Band that beat out The Beatles for a Grammy Award to play at Pawleys Island festival
Blood Sweat & Tears, and Pablo Cruise are among the bands scheduled to perform during the Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art from Oct. 3-19 at The Reserve Club.
Blood Sweat & Tears’ self-titled second album rose to the top of the Billboard charts, produced three hit singles in 1968 with “Spinning Wheel,” “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” and “And When I Die,” and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year over The Beatles’ acclaimed “Abbey Road.”
The band melds brass jazz and rock and will perform Oct. 5. The current version of Blood Sweat and Tears does not have any original members, though drummer and producer Bobby Colomby still works with the band. Former American Idol singer Bo Bice has been touring with the group as its lead singer.
The festival’s opening Wine & Food Gala on Oct. 3 serves as the primary fundraiser of The Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
Delores Blount, the festival’s director, said in a press release that the festival’s growth in both membership and sponsorship is resulting in fewer tickets being available for each performance. They are available at www.pawleysmusic.org.
In addition to Pablo Cruise, which released eight studio albums from 1973-83 and had five singles from them reach the top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the festival is scheduled to feature performances from Shades of Buble, Carpenters Remembered, Lords of 52nd Street (Billy Joel’s original band), Soultown and Next Generation Leahy, a family of 12 dancing, singing and playing various instruments.
Events and performances
Oct. 3 – Wine Gala
Oct. 4 – Decades Rewind
Oct. 5 – Blood Sweat & Tears
Oct. 10 – Carpenters Remembered
Oct. 11 – Next Generation Leahy
Oct. 12 – Pablo Cruise
Oct. 17 – Lords of 52nd Street
Oct. 18 – Shades of Buble
Oct. 19 – Soultown (tabled event)
