Rock Legend Al Kooper Talks Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dylan, Hendrix

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Rock Legend Al Kooper Talks Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dylan, Hendrix

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Күн бұрын

Al Kooper was the keyboardist for Bob Dylan on the albums, "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Blonde on Blonde," including the song, “Like a Rolling Stone,” (ranked number one single of all time by Rolling Stone magazine). He started as a professional songwriter in the 60s, founded the group Blood, Sweat and Tears and was a stage manager at the Monterey Pop Festival. He jammed countless times with his good friend, Jimi Hendrix, recorded with Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and played on hundreds of albums. He was a much sought-after studio musician for The Rolling Stones, B.B. King, The Who, Alice Cooper and Cream.
In the 70s, he signed the original Lynyrd Skynyrd and produced their first three albums, including the timeless classic, “Freebird,” which has elicited frenzied “requests” from shouting fans at thousands of concerts since. Al Kooper produced the first Tubes album and the production masterpiece, “White Punks on Dope.” He also wrote “Backstage Passes,” maybe the best memoir book, ever, from a musician. I recently got a chance to talk to Al and he is one tough interview, but also a loyal supporter to countless artists and a man with a big heart.

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@rc6981 Ай бұрын

What a Resume He was ahead of his Time Great Thanks man

@margaretwynn8050 3 жыл бұрын

Good stories. Kooper is such a stickler for detail, glad his memory is intact.

@neil1390 Жыл бұрын

What an interview,Mr Kooper telling like it is, legend!

@kenk7049 3 жыл бұрын

Ed King always said that he felt like an outsider in the band.He's also said that there weren't any ego problems with 3 guitarists. Southerns are often suspicious of outsiders. Thanks for doing this, I enjoyed it!

@MomentsDivine 2 жыл бұрын

It might have been due to the fact Ed was not a drinker or rebel rouser. They all had respect for Ed and wanted to be close, but I think Ed kept his distance to a certain extent. Just an observation from all the video and interviews I’ve watched.

@kenk7049 2 жыл бұрын

@@MomentsDivine Maybe. The rest of the band was crazy. Drinking, drugs,wrecking hotels. I like the story of them fighting with truckers at Muscle Shoals truck stops over their long hair. Ed wasn't there then. Probably wouldn't have liked the fighting part anyway.

@ronadams3565 Жыл бұрын

@@MomentsDivine , Ed said Leaving the band saved his life because his drug use was WAY out of control

@LivestreamUniverse 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview - didn’t want it to end.

@michelebryan7353 3 жыл бұрын

Child is Father to the Man album....Incredible. Had the album in1967, and played it as much as my Beatles albums. BS&Tears wasn't the same after Kooper left. It's good you're doing this interview. More people should know about this guy!! :)

@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын

His book, a bio called Baclkstage Passes, is a very insider look at his career, as both a performer and as an A&R man.

@chadsevedra925 2 жыл бұрын

Fukn. A brother

@suefields4254 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. He's a musical genius....

@travnugara4544 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview man! Thank you! im from the fb group Lynyrd Skynyrd in the 70's, ROck On! Nice work man!!

@gonzorillamusicmoviescomed1740 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@charleswinokoor6023 2 жыл бұрын

You couldn’t find anyone more knowledgeable or better than Mr. Kooper to talk about that particular musical era.

@dsand1292 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting interview w/ lots of stories about Skynyrd, Hendricks, Dylan, etc.

@johnmitchelljr 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you great time spent listening.

@davidrice3337 3 жыл бұрын

I just purchased a keyboard and I need a lesson or two- i wish Al Kooper could give me a lesson! I promise not to ask any uninformed questions- Accually i would like 20 lessons and if I can get something out of just 1 of those, I promise to consider Al's contributions a success! Al Kooper is an absolute bad ass-

@1rwjwith 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting interview...KOOPER never pulls any punches.

@Zepster77 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Brian! You are the ideal person “tuned in” to conduct such an interview with the man the myth the legend that is AL KOOPER.

@charleswinokoor6023 2 жыл бұрын

Here’s a good follow up question that I would have asked. Referring to Free, he says, “Well that’s my favorite band of all time.” So why not simply ask why?

@Sashabooboo 2 жыл бұрын

If the interviewer had said "It looked like a mix of black and white" Al Kooper would have interrupted and said "NO. It was grey." While it is important to maintain an accurate historical record, and individual phrases over time can be ascribed, what he's doing at many points is nitpicking.

@terryarehart7016 2 жыл бұрын

I love hearing his stories , I’d like to meet him and ask him a million questions.

@darkshadow8330 3 жыл бұрын

C'mon Brian give Al an encore. Love the Skynyrd stories. Good stuff Brian. Carry on with the 'casts.

@smedleybutler8787 2 жыл бұрын

Great questions!

@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын

Al was indeed in a group named the Royal Teens..but he had left the group just before they recorded their hit record, Short Shorts. I notice that he did not mention that.

@jerrys1375 3 жыл бұрын

I got to check out that tubes album now

@Zepster77 2 жыл бұрын

Wow for Al to mention more than once here that FREE is his favorite rock band of all time, is really saying something. I must admit that “All Right Now” is about as deep as I got into them, as it was (and still is) a radio staple. Then Paul Rodgers (and the bassist from Free I think?) went on to form BAD COMPANY and the rest is history… but boy I think I need to really (re)discover the music of FREE…. Best wishes to you all for 2022

@paulbennett4315 2 жыл бұрын

Paul Rodgers was the singer for Free, occasional rhythm guitar Paul Kossoff was lead guitar Andy Fraser played bass Rodgers and Fraser were the main song-writers

@frankrichards3089 Жыл бұрын

Dig into Free bro..no Kirke came into Bad Co. W Paul

@adamarnold136 2 жыл бұрын

Yankee Slicker .. love the interview 🙌 you sound like you where close to pissing him off and I've heard many AL interviews. Lol 😆 love the interview.

@clausm2203 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview love what he did with skynyrd and would love to Read that ed King book🙂

@SJKLR99 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to read a Gary book

@clausm2203 3 жыл бұрын

@@SJKLR99 i would love to read that to

@bassmickeyd 3 жыл бұрын

If anybody gets a chance to read Al's book 'Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards' you're in for a treat. ... One of the best R.&R. books you'll read. ... The lack of gasoline on the plane with Skynyrd was because they delayed take off for over two hours, while the plane was running, because two members were an hour late for take off and no one could do the math. ... This was the 70's.

@SJKLR99 3 жыл бұрын

Artimus was late

@MultiFisherofmen 2 жыл бұрын

I think the main reason for the tragedy was the pilots not doing what every responsible pilot does before takeoff which is check the fuel level by physically checking by hand with a dipstick. The planes fuel gauge was determined to be faulty. The pilots were lazy and trusted their gauge with their life which was very stupid

@stingylizard Жыл бұрын

Artimus AND Ronnie were both late

@Zepster77 2 жыл бұрын

Liked & subscribed this was completley awesome

@jamestcallahanphotographer 2 жыл бұрын

Just for the record, there was nothing mechanically wrong with Skynyrd’s plane. There’s so much urban myth surrounding this. Read the NTSB report…it’s freely available on the Internet. The flight crew was found to be negligent with regard to how much fuel the aircraft was burning, that is to say, their ‘rate of fuel consumption’ and how much they actually had onboard. The only issue with the aircraft was that the starboard engine was being run on an ‘auto rich’ setting to make it run better. That should have been looked at. But everything else was mechanically sound. The NTSB investigators found no mechanical problems. The pilot thought he had 5 hours of fuel when they left SC; the NTSB calculated that he had 2.6; just barely enough for the 2.5 hour flight to Baton Rouge. And the aircraft was burning more than normal so there was not enough to make it. That’s the official finding, folks. Do read the report if you can; it’s very interesting. I love aviation so it’s fascinating to me, and maddening that the flight crew caused the accident that took this amazing band from us.

@ramblingsadrift6477 2 жыл бұрын

Really flames spewing from an engine the flight before.....and no concerns? I've been looking for that report..

@davidcoleman4291 2 жыл бұрын

Why was a mechanic goin to meet them in Baton Rouge, I'm not an expert but if you have to use more fuel than normal there is a problem. I do know this an engine with 29000 hours will need some tweaking suggesting a problem, they may not have been aware of the amount of fuel being used

@vincentrobinson9325 2 жыл бұрын

Angelic birthday Allen Collins 🤘🏻😭

@bdogjr7779 3 жыл бұрын

Wow《☆》👍🤓Very enlightening. Hopefully Ed Kings book will be published one day if possible🌴♡:*:♡2021♡🍊🔊DUUVAAALLL😎🎱☮🚦

@chickasawstarrmountain9747 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here for LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AMERICAN BY BIRTH SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

@mikecrawford6010 3 жыл бұрын

Al seems Perturbed with this interviewer

@CarolStJohn-ev9ry 3 жыл бұрын

He's definitely in a cranky mood.

@Msfifisquarepantz 4 ай бұрын

And Peter Paul and Mary. Met him then

@lloydcountess2744 8 ай бұрын

B S and T wasn't the same after Kooper? Yeah, they got a real singer!

@cobraman428 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview !!!!

@SJKLR99 3 жыл бұрын

The Forest Gump of R&R!

@amerocker 3 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of Tom Wilson.

@krisscanlon4051 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my fantastic black producer who had produced Dylan Zappa and Velvet Underground. His roots were in jazz and had an ear for talent.

@parkerea 3 жыл бұрын

Kopper's a legend, but I completely disagree with him - "Gimme Back My Bullets" is not a mediocre album. Sour grapes...

@kenk7049 3 жыл бұрын

Compared to their previous releases, it was worse

@SJKLR99 3 жыл бұрын

@@kenk7049 I know the crowd I hung with had zero problems with GBMB

@LAT-qk3vj 3 жыл бұрын

@@SJKLR99 There are no bad Skynyrd recordings.

@caterpillar1693 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Gimme back my bullets is packed with nothin but great songs. People need to stop listening and repeating what they are told. Just get the album and listen to it then come back and tell me it's the worst.

@jamestcallahanphotographer 2 жыл бұрын

There are good songs on GBMB, especially the title track; the production is the issue.

@davidrice3337 3 жыл бұрын

PS - Great interview -

@fiddlefolk Жыл бұрын

Skynerd had to run Kooper's ass off so they could record their hits... Jimmy Johnson probably had more to do with Skynerd's success than Al!

@docwill184 2 жыл бұрын

Sociology., Sweat & Tears shoulda been examined in depth...

@tonym994 3 жыл бұрын

it sounds fine, man. it's essentially a radio show .I take my hat off to AK, getting off those painkillers. it had to be a bitch. a friend of mine went thru the whole methodone clinic right until the last drop. got himself off junk. I'll take a wild guess that AL had lots of work to do, and wanted to do it w/ out chasing down pills. folks, check out the BLUES PROJECT.

@hilldwler420 3 жыл бұрын

I’m hearing a lot a lot of sour grapes about who produces what album. Smh

@MultiFisherofmen 2 жыл бұрын

Well , he has told these stories thousands of times I’m sure

@mikecrawford6010 3 жыл бұрын

His name is Bob Johnson

@mikecrawford6010 3 жыл бұрын

That is bob johnston

@stephenjones101 2 жыл бұрын

This "interviewer" has NO clue what he's talking about and from his responses, doesn't appear to even listen and follow what Al is saying at times. I especially like when he claims Crosby quit the Byrds to join CSN at Monterey Pop Festival. That is totally laughable, given Monterey Festival was in 1967 and CSN first formed a year later in 1968. He is confusing CSN with the Buffalo Springfield, which included Stephen Stills and Neil Young. But Crosby did not quit the Byrds at the time and certainly did not join the Springfield. What happened was that Young was unable to participate at Monterey, and Crosby agreed to fill in for his friend, playing with the Springfield... without permission of his fellow Byrd band members, who viewed this as disloyalty. He also made a rather arrogant and controversial political speech regarding the JFK assassination which was filmed on camera. As Monterey was a major event, increasing international exposure for the Byrds (and most other of the groups), the association with a competing folk-psychedelic rock band, along with the controversy, caused the break that got him fired. But, no, Crosby didn't quit the Byrds to join CSN, which did not even exist at the time. Oh, and the third member of CSN, Graham Nash was still lead singer of the Hollies, having recently released the hit single "Carrie Anne" in May of 1967.

@richardkramer8567 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't listened to the interview yet, but in the intro write up, he never mentions Blues Project.

@CarolStJohn-ev9ry 3 жыл бұрын

He definitely doesn't like Skynyrd, he was more gracious about them on another interview but he really sticks his nose up at those Jacksonville boys. What a snob.

@jamestcallahanphotographer 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was surprised. He really didn’t have anything good to say about them.

@regulargeye2009 2 жыл бұрын

So many nonsense comments. He LOVED Skynyrd so much that he: 1) Gave them their 1st record deal; 2) He moved to GA; 3) He got them their 1st tour for the legendary Who album Quadrophenia; etc, etc, etc. Without AL KOOPER, you may never have heard of LS. Don't be such snowflakes, JFC. Does he sometimes sound irritated? Yeah, he's probably 70+ yrs old and has answered these questions hundreds of times. Unlike you and me (who are nobodys), this guy PLAYED w/Bob Dylan, LS, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream, etc, etc, etc. Instead of whining, you ought to be thankful AL KOPPER fell in love w/Lynyrd Skynyrd and helped make them into superstars. Crybabies......

@CarolStJohn-ev9ry 2 жыл бұрын

@@regulargeye2009Yeah I know all that... but he obviously looked down his nose at them on a personal level because they were poor UNEDUCATED Southern boys... and he was scared of Ronnie.