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Post subject: Re: Father of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry Passes
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:01 am
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I have no doubt that Clapton brought that guitar to the 65th birthday concert as a tribute to Berry who used the same model Gibson in his early recordings and performances.

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Post subject: Re: Father of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry Passes
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:50 am
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ZZDoc wrote:


I have no doubt that Clapton brought that guitar to the 65th birthday concert as a tribute to Berry who used the same model Gibson in his early recordings and performances.[/quote]

How much ya wannabet that Gibby soon has a Chuck Model 335/345/355....

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Post subject: Re: Father of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry Passes
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:27 pm
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Miami Mike wrote:
How much ya wannabet that Gibby soon has a Chuck Model 335/345/355....


The thought certainly has crossed my mind. However, IMHO, the seminal Chuck Berry Gibson is the one Clapton is cradling. Those pickups are single coils. You don't get the clean, clear, Berry tone from PAF's, Burst Buckers or overdriving amps. But what the hell do I know????....This.....If I had a thousand bucks for everytime I played 'Johnny B. Goode', 'Roll Over Beethoven', "Maybellene", "Carol', 'Rock and Roll Music', 'No Money Down", "School Days''/"No Particular Place To Go", "Memphis', 'Wee Wee Hours", and more, during my ten years as a professional musician, that would have been sweet. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Father of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry Passes
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:13 pm
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ZZDoc wrote:
the seminal Chuck Berry Gibson is the one Clapton is cradling.


He apparently used the guitar for a couple of songs: "It Hurts Me Too", "It's Red Hot", "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Not Dark Yet" to name a few.

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I wonder for which reason he opted for his TK Pewter masterbuilt to perform "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" with Keef rather than using that Gibson jazz box during the Crossroads bash 4 years ago.



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Post subject: Re: Father of Rock n Roll Chuck Berry Passes
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:47 am
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I wonder for which reason he opted for his TK Pewter masterbuilt to perform "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" with Keef rather than using that Gibson jazz box during the Crossroads bash 4 years ago.



Perhaps the Gibby was out of tune by then.

BTW: Berry's guitar solo on the original recording is quite a challenge. There are a couple of grace notes in the first two or three measures which are a tad tricky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKiFlF75RM

The only player I've ever heard come close to'dimeing' it was Dave Edmunds. Those are the kinds of solos which Berry never performed live. Nor do you hear anything in that concert out-take, including the vocal, which comes close to Edmunds performance below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enx4cKmkPV0

Berry was one of my major influences when I was coming up as a player 50+ years ago. I listened to and analyzed his sessions quite intensely. To do Berry well, you need good classic bass, piano, drums and two or possible three guitars cross-exchanging rhythm and lead figures. It's easy to see how Berry's sessions were overdubbed to obtain that phenomenal 'train chugg'in down the track' of his. When the band does it right, you're in a groove you never want to get out of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fCwuDO4_k

The 65th Birthday concert had many of those elements, particularly the bass guitar player Paladino. They picked him because he had a flair for playing a style of bass, getting a standup sound out of that Dano. Richards, unfortunately, was the wrong guitarist for that concert, and that tiff he had with Berry during preparations proved it.

As to the performance with Clapton, JI seriously believe that Richard's train was off the track that night. There's a grossly uneven and unprepared feel about the entire performance.

Just my two cents.

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