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Results for Chuck BerryThe honor paid to Chuck Berry as the first inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an indication of his importance to the music. Many consider Berry the first true rock and roller because of both his music and his bad-boy personal life; he has been the center of controversy for decades, including two stints in prison. Growing up in St. Louis, Berry absorbed everything from Chicago blues to southern country. He worked as a beautician while leading a blues band and writing songs. His big break came with "Maybellene" in 1955, followed by "School Day," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Johnny B. Goode," "The Promised Land," "Roll Over Beethoven," and many other hits. The best of Berry's songs are models of economy and wit, full of clever wordplay and simple but potent images. His patented guitar licks and manic "duck walk" set a performance standard for years to come....more
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by Steve Matteo•July 9, 2008•
"a means of gaining insight into the music that has shaped Dylan’s musical vocabulary"
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by Denise Sullivan•July 9, 2008•
The list of rock figures who bowed to Diddley is quite simply too long and insane to mention, though my three favorites are the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and the Clash.
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by Paul Williams•June 18, 2008•
In the future, perhaps, everything will be digital, and we’ll be able to order videos of individual songs, which will be instantly transferred over phone lines to our combination personal computer/music disc/video disc player (and billed to our credit accounts at the same time). There will be a broadcast service, so we can be exposed to new product in the first place, but they’ll figure out some way that you can’t copy
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by John Cavanagh•June 18, 2008•
“My guess is that this was not even intentional. They are a lazy bunch and could never be bothered to practice, so they probably had to improvise to get away with it.”
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by Denise Sullivan•May 7, 2008•
And yet rock would hardly be rock as we know it without the big daddy of the roll: "Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters, the song that launched at least one rock band
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Open Air Festival
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Opatija,
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2008-07-17 |
Theatre De La Mer
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Sete,
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2008-07-18 |
Camp Bestival
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Newport,
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2008-07-19 |
Hackney Empire
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2008-07-20 |
Hackney Empire
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London,
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2008-07-25 |
Maryport Blues Festival
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Maryport,
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2008-08-09 |
Virgin Mobile Festival
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Baltimore, MD
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2008-11-10 |
Hallenstadion
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Zurich,
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2008-11-14 |
Le Zenith
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Paris,
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2008-11-19 |
Heineken Music Hall
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Amsterdam,
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3/8/2008
GEORGE THOROGOOD gets bad to the bone in Houston on 3/13/08:
George Thorogood has a theory.
"In any field,...
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1/16/2008
Here's a cool article on Dion's latest release ...
Born to Cry: The Deep, Unlikely Blues of the Great Dion DiMucci
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11/17/2007
The Chuck Berry show from 12.29.67 at Winterland is indeed a fine show, with excellent guitar playing from Mr. Berry....
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8/21/2007
Diane M: Good for you, that is, teaching this music history. And, the thing is about this era -- the music is strongly...
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2/6/2007
Yes, his playing was a bit sloppy as I noted above, but ahhh... what playing it was! It's my understanding that the...
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