Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield found themselves in strange positions in the summer of 1968. Kooper had played the distinctive organ hook on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” before joining the ...

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.

You can attribute some of it to great timing. Some luck was involved. More than anything, a certain indefinable skill for knowing just what the music world needed to hear played into the phenomenon.

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 ...

Al Kooper doesn't really need to listen to the latest songs by garage bands comprised of 20-year-olds. Now 70 years old and living in Boston, he's experienced plenty of music history already. Yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Al Kooper terms himself "quite surprised and amused" to learn he's been selected for a "musical excellence award" at the 2023 Rock ...

And though you've probably never noticed it, that's Kooper doing a Neil Young imitation in what he calls a near-subliminal track on "Sweet Home." Just after Van Zant says, "Well, I heard Mr. Young ...

SOMERVILLE — Al Kooper still remembers the first time he met the guitarist Michael Bloomfield. He tells the story as if it happened yesterday instead of in 1965. That’s how vivid the memory is. “When ...

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Before today, Al Kooper hadn’t put out a solo record in twenty-nine years. And it wasn’t for a lack of material: The musician/producer had accumulated about 140 songs since his previous album. He ...