David Clayton-Thomas

I got home and just a couple of days later, Bobby Colomby called me up and said, ‘Hey, Kooper’s gone. We got four guys left out of the nine. And we still got a record contract with Columbia. Do you want to come down and try out for the band?”

• Clayton-Thomas told bestclassicbands.com
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I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but yeah. The first time I walked in and sang with that band, we were in shock. It was one of those electrical things that happen.”

• When Clayton-Thomas was asked if he knew the band would be as successful as it became, he said
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