I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it.

Meaning of the quote

This quote means that Johnny Rivers, an American musician, started learning how to play music by learning some basic chords. He then began watching and observing other musicians to improve his own skills once he became more interested and passionate about playing music.

About Johnny Rivers

Johnny Rivers was a successful American musician who achieved popularity in the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist. He was known for his versatile and influential style, and had several hit singles during his career, including “Memphis”, “Secret Agent Man”, and “Summer Rain”.

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The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.

Johnny Rivers

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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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Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around.

Johnny Rivers

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I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.

Johnny Rivers

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I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

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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.

Johnny Rivers

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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.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it.

Johnny Rivers

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About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

Johnny Rivers

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I’ve got a Fender Concert amp from the ’60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

Johnny Rivers

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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.

Johnny Rivers

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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.

Johnny Rivers

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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

American rock musician

One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension.

Johnny Rivers

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One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

Johnny Rivers

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The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

The first amp I had back in the ’50s was a small Fender.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

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

American rock musician

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

American rock musician

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

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

American rock musician

But I always loved songs with great lyrics.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

In early ’57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.

Johnny Rivers

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