Kooper Session

Summary

Kooper Session is the second-in-line of the Super Session albums featuring singer-songwriter Al Kooper. Joining Kooper in the guitar slot is 15-year-old phenomenon Shuggie Otis, son of rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis.[1]

Kooper Session: Super Session, Vol. II
Studio album by
Released1969
Recorded1968
GenreRock, blues, R&B
Length40:58
LabelColumbia
ProducerAl Kooper
Al Kooper with Shuggie Otis chronology
Kooper Session: Super Session, Vol. II
(1969)
Here Comes Shuggie Otis
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Divided into two halves, "The Songs" (a quartet of arranged gospel and rhythm and blues tracks) and "The Blues" (a trio of improvised blues tracks), the album, like Super Session before it, was quickly recorded and featured short, succinct tracks ("Double or Nothing", "One Room Country Shack") and fluid, drawn out jams highlighting the talents of the artists ("12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues", "Bury My Body").[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bury My Body"Al Kooper, Alan Price9:00
2."Double or Nothing"Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr.2:29
3."One Room Country Shack"Mercy Dee Walton3:37
4."Lookin' for a Home"Edward Forehand5:52
5."12:15 Goonbash Blues"Al Kooper, Shuggie Otis9:29
6."Shuggie's Old Time Dee-Di-Lee-Di-Leet-Deet Slide Boogie"Al Kooper, Shuggie Otis4:05
7."Shuggie's Shuffle"Al Kooper, Shuggie Otis6:27
Total length:40:58

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Charts edit

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 11

Personnel edit

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Kooper Session: Super Session, Vol. 2 - Al Kooper | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 170. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b "Kooper Session: Super Session, Vol. 2 - Al Kooper | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2021.