<i>Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards</i>

Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards

<p><i><b>Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor</b></i> is a 1998 <a href="/en/Autobiography" title="Autobiography" class="wl">autobiography</a> by American songwriter, record producer and musician <a href="/en/Al_Kooper" title="Al Kooper" class="wl">Al Kooper</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> The book is a revised version of Kooper's earlier 1977 book <i>Backstage Passes: Rock 'n' Roll Life In The Sixties</i>. The 1998 edition was initially published by <a href="/en/Billboard_Books" title="Billboard Books" class="mw-redirect wl">Billboard Books</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> but went out of print until 2008, when it was re-published by the <a href="/en/Hal_Leonard_Corporation" title="Hal Leonard Corporation" class="mw-redirect wl">Hal Leonard Corporation</a> with updates to the text.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor </caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg/220px-Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="367" data-file-type="bitmap" height="299" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg 2x" alt="Backstage_Passes_and_Backstabbing_Bastards.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Al_Kooper" title="Al Kooper" class="wl">Al Kooper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Autobiography</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Billboard_Books" title="Billboard Books" class="mw-redirect wl">Billboard Books</a> (1998), <a href="/en/Hal_Leonard_Corporation" title="Hal Leonard Corporation" class="mw-redirect wl">Hal Leonard Corporation</a> (2008)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1998, February 1, 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media<span>&nbsp;</span>type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print, ebook</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">328 pages (2008 edition)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1133582631" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/0879309229" title="Special:BookSources/0879309229" class="wl">0879309229</a> (2008)</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>


Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor is a 1998 autobiography by American songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper. 