Al Kooper

Cover of I Stand Alone

I can thank my brother Larry for my appreciation of Al Kooper.  After Dad had the Jilek pool table delivered on Christmas Eve we spent a lot of time in the basement of our house.  We had a stereo with an 8-track player there and Larry had Al Kooper’s “I Stand Alone” and “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, both albums from 1969.  Somewhere along the way we also picked up “Super Session”, a collaboration Al did with Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. 

Al is a tremendous talent…check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx5ZxUo-hyA

I gotta go…