Showing posts with label Al Kooper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al Kooper. Show all posts
Friday, April 25, 2025

Book Review: Al Kooper’s Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards (1999)

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Musician, songwriter, label executive, producer – Al Kooper has made a living out of being the “Forrest Gump” of rock music. For better tha...
Friday, December 22, 2023

The View On Pop Culture: Al Kooper & Michael Bloomfield (2003)

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V2.54 Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield are two of the most underrated and influential talents in the canon of blues-rock. Both were phenomena...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Archive Review: Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield's Super Session & Fillmore East The Lost Concert Tapes (2008)

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Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield are two of the most underrated and influential talents in the canon of blues-rock. Both were phenomenal musici...
Friday, December 23, 2016

CD Review: Al Kooper's Rare & Well Done (2002)

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In a review of his amazing autobiography, Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards , I referred to Al Kooper as the “Forrest Gump of ...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Archive Review: Nils Lofgren's Back It Up!! Live...An Authorized Bootleg (2007)

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One of the most highly-coveted “Holy Grails” of record collecting has always been Nils Lofgren ’s Back It Up!! A 1975 promotional release...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Al Kooper and Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Classic Debut Album Gets SACD Reissue!

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The pairing of rock ‘n’ roll legend Al Kooper and the good folks at Marshall Blonstein’s Audio Fidelity label has proven to be a creative...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills - Super Session

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It is, perhaps, the “Holy Grail” of Michael Bloomfield recordings, the ground-breaking 1968 album Super Session with Al Kooper and Stephe...