Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead.

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61. Al Kooper was invited to Bob Dylan's recording session for "Like a Rolling Stone"

by the producer, who knew Kooper, who had invited Al to the session because he knew that Kooper was a good guitarist.
Kooper arrived, took out his guitar & began tuning it..then he noticed Mike Bloomfield strumming his guitar, and Kooper instantly realized that Bloomfield was a much better guitar player.
Al put his guitar away and went into the control booth.
Meanwhile, the organ player was asked to go play the piano, and Kooper said to the producer
"Hey, why don't you let me play organ?"
The producer replied, "You're not an organ player, you're a guitar player."
Just then, the producer had to take a phone call.
Since he had not said "No" to Kooper, Al went into the studio and sat down at the organ.
When the producer got off the phone, he said, "OK, let's start recording."
Then he spotted Al Kooper at the organ & said "Hey, what are YOU doing there?"
Kooper just laughed,,,but the producer let him stay on the organ, and the recording session went on.
Later, Dylan was in the control room listening to the tracks just recorded and he told the producer, "Turn up the organ."
The producer replied, "Oh, that guy isn't an organ player, he's a guitar player."
Dylan said, "I don't care what he is, turn up the organ."
Al Kooper's organ playing was the best part of "Like a Rolling Stone" imo.
From that day on, Al Kooper was sought after by many groups to play organ with them.