Cool BigJay. I have seen a documentary of a concert with those two playing. I can't remember where I saw it though. VH1 or PBS I think.

I've seen this clip before, and what was most amusing to me was that Berry was so self-important as to imagine that there were crucial subtleties to be observed in playing this dead-simple boogie.

I mean... step off, Chuck.

Originaly from a bbc documentary. I agree Chuck B's self importance was downright ugly and very in keeping with his persona. Facts is facts though and Keef couldnt get the bend right, just through years of playing it wrong.

Alot of this stuff happened to the British blues boom groups at the hands of 30's-50's blues artists. I think they felt threatened by the white British boys giving em their carreers back.

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Jay it wasnt that he couldnt play the intro, it was one bend that keef performed out of sync to the original recording. That was because of the years (decades) of playing it his own way.

Hendrix couldnt play chuck berry either, listen to the Atlanta version of johnny B goode. Its like some been playing 6month 15 year olds attempt. Neither could springsteen, chuck sacked brucey and the estreet band form backing him. I actualy think that was down to them making him sound bad by being in tune and in time.

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I remember that documentary. Keith Richards knew that Chuck Berry had spent his whole career touring by himself and picking up a backing band in each town arranged by a front man. For once, he wanted Berry to be accompanied by a good band.

The clip is abbreviated. If you watch the whole thing Chuck has to stop repeatedly to show how to do that into to "Oh, Carol." And Richards can't figure out that it's supposed to be a pre-bend and release on those double stops. But he eventually gets it.

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The Atlanta version is bad? The Berkeley version is incredible.

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Sorry philidelphia version. Just dug the tape out.

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It's an outtake from the 65th birthday concert which Keith actually organized. Clapton played "Worried Life Blues'' on that gig using his personal blond Gibson model, the type which Berry recorded with early on before the 345.

The comedy of it all is that one has never heard Berry play live anywhere close to the great solos he played on his recordings, nor did he do so during that concert. So busting Richard's chops for missing that first bend up was just damn cruel.

It's a known fact, in the industry, that Berry, who travels alone with his guitar, and requires promoters to secure the backing bands who are expected to know all his stuff cold and anything else he might choose at the spur of the moment, is a real piece of work.

I guess that's what happens to attitude when Alan Freed takes a piece of your song just for promoting it, and behind your back, no less.

So much for hero worship

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The looks being exchanged in that clip are really funny - everyone seems to be going through their entire repertoire of "WTF?" expressions. Great stuff!

I have to see this guys but before hand my 2 cents worth, Keith is a legend yes a pioneer yes BUT Berry is like in another stratosphere hahaha pun strat pun I mean HE was THE first and I think HE invented rocknroll before Little Richard, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, was Berry the inventor of rocknroll did he have a hit before Little Richard ? if so I can totally understand his frame of mind looking down at a half baked legend in his eyes though that is uncool and he should have more respect for Keith.