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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A lot of young artists don't realize that it is a business. But the acts who survive over the years are the ones who take care of the business end of performing. Mick Jagger does it, so does Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan. They know how to sell and promote themselves and their music. They understand the financial end of this business.Johnny Rivers
One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.
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My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.
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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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The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.
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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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