Today we celebrate life and times of the great Chuck Berry! We lost him last weekend. I think he is basically the reason we have rock’n’roll today. If you hear some new band and you can’t hear Chuck Berry in their sound, at least a little bit, then it’s not rock’n’roll. All the greats were immensely influenced by Chuck. His guitar riff is the very fiber of the rock’n’roll fabric. He turned lyrics into poetry. He made rock’n’roll art and he was the first one to do it. We will hear a bunch of covers of Chuck’s greatest songs from a wild variety of artists today in his honor. Rest in peace, master!
Rob Tyner and The Hot Rods – Till The Night Is Gone
The Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven
The Rolling Stones – Come On
Bijelo Dugme – Ne spavaj mala moja muzika dok svira
Partibrejkers – Stoj Johnny
Head Cat (Lemmy Kilmister) – Let It Rock
Cody Dickinson – Johnny B. Goode
Nikki Sudden – Johnny B. Goode (Bye Bye Johnny)
The Animals – Sweet Little Sixteen
Rod Stewart – Sweet Little Rock And Roller
Faces – Memphis Tennessee
Mud Boy and The Neutrons – Little Queenie
Flamin’ Groovies – Around and Around
Buffalo -No Particular Place To Go
Kinks – Too Much Monkey Business
The Replacements – Maybelline
Johnnie Allan – The Promised Land
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – Drifting Heart
Apache – 50s Rock And Roll