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Hi Eric (bdp24),

According to the Wikipedia writeup on BS&T:

Colomby and Katz wanted to move Kooper exclusively to keyboard and composing duties, while hiring a stronger vocalist for the group, causing Kooper's departure in April 1968.

The writeup provides a reference for that statement in a footnote, but the link no longer works.

Katz, of course, is Steve Katz, who during prior years in the 1960s was a member of The Blues Project along with Kooper. Their "Projections" album is one of my favorite rock albums.

Best regards,
-- Al 

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Rory Gallagher  - Irish Tour "74"
Wishbone Ash  - Live Dates

@bdp24 

Looks like you are not alone in that "6th member" opinion...
http://theband.hiof.no/band_members/john_simon.html

Al's Wiki info about Al Kooper leaving BS&T not withstanding, the Wiki entry for Child Is Father to the Man puts it more bluntly:

"After a brief promotional tour, Colomby and Katz ousted Kooper from the band, which led to Child is Father to the Man being the only BS&T album on which Kooper ever appeared."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Is_Father_to_the_Man

All explanations covered handily, no doubt, by the hackneyed "artistic differences".

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You might want to consider asking the mods to ban me from the thread @slaw .  I seem to be manifesting my mysterious alter ego known as "Thread Killer".