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

by Al Kooper

Overview

(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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879309220
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2008
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	277,155
Product dimensions:	6.98(w) x 9.14(h) x 0.80(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

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.

—Michael Rogers

Library Journal