It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry al koopersteve stills 7. Bluesrock was a blossoming genre in 1968 when this super session of mike. Mike bloomfieldal kooper green onions live youtube. Super session is an album conceived by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills, 2nd keyboardist barry goldberg, drummer eddie hoh and bassist harvey brooks, released on columbia records in 1968. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills super session. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. Find al kooper discography, albums and singles on allmusic. This set features expressive jamming on originals and covers. And when i look outside my window so many different people to be, yeah that. Season of the witch mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve. Bloomfield was, of course, a seminal influence in rock guitar, especially in the resusitation of the blues in popular american music. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper is a double album recorded at the fillmore west venue in san francisco. Season of the witch al kooper, stephen stills song info.
Bloomfield kooper stills music, videos, stats, and photos. Listen to your favorite songs from super session by mike bloomfield feat. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper discogs. The best of vanilla fudge vanilla fudge stephen stills stephen stills the resurrection of pigboy crabshaw the paul butterfield blues band a. Season of the witch mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills. Blues at the fillmore 19681969 michael bloomfield, nick. Guitarist late night with conan obrien al kooper bandmate for over 15 years i learned how to play organ and learned how to play guitar from super session. Taking donovans neopsychedelic classic and turning it virtually upside down, al kooper and company easily slipped it into a hard, slow soulfried groove that was only hinted at in the. This album has since been remastered, with new editions featuring several bloomfield performances not included on the original album, including blues for nothing and fat gray cloud.
Mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills super session youtube. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper 1968 fillmore east. Super session 1968 was conceived by al kooper and features the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills. Ya mama by the pharcyde sampled mike bloomfield, al kooper and stephen stillss season of the witch. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s, he was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on the bob dylan song. Super session is an album envisioned by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills, released on columbia records in 1968, cs 9701. Season of the witch 2002 remix wo horns by al kooper. The album is the followup to the studio album super session which included both bloomfield and kooper in addition to stephen stills, and had achieved commercial and critical success earlier in 1968. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper by mike. The pharcydes ya mama sample of mike bloomfield, al. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of. Michael bernard bloomfield july 28, 1943 february 15, 1981 was an american guitarist and composer, born in chicago, illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969.
Dylan cover and a rambling 11minute version of donovans season of the witch. Als big deal unclaimed freight an al kooper anthology 1975 rare and well done. Season of the witch by mike bloomfield, al kooper and. Season of the witch by mike bloomfield, al kooper and stephen stills. Michael bloomfield, al kooper, stephen stills super. That explains on the third night why bishop and santana were on stage. Those records, super session, cut with stephen stills, and the live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper were among columbias bestselling lps of the period. Season of the witch this song is by stephen stills and al kooper and appears on the album super session 1968 by mike bloomfield, al kooper and stephen stills. Listen to your favorite songs from super sessions by mike bloomfield feat. Super session is an album conceived by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills and bassist harvey brooks, released on columbia records in 1968. The lost concert tapes 1268 al kooper, michael bloomfield on allmusic 2003 at first glance, you might mistake this for. Bloomfield, kooper, stills super session 06 it takes a lot to laugh, it takes.
Produced and curated by al kooper who played with mike bloomfield on bob dylans highway 61 revisited sessions in 1965 and the super session. Jan 21, 2003 listen to your favorite songs from super session by mike bloomfield feat. However there is not a single track on the album that features both guitar players, simply because they were never in the same room at the same time. The first and still the greatest super group ever recorded. The photo gallery page takes you from 1957 up till today, as al kooper evolves from gangly teen to elder statesman of rock. Super session al kooper, mike bloomfield, stephen stills. Super session is an album conceived by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills, released on columbia records in 1968, cs 9701. Bloomfieldkooperstills super session music on vinyl. Now when we play together i play bloomfield and he still plays kooper. The album front cover is a little misleading, as it includes photos of al kooper and guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills. And when i look outside my window so many different people to. Mike bloomfield and al kooper and stephen stills super.
Season of the witch by mike bloomfield, al kooper and stephen stills discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills super session. Kooper also plays the keyboards along with barry goldberg. Super session bonus track version by mike bloomfield, al. This item not eligible for any further discount offers. Super session by mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills. Check out season of the witch 2002 remix wo horns by al kooper. Season of the witch alberts shuffle, a single by al kooper steve stills mike bloomfield. Season of the witch al kooper, stephen stills song. Rare now but a huge hit when it was released circa 1970. Super session with stephen stills and mike bloomfield 1968 the live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper february 1969. Song information for season of the witch al kooper, stephen stills on allmusic allmusic. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from al kooper at the discogs marketplace. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper wikipedia. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper 1968 live at the old waldorf 1975 dont say that i aint your man. The funny thing is, kids were playing cowboys and indians i was playing bloomfield and kooper. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper is a double album recorded at the fillmore west venue. Complete your mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills collection. Song information for season of the witch al kooper, stephen stills on allmusic. Their brief but enormously productive collaboration helped create, among other things, what rolling stone has declared the greatest song of alltime. A true late60s fm underground radio classic, this version of season of the witch was one of the most exploratory rearrangements of the late60s.
The greatest and most obscure recordings 19642001 2001 collaborations. Bloomfield, kooper, stills super session 07 season. Both mike bloomfield and al kooper had backed bob dylan on his earth shattering recording of highway 61 revisited, and al kooper had been a member of dylans band when they took the newport folk festival by storm, forever changing everything anyone ever thought they had known about music before. Mar 07, 20 alberts shuffle written by al kooper and mike bloomfield is from the classic columbia album, super session, recorded in may 1968 by guitarist michael bloomfield, multiinstrumentalist al kooper. Young fred catero was the sound engineer, and joey scott later added some horn. And when i look outside my window so many different people to be, yeah that its strange, so strange youve got. A surprise bestseller when it was first released, this mostly improvised pairing of singerkeyboardistproducer al kooper with two major guitar heroes of the day sounds fascinating all these years later precisely because of the distance of timenobody makes records like this any more. See al with people including dylan, hendrix, clapton, mike bloomfield, al green, and even norman rockwell, who painted a cover for al and mike bloomfield. What began as a way for al kooper to use up some money and studio time turned into a pair of legendary sessions, first with the great mike bloomfield, and then with steven stills when bloomfield didnt show up for the second day of recording. Bloomfield, kooper, stills season of the witch youtube. Kooper and bloomfield had previously worked together on the sessions for the groundbreaking classic highway 61 revisited by bob dylan.
Bloomfield and stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including bloomfield on side one, and those including stills on side two. Session musician, songwriter, and producer, a behindthescenes folk and rock renaissance man during the 1960s. Song green onions live at bill grahams fillmore auditorium, san francisco, ca september 1968 artist al kooper, mike bloomfield. Mike bloomfield and al kooper the live adventures of mike. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper. Unavailable in its original format for decades, the live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper has been meticulously restored to its original doublelp form for this vinyl reissue, using. Stream mike bloomfield on amazon music unlimited now. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper by al.
Bloomfield, mike kooper, al stills, stephen super session music cd album at cd universe, those familiar with the live adventures album these two recorded at. Michael bloomfield, al kooper, stephen stills super session. Dont throw your love on me so strong live by kingofmars62. Mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills super ses 1968. Michael bloomfield its not killing me 09 the ones i loved are. When i look out my window many sights to see and when i look in my window so many different people to be that its strange, so strange. Song the weight live at bill grahams fillmore auditorium, san francisco, ca september 1968 artist al kooper, michael bloomfield. Bloomfield and stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including. Mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills super session thenectarin.
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