Fresh Air, Al Kooper (Nonfiction‪)‬

Musician Al Kooper on this edition of Fresh Air. He turns 60 years old on February 5th. A benefit concert celebrating the event is set for the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Jan 31. Kooper helped popularize the Hammond B3 organ as part of rock music, performing on recordings of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. He was a member of the legendary Blues Project, and later founded the group Blood Sweat and Tears. He wrote his autobiography, Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'n Roll Survivor. (Original Broadcast Date: December 8, 1998)