Tuesday, June 09, 2009



Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper: Stop

This one goes out to the Strand Bookstore, where I recently unloaded a ton of books, and where the helpful fellow there asked me, a propos of the cover of a book I was selling, whether or not I knew Bloomfield and Kooper's work. I know OF Bloomfield and Kooper, I replied hesitatingly. And then he went off on a great disquisition which inspired me to dig further. And that brings us to this moment.

The photo is of Bloomfield, yes; Kooper, quite right; but the third musketeer? All I can say is that these three must have raised some serious hell up at the Red Lion in Stockbridge.

This is off of the Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills Super Session album. The fade out is cruel.

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2009

    norman ROCKwell?

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  2. Nice. Longtime listeners will recall hearing the OG

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  3. AnonymousJune 10, 2009

    Yep...that's Norman Rockwell. He painted a portrait of the two for the cover of "The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper". Great album cover.

    GC

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  4. The fade out is indeed cruel. What a splendid jam.

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  5. Yes! That is Stormin' Norman Rockwell.

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