Chuck Berry [image: Inline image 1]
Johnny B-Goode http://youtu.be/rVT65M4mRnM You Can't Catch Me - 1956 http://youtu.be/bcblXxc4oqo Maybellene - 1955 http://youtu.be/LvKDr8AgvK8 Rock and Roll Music - Toronto, Canada - 1969 http://youtu.be/1U_hRhImaBU Nadine http://youtu.be/Cm8ktxzaumg "Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986, with the comment that he laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance. Berry is included in several Rolling Stone "Greatest of All Time" lists, including being ranked fifth on their 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included three of Chuck Berry's songs: "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Rock and Roll Music." Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Bhairitu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12/13/2013 09:37 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Almost as interesting as playing the same bill with the Airplane at a > couple of concerts and hanging out with them. ;-) > > > What was your band called? > > > "Magic Fern". You've never heard of them unless you saw the movie > "Strange Wilderness" with Steve Zahn and produced by Adam Sadler's company > where our 1967 single of "Maggie" is heard on the soundtrack. We were a > regional band who opened for a lot of acts in the Seattle area and made one > foray to play California Hall in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" > opening for the Youngbloods. We opened for the Airplane in Portland and > Vancouver BC. The Byrds were also on the bill in Portland. Roger McGuinn > had a cassette of the Sargent Pepper album the Beatles had given him > pre-release so we sat around listening to it with Grace Slick and Marty > Balin. > > > > > >
