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Listen to the two interviews above by Sid Holmes speaking with Fred who was the horn arranger and sax player for the multi-Grammy award winning band Blood, Sweat & Tears... the first horn-based rock/jazz band.

Sid says, “Many people don’t know that BS&T’s 1968, self-titled second album produced a trio of Billboard Top 40 hits, and won Album of the Year Grammy honors in 1969 - besting The Beatles’ Abbey Road in the process.”

"This interview was outstanding. I was probably most influenced by this band and Fred’s arrangements than any other. I know I borrow the concepts he mentions in this about certain arranging components (subconsciously). He is a true hero, to me. Huge influence. Thanks for sharing this post and interview. Great stuff." —Brad Wilcox, Trumpet/Arranger

NEW BS&T DOCUMENTARY ANNOUNCED

Rolling Stone, 11/23/20 - "For a brief moment in time, Blood, Sweat & Tears were one of the biggest rock bands in America, scoring giant hits like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year — despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road — and playing a triumphant set at Woodstock. But at the pinnacle of their fame in 1970, they went on a State Department-sponsored tour of the Iron Curtain nations Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Thanks to the ongoing Vietnam War, it was a time of maximum distrust in government and the tour sparked a huge fan backlash. They were never able to regain the lost momentum and their fortunes rapidly waned throughout the Seventies.

The upcoming documentary What The Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? will finally tell the band’s complete story, using 65 hours of unseen footage shot on the band’s infamous Iron Curtain tour, which was much more complicated than most fans understood at the time."

Fred was interviewed for the film in May 2021. See the official movie website at bloodsweatandtearsdoc.com. Watch the preview below: What the Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?



 

NEW BS&T DOCUMENTARY ANNOUNCED

Rolling Stone, 11/23/20 - "For a brief moment in time, Blood, Sweat & Tears were one of the biggest rock bands in America, scoring giant hits like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year — despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road — and playing a triumphant set at Woodstock. But at the pinnacle of their fame in 1970, they went on a State Department-sponsored tour of the Iron Curtain nations Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Thanks to the ongoing Vietnam War, it was a time of maximum distrust in government and the tour sparked a huge fan backlash. They were never able to regain the lost momentum and their fortunes rapidly waned throughout the Seventies.

The upcoming documentary What The Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? will finally tell the band’s complete story, using 65 hours of unseen footage shot on the band’s infamous Iron Curtain tour, which was much more complicated than most fans understood at the time."

Fred was interviewed for the film in May 2021. See the official movie website at bloodsweatandtearsdoc.com. Watch the preview below: What the Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?