RIP
Chuck Berry your music will be truly missed.

Another legend gone, listening to his records tonight. Just made a list of Chuck Berry songs the Stones have covered. I am sure I missed some..


Beautiful Delilah
Roll Over Beethoven
Come On
Nadine
Memphis
Route 66
Bye Bye Johnny
Around and Around
Don't You Lie to Me
Carol
Little Queenie
Let It Rock
Down the Road Apiece
Sweet Little Sixteen
Confessing The Blues
Reelin' And Rocking
Talking 'Bout You
Don't Lie To Me

Goodbye and thank you C.B.That was fun.

Voyager 1 Space Probe: Send More Chuck Berry



"Nice bit of silk, Em."

Very few musicians have had their music travel into interstellar space. Chuck Berry is one of them on Voyager I. What's the old joke? What did the first message say from intelligent life in space. "Send more Chuck Berry!"

.Chuck Berry & Robbie Robertson - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll ?pt.1/2?
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Chuck Berry & Robbie Robertson - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll ?pt.2/2?
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"It's boogie woogie number one. I would say it came from mimicking the figure on a piano...
...one five and six, one five and six and rhythm...and you can do the same thing on the guitar mucy more easy I found...it's a constant background you could sing to it..."
interesting to hear these two talk about the guitar...



Chuck Berry - Johnny Carson Show 1989 "Carol" & "Little Queenie"
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My son told me. I came here right away because we understand what he meant.
RIP.

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Very few musicians have had their music travel into interstellar space. Chuck Berry is one of them on Voyager I. What's the old joke? What did the first message say from intelligent life in space. "Send more Chuck Berry!"

Yep!

"Nice bit of silk, Em."

RIP Chuck!

"All of Chuck's children are out there, playing his licks" R'n'R Never Forgets Bob Seger

Truly one of the Greatest - We owe you Mr. Chuck Berry.

A quick anecdote:

My friend Jimmy and I saw Chuck at the Santa Monica Civic in 1983 when we were both 20 years old.
Towards the end of the set, a bunch of people jumped on stage (don't remember if they were invited), and Jimmy was one of them.
Standing right next to Chuck, Jimmy started strumming Chuck's guitar aggressively mid-song while Chuck was playing.
Looking surprised/amused/annoyed at Jimmy, Chuck gave him a forceful hip bump that sent Jimmy flying away to stage right.
I was always envious of Jimmy's moment on stage, and still laugh to this day that he had the balls to attempt to 'play' Chuck's guitar.

Thanks for all the memories and for one of the greatest catalogues of music ever known to man.
A pioneer and the the true KING of Rock and Roll!!!

RIP Chuck.


ps - And thanks for 'My Ding-a-Ling'...my older brother and I played that silly single endlessly in 1972.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

RIP Chuck. LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL !!!


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1986 JAM - CHUCK, Keith and Clapton and JOHNNY JOHNSON

RIP to THE father and true legend of rock and roll.

Though I do have to confess to not owning a single one of his records. I love his guitar playing and his songs, but could never warm to, or stand, his voice.

Rod



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I saw him in concert in a small club on the west side of NYC about 20 years ago; so glad i did!

Any comments from Keith yet?

[posted this in the "off topic"(??) thread on this, but this one appears tpo be the go to thread, so ill add it here too]

Just played a show last night and both opened and closed our set with his songs. Still a shock even though he was 90. RIP Chuck. Best there ever was.

So many good songs. Thanks Chuck. RIP and enjoy heaven

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Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll. Condolences to CBII. His influence will live on forever in every kid who picks up a guitar.

many many thanks Chuck!

Chuck Berry reviews Sex Pistols, Talking Heads, Clash and more, 1980.

Chuck, 1980

The Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen”:

What’s this guy so angry about anyway? Guitar work and progression is like mine. Good backbeat.
Can’t understand most of the vocals. If you’re going to be mad at least let the people know what you’re mad about.

The Clash’s “Complete Control”:

Sounds like the first one. The rhythm and chording work well together. Did this guy have a sore throat when he sang the vocals?

The Ramones’ “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”:

A good little jump number. These guys remind me of myself when I first started, I only knew three chords too.

The Romantics’ “What I Like About You”:

Finally something you can dance to. Sounds a lot like the sixties with some of my riffs thrown in for good measure.
You say this is new? I’ve heard this stuff plenty of times. I can’t understand the big fuss.

Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer”:

A funky little number, that’s for sure. I like the bass a lot. Good mixture and a real good flow.
The singer sounds like he has a bad case of stage fright.

Wire’s “I Am the Fly” and Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures:

So this is the so-called new stuff. It’s nothing I ain’t heard before. It sounds like an old blues jam that BB and Muddy would carry on backstage at the old amphitheatre in Chicago.
The instruments may be different but the experiment’s the same.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

sad. he lived a great long life though. R.I.P.

Just heard about it now. Never seen him and I'm totally saddened by that. The one trinket of happiness for me is when the Stones played "Little Queenie" on the B-stage in 1997 in Buffalo and I was standing on my chair only a few feet from the stage. I loved it and the song sounded great.

RIP Chuck and my condolences to CBII.

An old note (from 2005) from Keith to Chuck, published on Life:



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some nice images:
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Hail and farewell, and thank you many times over for the rock and roll that will never die.

Chuck was one of the few shows I ever left early, but I'm still glad to have seen him for half an hour or so. His songs and style have lasted.

Can't wait to crank out Chuck Berry today, it's been too long. You'll always be with us.

R.I.P. Mr. Berry. You were one of the absolutely greatest. I will always regret that I didn't go to see you when I had the chance in 2005. Thanks for all the music and inspiration!

Filming 'Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll!'
From left, British musician Keith Richards, and American musicians Robert Cray, Joe Walsh, and Joey Stomponato,
and British musician Eric Clapton on stage at the Fox Theater for a performance filmed as the 'Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll!'
concert movie, St Louis, Missouri, October 16, 1986.
photo by Paul Natkin




















Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards at Chuck Berry's Los Angeles home during the filming of
Taylor Hackford's documentary 'Hail! Hail ! Rock n Roll', 1986.
photo by Terry O'Neill