Wednesday 5 December 2012

David Clayton-Thomas - In Concert A Musical Biography



As Good After Date

Recorded in Toronto in 2005 with an 11 piece orchestra – heavy on horns, naturally – this performance revisits mainly Blood, Sweat and Tears numbers from albums 2, 3 and 4 which would be, by and large, most audience’s preferred aural time travel, so it opens with And When I Die, and there is a seven minute blast of Lucretia MacEvil as the fifth track. David Clayton Thomas is in brilliant voice here, and the band pump out some powerful grooves in support. It’s all stonkin’ stuff, apart from the sweet simmer and soul of God Bless The Child, but my favourite is a punchy revisiting of Go Down Gamblin’ where the band let it rip. Actually Spinning Wheel is pretty tough too. Then there’s (You’ve Made Me) So Very Happy/Variation on a Theme......

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