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. His 1968 debut album with Blood Sweat & Tears sold 10 million copies worldwide … the self-titled album 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” and featured the hit singles, “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “And When I Die” and “Spinning Wheel” as well as an irresistible rendition of Billy Holliday’s “God Bless The Child” which became a signature song for him. With David largely dominating the creative output, BS&T continued with a string of hit albums including BS&T 3 which featured such highpoints as David’s “Lucretia MacEvil” and Carole King’s “Hi-De-Do” and BS&T 4 which yielded another Clayton-Thomas penned hit single, “Go Down Gamblin’.” In the early years, David lived on the road travelling all over Europe, Australia, Asia, South America, the US and Canada with BS&T but the constant touring began to take its toll ... he left the band in 1972 and by the mid-70’s, the founding members began to drift away to start families and pursue their own musical ambitions. One by one they were replaced by such notable jazz players as Joe Henderson, Jaco Pastorius and Mike Stern. After he took a three-year hiatus, he returned and the band came storming back to the concert stages of the world. He was the only one left from the glory years but it was David Clayton-Thomas that the fans came to see and he continued to tour successfully under the BS&T name. In 1996, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and just last year, his jazz/rock composition “Spinning Wheel” was inducted into Canada’s Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame. Today, living back in Toronto (his boyhood turf and the place where he still feels most at home), David has launched a 10-piece band under his own name. Through the years, he 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. With the BS&T years now behind him, fans of David Clayton-Thomas can expect an outpouring of new music from this gifted and fiercely creative artist.
Tickets on sale Thursday July 3 @ 10am

Tickets: Golden Circle $49.50 | Orchestra $39.50 | plus service charges