Cold Blood is a long-standing -- band founded by in 1968 and originally based in the San Francisco area. They have also performed and recorded under the name "Lydia Pense and Cold Blood", due to the popularity of their lead singer, .

The band first came to prominence in 1969 when rock signed them after an audition and they played the in San Francisco. Pense has been compared to , and it was Joplin who recommended the audition to Graham.

The band has often been compared to another long-standing popular Northern California group, , and like Tower of Power they were rare in that they featured a horn section in addition to guitar, keyboards (usually featuring a Hammond organ and Leslie speaker), bass and drums. The Tower of Power horn players have performed with Cold Blood on a regular basis since the early 1970s. and have been members of both Tower Of Power and Cold Blood. Their fan base also overlaps with the , although their musical styles are quite different.

Their initial four albums, Cold Blood (produced by ), Sisyphus (produced by ), First Taste of Sin (produced by ), and Thriller (produced by David Rubinson) remain their best known work. The band disbanded in the late 1970s, reformed in the 1980s and stabilized with its current membership in the 1990s. Cold Blood continues to record and perform today, and some former band members such as Raul Matute (and some from Tower of Power) appear on the band's most recent album.

Original band members were founder (lead guitar), (vocals), (tenor saxophone and songwriter), (trumpet; born Mar 15 1947), (trombone; born May 25, 1946 (?), died August 1977 of an overdose), (Hammond organ, piano, arranger and songwriter, born Feb 19 1946), (baritone, alto and tenor saxophone; born Mar 15 1947), (trumpet; born May 4 1946), (bass), (guitar), and , who was replaced on drums by (real name Cecil James Stoltie, born 12 July 1945, died 15 October 1995) during the Sisyphus sessions. and both mention McKee on their short list of drummers most influential in their stylistic development.

Over the years there have been various incarnations of the band including singer/trumpet player (born 7 March 1947, died 15 September 1999, ex-), Tower Of Power horn player , keyboardist on Hammond B-3 organ, Sons Of Champlin drummer , Starship Drummer guitar player (born Apr 3 1952), Tower Of Power guitarist , horn player , sax player , bass player & others.

Current personnel are (vocals), (keyboards), (guitar), (percussion), (bass), (trumpet, percussion), (alto, tenor, baritone saxes) and (drums).

Cold Blood is featured playing live in , a documentary of the last concerts at the auditorium during July 1971.

                                                                 COLD BLOOD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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                             Sisyphus

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                                 First Taste Of Sin

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A1Visions Written-By – , * 3:19 A2Lo And Behold Written-By – * 4:12 A3Down To The Bone Written-By – *, * 5:19 A4You Had To Know Written-By – * 5:47 B1My Lady Woman Written-By – *, * 4:01 B2No Way Home Written-By – *, * 3:23 B3Inside Your Soul Written-By – * 3:26 B4All My Honey Written-By – *, * 3:27 B5Valdez In The Country Written-By – * 3:44                                   

                                                                                  Thriller

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