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Chuck Berry - Blues   2003




Chuck Berry grew up on the blues, taking Muddy Waters as a particular hero, so when he signed with Chess Records in the mid-'50s, the label undoubtedly figured they were getting a blues artist. Which Berry was, but his bright, skittering guitar style and penchant for writing songs with lyrics that set aside blues clichés for something closer to beat poetry meant Berry's forward-looking version of the blues became something else altogether, creating the very template for rock & roll. It also brought a younger teenaged audience into the game, and Berry increasingly aimed for it. But before that groundbreaking shift in style and demographic, Berry turned out some interesting straight blues sides for Chess, several of which are collected here, and it's intriguing to wonder what might have happened had Berry stuck with the blues rather than redefining it into rock & roll. Highlights include the powerful "Wee Wee Hours," a chugging version of Don Raye's "Down the Road a Piece," a try at Guitar Slim's "Things I Used to Do," the hybrid "Driftin' Blues," which features a near doo wop backup chorus, and a revved up and rocking rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." Berry's guitar work is revealing on these early numbers, his tone always bright and fresh, as if he was a colt who just couldn't wait to get out there and run. And run he did.


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   1. (00:02:27) Chuck Berry - House of blue lights
   2. (00:03:03) Chuck Berry - Wee wee hours
   3. (00:02:19) Chuck Berry - Deep feeling (Instr.)
   4. (00:02:12) Chuck Berry - I just want to make love to you
   5. (00:02:47) Chuck Berry - How you've changed
   6. (00:02:14) Chuck Berry - Down the road apiece
   7. (00:02:10) Chuck Berry - Worried life Blues
   8. (00:02:08) Chuck Berry - Confessin' the Blues
   9. (00:02:05) Chuck Berry - Still got the Blues
  10. (00:02:18) Chuck Berry - Driftin' Blues
  11. (00:02:31) Chuck Berry - Run around
  12. (00:02:45) Chuck Berry - Route 66
  13. (00:02:46) Chuck Berry - Sweet sixteen
  14. (00:02:07) Chuck Berry - All aboard
  15. (00:02:43) Chuck Berry - The things that I used to do
  16. (00:02:36) Chuck Berry - St. Louis Blues



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