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Dear Dad: Prologue and Chapter One
Chapter Four: Why He Matters, Part I, Songwriter
Chapter Six - Daddy
Chapter Eight - My Very Own (Imaginary) Berry Park
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
"Still a Force of Nature"
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The May 14, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone has an article about Bob Dylan that quotes Dylan on Chuck Berry: A friendship has developed bet...
The Philosophy of Chuck Berry
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I've always quoted him as my chief philosopher. To paraphrase a bit that I remember: "The key is to not infringe on others. If you...
Monday, April 13, 2009
Working in the filling station, too many tasks...
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Speaking of Bob... (Too Much Monkey Business below) Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking abo...
Me, too...
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Bob Dylan , interviewed about his new record... "A lot of this album feels like a Chess record from the fifties. Did you have that s...
Another influence (and how NOT to act at your next Chuck Berry concert.)
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"Illinois Jaquet, too-- big influence. His guitar player? No, Illinois himself! His choice of notes, his melodies, you'll hear it ...
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Flyin' Home
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"Guitar playing, a person named Charlie Chirstian, guitarist for Benny Goodman, T-Bone Walker, and Carl Hogan-- I think those three wou...
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Johnny B. Really, Really Goode
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Dig These Rhythm and Blues...
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The things you find on YouTube! I don't know where this is, and can only guess that it's from 1964 or thereabouts-- but it's a ...
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