Andi ChorleyMay 29, 2025

You Never Know Who Your Friends Are is the second solo album by American multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper, issued in 1969 on Columbia Records.

Kooper wasted no time recording this album, coming just seven months after his debut release. It is a continuation of sorts of his debut; the album contains another eclectic mix of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop, and blues, though without the psychedelics that had somewhat permeated through I Stand Alone. Utilizing a large group of musicians under the direction of Charlie Calello, known collectively as "The Al Kooper Big Band", Kooper also strayed away from the heavy string orchestrations of his debut. - Wikipedia

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Bernard Purdie - Soul Drums - 1968
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DarrenKeithNov 25, 2023
One of coolest and wisest drummers around. https://youtu.be/6uusF1iie88?si=dKPVFugLd2CTaJZt #bernardpurdie #drummer
The Bernard Purdie Interview: Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin & "The Purdie Shuffle"

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Show threadWill May 31, 2023
@jadevol Yeah, especially #ChuckRainey talking about how he went against what they were asking him to play, and making it sound great. To have Chuck Rainey with #BernardPurdie & #JimKeltner & #SteveGadd on drums is something.
Jon DennisJan 14, 2023
One of the best “introducing the band” performances I’ve ever heard. Perhaps because the band (which backed Aretha) includes Billy Preston, Bernard Purdie, Cornell Dupree, Memphis Horns. Also features version of Whiter Shade of Pale featured in Withnail & I. #nowplaying #kingcurtis #billypreston #bernardpurdie #cornelldupree #memphishorns #withnailandi