KooperKast

We hear listener questions and appreciations about Nils Lofgren and Al’s 60th birthday event at his original Bar Mitzvah synagogue, a Skynard tattoo, a call for more photos. After each answer from Al, Nilly the Dog adds a brief comment of her own.

We hear listener question and appreciations about getting Al’s CDs, an Al documentary, the Blues Project at Town Hall, and Child is Father to the Man. After each answer from Al, Nilly the Dog adds a brief comment of her own.

We hear listener question and appreciations about Camille, Sharon Mitchell, being kind to a younger music dude, the important of being yourself, lost performance tapes, Max’s Kansas City and about Jews and Blacks in music. After each answer from Al, Nilly the Dog adds a brief comment of her own.

We answer a listener question about Al’s favorite band Free and how Free guitarist Paul Kossoff played an Al Kooper song on an album called Gately’s Cafe. After each answer from Al, Nilly the Dog adds a brief comment of her own.

We answer listener questions about songs that close out albums, the book about the blues project call The Sound, an offer from Schnitzel Records, and did Al dig the Bossa nova? After each answer from Al, Nilly the Dog adds a brief comment of her own.

We hear a few last thoughts on the album, and chat about the 6 decades of Al’s career, and we muse on singers versus songwriters.

We hear a great review of the album, we wander into talking about CD vs Vinyl, Al selling his LPs, Als collection of 45s, and selling them on eBay.

We talk about Clean Up Woman and his discovery of the great guitarist Little Beaver, more dobro plus alto sax, Johnny Johnson the piano legend, and the track with Dick Hyman, another piano legend.

We talk about the amazing combination of alto sax with dobro, a side chat about Gary Burton’s Tennessee Firebird album, Al’s website, Duane Eddy, and Bill Dogget.

We talk about Hank Crawford playing the alto sax, a song that pay tribute to the Doors, a Ray Manzarek story, and glissandos on the black keys.