#Chuck Berry

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July 27th, 1969: The only time The Doors and Led Zeppelin performed at the same festival

Referred to as the forgotten Woodstock, the 1969 Seattle Pop Festival in Woodinville, WA, featured a performance from Zeppelin alongside artists such as The Doors, Chuck Berry, Vanilla Fudge, Guess Who, and others. Here’s one of the reviews:

“More than 50,000 rock fans gathered at Woodinville’s Gold Creek Park over the weekend for a practically non-stop three-day festival of music, events and exhibitions. The first annual Seattle Pop Festival was a marvel of crowd control and smooth organization.

Sunday night was supposed to belong to The Doors but it was stolen right out from under them by the great English blues group, Led Zeppelin.

Coming onstage about 11:30pm, immediately after the forced extravaganza of The Doors, the Zeppelin faced a jaded and uncomfortable audience that had been standing in the cold all evening. But the electricity of lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page quickly warmed them up.

Plant has a voice that is controlled hysteria. Anguish pours from his every note; his voice is an epitome of the blues.

Page is an amazing guitarist. His runs and fingering are magnificent, his control of the instrument pure genius.

They were aided by a fine drummer, John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones. Few who experienced it will forget Led Zeppelin's performance, especially their smashing encore of Communication Breakdown.” [P. Macdonald, SeattlePost-Intelligencer. July 1969]

+ a few other wonderful article snippets:

“[…] some of the performers learned that audiences will dig almost any loud noise, at times. […] Towards the last night, however, things started getting a little relaxed. It all started with kegs of beer provided backstage in the artists' waiting room. Jim Morrison did his thing drunk on his ass, and the tight, big sound expected from The Doors just didn't come off.” -Unknown

“In spite of fears for the fence in front of the stage, there was no trouble as the group performed their rock masterpieces When the Music’s over and The End” -Michael Quigley

Tickets were $6 (around $51 now)

Anyways, this whole festival is super special to me as it occurred super close to my home, it’s just incredible to be able to visit the park knowing some of my favorite artists walked that same grass 🥹🥹

Here are some photos!

+ Bonus! My dad being evil and lying to me for fun:

[undergroundrockpress]

T-Bone Walker & Chuck Berry , Montreux 1972. Photo : Dany Gignoux.

[saydesole]

Black Rock n Roll Musicians

Happy Black History Is Everyday

Betty Davis 1944-2022

Chuck Berry 1926-2017

Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915-1973

Big Jo Turner 1911-1985

Tracy Chapman living

Jimi Hendrick 1942-1970

Tina Turner 1939-2023

Fats Domino 1928-2017

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Listen to the songs under the cut!

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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

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Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 1958

"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician Chuck Berry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. It peaked at number two on the Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre-Hot 100 chart. The song remains a staple of early and later rock music. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom", it has been covered by various other artists and has received several honors and accolades. This includes being one of the 27 songs on the Voyager Golden Record, a collection of music, images, and sounds designed to serve as a record of humanity, that is travelling into deep space outside the solar system.

Berry acknowledged that the song is partly autobiographical and that the original lyrics referred to Johnny as a "colored boy", but he changed it to "country boy" to ensure radio play. As well as suggesting that the guitar player is good, the title hints at autobiographic elements, because Berry was born at 2520 Goode Avenue, in St. Louis. The song was initially inspired by Johnnie Johnson, the regular piano player in Berry's band, but developed into a song mainly about Berry himself. The opening guitar riff of "Johnny B. Goode" borrows from the opening single-note solo on Louis Jordan's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (1946), played by guitarist Carl Hogan.

"Johnny B. Goode" received 86% total yes votes! The other 14% are just not ready for it yet…but their kids are gonna love it.

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Chuck Berry, the Father of Rock and Roll, photographed in Mississippi in 1965 by Jean-Marie Périer.

[davidhudson]

Chuck Berry, October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017.

Photo by Jay Dickman.

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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

[harrisonarchive]

A snippet of “Roll Over Beethoven,” live in Melbourne, June 17, 1964.

“‘Dhani just loves Chuck Berry[,]’ [George says].One of the reasons Dhani can be so cavalier about his Beatle dad is that Harrison, conscious of the difficulties he himself endured, never romanticized his past to his son. ‘He’s obviously got to know about it,’ Harrison says, ‘But I’ve tried to keep him aware of the down side as well — which is that people take advantage of you. I just don’t want him to be exploited.“ - McCall’s, April 1988 “Dhani discovered ‪Chuck Berry‬ through a roundabout route. His mother, Olivia, a California girl, dug out ‪the Beach Boys‬’ ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.’ after Dhani heard the song in the movie ‘Teen Wolf.’ Then, Harrison says, ‘I said, “That’s really good, but you want to hear where that came from,” and I played him “Sweet Little Sixteen.”’ … ‘I made him a ‪Chuck Berry‬ tape,’ Harrison says, ‘and he takes it to school with his Walkman.’” - Rolling Stone, October 22, 1987 George Harrison: “[Dhani] came back after the show, and I said, ‘What did you think?’ He said, ‘You were good, Dad, you were good [slight pause]. Why didn’t you do “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Johnny B. Goode” and “Rock & Roll Music”?’ I said, ‘Dhani, that's Chuck Berry��s show you’re talking about!’” - ibid Paul McCartney: “Me and John, or me and George, or me and Ringo, but often it was me and John, would be sitting around and we’d hear a Stax record, normally at George’s — George had a great collection of Stax records — and you’d hear a snare drum, and it was, ‘Aw, that’s the greatest snare ever.’ So you’d bring that record in to the engineer: ‘Listen to this, you’ve got to get a sound like that.’ It would never sound like it, but you were bringing in a sound direction.” - MOJO, November 1995

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johnny b. goode (1958) by chuck berry

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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

[undergroundrockpress]

Chuck Berry at the Fillmore, San Francisco 1970.⁣ Photo : Jim Marshall.