Legendary musician, producer and songwriter Al Kooper has released Black Coffee, his seventh solo album and his first in 30 years. Kooper has worked with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and B.B. King.

, which featured "Sweet Home Alabama." In fact, the Brooklyn-born Kooper is the "Yankee Slicker" Ronnie Van Zant is referring to in the song And though you've probably never noticed it, that's Kooper ...

Amidst the tumultuous changes of the 1960s music industry, sometimes gumption overruled talent, like the time Al Kooper snuck his way onto one of Bob Dylan’s most iconic tracks. Columbia producer Tom ...

The great Al Kooper. He founded Blood Sweat and Tears, played with the Rolling Stones, BB King, the Who, and many more. And by accident, he played the most famous organ riff ever on the number-one ...

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Al Kooper, the invaluable musician who brought essential flavors to landmark records by Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, created Blood, Sweat & Tears and produced classic albums by Lynyrd Skynyrd and ...

Kooper joins frequent Rock Hall nominee Chaka Khan and Elton John’s lyricist Bernie Taupin in the category, which was introduced during 2000 as the sideman award and renamed during 2010. Previous ...

Billed as "Al Kooper's 70th Birthday Concert," Saturday night's show at The Egg was like showing up at the ballpark only to be pleasantly surprised to discover that it was a double-header.

When he showed up at Columbia Records on the afternoon of June 14, 1965, guitar case in hand, Al Kooper wasn't contracted to be there. But as a seasoned session player, songwriter and engineer, Kooper ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Al Kooper’s memoir, ‘Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards,’ was ...

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