Thursday, July 14, 2011

Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills


Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen Stills


Mike Bloomfield:  Guitar
Al Kooper:  Vocals, Piano, Organ, Guitar
Stephen Stills:  Guitar


Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield had worked together on the sessions for the ground-breaking classic album "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan, Al Kooper (Keyboards Ex The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears), Mike Bloomfield (Guitar Ex The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Electric Flag) and Stephen Stills (Guitar Ex Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and The Stills-Young Band)
Super Session
Title:  Super Session  (1968)
Label:  Columbia
Genre:  Blues-Rock, Blues
Rating:   *****
Tracks:


1.  Albert's Shuffle   (6:54)
2.  Stop   (4:23)
3.  Man's Temptation   (3:24)
4.  His Holy Modal Majesty   (9:16)
5.  Really   (5:30)
6.  It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry  (3:30)
7.  Season Of The Witch   (11:07)
8.  You Don't Love Me   (4:11)
9.  Harvey's Tune   (2:07)


Personnel:
Barry Goldberg:  Piano
Harvey Brooks:  Bass
Eddie Hoh:  Drums, Percussion


Super Session is a Super Session album released 1968, by Bloomfield, Kooper and Stills.  The success of this record opened the door for the "Supergroup" concept of the late 1960 and 1970 such as Crosby, Stills & Nash and Blind Faith with the following tracks:  "Albert's Shuffle", "Stop", "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry", and "Season Of The Witch".


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