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Happy Birthday Chuck Berry

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Virgil
, 10-18-2010 at 10:04 PM (2341 Views)
If there is one person who is at the root of rock and roll, it's Chuck Berry. Every major rocker of the sixties (at least to my perception) credits Berry as a forefather. If I could play guitar, I would want to play like him.

Today he turned 84 years old and I do believe he's still performing. Here are some youtube clips to comemorate his birthday.

One of his biggest hits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykCY...eature=related

Berry at his most sophisticated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuM2F...eature=related

My favorite Chuck song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8JUL...eature=related

Classic Berry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7Y2...eature=related

And he is so American:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADCz4...eature=related

And finally my second favorite Berry song, Berry playing and horsing around with Keith Richards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEA6gzAAPfc


Thanks for the wonderful music Chuck. It's entertained me for years.


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  1. NikolaiI's Avatar
    Wow, I didn't know it was his birthday. I only watched Johnny B. Goode but I'll watch the rest. He also wrote Roll Over Beethoven if you don't have that up there.

    I also love Johnny Winter playing Johnny B. Goode. :)
  2. Silas Thorne's Avatar
    Yes, Chuck Berry is a legend! Happy Birthday to him!

    Maybe you should learn guitar, Virgil. You love the rock.
  3. DanielBenoit's Avatar
    He was the man.
  4. PrinceMyshkin's Avatar
    Thank you for these. In a whole different vein, may I offer:

    http://pjcockrell.wordpress.com/2007...e-black-notes/
  5. Virgil's Avatar
    Thank you all for stopping by.

    Prince - That was fantastic! Thank you much.
  6. Sapphire's Avatar
    Still performing?! I did not even know he was still alive A legend indeed Thanks for the reminder
  7. rich14285's Avatar
    Thanks for the memories. It was interesting to see Chuck correct Keith in front of all of those people, and Keith kept his cool. Also, the level of quality visually on his videos is really good. Thanks again. Lets not forget "Maybelline":
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAfxiyMKAk
    Updated 10-21-2010 at 08:35 AM by rich14285 (added "the")
  8. Virgil's Avatar
    You're welcome Sapphire and Rich. Yes Maybelline and about a dozen more. I had to stop somewhere. Thanks.