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What I really remember is tha...

What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a big nightmare with all sorts of hassles because back in those days everybody was smoking pot and taking acid.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

About two months into the Whi...

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

I accepted an offer to do a c...

I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

I think after 1970 or so, aft...

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

Even Woodstock turned out to ...

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.

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Guys like Otis Blackwell and ...

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music.

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I was working at this club in...

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.

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I got to see all these incred...

I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.

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Jack and I usually get togeth...

Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around.

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But I always loved songs with...

But I always loved songs with great lyrics.

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I'd gone through periods wher...

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

When I came back to Californi...

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

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Alan's publishing company was...

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.

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The web site and the Internet...

The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.

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In 1965, Gibson made the red ...

In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made.

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In early '57, I bought a Fend...

In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

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The first amp I had back in t...

The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.

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One thing will lead to anothe...

One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

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My first really good guitar w...

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

When I came back to California...

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Johnny Rivers 26 quotes

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