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> [In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/in-early-57-i-bought-a-fender-telecaster/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/johnny-rivers-39366_bought_in-early-57-i-bought-a-fender-telecaster_2374482.jpg)

## More by Johnny Rivers

> [I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/i-accepted-an-offer-to-do-a-concert-for-the-reopening-of-the-mall-of/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/the-first-time-i-went-to-new-york-i-met-alan-freed/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/after-that-initial-success-every-chance-we-got-we-d-hire-that-remote/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/i-loved-playing-and-i-was-actually-working-two-jobs/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/alan-s-publishing-company-was-in-the-brill-building-and-of-course-the/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/one-of-the-first-groups-we-signed-was-the-fifth-dimension/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/i-learned-some-chords-and-i-started-watching-anybody-i-could-once-i/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/in-early-57-i-bought-a-fender-telecaster/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/in-1965-gibson-made-the-red-one-i-use-now-and-a-black-one-which-was/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/i-got-to-see-all-these-incredible-blues-players-like-jimmy-reed/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

> [Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-rivers/jack-and-i-usually-get-together-and-sit-around-in-the-afternoons-and/)

[Johnny Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-rivers/)

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