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We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do.
- Rick Derringer
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I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people.
- Rick Derringer
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In the nineties I was doing those Blues Bureau records, but over the past two years, I have really gone back to my Christian roots and have been born again.
- Rick Derringer
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#Blues
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#Past
For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices.
- Rick Derringer
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If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.
- Rick Derringer
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#Doing
#Grow
#I Am
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I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.
- Rick Derringer
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#Thought
I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.
- Rick Derringer
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Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.
- Rick Derringer
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And what makes me happy now has changed as well... Its one thing to play in a bar or at a biker festival, and hear a guy who's been drinking beer all day come up and tell you how good you are. For a long time in your life that will make you happy.
- Rick Derringer
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There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer.
- Rick Derringer
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#Guitar
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I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.
- Rick Derringer
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#More
#Music
#Play
#Wanted
Johnny was great in the studio; he was there to make the music that he wanted to make. We lived right beside each other and had a rehearsal studio that was just ours, with nobody else using it, it was part of Johnny's house, so we could rehearse every day.
- Rick Derringer
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#Every Day
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It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.
- Rick Derringer
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#Person
#Relationship
#Soul
#Work
I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work.
- Rick Derringer
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#Nature
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So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great.
- Rick Derringer
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