"When I came back to California in the……" — 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."
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24 Quotes by Johnny Rivers
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I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.
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My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.
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I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it.
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The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.
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But I always loved songs with great lyrics.
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About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.
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I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.
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I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer,…
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In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335…
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Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
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One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension.
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I think my favorite album was probably Realization.
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