Al Kooper - Biography
A professional musician since his early teens, he joined The Royal Teens, who had a top 5 hit with the tune "Short Shorts" in 1958.
"I was hanging around the fringes of the music business," he says of the period after he did his time with the Royal Teens.
"I was playing sessions on guitar...People would hire me because their only alternative was to hire these jazz players to play this teenage music...These guys were smoking cigars, emulating what kids would play...So, they would hire me to get that 'dumb, kid sound.'
I assume that's why I was hired, because I couldn't play anywhere near as well as those other guys."
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...followed Al since the days of the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears... I love his style...
Thanks for posting..!!
