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Kooper's jazz-rock instrumental "Flute Thing" features a prominent flute lick played by
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551:References
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486:Danny Kalb
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362:Danny Kalb
343:Steve Katz
333:Song Notes
278:Tom Wilson
270:blues rock
121:chronology
107:Tom Wilson
63:Blues rock
514:Technical
492:Al Kooper
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386:on their
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303:Recording
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