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2014/11/14 10:58:55
tedmiami
Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'n' Roll Survivorby Al Kooper
 
I have been an Al Kooper fan from the first time I heard him and Michael Bloomfield play on the radio way back in the ... well never mind, it was a long, long time ago. I managed to get a copy of this book and once I began to read it there was no putting it down. I lent my copy to a friend and he did the same as me. If you have ever been to a concert or more still played in one, or tried to get a record deal of any kind, then you will recognise and sympathise what this amazing musician did and had done to him.
I have no personal interest in the book, I am not promoting it for anyone but along with "When Giants Walked the Earth" the Led Zeppelin story, this is the best real life story of life as a professional musician that I have read.
2014/11/14 11:25:37
craigb
Wow... Never heard of him!  (Definitely heard of Michael though.)
 
Thought this was funny:
 

2014/11/14 11:35:04
Ham N Egz
Al Kooper was also a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Electric Flag
amongst other trifflings 
2014/11/16 17:10:31
Dave Modisette
musicman100
Al Kooper was also a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Electric Flag
amongst other trifflings 

Also Blood, Sweat and Tears and he played organ on some classic Bob Dylan tracks.
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