I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in '62.

The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

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.

But I always loved songs with great lyrics.

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.