Once in awhile a really good documentary shows up on Amazon Prime Video. Recently I couldn't resist watching 2023's What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?"

For BS&T, It was an Eastern European first encounter in Yugoslavia (now Macedonia), Romania, and Poland that pulls you in.

This tour, and much more make this production well worth watching. Replacement singer David Clayton-Thomas, and original BS&T lead vocalist  - founder Al Kooper all enter the storyline.

I wondered too why Blood, Sweat & Tears disappeared so quickly compared to the band Chicago, and other horn driven ensembles.

Here's a remix I did of BS&T drummer Bobby Colomby talking with DJ Frankie Crocker for the US Air Force when the group was hot.

I took the raw dialogue (basically with little music), added some tunes that had to be shortened to keep the rights police happy, and made it visually contemporary for the YouTube age! It's 8 minutes, 40 seconds. Enjoy.

Note: You must watch this one on YouTube as video playback on websites is disabled by the copyright owner. Select / touch 'Watch on YouTube' below.

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