Dick Halligan, Blood, Sweat and Tears Member Turned Film Composer, Dies at 78
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterDick Halligan, who won two Grammys for his early work with the group Blood, Sweat and Tears and later turned to film and television work, died Jan.
18 in Rome, Italy at age 78. The family cited natural causes.Halligan was a member of Blood, Sweat and Tears for the horn-driven rock band’s first four albums.
He played trombone on the group’s heralded 1968 debut, “Child is Father to the Man,” then moved over to keyboards and flute for their second album, the self-titled, “Blood, Sweat and Tears,” after co-founder and keyboardist Al Kooper left the band.
With David Clayton-Thomas coming in as the grittier new lead vocalist, the group had a major commercial breakthrough and went from the counterculture cult popularity of the debut to winning the 1969 album of the year Grammy for the sophomore release.
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