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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."

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"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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"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."
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"My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45."
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"I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs."
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"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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"About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck."
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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, and I."
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"But I always loved songs with great lyrics."
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"I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time."
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"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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