A free neighborhood celebration of music, food, and wine. The music will be by rock jack-of-all-trades Al Kooper. In 1958, Koop began his professional career as guitarist in The Royal Teens ("Short Shorts"). He metamorphisized into a Tin Pan Alley songwriter with cuts by Gary Lewis, Gene Pitney, Keely Smith, Carmen MacRae, Pat Boone, Freddie Cannon, Lulu, Lorraine Ellison, Donnie Hathaway and later was sampled by The Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Pharcyde, and Alchemist to name but a few. In the mid-sixties, Kooper was a member of The Blues Project and then founded Blood Sweat & Tears. He then slipped his producer hat on and began with the top ten album SuperSession in 1968 featuring Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills.
New York City, NY; NYC