Just like a-ringin' a bell
Happy 80th birthday to Chuck Berry, whose guitar style changed music history. A friend of mine used to say that there were only three guitar innovators in the rock era: Berry, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix. To him, everything else was derivative.
Anyway, Chuck is way up there in the R 'n' R pantheon -- in the Top 10 of all time. Hope he's having a good day, maybe even doing a little duck walk when the cake comes out. Later on maybe somebody will play with his ding-a-ling.
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Comments (5)
I agree with my friend, but I would add Stevie Ray to the list and make it four. Everything else is a copy.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 18, 2006 2:02 PM
I think Stevie Ray would be the first to tell you he was channeling Robert Johnson through Hendrix.
I'll never forget the first time I saw SRV (opening for Robert Cray...it took Cray over an hour to come out afterward) or the day he died. He was a great one.
Posted by Chris Snethen | October 18, 2006 2:56 PM
You couldn't follow Stevie. Cray and Clapton would stand in the wings and try to believe their eyes and ears.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 18, 2006 3:10 PM
How about Duane Allman? And lets not forget Alvin Lee and Jerry. I couldnt agree that any of these guys were "derivitive." Ageed on SRV.
Posted by Sean | October 18, 2006 10:27 PM
I think my buddy would say "That's all B.B."
And who's "Jerrry"?
(Only kidding.)
Posted by Jack Bog | October 18, 2006 10:29 PM