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The book is a revised version of Kooper's earlier 1977 book Backstage Passes: Rock 'n' Roll Life In The Sixties. The 1998 edition was initially published by Billboard Books, but went out of print until 2008, when it was re-published by the Hal Leonard Corporation with updates to the text. In the book Kooper talks about his interactions with the music industry, including information about artists such as Bob Dylan. His membership in The Blues Project. Forming and leaving Blood, Sweat and Tears. His collaborations Mike Bloomfield. And southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd I enjoyed it very much.
Is Steve Katz a rock star? He sure is or at least was definitely a rock star. He tells about the Greenwich Village culture during sixties and being influenced by the folk music groups and studying guitar as a teenager with Dave Van Ronk and Reverend Gary Davis. A place he mention is the ”Kettle of Fish”, the bar adjacent to the Gaslifgt Cafe. There he could meet Dylan, Van Ronk and Phil Ochs among others. He has written a son called ”Kettle of Fish. It’s really good. You should look it up. Also stories about his time with the legendary Blues Project and with Blood, Sweat & Tears. Katz also reveals that the audience sound on Lou Reed's live LP Rock ´n' Roll Animal was lost and then replaced with …….This is a cliffhanger. Read the book;.
In his memoirs he writes about growing up in Glens Falls, NY living with his grandparents. Beginning to play at the age of five. Playing in bands at school, learned how to arrange music and earned an MA in music theory and composition from the Manhattan School of Music. Joining Blood, Sweat and Tears. It was his friend Fred Lipsius, who asked him to join Blood, Sweat and Tears, an offer he rebuffed before learning that it meant a much-wanted ticket to California. He tells about his time in the band, the ups and downs until he left in 1971. After leaving Blood, Sweat and Tears he began writing filmscores and later moved to Rome, Italy. He seems to have been a very humble person, but still knew what he wanted.
In his memoir, he shares his personal history that reflects and defines a distinctive era in music and pop culture. It’s a story about his journey as a teenager in Willowdale: bouncing in and out of jails and reformatories. But when an old mail-order guitar was left to him by an outgoing inmate, he discovered a talent for music that allowed him to believe in a different kind of life. This is the remarkable story of his journey to international stardom as the legendary front man for the Blood, Sweat & Tears; the break-up of the band and his return to Canada. It’s a brutally truthful memoir.
The Evergreens was published in 2008 by himself. Blood, Sweat and Tears was published in 2010 by Penguin. Blood, Sweat and Tears is an expanded and edited book of the Evergreens. It`s more about his time in Canada after leaving B,S&T. In the Evergreens his collaboration with Leslie Mandoki is mentioned and some other details are different.
The best of Blood, Sweat & Tears Transcribed scores, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 7777 West Bluemound Road, POBox 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213 Published 1989, 140 pages. Here you can find the arrangments for the following songs: And When I Die, Go Down Gamblin, God Bless The Child, Lucretia Mac Evil, Sometimes in Winter, Spinning Wheel, You've Made Me So Very Happy
Title: Blood Sweat & Tears
Publisher: Amsco Music Publishing Company/New York Music Sales Limited/London Editor: Herbert Wise Designer: Ira Friedlander Piano Arrangements: Leo Alfassy Cover Photo: Norman Seef Photos: Norman Seef, Herbert Wise Published: 1971 Amsco Music Publishing Company Library of Congress Card Catalogue Number: 74-166169 International Standard Book Number (ISBN): 0-8256-2652-8 Amsco Publishing Company 33 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 Music, lyric & photo book issued soon after BS&T 4 album
This is a soft-cover book containing the story of the band, band member biographies, charts and lyrics of I think just about every tune they recorded up to BS&T 4. Dave Bargeron is already in the band.
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