Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards (Paperback)

Al Kooper

ISBN 10: 0879309229 / ISBN 13: 9780879309220

Published by Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee, 2008

About this Item

Paperback. This is 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. BACKSTAGE PASSES & BACKSTABBING BASTARDS Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards (Paperback)
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879309229
• ISBN 13: 9780879309220
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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 quirky 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.

About the Author

Al Kooper (Boston and New York City) is a rock 'n roll legend who played on hundreds of records, including albums with the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, the Who, and Cream. He discovered the band Lynyrd Skynyrd and produced their first three albums, including the single “Sweet Home Alabama.” Kooper currently teaches songwriting and production at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and plays weekend concerts with his bands the ReKooperators and the Funky Faculty.