Thursday, March 23, 2017

Chuck Berry's electric guitar

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards jam


Uploaded on Aug 7, 2011
Chuck Berry - Guitar, vocals
Eric Clapton - Guitar
Keith Richards - Guitar
Steve Jordan - Drums
Johnnie Johnson - Piano
Chuck Leavell - Organ
Joey Spampinato - Bass

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Flashback: #ChuckBerry Performs at 1958 Newport Jazz Festival

By Patrick Doyle

march 18, 2017

In 1958, Chuck Berry played Rhode Island's Newport Jazz Festival. He was a rare rock & roll act alongside acts like Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Louis Armstrong and Dinah Washington. The festival was immortalized in Bert Stern's remarkable documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day. The most stunning moment of the film is Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen." He begins his performance relatively reserved, playing a plodding version of the single with the house band. But soon, he loosens up, swinging his hips, hoisting his Gibson guitar up, duck-walking across the stage over a clarinet solo.

 read more at: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/see-chuck-berry-perform-at-1958-newport-jazz-festival-w472742

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