I started in the
I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the ’60s. Al Kooper
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I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the ’60s. Al Kooper
The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks, I mean just out and out crooks. And the next generation had a little more finesse. But I mean those first wave of people, you know, definitely would take all your money, no doubt about it. Al Kooper
The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the “Like A Rolling Stone” session I was invited by the producer to watch. Al Kooper
Unlike so many Dylan-writer-wannabes and phony ‘encyclopedia’ compilers, Sean Wilentz makes me feel he was in the room when he chronicles events that I participated in. Finally a breath of fresh words founded in hardcore, intelligent research. Al Kooper
In the, uh, ’30s and ’40s, the Brill Building was the hub of, uh, musical activity in Tin Pan Alley in New York City. I believe Irving Berlin was there, and uh, and everything just centered around there. Al Kooper
Every now and then we could steal somebody else’s stuff. Al Kooper
Only through sheer ambition did I end up playing on [Bob Dylan sessions] and the fact that I could do that is a testament to how disorganized it really was. Al Kooper
Musically Bob [Dylan] is a primitive. He’s not a Gershwin, or somebody that uses eloquent music terms. Al Kooper
The “Highway 61” album [of Bob Dylan] was produced by Bob Johnston if I’m not incorrect. And Bob Johnston was an entirely different producer than Tom Wilson. Tom Wilson had produced jazz records and was a Harvard educated. Al Kooper
Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport. Al Kooper