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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."

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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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"In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made."
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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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