The night was meant to be a tribute to Mike Bloomfield -- and it was. But, beyond a tribute to Mike Bloomfield, the show seemed to be a poignant tribute to times long past and to a whole slew of fallen comrades over the years.
Al Kooper was like a sonic roommate during my freshman year at a small university in a Pennsylvania town with a population under 5,000. My actual roommate was a very nice guy who never said anything. Meaningful contact with attractive females was out of the question for a shy frosh, so I spent my free hours under the headphones with the Blues Project, of which he was a key member.
One of the quiet gems of 2009 was an album originally produced by Bob Dylan in 1973. Other than his work under the pseudonymous Jack Frost, it's the only album Dylan ever produced. It's not, however, a Dylan record
