"Spinning Wheel" ~ Blood, Sweat & Tears - 2

Sax player Fred Lipsius talks about arranging the horn section on Blood, Sweat & Tears' second hit record, and his life as a rock star.
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Chapters

• 1:00 Enjoying success after 1st hit record
• 3:15 Clive says you'll be famous
• 5:14 Al Kooper booted from the band
• 9:00 Rock music trailblazers
• 10:24 David Clayton Thomas introduces "Spinning Wheel"
• 12:28 "Spinning Wheel" released
• 14:07 That opening horn chord and its influences
• 21:49 David's voice reverb
• 22:46 The horns and the 2nd verse
• 26:05 The bridge
• 29:19 Notes at the end of the bridge
• 30:32 Horn arrangement inspiration
• 32:24 I am not good with lyrics
• 33:32 Single versus album version
• 35:21 After the bridge horn arrangement
• 36:38 "Oh du lieber Augustin" and the original ending
• 42:48 First listen and public reaction
• 45:48 Grammys and Louis Armstrong