Just been watching PBS and last night's Travis Smiley Show was being re-broadcast. His guest was Johnny Rivers and Johnny looked well for a guy his age.

He was saying that he is doing a live show this week to celebrate his time at LA's Whisky AGoGo Club back in the 60's (didn't catch where the show was but somewhere in the US, most likely LA I guess). He talked about his time being the resident live act at the club back in the mid 60's, how the mobile recording truck equipment only had 3 tracks, so they could only mike up the stage area (the 'live' audience reaction to the band's songs were added back in the studio by all accounts). About all the celebs that dropped in to the club back then and that how it was the R&B music he heard in his youth that influenced all the stuff he did himself.

Unfortunately the pair didn't get around to discussing Soul City Records, Willie Hutch and the like.

Edited January 15, 201411 yr by Roburt

Johnny River's live show is in LA and its tonight.

Another interview he just did & more info on the show here (he does mention Soul City Records here) ...............

... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/from-whisky-a-go-go-to-th_b_4521991.html

Edited January 15, 201411 yr by Roburt