Bobby Colomby |
The group's self-titled second album was an even bigger critical and commercial hit. It reached #1 on the same chart and featured 3 hit singles, And When I Die, You've Made Me So Very Happy and Spinning Wheel. The group appeared at the Woodstock festival in August 1969 and the album won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970. He is the uncredited drummer on John Cale and Terry Riley's collaboration album Church of Anthrax, which was released in February 1971. Colomby was the last original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears when he stopped performing with the group in 1976. After many changes in the group membership he became (in the end) the de facto owner of the Blood Sweat & Tears name. He produced the debut solo album by jazz bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius in 1976 and The Jacksons' comeback album Destiny in 1978. He played drums and percussion on Eddie Palmieri's Grammy nominated album Lucumi, Macumba & Voodoo in 1978. For a few years in the late 1980s Colomby was a reporter for the television programs
Entertainment Tonight and CBS This Morning. He has also worked with Paula Cole (Courage), Jeff Lorber (He Had a Hat) and Leo Amuedo (Guitar Stories). Colomby maintains ownership of the "Blood, Sweat & Tears" band name and, although he no longer plays with the band, he still oversees their musical direction. |
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