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LYNYRD SKYNYRD AND BLACK COFFEE: OCTOBER 2005 AL KOOPER
By Michael Buffalo Smith The following interview from our
archives was conducted in the fall of 2005. Al Kooper had a new album out called Black Coffee. We spoke with the producer and artist about his career and Lynyrd Skynyrd connection.
Kooper is. For those of us entangled in the world of "Southern Rock," he is best known as the man who "discovered" Lynyrd Skynyrd. We spoke with Al about that legendary band and a whole lot more.
I was listening to your album last night and it was absolutely awesome. We have missed hearing your solo stuff. I couldn’t get a record deal. If you are over 50 years old, forget about it. No matter how good your music is. Then when I actually got it I was 60. Talk about miracles, that was a mira- cle.
My first question is- it has been almost 30 years since you did a solo album, what made you decide to do a record? Was it because of the fact as you've got- ten older you became almost an icon? No, no, no, in the music business there is no respect for seniority, unless you are Paul Mc- Cartney, Eric Clapton, or someone like that. But if you are not someone gigantic like that then forget about it. For instance someone like ZZ Top, they don’t get any respect any- more.
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No introduction is necessary. If you lis- ten to rock and pop music, you know who Al
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I put them on the cover last issue. Yeah, I saw that online. But you know what I am saying. Like me, forget about it. In 1989 I quit the music business, producing for labels and being involved on a day to day basis, I de- cided I wasn’t going to do that anymore. And
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