S9E474 - Al Kooper 'You Never Know Who Your Friends Are' with Glenn Morrow
That Record Got Me High Podcast
Release Date: 07/25/2026
That Record Got Me High Podcast
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Alan Peter Kuperschmidt - better known as Al Kooper - is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician who throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale". He also formed and named Blood, Sweat & Tears, produced a number of one-off collaboration albums such as the Super Session album with guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and was a successful...
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This week, Austin-based guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and recording producer Don Cento (Cento Threeo) brings us Elvis Costello's second studio album - and the first with his crack new band the Attractions - 1978's 'This Year's Model' Always a singer-songwriter in spirit but a punk in attitude, this collection of songs proved Costello's stunning debut 'My Aim Is True' was no fluke. Songs discussed in this episode: No Action (Elvis Costello cover) - The Muffs; The Judy Valve, Halfway To Mellowtown, Filibuster in E Minor - Cento Threeo; Kids In Japan - El Cento; Alison, The Other End Of...
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It might be easier to mention the bands this week's guest Dan Bonebrake HASN'T played with - his bass playing has graced the likes of Lightworkers, The Honest Liars, Manta Wray, Dashboard Confessional, Grey & Orange, John Ralston, War Generation, Vacant Andys, Enablers, Seville, Quit, Fay Wray, Pivot, Anchorman, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, Cori Elba, The Stiff and on and on... This week, Dan, brings us Washington D.C. post-hardcore iconoclasts Shudder To Think and their 1992 release 'Get Your Goat'. The band's brand of genre-bending 'art rock' might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for...
info_outlineAlan Peter Kuperschmidt - better known as Al Kooper - is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician who throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale". He also formed and named Blood, Sweat & Tears, produced a number of one-off collaboration albums such as the Super Session album with guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and was a successful manager and producer, recording Lynyrd Skynyrd's first three albums. This week's guest, singer, songwriter and retired record exec Glenn Morrow (Bar/None Records, Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help) brings us Kooper's second solo album, 1969's 'You Never Know Who Your Friends Are'
Great guest and GREAT conversation!
Songs discussed in this episode: Plans For Nigel (XTC cover) - Al Kooper; Beatle Bones, That's That - Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help; Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan; You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones; Brand New Day - Al Kooper; Albert's Shuffle - Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper; Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears; Magic In My Socks, Lucille - Al Kooper; Time Of The Season - The Zombies; Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye; Too Busy Thinking About My Baby, First Time Around - Al Kooper; Begin Again - Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help; Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy), Jolie, Blues, Part IV - Al Kooper; This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & The Playboys; You Never Know Who Your Friends Are - Al Kooper; Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends - Phil Ochs; Care Of Cell 44 - The Zombies; The Great American Marriage/Nothing - Al Kooper; I Don't Know Why I Love You - Stevie Wonder; I Don't Know Why I Love You - Al Kooper; Love You 'Til I Don't - Otis Ball; She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones; In Love With Love - Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help; Mourning Glory Story - Harry Nilsson; Without Her - Blood, Sweat & Tears; Mourning Glory Story, Anna Lee (What Can I Do For You), I'm Never Gonna Let You Down - Al Kooper; In Love With Love - Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help