KooperKast

Al tells some amazing stories about connecting with Simon and Garfunkel in New York and LA.

Al talks about running into Simon and Garfunkle since they were teens – in Queens.

 In this episode, Al tells the Elvis’ bodyguard story and looks back at that great Nashville experience.

In this episode, Al talks about some of the songs and how they came to sound the way they do.

In this episode, Al talks about how the sessions worked and how he brought the songs from Dylan to the Nashville cats.

In this episode, Al talks about the transition from NY to Nashville, barely getting there, and how Bob Johnston set the stage.

Al talks about his friendly relationship with Jimi Hendrix and how he still has a meal he calls "A Jimi Hendrix". Plus the famous Hendrix gift guitar that he had to sell.

Al tells how Mick Jagger called him up to play keyboards on a new song and he flew to England for the session. Then he suggested adding a French horn intro, which the Stones loved and put his credit on the single. Articles have been written about that intro.

Al talks about his great friendship with Mike Bloomfield over the years and how Bloomfield's periodic no-shows was just never an issue for Al.  This episode also includes a few stories about Supersession Live concerts.

Al talks about getting Mike Bloomfield to work on Super Session, then replacing him with Steve Stills on the 2nd day.