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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.

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In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

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In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 7th, 1942

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