INTRODUCTIONS

Mike wants to say something Hello I wanna tell you all about the nature of this Super Session gig here Now, the history of the Super Session gigs is this The first Super Session gig was a record session that Alan called me to play on, and I came and played on it for one day, recorded half the record, and left And then Stephen recorded with Alan the other half of the record, and the record come out under the name,“Super Session” And at that time Alan and I had played together once or twice in our lives when we played on that date Then after that, shortly after we played a Super Session gig, at Fillmore we practiced four days with a band from the neighborhood and we played two nights on the gig and the third night I got insomnia and didn't come to the gig and we didn't play, and, and so all together that means we played together around right times Now comes this gig, and this gig, we came to New York a few days ago and everyone, well, not everyone, but two of us had the flu, and we practiced And the musicians on this job are Jerry Jemmott playing bass, and John Cresci is playing drums, and Paul Harris is playing piano, and we're playing, and, and this is the nature of this Super Session and so now we're gonna play It's a gas for us to bring on Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and their friends