Root Salute to Chuck Berry-- Part 3: "You Never Can Tell"

CAROL--  Chuck Berry
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN--  Electric Light Orchestra

NADINE--  Chuck Berry
PROMISED LAND--  Band

YOU NEVER CAN TELL--  Chuck Berry
BACK IN THE U.S.A.--  Linda Ronstadt

MEMPHIS--  Johnny Rivers
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO--  Chuck Berry

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Oh Well, Oh Well.  I Feel So Good Today."  (Answer Below)):  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You introduce your spouse as your "Coffeemate."

"Back in the U.S.A."

A Roots Salute Tribute to Chuck Berry-- Part 2: "School Days"

These are the Chuck Berry songs Bob Stroud played on Sunday.  He would play one by Chuck Berry and then a cover:

SCHOOL DAYS--  Chuck Berry
SWEET LITTLE ROCK AND ROLLER--  Rod Stewart

MAYBELINE--  Chuck Berry
REELIN' AND ROCKIN'--  Dave Clark Five

SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN--  Chuck Berry
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC--  Beatles

BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN--  Chuck Berry
JOHNNY B. GOODE--  Chuck Berry
AROUND AND AROUND--  Rolling Stones

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "As I Was Motivatin' Over the Hill."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You can't even remember your second cup.

"Maybeline"

A Tribute to Chuck Berry on "Roots" and "Breakfast" Yesterday-- Part 1

Yesterday, March 26, Sunday, Bob Stroud had a Root Salute to Chuck Berry on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV.  He would play a Chuck Berry song followed up by a cover of a Chuck Berry song done by someone else.  I'll list the songs played in the next blog entry after this.

Meanwhile, across town, Terri Hemmert at WXRT played a Chuck Berry song at the top of her Breakfast With the Beatles show.  She said that in the 15+ years she has been doing the show, she has never started her show with any song other than one by the Beatles, but this was special.  Chuck Berry had a huge impact on the Beatles.  She played Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven."  She also said that Professor Moptop was going to do his part of the show on Chuck Berry's impact on the Beatles.

I haven't yet heard Terri Hemmert's entire show as I record it on cassette tape to listen to during the week as her show is on opposite Rock and Roll Roots.  I'll be looking forward to hearing what else Terri Hemmert plays and what the Professor has to say.

Roll Over Chuck Berry.  --RoadDog

Music Deaths: Chuck Berry

CHUCK BERRY, 90

Died March 18, 2017.

Despite his problems, he was a big reason we got Rock and Roll.  I really liked his "Johnny B. Goode" and "No particular Place to Go."

When i was a deejay, I sure played his only #1 hit, "My Ding-A-Ling" a whole lot and always got a lot of audience participation.

Rocked On out Of Here!!  --RoadDog

What the Magazine Said About "Surfin' U.S.A."

"Brian's songwriting had a momemtum of its own. March 4, 1963 saw the release of the band's first top 10 hit, 'Surfin' U.S.A.'. Based on Chuck Berry's 'Sweet Little Sixteen' (Berry finally won co-writing credit in the mid-70s after suing the group), the sprightly tune name-checked a number of popular surfing spots-- many in California, but also two in Hawaii and one in Australia.

The song peaked at #2 and served as the title track for the band's second album, released on March 25. It was Carl who came up with the memorable guitar intro, which itself owes something to Duane Eddy's 'Moving and Grooving.'"

That Is One Great Guitar Lick. --RoadDog