Johny Barbata
Johny Barbata
John "Johny" Barbatais an American drummer, born in Passaic, New Jersey, and raised in San Luis Obispo, California, active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata has served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Sammy & the Holly Rebs with guitarist Sam DeLuca. Already an established session drummer when he joined The Turtles, Barbata was...
came fourth halfway johnny kept lights people playing producer riot song stop
We were playing Johnny Rivers' song 'Memphis,' when halfway through the song, the lights went out. I just kept playing. The producer came up to me and said, 'whatever you do, don't stop playing.' There would have been a riot or something with 150,000 people and it was hot, the Fourth of July.
roots san
That's where my roots were San Luis Obispo.
believe high school
Our friends couldn't believe that we were in high school and had a hit.
good heard remember spinning stations three
I remember one time, spinning the dial, I heard it three times on three different stations at the same time. That was a good sign.