He came up with the organ riff in Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone. He produced the Zombies' Baroqe Pop album Odessey and Oracle scoring the band their biggest hit with Time of the Season. He played keyboard on Hendrix's funky, tripped out, psychedelic Electric Ladyland and French Horn on the Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want. He discovered, signed and produced Lynyrd Skynyrd and wrote most of the songs on Child Is Father to the Man as THE founding member of Blood, Sweat and Tears. Having played on so many seminal recordings, Al Kooper should be a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Instead, he quietly continues to record and produce his own albums at his home studio in Somerville. Last year's White Chocolate is an extension of the southern soul of the Stax and Hi record labels oozing with Kooper's trademark arrangements.
Mixing things up again, the Al Kooper Rockabilly Trio plays Tupelo on Saturday, May 30th. Don't miss this chance to see one of Rock's most underappreciated legends.
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