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FilterFunk said:
That guy Chuck Berry was pretty good.
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Imaginary Pony said:
Isn't it funny to think that what sounds corny now was really innovative at the time?

I was talking to my nephew about Hendrix. He quite likes Hendrix, but sort of in the way I like Glenn Miller or Count Basie. He can play Hendrix stuff pretty well, and enjoys doing it, but he finds it difficult to understand the level of innovation the man brought to Guitar playing, because obviously he's 3 generations removed, musically, and all his influences had already absorbed the Hendrix stuff.

He absolutely couldn't grasp why Chuck Berry was considered a "Guitar Great."
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Chuck Berry was more than a Guitar Great. He was a major influence in rock & roll. He came from the black blues. He wanted to go mainstream, so he wrote lyrics aimed at white teenagers.
When he first became popular, I, like many other teens at the time, was not allowed to listen to his music.
 
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Gravedigger Dav said:
Chuck Berry was more than a Guitar Great. He was a major influence in rock & roll. He came from the black blues. He wanted to go mainstream, so he wrote lyrics aimed at white teenagers.
When he first became popular, I, like many other teens at the time, was not allowed to listen to his music.
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Where were you living at the time....North Korea?
 
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