[Dixielandjazz] Chuck Berry

[Harry Callaghan]

Eric:

I could tell you what I have to say about those who might berate you for
having interests outside of jazz.but I don't think many of our fellow
subscribers would care to hear me.

I'm wondering if you happened to catch the documentary "Hail, Hail, Rock and
Roll" where Chuck was performing on stage with Eric Clapton and Keith
Richards............nothing short of incredible

And then late in the movie, they showed him sitting in his garage singing "A
Cottage For Sale" a capella.

I am as comfortable listening to Rachmaninoff and Chopin as I am if it were
Ellington & Basie or for that matter, Waylon & Willie.

I'm real big on poultry but I can't eat chicken every day if you get what I
mean

Tides
HC..
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Eric Holroyd <eholroyd at optusnet.com.au>wrote:

> Ginny (Gluetje1 at aol.com) mentioned that Chuck Berry was born in 1926 and
> is still performing.
>
> In reply, Harry Callahan says ‘Funny you should make mention of Chu Berry’,
> and of course Chuck and Chu are two entirely different people.
>
> Chuck Berry is one of my major musical heroes, and single handedly managed
> to confuse generations of would be rock & roll guitar players who tried to
> learn his stuff from recordings.
>
> The thing was that Chuck played in pianist Johnny Johnston’s band long
> before he became famous, and Johnny of course played his material in ‘piano
> keys’ like Bb and Ab.
>
> Beginning guitar players like to play lots of stuff in the keys of E and A,
> where the open strings make it much easier to do.
>
> Unfortunately for them, they could never get their guitars in tune to play
> along with Chuck...
>
> Another of my heroes is Jerry Lee Lewis, and I’ve just watched ‘Great Balls
> of Fire’ with Dennis Quaid playing Jerry Lee (although Jerry Lee himself
> plays all the piano stuff in the movie).
>
> Over the years I’ve been berated by fans and musicians alike for having
> musical interests ‘outside of jazz’ – and whilst they accept that I can
> enjoy Bach and Beethoven they seem to find a problem in my liking for
> Fifites Rock and Roll etc.
>
> And I haven’t even mentioned Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps yet.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Eric Holroyd
>
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