Blood, Sweat & Tears singer David Clayton-Thomas dies at 84; his journey from homelessness to stardom
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Brad Wheeler
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An obituary and retrospective on David Clayton-Thomas, the Toronto-raised lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, who died at 84. The article traces his difficult early life as the son of a Canadian soldier and British music student, his descent into homelessness and petty crime, and how music ultimately saved him and led to his stardom. It highlights his songwriting contribution "Spinning Wheel" as a reflection of his own life's ups and downs.
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· 3 pulledMusic saved me
He not only wrote the summer-of-'69 single about life's ups, downs and personal revolutions, he lived it − he rode the painted pony
The son of a Canadian soldier and a British music student was a homeless, brawling petty thief by the time he w
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