(Book). A rock 'n roll classic, back in print, updated and revised. One of the funniest rock memoirs ever, Al Kooper's legendary Backstage Passes is available again! Al's quirkly life, from would'be teenage rocker, to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61 , to forming Blood, Sweat, and Tears and masterminding the Super Sessions, it's all here...plus, in this updated version, Al rides with us all the way back to the end of the 20th century. There has never...
A rock 'n roll classic, back in print, updated and revised. One of the funniest rock memoirs ever, Al Kooper's legendary Backstage Passes is available again! Al's quirkly life, from would'be teenage rocker, to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61, to forming Blood, Sweat, and Tears and masterminding the Super Sessions, it's all here...plus, in this updated version, Al rides with us all the way back to the end of the 20th century. There has never been a more wickedly humorous and honest book by a man who has made such rock history. Michael Rogers - Library Journal Kooper-musician, composer, and performer-had the knack of always being in the right place at the right time, which allowed him to be involved in many of rock's great moments from the 1960s on. He played with Bob Dylan, the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and the Who; founded Blood, Sweat, & Tears; and discovered and produced Lynyrd Skynyrd. He told his story with great wit in this 1998 volume. This updated edition brings his remembrances to the present day.
\ Library JournalKooper-musician, composer, and performer-had the knack of always being in the right place at the right time, which allowed him to be involved in many of rock's great moments from the 1960s on. He played with Bob Dylan, the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and the Who; founded Blood, Sweat, & Tears; and discovered and produced Lynyrd Skynyrd. He told his story with great wit in this 1998 volume. This updated edition brings his remembrances to the present day.\ \ —Michael Rogers\ \