Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
From Johnny Rivers
The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.
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.
But I always loved songs with great lyrics.
In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.
I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.
My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.
I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it.
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.
About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.
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