Interview-Steve Katz & John Scheinfeld- What the Hell Happened to Blood Sweat & Tears?
This new documentary reveals how the top American rock band of 1970, Blood Sweat & Tears, was coerced in to being the first US rock band to tour behind the Iron Curtain. It was an eye-opening tour for the Grammy-winning jazz-rock powerhouse, but when they returned they were "cancelled" by the underground culture that had embraced them previously. As veterans of Woodstock, Fillmore East and numerous concerts for liberal causes, BS&T should have been enhanced by this landmark tour of Poland, Romania & Yugoslavia. Instead, they were pummeled by the Right for traveling to communist nations, and pummeled by the Left for being tools of the US State Dept! Despite their superior musicianship and wildly popular sound, Blood Sweat & Tears saw their support slip away from the Left and the Right. You'll hear the full story, and view the concert films that were smuggled to the US only to be consigned to the State Dept. archives , until now. The documentary is playing in North American theaters starting March 24th.
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