The Electric Flag was an American brass-rock band that made soundtrack music for the 1967 counterculture film The Trip, followed by the 1968 Columbia albums A Long Time Comin’ and An American Music Band. Members: Nick Gravenites (vocals, guitar), Buddy Miles (drums, percussion), Mike Bloomfield (guitar, percussion, 1967-68, 1974), Barry Goldberg (keyboards, 1967, 1974), Harvey […]
KGB was an English–American blues-rock supergroup that released two albums on MCA Records in 1976. Singer Ray Kennedy co-wrote “Sail On, Sailor” for The Beach Boys and recorded two solo albums. Guitarist Mike Bloomfield and keyboardist Barry Goldberg hailed from brass-rockers The Electric Flag. Drummer Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck Bogart & Appice) and […]
Al Kooper (born Feb. 5, 1944) is an American musician, producer, and composer from Brooklyn who emerged during the blues-rock boom of the 1960s. His first major band was the Blues Project, which issued the seminal 1966 album Projections. He and bandmate Steve Katz then formed the jazz-rock big band Blood Sweat & Tears. Their […]
