AL KOOPER 'S 50TH BIRTHDAY LIVE 1994 

Just discovered this. Like an acid flashback. My favorite version of Blood Sweat & Tears reunited for an evening. Lew, Fred, Randy...Blue Lou hahahahaha Steve Katz, Harvey Brooks-my God-Mike Bloomfield must've turned over in his grave to hide the boner this awesome crew gave him. I'm guessing the RU-vid matrix brought me here because I watched an hour excerpt from Monterey Pop Fest 1967. Al was rocking the B3 with Harvey Brooks, Elvin Bishop, and Billy Davenport playing "Wake Me, Shake Me" I was 13 when Monterey went off but this stuff is making feel old (70 now) So fortunate that so many of these cats are still with us. RIP Lew...and Danny.

RIP to Al Kooper’s one-time bandmate, Danny Kalb! A true blues guitar legend

Thank you for this gem. The Blues Project played at the Senior prom when I was a junior with a senior boyfriend. I, and Jeffrey who is even a bigger fan than I, saw Super Session, The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, when Johnny Winter was introduced to the world. Child is Father to the Man has been with me while walking, driving, skiing, flying, on horseback in the desert and jungle for more than half a century. Thank you Al. Pura Vida

Wow, what a great show, and what a massive surprise to see ME being interviewed at the China Club (about 35 minutes in) back when I was DJ-ing there in 94'. I had no idea that interview had ever aired. Nice Monday Memory. Thx

Never knew this existed. Wow.....what a gift!

I lived a few blocks away on 9th St. I never missed an Al Kooper concert. This one was unbelievable. Truly exciting.

Al told me years ago that the Soul of a Man tapes were destroyed. Just found this gem with the All Star group of musicians from his different band formations-BS&T, Blues Project, Super Session. Great listen!

I was there For both the Sunday night shows. Still in my top five gigs. Just spectacular.

Wow! What a wonderful performance! The 1st BS&T album is still one of my favorite LPs of all time. It's a masterpiece. I always thought that Al Kooper was the vocalist for this number, but I was wrong ...

Thanks for posting this concert! It's amazing. All these great musicians together again. Blues Project reunion, BS&T, Super Session (Vivino plays Stills' "Season" great), them there horns, Anton Fig...yikes! LOVED IT!

What a great show, one of my personal favorites at the Bottom Line, with mini sets from the Child is Father to the Man band, the Blues Project, and Al's current band with Jimmy Vivino. My memory tells me that Jim Fielder was there for at least a portion of the BST set. Does anyone else remember that?

I was at this amazing show.

Thank you for this great movie! I'm almost crying now!!!!!!!!

My God, the pleasure of listening to this fabulously talented crew play these iconic tunes from Al's amazing legacy is music lover's heaven! The joint had crappy food, often annoying service, skimpy uncomfotable furnishing ,miserly owners but offered some of the greatest shows NY audiences were ever treated to.

I was there with friends. Memirable!

OMG, Will Lee on bass ????!!!! fantastic !!!!!!!

The end of 1993, I had to move suddenly, away from Nashville, losing touch with my neighbor, Al ... He used to come by to watch basketball at my place when he walked the neighborhoods around where we both lived. I lost touch with him, of course. Last I recall, Al invited me to one of the Rock Bottom Remainder Shows, one of the first, I think it was. I was turning 40 in 1994, moved to Sacramento, and guess I was embarrassed to let Al know I'd been fired from the Law Firm ... oh, how I miss his cute messages!

Wonderful Al Kooper...

Steve Katz, un gran guitarrista y músico en general, que ha sido infravalorado. Me habría encantado que desarrollara una carrera solista, ya que las composiciones que aportó en Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears y American Flyer, son preciosas. Además, muchos lo catalogaron como un guitarrista poco virtuoso (Kooper, etc), pero la realidad es que Steve tenía un sonido similar al de Carlos Santana, sin llegar a ser tan rápido como él. Insisto: me quedé con ganas de ver discos solistas de Katz, tanto por letras como una exploración más a fondo en su sonido propio de guitarras, armónica y otros instrumentos que el tipo sabe tocar. De igual manera, como productor y docente.

Happy to see Steve Katz before he was erased!

Continuó con el mismo estilo blues jazz and soul que siempre lo caracterizó. Wow

Great video

Jeez I remember this now I'm GULP 54 ! Ahhhhhh!!!! Love you Koop

A buried treasure!

il genio fantastico

Here's the track listing. Most - but not all - of the music also appears on 1995's Soul Of A Man: 0:00:00 introduction 0:00:19 Flute Thing 0:01:27 Somethin' Goin' On 0:09:15 band introductions 0:11:46 Morning Glory (sung by Steve Katz. Not on Soul Of A Man) 0:16:03 speech 0:17:11 Happy Birthday 0:18:01 speech 0:19:15 Walk Don't Run 0:19:21 speech 0:20:10 I Stand Alone Medley 0:26:36 I Want A Little Girl 0:32:04 Who Do You Love (presumably Blues Project - and not Tommy Flanders; not on Soul Of A Man) 0:33:25 speech 0:40:56 Violets Of Dawn 0:45:06 I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes 0:50:31 Two Trains Runnin' 1:02:45 tuning 1:04:07 Suzie Q (sung by Stephen King (!). Not on Soul Of A Man) 1:07:16 Season Of The Witch

'twas also a big treat to see author Stephen King join at 1:04 for 'Suzie Q!'

10:12 Randy smiling !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a commemorative T-Shirt from this event ! Anyone interested ?

Porque no aparece ni mencionan a shugi Otis , que es el que le da b a esos blues con su guitarra, creo que hay discriminación por raza

A blues concert with out a single person of color?

Al lost his singing ability on this one, sounds like he's talking