Chords for Rick Derringer Interview (4 of 9) - Randy Hobbs' Death
Tempo:
79.375 bpm
Chords used:
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G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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But the point is, he was a great, great player.
He was one of the best bass players you can ever think of.
Everybody recognized that in Randy Hobbs.
But he was also from the wrong side of the tracks, and he never outgrew that.
I mean, we might have said we were dabbling in drugs.
Well, we were dabbling in them.
He was swimming in the ocean of them.
And he never stopped.
And he got to the point where, after we had all kind of disbanded, and I went ahead with
my Derringer band, and he played with Johnny Winter.
He eventually wasn't even playing with Johnny, because his drug intake had gotten so drastic
that his bass playing had really gone way down.
He couldn't hardly play.
And even at home, people wouldn't even let him get up and jam anymore.
So he was out of control.
There was no help.
And everybody really expected, at some point, something was going to happen.
So it wasn't that we didn't expect it.
So it didn't have that much of an impact.
But it did show us that we couldn't continue on that path, and we were right to go the other direction.
I had about as good a time as you can have.
That was the 60s.
We were the free love generation, and the summer of love, and all of it.
And I was right there with the rest of them.
In fact, we were just getting high on about anything you could get high on.
We were drinking as much as you could drink, and taking as much as you can take, and smoking
as much as you could smoke.
And people would say, you know, I've got to quit this.
And I'd go, what do you mean you've got to quit?
Aren't you having a good time?
And they would seem to be depressed and stuff.
I'd go, you're nuts.
If you don't want to be doing this, don't do it.
When I don't want to do this, I'm going to stop.
And that's actually what happened.
The time came around, and I just said, now's the day for me to stop.
Actually, it was when I found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter.
And I said, well, now's the time to stop.
I don't really want to be living this lifestyle when I have children.
So I chose that opportunity to stop, and that's when I stopped.
And [G] it didn't take any big.
The Lord helped me.
I mean, really is the answer, because people have a hard time stopping and doing those things.
Some of them just cannot give up their vices.
In my case, it was real easy, and I can only attribute that to the power of the Lord,
because He just said, you're going to stop today?
And I stopped, and it was that easy.
I stopped drinking.
I stopped taking any kind of drugs and stuff.
And that's the way I live now.
But the point is, he was a great, great player.
He was one of the best bass players you can ever think of.
Everybody recognized that in Randy Hobbs.
But he was also from the wrong side of the tracks, and he never outgrew that.
I mean, we might have said we were dabbling in drugs.
Well, we were dabbling in them.
He was swimming in the ocean of them.
And he never stopped.
And he got to the point where, after we had all kind of disbanded, and I went ahead with
my Derringer band, and he played with Johnny Winter.
He eventually wasn't even playing with Johnny, because his drug intake had gotten so drastic
that his bass playing had really gone way down.
He couldn't hardly play.
And even at home, people wouldn't even let him get up and jam anymore.
So he was out of control.
There was no help.
And everybody really expected, at some point, something was going to happen.
So it wasn't that we didn't expect it.
So it didn't have that much of an impact.
But it did show us that we couldn't continue on that path, and we were right to go the other direction.
I had about as good a time as you can have.
That was the 60s.
We were the free love generation, and the summer of love, and all of it.
And I was right there with the rest of them.
In fact, we were just getting high on about anything you could get high on.
We were drinking as much as you could drink, and taking as much as you can take, and smoking
as much as you could smoke.
And people would say, you know, I've got to quit this.
And I'd go, what do you mean you've got to quit?
Aren't you having a good time?
And they would seem to be depressed and stuff.
I'd go, you're nuts.
If you don't want to be doing this, don't do it.
When I don't want to do this, I'm going to stop.
And that's actually what happened.
The time came around, and I just said, now's the day for me to stop.
Actually, it was when I found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter.
And I said, well, now's the time to stop.
I don't really want to be living this lifestyle when I have children.
So I chose that opportunity to stop, and that's when I stopped.
And [G] it didn't take any big.
The Lord helped me.
I mean, really is the answer, because people have a hard time stopping and doing those things.
Some of them just cannot give up their vices.
In my case, it was real easy, and I can only attribute that to the power of the Lord,
because He just said, you're going to stop today?
And I stopped, and it was that easy.
I stopped drinking.
I stopped taking any kind of drugs and stuff.
And that's the way I live now.
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But the point is, he was a great, great player.
He was one of the best bass players you can ever think of.
Everybody recognized that in Randy Hobbs.
But he was also from the wrong side of the tracks, and he never outgrew that.
I mean, we might have said we were dabbling in drugs.
Well, we were dabbling in them.
He was swimming in the ocean of them.
And he never stopped.
And he got to the point where, after we had all kind of disbanded, and I went ahead with
my Derringer band, and he played with Johnny Winter.
He eventually wasn't even playing with Johnny, because his drug intake had gotten so drastic
that his bass playing had really gone way down.
He couldn't hardly play.
And even at home, people wouldn't even let him get up and jam anymore.
So he was out of control.
There was no help.
And everybody really expected, at some point, something was going to happen.
So it wasn't that we didn't expect it.
So it didn't have that much of an impact.
But it did show us that we couldn't continue on that path, and we were right to go the other direction.
I had about as good a time as you can have.
_ That was the 60s.
We were the free love generation, and the summer of love, and all of it.
And I was right there with the rest of them.
In fact, we were just getting high on about anything you could get high on.
We were drinking as much as you could drink, and taking as much as you can take, and smoking
as much as you could smoke.
And people would say, you know, I've got to quit this.
And I'd go, what do you mean you've got to quit?
Aren't you having a good time?
_ And they would seem to be depressed and stuff.
I'd go, you're nuts.
If you don't want to be doing this, don't do it.
When I don't want to do this, I'm going to stop.
And that's actually what happened.
The time came around, and I just said, now's the day for me to stop.
Actually, it was when I found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter.
And I said, well, now's the time to stop.
I don't really want to be living this lifestyle when I have children.
So I chose that opportunity to stop, and that's when I stopped.
And [G] it didn't take any big.
The Lord helped me.
I mean, really is the answer, because people have a hard time stopping and doing those things.
Some of them just cannot give up their vices.
In my case, it was real easy, and I can only attribute that to the power of the Lord,
because He just said, you're going to stop today?
And I stopped, and it was that easy.
I stopped drinking.
I stopped taking any kind of drugs and stuff.
And that's the way I live now. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
But the point is, he was a great, great player.
He was one of the best bass players you can ever think of.
Everybody recognized that in Randy Hobbs.
But he was also from the wrong side of the tracks, and he never outgrew that.
I mean, we might have said we were dabbling in drugs.
Well, we were dabbling in them.
He was swimming in the ocean of them.
And he never stopped.
And he got to the point where, after we had all kind of disbanded, and I went ahead with
my Derringer band, and he played with Johnny Winter.
He eventually wasn't even playing with Johnny, because his drug intake had gotten so drastic
that his bass playing had really gone way down.
He couldn't hardly play.
And even at home, people wouldn't even let him get up and jam anymore.
So he was out of control.
There was no help.
And everybody really expected, at some point, something was going to happen.
So it wasn't that we didn't expect it.
So it didn't have that much of an impact.
But it did show us that we couldn't continue on that path, and we were right to go the other direction.
I had about as good a time as you can have.
_ That was the 60s.
We were the free love generation, and the summer of love, and all of it.
And I was right there with the rest of them.
In fact, we were just getting high on about anything you could get high on.
We were drinking as much as you could drink, and taking as much as you can take, and smoking
as much as you could smoke.
And people would say, you know, I've got to quit this.
And I'd go, what do you mean you've got to quit?
Aren't you having a good time?
_ And they would seem to be depressed and stuff.
I'd go, you're nuts.
If you don't want to be doing this, don't do it.
When I don't want to do this, I'm going to stop.
And that's actually what happened.
The time came around, and I just said, now's the day for me to stop.
Actually, it was when I found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter.
And I said, well, now's the time to stop.
I don't really want to be living this lifestyle when I have children.
So I chose that opportunity to stop, and that's when I stopped.
And [G] it didn't take any big.
The Lord helped me.
I mean, really is the answer, because people have a hard time stopping and doing those things.
Some of them just cannot give up their vices.
In my case, it was real easy, and I can only attribute that to the power of the Lord,
because He just said, you're going to stop today?
And I stopped, and it was that easy.
I stopped drinking.
I stopped taking any kind of drugs and stuff.
And that's the way I live now. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _