This being the First episode of the New and Improved Series, I can’t think of a better place to start than with this standard classic. This song is the Epitome of Rock and Roll. The sound and style of this number, would go on to shape rock and roll music and change the way people not only play guitar but even the way they LOOK at a guitar!
It’s an absolute game changer..
This song I’m talking about.. is of course.. none other than...JOHNNY B. GOODE by the one and only.. Chuck Berry.
THE TRUE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL
Featured:
Bo Diddley/Chuck Berry - Chucks Beat
Guitar Training Method - Flying Home (Charlie Christian)
Charlie Christian - Swing to Bop
The Hit Co. - Maybelline (Instrumental)
Johnny B. Goode (Alternate Takes 2 & 3)
Louis Jordan - Aint that Just Like a Woman (1946)
T-Bone Walker - Strollin' With Bones
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (Instrumental)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry - Hail Hail Rock and Roll
References:
The Story of Johnny B. Goode - The Guardian
The Johnny B. Goode Sessions - Dietmar Rudolph
The Original King of Rock and Roll
Factual America - John Brewer interview
Chuck Berry - The Autobiography
Extra:
Great Interview of Chuck Berry
First recording of Chuck Berry - Joe Alexander and the Cubans