Johnny Rivers - Totally Live At The Whiskey A Go Go

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:25
Size: 172.7 MB
Styles: AM Pop, Contemporary pop-rock
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:44] 1. Memphis
[3:30] 2. It Wouldn't Happen With Me
[2:38] 3. Oh Lonesome Me
[3:01] 4. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
[3:57] 5. Whisky A Go-Go
[3:51] 6. Walkin' The Dog
[2:36] 7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
[3:20] 8. You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her)
[2:51] 9. Multiplication
[6:23] 10. La Bamba Twist And Shout (Medley)
[2:17] 11. Maybelline
[2:34] 12. Dang Me
[2:30] 13. Hello Josephine
[3:52] 14. Hi-Heel Sneakers
[2:40] 15. Can't Buy Me Love
[6:22] 16. I Got A Woman
[5:54] 17. Baby What You Want Me To Do
[2:31] 18. Midnight Special
[2:59] 19. Roll Over Beethoven
[2:37] 20. Walk Myself On Home
[2:56] 21. Johnny B. Goode
[3:12] 22. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

The "totally live" appellation is a bit of a reach (translation: there are obvious after-the-fact overdubs), but nevertheless this is a pretty faithful representation of what a good mid-'60s rock & roll club band sounded like. Rivers was (and remains) a flexible, expressive singer, equally at home covering R&B, rockabilly, country, and the Beatles, and as a guitarist, while no virtuoso, he was occasionally capable of the sort of stinging, bluesman's attack associated with original '60s axe heroes like Lonnie Mack (as on the hit version here of Chuck Berry's "Memphis"). In retrospect, this is all a bit shagadelic, but it's fun nonetheless. ~AllMusic

Totally Live At The Whiskey A Go Go

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Johnny Rivers - Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:45
Size: 68.1 MB
Styles: AM pop
Year: 1990
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Memphis
[2:15] 2. Maybellene
[2:29] 3. Midnight Special
[2:46] 4. The Seventh Son
[3:43] 5. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
[3:03] 6. Secret Agent Man
[3:33] 7. Poor Side Of Town
[3:05] 8. Baby I Need Your Lovin'
[2:52] 9. The Tracks Of My Tears
[3:22] 10. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu

Johnny Rivers is a unique figure in the history of rock music. On the most obvious level, he was a rock star of the 1960s and a true rarity as a white American singer/guitarist who made a name for himself as a straight-ahead rock & roller during the middle of that decade. Just as important behind the scenes, his recordings and their success led to the launching, directly and indirectly, of at least three record labels and a dozen other careers whose influence extended into the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond.

Rivers was very much a kindred spirit to figures like Buddy Holly and Ronnie Hawkins, with all of the verve and spirit of members of that first wave of rock & rollers. He had the misfortune of having been born a little too late to catch that wave, however, and took until the middle of the next decade to find his audience. Born John Henry Ramistella on November 7, 1942, in New York, his family moved to Baton Rouge, LA, in 1948, and it was there that his musical sensibilities were shaped. His father, who played the mandolin and guitar, introduced him to the guitar at an early age, and he proved a natural on the instrument.

Meanwhile, Ramistella also began absorbing the R&B sounds that were starting to turn up on the airwaves at the dawn of the 1950s. Additionally, he got to see performers like Fats Domino and Jimmy Reed in person, and by the time he entered his teens, he was immersed in rhythm & blues. ~Bruce Eder

Greatest Hits

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