all of these marathons, but I'm really glad you're doing them. I think they've improved the quality of the whole channel, including the vids you do with Alexia.
The bass player and drummer are just off the hook!
Thanks for the time machine ride. This album came out when I was in college. I'm sure I haven't heard it in at least 45 years, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could still sing along with most of it. Probably because of how much we listened to it back then. However, I didn't remember that they did Satie here. I'm pretty sure that was my first exposure to his music, which I still enjoy today. And I can't ever get enough of the brass. And the flute always makes me think of girls in long, flowing, flowery dresses with flowers in their hair, bare feet and tambourines. Once a hipppie, always a hippie, I guess. Warning: old lady comment approaching. People today have no idea what they're missing by ignoring all the great music from the 60's and 70's. There was such amazing stuff then. Thanks for bringing this to a wider audience.
You're a good man for that, Nick. It took courage.
Haven't heard this since junior high school! Thanks.
Nick...thank you so very much for reacting to this Masterpiece Blood Sweat and Tears album ♥ I love your reactions. Back in the day, the airwaves was filled with Beatles songs 🎵, and along comes a group that sounds like a big band of the 40's with a soulful Frank Sinatra type singer meets a psychedelic rock band of the 60's and blended the two genres with Jazz and Classical music 🎶 and put out this album which every song is prog....lots of transitions, and I and my friends ate it up! And this band pioneered that Jazz fusion rock that paved the way for Chicago....Tower of Power....Steely Dan...and Earth Wind &Fire could be received. Thank you so much. They are so underrated.
Blood Sweat & Tears is one of my all-time Bands in music history. Love them!!! React to "Spinning Wheel" which is taking a regular Amusement Park Spinning Wheel with it's bouncing horses which people rode at the time with that Circus music in the background playing and putting it on a record.....it's a trip of laughter and fun!!! I Love it!!! Very very talented musicians!!! formed in 1967 in New York. This band influenced ..bands like Chicago....Tower of Power.....Earth Wind & Fire....one of the underrated bands in music history yet one of the most popular band among the people of the 60's and early 70's. Good reactions from you!!! React to the entire album!!! It's a Masterpiece!!! Fire!!!!
"Poem 58" - by - The Chicago Transit Authority.
You make me wish I could hear this again for the first time. I was ten when this came out and my older brother played it repeatedly. It helped broaden my appreciation of music and I still love it.
Ah, the memories! I actually performed on a stage with original member Fred Lipsius (alto sax and keyboards). We were both on keyboards backing up someone. It’s been so long I can’t remember who, but I still see him occasionally at seminars I attend. Great reaction, Nick. If you look them up, they have had dozens of members over the years.
Fred Lipsius is fab, fab, fab. I attended an early (Al Kooper era) BST concert in Pittsburgh and before the start I snuck downstairs to the hallway outside the warmup room. Freddie was warming up, and I was in heaven listening to his scales and fingering riffs.
The first three BST albums are an amazing mix of jazz, rock, and even some psychodelia. I can't wait for side 2.
I miss Lex too, hope she finds a way to enjoy your uploads. Back issues are rough, and so are family. You will be led through even these times.
Nice reaction. That your mother get well soon. ✌️
A brilliant album, but for me the first album "Child is father to the man" (when Al Kooper was still with the band) is still their ultimate opus.
Totally agree. Al Kooper's genius is on full display. Rock, with horns..
Child is great, but not the same band, really.
Al Kooper is a whole branch of the rock 'n' roll tree of life to follow, for sure.
I agree
Child is Father is my favorite as well but they are both very good, but a bit different.
I agree with you and my brother owned that album. I used to play it as much as I could.👍🏻
This was very enjoyable, hugely talented band and unique in their sound. So sorry about your relationship with your Dad, hope you are able to work it out sometime.
Jim Fielder on bass is amazing
I am now amazed that we were listening to them and only 10 and 11yrs old
Nick, I'm sorry your mom isn't well. Many of us have been through similar situations and I know it isn't easy. Hang in there.
I sorry there is some personal trials in your life right now. Please stay strong and adaptable. I pray and trust in my God during such times. .......For your next marathon please, please listen to Emerson ,Lake and Palmer "Triology" Most of the songs should be listened to together. Thanks
Listen to Bless The Child again and guess where Steely Dan drew their sound.
Great Scott 👍 thanks man ....Great marathon! Nick loved it my friend ❤
Nick you do a great job 👏 I love it when you go off on a tangent brother 👏 love you talking 😊
Love me some BST. BLT is pretty good too. But look, you light up the room too, but more than that, if you need to take time off to help your mother, I'm sure everyone would understand, and be supportive.
Recommend BST's "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". Great great love song...and trumpet.
If you think about it, you can see where Steely Dan drew some influence :-)
It would be great if someday you also reviewed the next track on this album, Blues part 2. It is actually my favorite on the album, a blues/jazz largely instrumental jam with a great vocal at the end.
They were stellar. You're listening to the soundtrack of my teens these days. Chicago and BS&T transport me to my bedroom in my childhood town. So CRAZY good.
Nick, thanks for the visit back in time. Music of my youth as a 15 yr old...
My favourite from this album is ‘More & More’ phenomenal intensity.
If you play this album at 45 rpm, David Clayton Thomas sounds like Janis Joplin.
Sergio Mendes has a great album from 1970 ‘Stillness’. It has a really nice version of ‘Sometimes In Winter’.
...and I bet you'd like some Three Dog Night... especially Eli's Coming... there is a live version on youtube that really shows off the vocal depth of the band.
Yeah but, just like And When I Die, a Laura Nyro song better done by herZ
Love their sound
thank you, what a treat! love BST. Sound is amazing.
You owe it to yourself to listen to the original band featuring Al Kooper. He started the group and left over musical differences before the second album.
I'm glad to see somebody reacting to some of the great music this band made.
What an inspired choice! I think it might have been this band that gave me a love for horns with those oh so tight blasts one moment and creating a divine wash of harmonies the next. They played here in New Zealand and I got to see them live in this relatively small hall (a bit like somewhere where you would go and see a shakespear play, an opera house) and those horns were larger than life, not to mention the singer and his wonderful voice and phrasing...
I really loved sitting here listening to these mostly uninterrupted, with you. You made it feel relaxed and nice. Music like this should be listened to as an album, not a song, I'm sorry but 1 song is just a taste, almost an insult which is 90% of the world today maybe hehe, like a token and possible spent half of that song thinking about something else. You may never see this, but I thank you because I spend a lot of time isolated...
I hope your mum is good, and if she is not, I hope she went naturally...
Thank you for a great reaction. You should check out BS&T `s live album from 1976. They do a version of "and when I die" with a Tuba solo. Yes a Tuba solo, and a very funky one at that if you can imagine 🙂
Perfect Album from beginning to end. Epic Band. Loved them so.
WOW! This album takes me WAY back! Back to the days of listening to "underground" music, through my mono FM radio, during a year of living in Cleveland, Ohio. I remember loving this album SO much. So many memories from that time, and not all of them positive. But the music was fantastic, to my adolescent ears. Thank you for playing this one!!
Lovely to see you takin this in brother ...Ty for this
There is - a 'mystery' - with - The music of Blood, Sweat and Tears.
This refrain is direct from Erik Satie Trois Gymnopedies . I love the original because he makes the space between the sound as important. My guitar hero asked me about my other musical interest. He hadn’t heard of this. Was quite pleased I could tell him something.
What can you say, musicians that can play, improvise and create live performances in key and no auto tune.