Should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

@HungryH1951

Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@richspring1

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely !

@joanbusche7037

Жыл бұрын

I am a 79 year old fan of johnny rivers.wish he was in the rock and roll hall of fame as he deserves to be in it!!

@w.llawrence86

Жыл бұрын

Will never happen. The Hall of Shame seems to have a strong bias against 60's AM radio acts. Along with Johnny Rivers, acts like Monkees, Hermits & Raiders should be there if for no other reason than "influence"

@sallisboa4569

9 ай бұрын

been listening to his Music since the 60’s. Mr. Rivers is a Musical Genius..Thank You for sharing your music to the World..🙏🏻

Back in the mid ‘80’s , flying to LA , and who sits next to me but Johnny Rivers . He looked like he did not want to be bothered , but I exclaimed I was a big fan and really enjoyed his music . We ended up talking the whole 2 hour flight and the stories this man could tell ! Great sense of humor and a really down-to - earth guy . We still stay in contact through Christmas cards and the like , and I have the utmost respect and admiration for the guy . A real gem !

@marisarocco2406

3 ай бұрын

Que sorte a sua, amo JR gostaria tanto de conhecê-lo ❤

What a pleasure to see someone of his musical status who has a clear mind and sounds and plays just as good as he did in his early years. He’s so comfortable with what he does that he can instantly play anything that’s requested without a second thought. This man is the definition of the consummate professional. Thanks so much for posting this.

An AWESOME VOCALIST AND MUSIC MASTER!! Thanks Johnny !!

Johnny Rivers!! Boy he was awesome!! I started listening to him in 64-65!! The man!!!

Love his music great singer 🎉

It's so good to see Johnny again wonderful person

His voice encapsulates the 60's, Love the guitar he's playing 🎸

I was born in Germany in 62 and came to Helena Arkansas in 74 and have always performed Memphis as part of my song list JR style . I grew up on the poor side of town and can feel what Johnny sings . Have always admired him and this interview is very nice , Thank You . Saw Johnny on The Marty Stuart Show and he did an awesome job , took me back , Johnny you were blessed !

Thank you for asking Johnny how he resisted the vices so prevalent in 60's L.A. Focus.

It’s a sin that Johnny’s not in the hall of fame.

When I was a kid he played the basketball arena in our small college town, probably 1967. He walked out in a great looking white planters suit all alone, sat on a stool, played maybe a Gibson 335. It was amazingly great and I’ll never forget it. Really shockingly great sounding to me as a kid.

Johnny Rivers made a strong impression on me in my youth. I cover a lot of the songs he did. He had great taste, IMHO.

I was born in 55'. I been listening to J. Rivers since the 1st time I heard him as a kid in the 60'. He was there playing and we were there to listen. Thanks.

Thank God, this great musician, singer, performer, and genius songwriter, Rivers, was never killed in a plane crash, like so many other Rock & Rollers of his time did. With the tremendous success of the Beatles in the USA in February 1964 [Ed Sullivan], and the following of the British Invasion bands of the US Top 40 radio Charts, I think that this US genius songwriter Rivers, as well as many other great US songwriters and performers didn't get the airplay and notoriety that they deserved because the US radio stations were giving most of the airplay to any mediocre British bands which had a mediocre hit single, for no other reason than that "they were from England, just like the Beatles !!"

This man is my major musical influence, inspired by my parents.

He was one of my first guitar heroes. An early blue eyed soul man.

Johnny was so influential ...thanks for posting this ... a personal hero of mine

"Poor Side of Town" was gold!

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Sloe dancing was a helluva great song!

@johnnymaccool9828

Жыл бұрын

So I watched this video because of your comment , poor side of town , expecting to hear him play it and he never did , so I’m going upstairs and grabbing my guitar and play it to myself, I do the song almost as good as Johnny does , cheers 😊

@MelindadelosSantos

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnymaccool9828 Although he didn’t write it, I bet you can a mean cover of “Secret Agent Man.”👍🏼

@johnnymaccool9828

Жыл бұрын

@@MelindadelosSantos I sure can , I do a group of Memphis , Secret Agent man and Poor Side of Town of his songs , I’m definitely a boomer that loves thinking back

I remember Johnny on Red Skelton show, singing tracks of my tears late 1960s. John y Rivers is a great name, and he is one of my very all time favorite

THANK YOU FOR THIS GEM!! I 'm a big fan of JOHNNY RIVERS' the interview took me back to " the day "!!

Johnny Rivers. In my opinion, music royalty. I saw him live at Milwaukeefest, outdoors, in the late ‘80’s. What an amazing opportunity to get a personal show and background into the roots of the American music scene. I could never have done this interview, as I’d have constantly interrupted JR with clapping and cheering in response to his singing/playing. I honestly had goose bumps listening to some of these. Such humility as well. Thank you for posting this. Cheers.

@UncutMusicInterviews-gs7mh

Жыл бұрын

nice story, he was very humble, didn't really think he was famous at all

@77thesnake

Жыл бұрын

@@UncutMusicInterviews-gs7mh Johnny's always been very down to earth. I've been to several of his concerts and talked to him after the show, and he simply treats you like an old friend, as if he's known you for a long time. He's my all time favorite artist and always will be. Thanks for posting this!

@w.llawrence86

Жыл бұрын

Was Johnny's set preceded by a mariachi band ?? If so, I was there as well. I saw two Johnny Rivers shows at Milwaukee's Summerfest. The best set was in 2005. Johnny was apparently NOT happy with his monitor mix (his FOH mix was fine). After every song he would go to his bass player (Darrell Cook, IIRC), and "give him an earful". The bass player would then go to the monitor guys, talk to them & then back to a performance. After about 4-5 of these scenarios, Johnny seemed to just "roll with it" & let loose with his set. I was pretty close to him-he seemed VERY angry. That anger seemed to ignite his performance, however. That set was, IMHO, "on fire". When I saw him the next year (at the Wisconsin State Fair), he was a bit tepid compared to the 2005 Summerfest set.

I’ve lived in Fort Worth since December 1997. I have been lucky enough to see Johnny Rivers 2 or 3 times at Billy Bobs Texas in the early 2000’s. He’s great on stage and I love his music.

@bandfan053157

Жыл бұрын

We saw one of those Billy Bob's shows. One of the loudest shows I ever heard. Older folks left in a hurry. First time I heard "China" which I fell in love with.

Phenomenal talent

Summer Rain is my favorite

Oooh La La 😘😘😘Looking good here. 🥰🥰🥰

He has a great voice!

This is just great. I've always been a big fan of Johnny Rivers. It was interesting to hear about the details and background on some of his hits. I recently found an acetate demo of James Hendricks' original version of "Summer Rain". He also recorded the song later for one of his own albums. Johnny had a great ear for music and did some wonderful versions of other artist's songs. His original composition, "Poor Side Of Town", is one of my all-time favorite songs. Thanks for posting this great interview. It must have been thrilling to spend time with him.

Seen Johnny in concert several times and it’s a great show.

Im a big Jonny Rivers fan. Thanks!

My father saw Johnny Rivers live at the Whiskey A GO GO in 1964 when he was recording his live albums. And my father said Johnny Rivers was so hot and so good and his band played so tight.

Put him in the Hall of fame!!

Jim (James) Hendricks produced my first album in 1993 in Nashville and became a good friend over the years. During that recording session he told me on the way to lunch one day about the Mugwumps. When he told me he'd been married to Mama Cass he saw the stunned look on my face, grinned and said, "No, it was never consumated." He was a Nebraska boy and left the Mugwumps when they arrived there on their way to moving from Greenwich Village to L. A., where shortly after they became a little band called The Mamas And The Papas.

@timpendergrass6640

Жыл бұрын

Great story

I love Johnny Rivers. What a great musician and singer! I have many of his recordings. I highly recommend his CD "Johnny Rivers Live at the Whiskey A GO GO!

😊johnny is so down to earth and humble folks his albums are so good wow really great

i saw Johnny in the 60's early 70's he was my fav singer

Johnny Rivers sounded so great just him and his acoustic! Great voice and his guitar playing speaks for itself!

i am from lousyana and we love johnny rivers! we saw him in concert at a casino on the gulf coast many years ago and it was great! i have his greatest hits in my computer and brain. a fan since forever. i had a band in the 60s and we played his songs.

😊johnny rivers one of my favorite singer I do ALOT of his songs

Thanks for this post. Over the past few years I’ve been picking up the Johnny Rivers LPs that I neglected to buy back when. I was bummed to see his last appearance was in 2021. Of course he is 80 now. Rock on.

Heartfelt and so down to earth. His history as an artist and producer along with his business skills should be recognized by all. Thank you for posting and doing this interview with Rivers.

We saw Johnny play in Clear Lake Iowa for the Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party a couple years ago and he was Fabulous! Thanks Johnny for such a great time! Hope you'll come back again...

Johnny's recording of 'Positively 4th Street' was Dylan's favorite cover version of any of his songs...

We played "poor side of town" in our high school band in the late 60's. Loved it.

What an excellent guitarist, Very Nice chord work and lead/picking style of playing 😮

Wow I loved to listen to him talk and play guitar and sing. Awesome.

growing up on A.M. radio and top 10 Johnny came along with his unique voice and rock style and he held his own agaist the Brit. invasion 1 and 2 and Ive been a fan since day one...still hearing live shows when folks post them and a fan club member...he still is on my play list...thanks for this..Ive never seen before

i saw johnny rivers in 1970 and his band was james burton and elvis' drummer and elvis' bass player. it kicked ass in an extreme way. thanks for this. what a great experience.

We enjoy covering a number of his greats. Cool catalog.

He is the BEST!!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

what a great interview. JOhnny seems like such a great and open guy. He seemed like someone you could just sit next to at a bar and talk with or, maybe even sit somewhere and play guitar with. Thank you for sharing your story

Does he look and sound great for 2002 or what? What a talent. Love Johnny Rivers' voice.

@mariopalos9238

Жыл бұрын

He does look well preserved, doesn't he? And I don't think he's lost a follicle.

My Johnny Rivers story- back in the late 60’s, I was working at a bowling facility in Houston. Awful job but free food and cute girls. Anyway, my friend Reggie came to see me and said “hey, you’re a Johnny Rivers fan, right?” Yes, I said. “Well, he’s playing at Love Street on Saturday. You should go.” So, after two bus rides to downtown Houston, I walk up to Love Street and join the line wrapped around the building. I pay the $10 cover and head inside. It is packed and between the cigarette smoke and the hootch smoke, I getting a bad feeling. At 9, a skinny albino walks on stage with a bass player, drummer and then another albino on saxophone and keyboards. I looked around and asked a waitress when Johnny Rivers is going to play. She laughs and says “That’s Johnny Winter, bud. You’re at the wrong show.” And then she told everybody else. And that’s how I learned to do better research than listen to a guy named Reggie.

@UncutMusicInterviews-gs7mh

Жыл бұрын

great story

@goplad1

Жыл бұрын

I hope you stayed for the Johnny Winter show. That would have been something to brag about. Great guitar player and singer.

It is disgraceful that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame refuses to give Johnny Rivers his due.

Summer Rain BY J.R. great song ,also.🎸

I remember johnny rivers wen i was a kid i liked his song Memphis Tennessee, poor sise of town..lol

Still handsome and still a great musician. 😊❤😊

“Poor Side of Town” is a classic.

Love J.R.

Johnny Rivers was the perfect choice for "Secret Agent Man." This straight up truly depicts the life of a secret agent. "Goldfinger?" "You Only Live Twice?" Meh.

@bogeyman38111

Жыл бұрын

I have heard that it was based on the life of Barry Seal, who was a friend of his.

FUN FACT: Johnny visited ELVIS at GRACELAND. "E" was recording "MEMPHIS" (Tennessee). JR thanked him, went home, recorded & quickly released it, himself. Not surprisingly, was NEVER invited back to GRACELAND again. The music industry, huh?

The first swamp rock before the great CCR!!!

Johnny Rivers discovered the FIFTH DEMENSION.

Please Come to Denver in The summer time 🤠

Summer Rain is so good.

Loved his hit, Secret Asian Man.

@doorguru168888

Жыл бұрын

Dummy..

@cheriehawthorne9246

Ай бұрын

That's what I called the song when I was a kid 😂

@harvey1954

Ай бұрын

@@cheriehawthorne9246 Ah so it seems.

He needs to be in RRHF

I enjoy the interviews but it would better if we could hear the questions. Hard to hear you FYI brother

I remember Johnny playing with Charlie D & Milo.

Gentle on My Mind only hit #30 on the Billboard country list and 62 on the Hot 100. I thought it did better. Guess not.

Mr. R. where's that cool red 335 ?

How ca JR get the start of folk rock so wrong, it was the Byrds with Mr Tambourine man, who previously recorded it late 1964, then in a proper way in Jan 1965 and released in May 1965,

@jamesfitzgerald6636

Жыл бұрын

Dylan turned electric after seeing what the Byrds were doing with his songs

Bowfinger!

Wht guitar was JOnny playing on?

@UncutMusicInterviews-gs7mh

5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure

I wish the interviewer had asked him about Monterey Pop. I've heard that Johnny helped to organize the festival, but apparently something went screwy with his performance, and some people allege that he somehow got into the bad graces of the music industry, leading to his exclusion from the Hall of Fame. Could be total nonsense, but these are the rumors.

23❤watcĥiñg.

Jim Webb is a whole nuther ballpark. "Witchita Lineman." 👍

@Maipenrai55

Жыл бұрын

You are so right.

I think R&R H of F is appropriate.

Burping and telephone calls during the video I'm turning you off

@goplad1

Жыл бұрын

I thought he did a pretty fair job of interviewing Johnny but I agree that he should have edited out the telephone call. It looked rather unprofessional.

@whoputyouontheplanet3345

10 ай бұрын

Where was the burbing, and who did it, lol? I must've missed that part, lol.

@atomicflash1753

10 ай бұрын

@@whoputyouontheplanet3345 , if you didn't hear him make obnoxious noises then you were spared

17:17 He's fallen victim to the false idea that vinyl is superior to digital. That "warm" sound is the sound of horrible scratchy noise. good riddance to 1920's "technology" 17:46 Is HE AWARE OF Los Straitjackets?

@russellhltn1396

Жыл бұрын

A lot of problems with early CDs is the record companies took masters intended for the record lathe and used them to create CDs. But the vinyl masters had been tweaked to work around the limits of the lathe (high frequency roll-off). The results were rather harsh.

@BillDerBerg

Жыл бұрын

Uhm no the warmth comes from the RIAA EQ curve

@russellhltn1396

Жыл бұрын

@@BillDerBerg The RIAA EQ curve is noise reduction. The opposite curve is applied prior to pressing. When the phono pre-amp applies the curve on playback, it brings the tone back to normal but also reduces the surface noise. Same thing is done with FM broadcasts and tape. Dolby took the same idea but made it dynamic instead of a static fixed curve.

@BillDerBerg

Жыл бұрын

@@russellhltn1396 but it adds warmth and rolls off the scratchy high end from vinyl that cds have as digital aliasing noise. Post EQ using the RIAA curve adds back some of that perceived warmth to a digital waveform

@bogeyman38111

Жыл бұрын

Digital loses almost 90% of the quality of the sound for convience.

This is boring