Johnny Ramistella quotes

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick. (Johnny Ramistella)
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 Ramistella
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 Ramistella
But I always loved songs with great lyrics.
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I think my favorite album was probably Realization.
Johnny Ramistella
I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.
Johnny Ramistella
I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.
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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 Ramistella
The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.
Johnny Ramistella
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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The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed. (Johnny Ramistella)
In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.
Johnny Ramistella
I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.
Johnny Ramistella
My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.
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The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.
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About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.
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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.
Johnny Ramistella