Gold - Chuck Berry

Advantages: Great rock 'n roll by a guitar legend
Disadvantages: None

...A Chuck Berry concert in the 1950's must have been a sight to behold--with his distinctive "duck walk", his big pompadour hairdo and his flamboyant style of playing rock 'n roll guitar, I know that his shows must have been charged with energy and electricity. Although he was the ultimate showman, his importance in the field of rock 'n roll music cannot be discounted--in my opinion, Chuck Berry was the single most important rock 'n roll guitarist that ever lived. He created guitar licks that formed the basis for most of the rock music that was to follow--even today, most guitarists are playing licks that are just recycled versions of those raw, primal chops that Chuck Berry invented. Early on in his career, Chuck Berry discovered that if you rolled all of the controls on those old tube amps all the way to the right, you could get... Read review

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Advantages: Great Timeless Music
Disadvantages: none

...Well maybe I’m over doing it a little with the title, but for me Chuck Berry is, or at least his music is Rock ‘N Roll; that is, if you wanted to give someone an idea of what Rock ‘N Roll is about, then look no further than Chuck Berry and this album. I should add that this album is called The Best Of Chuck Berry, and that there are a lot of Chuck Berry compilations like this about, only with differing tracks, so don’t be surprised if the one you have, or might get is different. Now you may not have heard of Chuck Berry (I’d be surprised, though) but you will have heard his music, I mean, if your a fan of The Beatles, then you’ve heard Chuck’s music, if you like Buddy Holly or The Rolling Stones or The Manic Street Preachers, then you’ve heard Chuck’s music (lets face it, if you... Read review

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Advantages: Billy!
Disadvantages: I can't play the riff behind my head yet!

...When I was tiny my hero was my grandfather, Billy, a diminutive Welshman with more than a spattering of black and Arabic blood. "I'm a product of Swansea port, fach," he used to tell me. Billy's twin passions were music and vegetable growing and his hero was that whippet-lean, guitar-toting Chuck Berry. And funnily, in summer, skin darkened after days out in his allotment, Billy looked rather like him with that thin, smiling face and those eyes that twinkled irresistibly. I sure did love Billy and I sure did love the parties that Billy attended because his love of life, of music, of dancing, of good friends and a good time always infected everyone. Billy's anthem was Johnny B. Goode and, in honour of him, that's the song I'd like to tell you about. DeepdowninLouisianacrossfromNewOrleans Waybackupinthewoodsamongtheevergreens... Read review

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