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Sob. He was so influential. Just been announced on the BBC.
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03-18-2017 06:19 PM
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The greatest rock and roll poet and true king of rock and roll. RIP
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O, man. Sad to hear this. I spent many an hour listening to his records as a kid. I think he was great lyricist too.
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From the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/a...-musician.html
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Little Richard and Chuck had that attitude. Chuck was a master lyricist and showman. Little Richard is still with us but times were so much different back then. It's easy for us to imagine the effect these men had on young people in the mid-50's looking for a way to let go on a Saturday night. I mean this is the greatest rock and roll guitar intro of all time.
Last edited by OldGuitarPlayer; 03-18-2017 at 06:56 PM.
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Agreed. The greatest intro ever in Rock and Roll. Who here has not at least once tried to play it? I must have tried over a hundred times over the decades, and never quite got it right. I've not heard anyone get it right. As Chuck said to Keith, "If you ain't playin it right, you ain't playin it right."
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IIRC he said in an interview that he based his songs on a 19 syllable line. I never counted, I simply know that his stuff just flowed. And the music - the music! What a loss.
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He changed my life.
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The first rock & roll poet and guitar hero. Thank goodness Keith made this film.
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Nearly every song I ever wrote -- that I liked -- was influenced by Chuck Berry. When someone asked George Thorogood why he didn't write more of his own tunes, he said, "Chuck Berry already wrote all the good ones."
Originally Posted by citizenk74
When I learned how to play these two, I thought I had arrived. Still love playing them.
Because of Chuck, rock 'n' roll could trace its lineage back through Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, and straight to Charlie Christian himself. Without Chuck Berry, I can't say I'd care to have heard how the Beatles or the Stones would have turned out.Last edited by snailspace; 03-18-2017 at 07:38 PM.
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Sad to hear...people are very generous with their superlatives but in Chuck's case any superlative would be an understatement.
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Little wonder he was such great lyricist. Every night at supper time Chuck's dad would stand at the head of the table and read a poem from an anthology.
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rip chuck berry....wrote'm, sang'em and played'em..triple crown!
& chuck was always cool about givin his heroes credit..he always said guitarist carl hogan of louis jordans band was huge influence...
cheers
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That's interesting. I hadn't heard that though I long ago realized Chuck had a flair for long narrative lines. You're right. They flowed. Much easier said than done. If you run across that interview, please post it here. If he had a model, I should like to know more about it. Originally Posted by citizenk74
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An article from "Guitar World" magazine about Chuck Berry and "Johnny B. Goode." Interest bit about the influence of country music on Chuck...
How Chuck Berry Wrote “Johnny B. Goode” and Created the First Rock and Roll Guitar Hero | Guitar World
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Chuck was a little before my time and was not the choice of music in my circle of friends and family that I grew up with.
I happened to pick up an autobiography my Mom got from a flea market. It had been sitting around for years. It was a good read and gave great insight into his philosophy of life. He was a definite "alpha male" and pretty much did as he pleased.
This lead me to watch the video of him with Keith Richards. It helped flesh out some of what he talked about in his book, such as his club that he had opened that he eventually had to shut down. I got to see how it looked instead of using my imagination. Lots of fun was had there.
He reminded me a lot of one of my family members.Last edited by AlsoRan; 03-19-2017 at 03:19 PM.
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well, I have a show Sunday with "Johnny B. Goode" as one of the tunes, I'd better get it together...
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I wish I could, but alas! The information was in an article in either Guitar Player or Rolling Stone (I forget which), of which I had a three-foot stack of each going back to the early 70's. I gave the GPs to an aspiring young player. The RSs were lost to the ravages of time and recycling. Time was when I could go to the stacks and retrieve whatever bit of relevant lore was on my mind at the time. Gone, but not completely forgotten. Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
I'm sure it's out there somewhere on the intertubez. Someone more techically adept than myself could find it, I'm sure.
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90...thank you Chuck Berry...
you left the world a better place..and thousands of guitars play tribute to you every day..
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The Godfather of Rock'n'Roll guitar ... thanks for the music and rest in peace, brotha. Rock and roll will never die.
Knock 'em dead, bud, and do it upright. Originally Posted by ronjazz
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Loving all the videos being posted here. He had a great collection of fine guitars too.
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R.I.P Chuck Berry
Lovable rascal , the godfather of Rock & Roll, who influenced countless wanabe's
will be sorely missed.
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Some here may have heard Sean Levitt - or heard of him - but I doubt whether anyone has ever seen him do the Duck Walk. Well, I have. This spoke volumes to me.
RIP, Chuck Berry.
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Raney and Abersold, great interview.
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