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.

I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.

Rock and roll hoochie koo, lawdy mama, light my fuse.

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.

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.