Stranger Songs
Tuesday July 7th, 2026 with Mike Regenstreif
Part 1 – Remembering Jane Voss (1948-2026); Part 2 – Remembering David Clayton-Thomas (1941-2026)
The themes on this edition of Stranger Songs are Remembering Jane Voss and Remembering David Clayton-Thomas.
Pictured: Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006).
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Remembering Jane Voss (1948-2026)
Jane Voss was a fine singer of her own original material as well as songs drawn from traditional sources and other contemporary songwriters. Most of her albums were collaborations with Hoyle Osborne, her partner in life and music for 50 years. I first met Jane in the early 1970s when she came to do a gig at the Yellow Door Coffee House in Montreal. Our paths would cross from time to time over the decades, particularly on the folk festival circuit, and I always enjoyed the times I spent with her and Hoyle. |
| Free at Last (Let Me Find My Wings) Jane Voss - Farther Down the Road - Ripple |
| Gateway Blues (Blues for Bessie) Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - Get to the Heart - Ripple |
| Having a Drink with Jane Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - Sparkle and Shine - Front Hall
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| Things About Coming My Way Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - Beyond the Boundaries - Ripple |
| I Am There Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - Beyond the Boundaries - Ripple |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places Dave Van Ronk - To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places - Gazell |
| Farther Down the Road Jane Voss - Farther Down the Road - Ripple |
| Remembering David Clayton-Thomas (1941-2026)
David Clayton-Thomas began his music career singing with R&B bands on Yonge Street in Toronto in 1962. In 1966, David went to New York and began singing in basket houses and clubs. Judy Collins heard him one night and told her friend, the drummer Bobby Colomby, about him. Bobby’s band, Blood, Sweat & Tears had pretty much fallen apart after their first album came out and Bobby reformed the group with David as its lead singer. The new Blood, Sweat & Tears with David became a major recording and touring ensemble. David stayed with Blood, Sweat & Tears until 1972 when he relaunched his solo career, returning to Blood, Sweat & Tears sporadically over the years until 2004. The first time I met David was at a party in Toronto in 1975 after a Rolling Thunder Revue concert. On that trip to Toronto, I was staying with Tex König, a veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early-‘60s who later moved to Montreal, where we became friends, before he moved to Toronto. David and Tex knew each other from the Greenwich Village basket houses and David gave Tex and me a ride back to Tex’s place in Cabbagetown. David and I got reacquainted in 2006, when David came to Montreal for a concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival and was my studio guest on Folk Roots/Folk Branches, my program on CKUT in Montreal. In subsequent years, we occasionally kept in touch via email and Facebook. |
| Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears - Definitive Collection - Columbia
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| Lucretia Mac Evil Blood, Sweat & Tears - Definitive Collection - Columbia
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| Go Down Gamblin’ Blood, Sweat & Tears - Definitive Collection - Columbia
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| Summertime David Clayton-Thomas - Combo - Antionette
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| (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay David Clayton-Thomas - Soul Ballads - Antionette
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| Sonny's Dream David Clayton-Thomas - Canadiana - Antoinette/ILS
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| Suzanne David Clayton-Thomas - Canadiana - Antoinette/ILS
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| Holy Moses David Clayton-Thomas - A Blues for the New World - Antionette
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| This Town David Clayton-Thomas - Say Somethin' - Linus
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| The Circus David Clayton-Thomas - Say Somethin' - Linus
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| And When I Die David Clayton-Thomas - In Concert: A Musical Biography - Justin Time
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Two fine tributes, Mike. Thank you for sharing once again; David Clayton Thomas frequented my turntables for a long run, in particular with Blood Sweat and Tears.
12:53 PM, July 7th, 2026