David Clayton-Thomas

July 1, 2008

Canada Day

Opening Act: Billy McEwen Band 

David Clayton-Thomas began his amazing journey as a homeless street kid and developed into one of the most recognizable singer/songwriters in the world, to date selling over 40 million records. In 1996, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and in 2007, his jazz/rock composition "Spinning Wheel" was inducted into his country's Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. David was already a showbiz veteran, a central figure in Canadian music, before he became the lead singer of BS&T.

His 1968 debut album with BS&T sold 10 million copies worldwide. The self-titled record topped the Billboard album chart for seven weeks, and charted for a staggering 109 weeks. It won an unprecedented five Grammy Awards, including "Album Of The Year" and "Best Performance By A Male Vocalist." It featured three hit singles, "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "And When I Die," " and "Spinning Wheel" as well as an irresistible rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child" that became a signature song for him. A 1969 summary in the Los Angeles Times proclaimed that "Blood Sweat & Tears just may be the most important pop music group of the decade."

With David largely dominating the creative output, BS&T continued with a string of hit albums, including Blood Sweat & Tears 3 which featuring such highpoints as David's "Lucretia MacEvil," and Carole King's "Hi-De-Ho," and BS&T 4 which yielded another Clayton-Thomas penned hit single, "Go Down Gamblin'." Blood Sweat & Tears' Greatest Hits album has to date chalked up over seven million copies in worldwide sales.

Through the years, David has lost none of the attributes that have made him one of the greatest vocalists of his generation. That unmistakable three octave voice now soaring and sunny, now a dark, somber shade of blue. He still just sings the hell out of a song.

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