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Jan 17, 2009 7:00 pm (Saturday)
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The Oral History Live! series at EMP|SFM features intimate interviews before a live audience. Enjoy an interview with songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper. Kooper org...
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Event details: An Evening with Al Kooper
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The Oral History Live! series at EMP|SFM features intimate interviews before a live audience.
Enjoy an interview with songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper. Kooper organized the group Blood, Sweat & Tears and has recorded with several distinguished artists, including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, B. B. King and Cream.
Kooper recently updated and released his memoir, Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor, which chronicles his many misadventures as an experienced musician.
Want to experience more of Al Kooper? You're in luck! Al Kooper will perform at The Triple Door on Sunday, January 18. For tickets and more information, visit tripledoor.com.
Enjoy an interview with songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper. Kooper organized the group Blood, Sweat & Tears and has recorded with several distinguished artists, including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, B. B. King and Cream.
Kooper recently updated and released his memoir, Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor, which chronicles his many misadventures as an experienced musician.
Want to experience more of Al Kooper? You're in luck! Al Kooper will perform at The Triple Door on Sunday, January 18. For tickets and more information, visit tripledoor.com.
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Free to EMP|SFM members; $5 general public, 206.770.2702 or 1.877.EMP.SFM1. Reserved seats unclaimed 10 minutes prior to the event are subject to be released to the wait list.More about these performers
Al Kooper
From the Wikipedia article on Al Kooper: Al Kooper (born February 5, 1944, Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter,producer, and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. His first musical success was as a 14-year-old guitarist in the Royal Teens, best known for their novelty blues riff, "Short Shorts". In 1960, he joined the song-writing team of Bob Brass and Irwin Levine, who wrote the hit, "This Diamond Ring", for Gary Lewis and the Playboys. When he was 21, he moved to Greenwich Village. He performed with Bob Dylan in concert in 1965 and in the studio in 1965 and 1966....Post a Countdown Widget
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