Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor (Paperback)

Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor By Al Kooper Cover Image
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Description


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.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780879309220
ISBN-10: 0879309229
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Publication Date: February 1st, 2008
Pages: 336
Language: English