Book Details
- 327 Pages
- Softcover
- Released: February 27, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Publisher: Hal Leonard
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Finally revised and back in print! Al Kooper's Backstage Passes & Backstagging Bastards is one of the most sought-after books in rock history as well as one of the funniest memoirs ever. Al quirky life, from becoming a teenage rocker to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing organ on "Like a Rolling Stone"; from forming Blood, Sweat, and Tears to masterminding Super Session; from discovering Lynyrd Skynyrd to playing with Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Cream, and dozens of other superstars... it's all here, updated with a brand-new chapter that brings this wild tale into the twenty-first century.
Product Description:
°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 quirkly 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.