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   Piper to sgcim@hotmail.com   
   Re: Gail Zappa mentioned in new Steve Ka   
   23 Jan 17 20:12:03   
   
   From: piper@gatesofdawn.com   
      
   sgcim@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > In Steve Katz' new autobiography, "Blood Sweat, and My Years in Rock Music",   
   he mentions that the Blues Project hired a black, chick singer, Emmaretta   
   Marx, for a tour after their lead singer split the band.   
   >   
   > EM brought along her own 'roadie', a cute girl named Gail, on the tour.   
   > Gail turned out to be so cute, that all the guys in the band fell in love   
   with her, without telling each other, or Gail herself.   
   >   
   > This wound up causing problems with the band, and Gail, who soon afterwards   
   married FZ.   
   >   
   > The Katz book makes a good companion piece to Al Kooper's autobio,   
   "Backstage passes&  Backstabbing Bastards"(2008 edition), if you are   
   interested in the crazy shit that was going on in The Blues Project and BS&T.   
   >   
   > Katz leaves no opportunity behind to tell us what a POS he thought AK was,   
   and what an even bigger, even gargantuan POS David Clayton Thomas was.   
   >   
   > AK is actually pretty light on SK (except his guitar playing), but really   
   reams Bobby Colomby to no end.   
   > He also reams a bunch of other people in the music biz, and we're talkin'   
   non-stop reamfest here- fun reading!   
      
      
   I have Kooper's book. On what page does he disrespect Colomby?   
      
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