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The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks,

Al Kooper

Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.
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Bob Dylan Much Pretty Produce Sport
I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after “Like A Rolling Stone”.
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After Country Politics Record Roll Stone Think
And he was about my age, and he just, that finished off my guitar career, just like that, in one afternoon.
AL KOOPER

Afternoon Age Career Finish Guitar Just My One
And a little slate that came out of the wall that you could actually write on. And a door that locked from the outside.
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Actual Came Door Little Lock Out Outside Slate Wall Write
My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock and roll music. And it was a very excellent marriage.
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Equivalent Excellent Gospel Influence Jewish Marriage Mostly Music Over Play Twist
In the, uh, ’30s and ’40s, the Brill Building was the hub of, uh, musical activity in Tin Pan Alley in New York City.
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Activity Alley Building Country Hib Music Pan Tin
Every day from 10 to 6, we’d go in there and pretend that we were 13 year old girls and write these songs. That was the gig.
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Day Every Gig Old Pretend Six Song Ten Thirteen Write Year
I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the ’60s.
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Broadway Business Everything First Happen Introduce Music Reality Start
At the end of the playback of the take of “Like A Rolling Stone”, or actually during the thing.
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Actual During End Like Playback Rolling Stone Take Thing
The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the “Like A Rolling Stone” session I was invited by the producer to watch.
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Celebrity Disorganized Invite Least Like Mean Producer Roll Say Session Stone Watch
The very funny thing about “Like A Rolling Stone” is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read from. And there I was playing this unfamiliar instrument.
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Funny Thing Instrument Minute Play Read Rolling Six Song Stone Unfamiliar
I liked being challenged by music. It’s good for me.
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Challenge For God Like Me Music
If you’d done a good job you’d just step back and let all these different chemistries interact and let it go.
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Back Different Good Interact Job Let Let Go Step
The place that I worked I used to joke about it. There was a, every morning at 10:30 I’d come into work and I’d go into this cubicle that had a little upright piano and fake white cork bricks on the wall.
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Cock Cubic Every Fake Joke Morning Paino Place Upright Wall White Work
So I would come in on the upbeat of one. I would wait until the band played the chord, and then as quickly as I could come in play the chord.
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Band Chord One Play Quick Unbeat
You couldn’t help being influenced by Dylan.
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Being Help Influence Person

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