KooperKast

We answer questions including about blending the sound of horns when recording. After each question Nilly the Dog add a brief canine perspective.

We talk about the song writer Graham Gouldman, who supplied the Hollies with some great hits, including Bus Stop – when he was only 15 years old.

We  answer listener questions including about Al’s top 100 recordings web page, which we thought was missing but is right there on the website, listed under Al’s Diary around the year 2000. But this question has made us ponder how best to bring Als’ list further into the new century which we are working on. After each question Nilly the Dog says hello and woof.

 We  answer listener questions including about Appaloosa and Sweet Linda Devine, among the first albums Al produced for Columbia. You can also check our earlier episode – all about Appaloosa. After each question Nilly the Dog chimes in with a dog thought.

We talk about Robbie Robertson who just passed away. Al played with him on the road with Dylan after Newport 65, then roomed with him and played with him for the Blonde on Blonde sessions in Nashville. You can also go check our four earlier episodes just about Blonde on Blonde.

We answer questions about co-writing with Blind Willie Johnson (and we hear a bit of Blind Willie singing), about Al’s not-happening dinner party, looking for hits, and about being famous. After the episode we play the entire Blind Willie Johnson song "I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes", recorded in 1928 . Nilly the Dog concludes each segment with some brief pooch dog thoughts.

We answer listener questions including: a desert island record album, writing hits versus writing songs, and another take on the Allman Brothers vs Skynyrd.   After each segment Nilly the Dog adds some brief thoughts of her own.

We answer listener questions including: Libby Titus, a song of Al’s that Judy Collins once sang on TV, and putting out a single of  a Phil Ochs song as an instrumental.  After each segment Nilly the Dog adds some brief thoughts of her own.

We answer questions about Al being a mensch, his first solo album, the Allman Brothers vs Skynyrd, and Bob Dylan in person. Nilly the Dog concludes each segment with some brief pooch dog thoughts.

We talk about how many other Jews might be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (a lot more than you think, look it up, some surprises…) The wacky Alice Cooper and Al Kooper intersection, and a possible Hall of Fame reunion of Al with his buddies Bernie Taupin and Elton John.