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
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
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’ve got a Fender Concert amp from the ’60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. – 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
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
Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around. – 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
One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from. – Johnny Rivers
I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it. – 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
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
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
About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck. – Johnny Rivers
