A PERFECT PERFORMANCE
CHUCK BERRY'S 1965 BELGIUM TV APPEARANCE
I saw the guy live in the 70's. Like everyone I later saw a tune or two on video know and again. Big BUT! This show is killer. Keep in mind he created his style out of thin air. There wasn't other players to copy or learn from. Sure a bit of Blues Country and Jazz was around but the only other guy doing a rock thing was Ike Turner. He was nowhere near as varied or inventive. Everyone started with Chuck. He was followed by an endless chain of the guys starting with Keith Richards and followed by Hendrix, Clapton, Beck etc. They were followed by an long list of guys who mimicked the last guy and then added something of our own taking playing to the next level. Players listening to all of them took it to a further stage.
CHUCK BERRY'S 1965 BELGIUM TV APPEARANCE
I saw the guy live in the 70's. Like everyone I later saw a tune or two on video know and again. Big BUT! This show is killer. Keep in mind he created his style out of thin air. There wasn't other players to copy or learn from. Sure a bit of Blues Country and Jazz was around but the only other guy doing a rock thing was Ike Turner. He was nowhere near as varied or inventive. Everyone started with Chuck. He was followed by an endless chain of the guys starting with Keith Richards and followed by Hendrix, Clapton, Beck etc. They were followed by an long list of guys who mimicked the last guy and then added something of our own taking playing to the next level. Players listening to all of them took it to a further stage.
The problem with this is our music can can get diluted of any real emotion and become an exercise in athletics and slave to academic form. I have done this myself. I have lost how to crawl and explore and find my own meaning to any mysteries. Listening to chuck takes you full circle back to the roots and encourages to drop the pretense in our playing and musical values and to create something meaningful for our listeners.
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