Joe Cocker: Still rockin' after all these years

ALPHARETTA - Joe Cocker is a man of many parts -- bluesy soul rocker from Sheffield, England, one of the leaders of the British music invasion of the '60s, Woodstock icon and maker of comebacks in every decade since. But more than that he is a survivor.

He was the hardest living rock 'n' roll star in the era of hard living rock 'n' roll stars. He sang in his first band in 1961, covering blues and soul singers including the influential Ray Charles. By the mid-60s, Cocker was touring with such seminal rock bands as the Hollies and the Rolling Stones.

In 1968 he was in the studio to cut the record that put him on the map, "With a Little Help From My Friends," with musicians Jimmy Page and Steve Winwood. A year later he was at Woodstock. The '70s were just a blur of drugs and alcohol for Cocker, yet he kept working and kept recording with such hits as "The Letter," "Cry Me a River" and "You Are So Beautiful."

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