(This is for Greg and Sharon, who lived up near Mandeville once upon a time.)

April in D.C.  It's not Paris, I guess, but how about a week that starts with brunch with The Harlem Gospel Choir, continues that evenin...

Thanks to Peter K. for this one.

It says here that an interview of  CHUCK BERRY  will be part of a new film about The Beatles' first trip to the United States.  (I...

In St. Louis Magazine.  Pretty esteemed crowd-- and so many weren't even included.

I remember watching this one with Danny in Orangevale...

Peter K. in Sweden shared this amazing German footage of a Who/Chuck Berry show at The Royal Albert Hall in London in 1969.  Too bad there...

Well, Ferrari, maybe... In the "All Time Best St. Louis Musician"brackets it's down to just two: Miles and Chuck.   ...

Thank you Peter K. for this  article  from St. Louis Magazine about a celebration of St. Louis's top 100 musicians of all time (folks ...

So, the other day I did two songs-- me on piano, drums, guitar and drone, but I wasn't too happy with "It Hurts Me Too."  So I...

Here's Elvis Costello, right here in Seattle, talking about performing "No Particular Place to Go" for Chuck Berry.  GREAT sto...

When I was a kid my father took me and my eldest sister on a trip to London, Paris and Ireland.  It was an unforgettable experience-- o...

A really good story in The Washington Post about the  reopening of The Howard Theatre  that says a lot about how the people in the community...

This afternoon I went back to the basement and made two spur of the moment tapes of Blues that CB has recorded a few times.  The first is ...

An article in the  Washington Examiner  talks about the reopening.

A nice obituary tribute here to journalist Gil Noble , with an introduction that reminds us that it's hard to do the scoot in slippers...

Some nice pictures taken by amateur photographer Bill Dillane of a 2006 Chuck Berry show.  You can check them out HERE.   Mr. Dillane won ...

If you  CAN!

Here's a blog post and contemporary review  of Chuck Berry's performance with Bruce Springsteen at the Cole Field House in 1972 o...

Ron Wood will be "curating" a salute to Chess Records this June in London-- a show I'd like to see.  At least two Chuck Berr...

Not that many people have looked at this.  But it's worth looking at, even though I have to admit it shook me up.  But it's the way ...

(Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen received the Pen New England award for Songs of Literary Excellence.  Here's my take on why Chuck deserv...

Doug's got it right-- clearly inspired by Ida May's long distance call, he opened and closed with "Back in the U.S.A!"  Th...

That's one I never saw live!

Thanks to someone for a great video of a great performance!  (I hear Ida May got in one kiss, but dang-- he's no fading memory, is he??)...

Memphis based John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives sound like a perfect opening act for Chuck Berry tonight at Blueberry Hill.  And good...

( Here's a reprint in honor of Ida May, who is in St. Louis to see Chuck Berry at Blueberry Hill.)  Maybe you saw pictures or video ...

When I started doing this blog I started to realize that I wasn't alone-- that there were others who suffered from Chuck Berry Syndrome....