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Type: Musician Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes Date of Birth: November 7, 1942 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Johnny Rivers Related Authors: Loretta Lynn Lenny Kravitz Elvis Presley Paul Simon Billy Joel Bob Dylan Little Richard Don Was |
About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.
Johnny Rivers After that initial success, every chance we got we'd hire that remote recording truck and just record stuff at the Whisky because it was so inexpensive. Johnny Rivers 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. Johnny Rivers But I always loved songs with great lyrics. Johnny Rivers Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick. Johnny Rivers 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. Johnny Rivers I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis. Johnny Rivers I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed. Johnny Rivers I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it. Johnny Rivers I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs. Johnny Rivers 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 I think my favorite album was probably Realization. Johnny Rivers I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I. Johnny Rivers I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time. Johnny Rivers I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. Johnny Rivers In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made. Johnny Rivers In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster. Johnny Rivers Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around. Johnny Rivers My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45. Johnny Rivers One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension. Johnny Rivers One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from. Johnny Rivers The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender. Johnny Rivers The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed. Johnny Rivers The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game. Johnny Rivers 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 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 |
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