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Jennifer Batten Interview
Note: We are revisiting some of our favorite Old Guys Still Rockin' Interviews. Here's one with one of the greatest female (or any gender) guitar players of all time. Enjoy. 'The buzz on Jennifer Batten rose from the guitar underground, and the guitar magazines...
My Rock “Career” Was Determined by Drawing Straws
It was 1964 and I was a freshman in high school. The Beatles had just exploded on the scene with “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” The two main fan bases in the U.S. were Beatles fans and Dave Clark Five fans. I had to be different. I liked the Stones because I liked the Chuck Berry tune (“Come On”) they did on an EP before “Satisfaction” changed the world in ‘65.
Cover Bands: BE the Jukebox
When I was about 20 years old, I had just come off a run of playing every week at my own coffee house (The Morning Glory in Toledo, Ohio). It was fantastic. Everything a young, long-haired songwriter would want: playing only originals, instant feedback on what songs worked and why…and an endless supply of similar-aged hippie girls who, well, loved long-haired singer/songwriters.
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