Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
@@FreedomFighter2112 where are you getting this from, and why post it here exactly? It's so hard to rank, but after watching SRV recently, he's right near the top in ability. I was thinking at that moment, shit he's got more skill than Jimi, and I've seen a lot of Jimi. Anyway, where's Tommy Emmanuel? You just said guitarist. Obviously Tommy can play electric rock and blues easily anyway. Forget Santana.
@@treydog317 After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his last breath and the press hailed him as the ‘King of Rock,’ Ol’ Man River cried out, ‘Naw he ain’t! My friend Chuck Berry is the King of Rock. Presley was merely a Prince who profited from the royal talent of a sovereign ruler vested with tremendous creativity. Had Berry been white, he could have rightly taken [Presley’s] throne and worn his crown well.’”
When my dad was a child he lived next door to Chuck Berry. He told me he could hear him practicing his guitar every day. My dad was a kid at the time and Chuck was a teenager. Eventually, my grandparents moved to a larger house, but my dad always remembered hearing him play. He didn't know at the time but he was hearing one of the greatest rock-n-roll artist of all time.
I only ask because Jim Crow laws (and societal mindset) were still in place: Is your dad black? Or, did the Berrys live in a white neighborhood? Come to think of it, maybe this was during the Great Depression and having a place to live was more desperate? Hmmm...
I was fortunate to meet Chuck at a show in Greensboro, NC way back in June '81. Back then, he was very approachable and, thankfully, tolerated my bandmates and I being just starstruck. I mean, it's Chuck F*ing Berry! He was so kind and even autographed the back of my ticket (I still have that autograph!). When the show started, I was down in front loving every minute watching the King of Rock & Roll tear down the house! During his last song, he looked at me and motioned me up onto the stage! Properly tuned with several beers in me, I hauled my arse up on the stage because Chuck F*ing Berry told me to get up there with him! I'm proud to say that I did the "duck walk" with Chuck that night. I'm sure I looked ridiculous, a 6 foot 3 inch white dude duck walking with Chuck Berry but I didn't care. It is my fondest Rock & Roll memory.
Same year I was in Nice, France at an outdoor jazz festival. Four or five stages spread around a beautiful park. Around 10:30, a ways away we heard Johnny B Good start up. We all thought it was cool that someone was playing old rock at a jazz festival. Turned out to be Chuck Berry, who unknown to us was the headline act. Best concert surprise I've ever had. Like a star he could still do the "duck walk" very successfully as you pointed out. So lucky.
Launched in 1977, "Johnny B. Goode" is now some *13 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 38,000 mph aboard NASA's Voyager 1 space probe.* The guitar anthem shares space on a Golden Record alongside Mozart and Louis Armstrong, part of a cultural snapshot intended for any extraterrestrials who might someday find the spacecraft.
Fun fact: The song was supposed to be "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, but they couldn't get permission. So rock was represented by Chuck Berry instead.
@@davewildermuth7519 I can't believe a record exec blocked this. I mean, did they really think profits would be lost by sending one song into deep space? The arrogance. haha
Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
Chuck Berry was the first musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. 🎸🎵🎶❤️ … this song was the very first record that my brother and I had growin’ up. 😁
In 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its first group of inductees: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Everly Brothers
you are witnessing the literal BIRTH of rock & roll - it originated in the music of the black south!!! Pure talent!!!! I am a 74-year-old white women who lived through the geniuses of rock & roll - Elvis Presley brought black rock & roll to the white audience - and so the music exploded worldwide - Chuck Berry is the godfather & grandfather of rock & roll - ROCK ON!!!! He is the GOAT, an ICON, a LEGEND - he combined country, church, R&B, blues and soul into a new sound - ROCK!!!!
Fellas, promise something to us old folks who went through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s that you will not let our music die out. I have been watching you and other young people who are discovering the birth of rock and roll, folk, and so many other genres of music. If you listen carefully, you will be able to follow history through the storytelling of music. I have been fearful that it will go away if not cared for. So much would be lost.
It's funny that I grew up with all these beautiful types and genres of music and I am 40. I blessed to have an extremely musical granddaddy and daddy. I then passed this on to my now 18 yr daughter. While she loved new aparing artists growing up she was singing to the likes of chuck berry, little richard, Buddy holy and so on. When her friends asked what she listening to she would simply reply "perfection" . 😊 Bee gees may have come later but she absolutely adores their earlier work. She sang To love Somebody to my daddy as he was passing away. He always sang is to me and then my daughter. Great music never dies and connects people in ways that words cannot. ❤
Good4 u n ur family i discovrred Motown music thru my stepfather ,my teens before UA-cam uhad to order records pay extrA direct or store manager and I did the difficulty made it more special than googling, I freaked out hearing, the Shirelles the Beatles,Nat king Cole
Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
This song in particular by Chuck Berry is part of a recording NASA included on a gold plated album of various artistic and cultural representations of our world at the time on a Voyager Space Craft. It will truly and literally live on forever!!!
Sister Rosetta was wonderful to watch and hear. I was a young person when rock and roll first began. And now I'm here to watch a new generation enjoy entertainers from my youth. It just never gets old.
Sister Rosetta Tharp is called the Godmother of Rock n Roll, Chuck Berry the father of Rock n Roll, Little Richard is called the architect of Rock and Roll. I have heard it said that Fats Domino had the first big Rock n Roll single. Lots of people played their part in pushing it all forward.
Chuck Berry was easily one of the best singers and performers. I'm 52 years old and have been listening to him since I started listening to music. He was from St. Louis, Missouri and just as famous for his "duck walk" as he was for his singing and guitar playing. My husband and I got the chance to see him perform in Blueberry Hill when Chuck Berry was 84 years old. He played concerts 1-2 times a month until about a year before he passed away. What a memorable and fantastic night it was to be able to see him live. If you look up Delmar Loop in St. Louis, you'll see a statue they put up of him. He was and still is loved and celebrated. So glad you all gave this song look and listen!
...I was born in St. Louis and grew up in Webster Groves, with parents that had over 2000 forty-five records and 1000 albums. I recall both Chuck Barry and Ike & Tina Turner very fondly....
Sister Rosetta Tharpe came before even Chuck and Little Richard, and her guitar playing was very ahead of it's time. Playing lead guitar the same way that would become synonymous with rock and roll. Crazy how rock and roll is so male dominated, but a soulful woman was pioneering it first in the 1940s.
My parents loved him! He changed everything in music history and the way all kids danced at that time . ❤️ He was highly respected for he was a Rock ICON! I have some of his original albums and 45’s from my parents.
Once upon a time many moons ago I asked my music professor what the best Rock song ever was. This was the song he said because it just was so incredibly influential. In the history of music (no joke, the history of music) ya can't really find any one song which straight up changed the way people approached and thought about it quite like this. This song is an all time great.
Chuck Berry and Little Richard were the creators of rock ‘n’ roll. They influenced everybody from Elvis Presley, to the Beatles, to today’s artists. I never felt they got the respect that was owed them. You watch some of Chuck’s shows, and he does his dance that Angus Young from AC/DC now does and you watch Little Richard and he is just a n absolute trip to watch. I love both of these guys the music world would not be the same without either one of them.
@@NoRockinMansLand Those two were completely different in the way they expressed themselves in music. If anyone deserves credit for started the R&R wave then Bill Halley and his band get the nod. Bill and the boys made an international splash. Bill was the first Rock star. He toured the globe and crowds came running. Bill recorded his songs in various languages too.
@@timcarr6401 popularity is not a good way to determine who started something and if we're being honest no one really invented it, it gradually moved towards the direction of rock & roll from earlier genres. There are artists in the 30s and 40s who already started this sound, like Sister Aretha for example. The point is that Little Richard and especially Chuck Berry defined what rock & roll is. He's literally the greatest of his genre, he's inspired quite literally everyone in his genre and the subsequent rock genre that would come after it. Just one question, if he's not the greatest then why is he called the "father of Rock & Roll"? Do you think he got that nickname by being any average rock & roll artist? No
@@NoRockinMansLand "Sister Aretha" was not singing in the 30s and 40s. You probably meant Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She could be consider the godmother of R&R. But Bill Haley and his boys put R&R on the map in a most powerful and significant way. It cannot be denied intellectually. Chuck is at best a grandson of R&R, just as Elvis LR, Jerry Lee and others are. Elvis was doing Rockabilly/R&R more than a year before Chuck released Maybelline. Chuck wrote some popular music and played excellent guitar (he was certainly influenced by Sister Tharpe), but his voice was subpar. He wasn't a gifted vocalist.
Elvis attended a black church when he was young where he learned gospel music and allot of his phrasing. Drugs didn't start in black USA. Or the USA for that matter. Find an anthropology professional and ask him/her how many centuries/millennium/continents drugs go.
@@timcarr6401 according to Elvis himself he spent a great deal of time in black churches. Look it up. He talked about it. I didn't make it up. He was not a bigot at all, which was unusual in those days. He was devastated when MLK was killed.
The first time I heard this song was in the first Back to the Future movie. My father then educated me on the history of this song and I have have been a fan ever since.
You have to say Elivs and chuck are 1 a and 1 b as kings of rock and roll, without these two we would not enjoy the music and sounds we have today, they kept the sound from being pasteurized. thanks to you guys for bringing this back to the forefront. Chuck Berry's play style and riffs influenced so many. check out never can tell, my personal favorite. Props.
Chuck is #1. The best thing Elvis ever did was Blue Suade Shoes, which he stole the song and arrangement from Carl Perkins. Buddy Holly came in at #2. Elvis had a great publicist he was all hype.
@@user-jl8wg2eh3f That is true but Elvis had one of the greatest voices ever and it never let him down. Chuck never won the awards he should have gotten but he was awesome as well. I love both of them!
I live in Saint Louis....Chuck would play at a club called Blueberry Hill well into his 80's and he STILL sounded good and could move!.. When he passed, all of Rock and Roll royalty came to his funeral .. Keith Richards, Eric Claption, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Paul McCartney, and many many more..... Chuck was the KING and a lot of these artists learned how to play guitar listening to Chuck Berry....
Chuck Berry a gift from St. Louis, Missouri. I just want to tell you guys how much I enjoyed your reaction and discovery of Chuck Berry. This was from the mid 1950's. The birth of Rock&Roll. I was just a little kid when this came out and I still love it.
I AM 70 YEARS OLD & BEEN LISTENING TO MR. CHUCK BERRY SINCE I WAS 15 !!! I CAN ASSURE YOU HE IS THE REAL KING OF ROCK & ROLL !!! LOOK AT ALL THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COVERED HIS MUSIC & ARRANGED TO PLAY WITH HIM !!! A TRUE AMERICAN TREASURE !!! MY FAVORITE SONG IS BACK IN THE U.S.A !!! TIMELESS MUSIC , THANKS CHUCK !!!
I love how much you guys loved this!!! One of the best songs ever written and we have this man to thank for all rock and blues. He’s on Mount Rushmore of the greatest of all time!
@@timcarr6401 Opinions Vary. And your opinion doesn't override anyone else's. I say different, and that's what makes Opinions just Opinions. To each their own.
Little Richard helped The Beatles tremendously over the years & Chuck Berry had a huge influence on John Lennon specifically. There is a live gig of them together if you’re interested.
@@bobmclemore sure. Same with Little Richard-the king of rock and roll. They both influenced many musicians. I just mentioned the Beatles specifically because they did in their reaction.
All of these guitar players you are comparing are each completely unique in their own way from different eras of time instead of putting one against another let's appreciate and celebrate their artistry and contribution to music they are all amazing. They are all GOATS...
This man's sphere of influence is gargantuan ..... so, so many musicians / bands covered his songs (still do), took his riffs , song structure (foundation of 3 chord rock) ....one of the pillars of rock & roll ...a legend.... true pioneer.
I have enjoyed you all discovering the music legends. Now here is one to add for your viewing pleasure, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is the foundation of a lot of these guitar moves you are impressed by. 😉
💜🎶💜🎶💜🎶💜🎶💜 My pops turned me on to great music. He loved Chuck Berry...anytime this song came on pops would sing it with a seriousness. Miss my pops but ill always have his favorite music! It makes me happy to see young people discovering old music. .....and loving it the way us older folks do!!!
😎 Now you are seeing why everyone of these artists had something to contribute to the "evolution of music" and the "invention" of different music genere! We can ❤ them ALL! 😯
I saw Chuck live and he brought a bunch of people on stage for his last song to dance. Then he disappeared while the song played. It was pretty awesome.
Thanks guys for doin this Chuck Berry❤Over th years he added to it and perfected it even more 💫There’s other videos (down th road) same song, different dance. You’ll recognize it 🤩🔥💯
I can't believe Chuck isn't a part of black curriculum. He's the GOAT for rock 'n roll. You see his style and music clearly in today's rock 'n roll. .Do more!
He plays it live with Bruce Springsteen...throughout the whole performance you can see it in his eyes..."The Boss" is completly star struck! If that doesn't say a lot about how legendary Chuck is, I don't know what will!
Love when Chuck gave a big concert when he was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. The E Street Band served as the house band, and Bruce Springsteen's awe and terror at being on stage with the legend is fun to watch.
Chuck Berry prrformed almost until the day he died when he was in his late 80s/early 90s. Just a few months before he died he put out one last album. Chuck us the TRUE king of rock n roll
I didn’t know that Chuck Berry was black until my grandfather called him a racial slur when he heard me listening to him at age 7. “Listen to Elvis if you like rock n roll.” I’d learn later in life just how ironic and idiotic his statement was. How dare you listen to run dmc. Now check out this vanilla ice character. 🤦♂️
In later performances he gets to doing the duck walk in the solo section for which everyone has done during the playing of that song as a extra nod of respect to Mr. Chuck Berry...
The father of rock and roll himself. An absolute legend that deserves praise so high, that there are no words in the english language to describe. RIP king
Love watching you guys!! Chuck Berry was the man! So much talent over the decades with this awesome music I grew up with. I love seeing you all being impressed with these great musicians whom everybody loved. They left a legacy for our young people to be proud of. Their music is timeless!! 👏👏👏
I was a young teenage girl during the wonderful rock 'n' roll years of Chuck Berry & many other talented performers. It made no difference in the skin color of a performer, if they were good they were idolized by us all. As soon as I got home after school, the radio would be turned on for the best music ever! We couldn't afford a record player but I got that great sound the best way I could.
Great reaction fellas, I grew up next to St. Louis, the home of Chuck Berry. I actually got to meet him years ago, and of course grew up knowing that Chuck was one of the inventors of Rock n Roll. Along with Little Richard and other black artists. Elvis has said himself that Chuck was a huge influence on him.
I was ten years old any my older sister was fifteen, our mom let us stay up late to see Chuck Berry late on TV, we were so excited, and my sister got see him live in Atlantic City a few years later, this was real Rock and roll music and we loved it.
Please check out Chuck Berry performing My Ding-a-Ling live in London. Also remember that Chuck Berry was the innovator of the Duck Walk that Angus Young from AC/DC performed.
Legend. I know there are others before that played some mean rock and roll guitar but Chuck was the whole package and the beginning of it all for me. I was a youngin when this came out but I knew I had never heard anything like it and that I needed more.
OMG, I love this gentleman! So talented!!! I have his vinyl record albums in my collection. At 74 yrs I still want to dance to his music. I still feel young listening to him. Love him! ❤️❤️❤️
I had the honor of seeing Chuck in concert back around the turn of the century. The man was in his 80s, and could still duck walk. I'll never forget it as long as I live. Most of his set was the blues, but he did Johnny B. Goode as his closing number, and everyone lost their freakin' minds.
Alright! Now you guys are tapped in! However, Jimmi does a cover of this and absolutely kills it. Please check it out. There is a good version on UA-cam
“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry. '" - John Lennon, The Beatles.
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
@@FreedomFighter2112 SRV wasn't blind that was Jeff Healey
@@FreedomFighter2112Carlos is so overrated and chuck berry ain’t a better player then Jimmy page 😂
@@FreedomFighter2112 where are you getting this from, and why post it here exactly? It's so hard to rank, but after watching SRV recently, he's right near the top in ability. I was thinking at that moment, shit he's got more skill than Jimi, and I've seen a lot of Jimi. Anyway, where's Tommy Emmanuel? You just said guitarist. Obviously Tommy can play electric rock and blues easily anyway. Forget Santana.
Cadillac Records is one of my favorite movies . All classic guitars , amps , and cars .
Chuck Berry was the first artist inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Didn't know that.
Thanks!
Chuck Berry is the artctitech of Rock n Roll . Every guitar player does a Chuck Berry lick .
Elvis may have been the King of Rock and Roll but Chuck Berry is The Godfather.
@@treydog317 After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his last breath and the press hailed him as the ‘King of Rock,’ Ol’ Man River cried out, ‘Naw he ain’t! My friend Chuck Berry is the King of Rock. Presley was merely a Prince who profited from the royal talent of a sovereign ruler vested with tremendous creativity. Had Berry been white, he could have rightly taken [Presley’s] throne and worn his crown well.’”
@@treydog317
Berry is the father Little Richie is the godfather . In another time they would have been " King and Queen " of Rock and Roll.😅😁🤣🤣🤣
When my dad was a child he lived next door to Chuck Berry. He told me he could hear him practicing his guitar every day. My dad was a kid at the time and Chuck was a teenager. Eventually, my grandparents moved to a larger house, but my dad always remembered hearing him play. He didn't know at the time but he was hearing one of the greatest rock-n-roll artist of all time.
What a lucky man your pop was to have that experience.
Thank you for sharing that. That's awesome.
I only ask because Jim Crow laws (and societal mindset) were still in place: Is your dad black? Or, did the Berrys live in a white neighborhood? Come to think of it, maybe this was during the Great Depression and having a place to live was more desperate? Hmmm...
Hey who knew, Amazing story👍
I was fortunate to meet Chuck at a show in Greensboro, NC way back in June '81. Back then, he was very approachable and, thankfully, tolerated my bandmates and I being just starstruck. I mean, it's Chuck F*ing Berry! He was so kind and even autographed the back of my ticket (I still have that autograph!). When the show started, I was down in front loving every minute watching the King of Rock & Roll tear down the house! During his last song, he looked at me and motioned me up onto the stage! Properly tuned with several beers in me, I hauled my arse up on the stage because Chuck F*ing Berry told me to get up there with him! I'm proud to say that I did the "duck walk" with Chuck that night. I'm sure I looked ridiculous, a 6 foot 3 inch white dude duck walking with Chuck Berry but I didn't care. It is my fondest Rock & Roll memory.
how stoned are you!
Dude, that is freaking awesome!
Same year I was in Nice, France at an outdoor jazz festival. Four or five stages spread around a beautiful park. Around 10:30, a ways away we heard Johnny B Good start up. We all thought it was cool that someone was playing old rock at a jazz festival. Turned out to be Chuck Berry, who unknown to us was the headline act. Best concert surprise I've ever had. Like a star he could still do the "duck walk" very successfully as you pointed out. So lucky.
Wow, American Icon. You're lucky
One great story brother 🎵
Launched in 1977, "Johnny B. Goode" is now some *13 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 38,000 mph aboard NASA's Voyager 1 space probe.* The guitar anthem shares space on a Golden Record alongside Mozart and Louis Armstrong, part of a cultural snapshot intended for any extraterrestrials who might someday find the spacecraft.
I didn't know 'Johnny B. Goode' is on that record. Thanks for the info.
You can't get much cooler than that!!
Fun fact: The song was supposed to be "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, but they couldn't get permission. So rock was represented by Chuck Berry instead.
That’s insane
@@davewildermuth7519 I can't believe a record exec blocked this. I mean, did they really think profits would be lost by sending one song into deep space? The arrogance. haha
The godfather of rock and roll! Chuck and Little Richard really took rhythm and blues, evolved it and started it all. Legends!
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
Man fuck Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana? 😂😂😂common nah.
Don't forget about Bo Diddley!
Them and Bo Diddley
@@webbergj What about Robert Johnson?
Chuck Berry was the first musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. 🎸🎵🎶❤️ … this song was the very first record that my brother and I had growin’ up. 😁
In 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its first group of inductees: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Everly Brothers
Wow. What a list. That's rock and roll all there. Everyone else is 'fringe benefits'...
you are witnessing the literal BIRTH of rock & roll - it originated in the music of the black south!!! Pure talent!!!! I am a 74-year-old white women who lived through the geniuses of rock & roll - Elvis Presley brought black rock & roll to the white audience - and so the music exploded worldwide - Chuck Berry is the godfather & grandfather of rock & roll - ROCK ON!!!! He is the GOAT, an ICON, a LEGEND - he combined country, church, R&B, blues and soul into a new sound - ROCK!!!!
Fellas, promise something to us old folks who went through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s that you will not let our music die out. I have been watching you and other young people who are discovering the birth of rock and roll, folk, and so many other genres of music. If you listen carefully, you will be able to follow history through the storytelling of music. I have been fearful that it will go away if not cared for. So much would be lost.
How could it ever be forgotten it's the best.
Suz u gotta worry gnot greatmusic transcends bless these type sites checking out the old days they not gonna regret it
It's funny that I grew up with all these beautiful types and genres of music and I am 40. I blessed to have an extremely musical granddaddy and daddy. I then passed this on to my now 18 yr daughter. While she loved new aparing artists growing up she was singing to the likes of chuck berry, little richard, Buddy holy and so on.
When her friends asked what she listening to she would simply reply "perfection" . 😊
Bee gees may have come later but she absolutely adores their earlier work. She sang To love Somebody to my daddy as he was passing away. He always sang is to me and then my daughter.
Great music never dies and connects people in ways that words cannot. ❤
Good4 u n ur family i discovrred Motown music thru my stepfather ,my teens before UA-cam uhad to order records pay extrA direct or store manager and I did the difficulty made it more special than googling, I freaked out hearing, the Shirelles the Beatles,Nat king Cole
@@natahliak7691 u recall late night commercials selling old music CDs
This is Rock n Roll . He opened the door and everyone else followed.
Exactly!!!
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ua-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/v-deo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ua-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/v-deo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ua-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/v-deo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ua-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/v-deo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ua-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/v-deo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
Jack White>Randy Rhodes
@@nathanlindahl8336
Please… JWhite not in the top 100 players.
Be serious.
There was a slew of great early rocknrollers, and Berry was a leader. Check out Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard as well
No one has more influence on Rock and Roll than Chuck Berry. His music was that powerful to young and experienced musicians of that era.
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Going down the Chuck Berry rabbit hole is a long and enjoyable journey. "Maybellenne" is my favorite
No particular place to go is brilliant.
Never Can Tell was played at my wedding 😂
Chuck Berry inspired most guitar players and rock bands. Beatles, Rolling stones, AC/DC to start with. Love your work gentlemen
Yeah. Angus Young does the Chuck Berry walk with the guitar.
This song in particular by Chuck Berry is part of a recording NASA included on a gold plated album of various artistic and cultural representations of our world at the time on a Voyager Space Craft. It will truly and literally live on forever!!!
"Send more Chuck Berry" SNL skit
Sister Rosetta was wonderful to watch and hear. I was a young person when rock and roll first began. And now I'm here to watch a new generation enjoy entertainers from my youth. It just never gets old.
She's buried in the same cemetery as my wife, Anne Marie. When I stop by her tombstone I leave aguitar pick on the top of the tombstone.
@@harvey1954 Your post makes me smile and I bet Rosetta would smile, too.
Remember that walk angus from AC/DC was hitting? Got it from this guy. Chuck really the godfather for all rock music you listen to
Sister Rosetta Tharp is called the Godmother of Rock n Roll, Chuck Berry the father of Rock n Roll, Little Richard is called the architect of Rock and Roll. I have heard it said that Fats Domino had the first big Rock n Roll single. Lots of people played their part in pushing it all forward.
T.Bone Walker was the first to do the Duck walk, Chuck Berry copied him!
Yeeees
You know it!🔥
Yeah well I listen to Link Wray so that's BS.
Chuck is a godfather to rock, speaking as a guitar player. This dude is a force
Chuck didn't have much of a singing voice though.
Nope. Link Wray and "Rumble.
Syster Rosetta Tharpe is grandmother of rocknroll before Elvis and Chuck Berry!
@@stefandanielsson2287 True.
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And he didn't even do his most famous move. The Duck Walk! He's one of the Grand-daddies of Rock n Roll. An ORIGINATOR. A LEGEND.
Chuck Berry was easily one of the best singers and performers. I'm 52 years old and have been listening to him since I started listening to music. He was from St. Louis, Missouri and just as famous for his "duck walk" as he was for his singing and guitar playing. My husband and I got the chance to see him perform in Blueberry Hill when Chuck Berry was 84 years old. He played concerts 1-2 times a month until about a year before he passed away. What a memorable and fantastic night it was to be able to see him live. If you look up Delmar Loop in St. Louis, you'll see a statue they put up of him. He was and still is loved and celebrated. So glad you all gave this song look and listen!
...I was born in St. Louis and grew up in Webster Groves, with parents that had over 2000 forty-five records and 1000 albums. I recall both Chuck Barry and Ike & Tina Turner very fondly....
I was fortunate enough to be in Blueberry Hill in the loop when he got on stage with Billy Peek. Never forget
Sister Rosetta Tharpe came before even Chuck and Little Richard, and her guitar playing was very ahead of it's time. Playing lead guitar the same way that would become synonymous with rock and roll. Crazy how rock and roll is so male dominated, but a soulful woman was pioneering it first in the 1940s.
The Rockin' Nun.
Yes. She is amazing.
Thank you. Seriously. I’ve never heard of her, but I’m going to go research as soon as I’m done here. Always looking to deepen my knowledge.
Correct.
Yes! I was about to make a post about her and I saw this. IMO she is the true inventor of rock and roll.
Saw him when he was about 80. Still doing the duckwalk and playing the HELL out of that guitar!
Glad you guys are watching this. Chuck Berry was known as "The Father of Rock n Roll". Elvis was the King, but Chuck was Elvis's Daddy!!!
My parents loved him! He changed everything in music history and the way all kids danced at that time . ❤️ He was highly respected for he was a Rock ICON! I have some of his original albums and 45’s from my parents.
Once upon a time many moons ago I asked my music professor what the best Rock song ever was. This was the song he said because it just was so incredibly influential. In the history of music (no joke, the history of music) ya can't really find any one song which straight up changed the way people approached and thought about it quite like this. This song is an all time great.
Rumble. Communication Breakdown. Day tripper.
Chuck Berry and Little Richard were the creators of rock ‘n’ roll. They influenced everybody from Elvis Presley, to the Beatles, to today’s artists. I never felt they got the respect that was owed them. You watch some of Chuck’s shows, and he does his dance that Angus Young from AC/DC now does and you watch Little Richard and he is just a n absolute trip to watch. I love both of these guys the music world would not be the same without either one of them.
Chuck and Richard were not the creators of R&R.
@@timcarr6401 they might not have made it but they defined
@@NoRockinMansLand Those two were completely different in the way they expressed themselves in music.
If anyone deserves credit for started the R&R wave then Bill Halley and his band get the nod. Bill and the boys made an international splash. Bill was the first Rock star. He toured the globe and crowds came running. Bill recorded his songs in various languages too.
@@timcarr6401 popularity is not a good way to determine who started something and if we're being honest no one really invented it, it gradually moved towards the direction of rock & roll from earlier genres. There are artists in the 30s and 40s who already started this sound, like Sister Aretha for example. The point is that Little Richard and especially Chuck Berry defined what rock & roll is. He's literally the greatest of his genre, he's inspired quite literally everyone in his genre and the subsequent rock genre that would come after it. Just one question, if he's not the greatest then why is he called the "father of Rock & Roll"? Do you think he got that nickname by being any average rock & roll artist? No
@@NoRockinMansLand "Sister Aretha" was not singing in the 30s and 40s. You probably meant Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She could be consider the godmother of R&R. But Bill Haley and his boys put R&R on the map in a most powerful and significant way. It cannot be denied intellectually.
Chuck is at best a grandson of R&R, just as Elvis LR, Jerry Lee and others are.
Elvis was doing Rockabilly/R&R more than a year before Chuck released Maybelline.
Chuck wrote some popular music and played excellent guitar (he was certainly influenced by Sister Tharpe), but his voice was subpar. He wasn't a gifted vocalist.
I’m so glad you guys actually “feel” music. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Chuck Berry always made sure he was paid upfront before he stepped on stage 😊
There is not a guitar player living or dead that doesn't speak Chuck Barry's name with complete reverence. This man was the inventor of rock and roll.
The real king of Rock n Roll
ALPHA-OMEGA of R n R.
The ONLY King of Rock n Roll. Others are imposters
Elvis attended a black church when he was young where he learned gospel music and allot of his phrasing. Drugs didn't start in black USA. Or the USA for that matter. Find an anthropology professional and ask him/her how many centuries/millennium/continents drugs go.
@@barbaraburton8914 Most of his "Gospel Roots" stemmed from white quartets.
@@timcarr6401 according to Elvis himself he spent a great deal of time in black churches. Look it up. He talked about it. I didn't make it up. He was not a bigot at all, which was unusual in those days. He was devastated when MLK was killed.
The first time I heard this song was in the first Back to the Future movie. My father then educated me on the history of this song and I have have been a fan ever since.
You have to say Elivs and chuck are 1 a and 1 b as kings of rock and roll, without these two we would not enjoy the music and sounds we have today, they kept the sound from being pasteurized. thanks to you guys for bringing this back to the forefront. Chuck Berry's play style and riffs influenced so many. check out never can tell, my personal favorite. Props.
Elvis was a puppet.
Elvis sang some rock but was mainly a cover singer. Never wrote a song in his life.
Chuck is #1. The best thing Elvis ever did was Blue Suade Shoes, which he stole the song and arrangement from Carl Perkins. Buddy Holly came in at #2. Elvis had a great publicist he was all hype.
Chuck's songwriting was a template for others to follow. Listen to the Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun" and it runs directly to Chuck's influence.
@@user-jl8wg2eh3f That is true but Elvis had one of the greatest voices ever and it never let him down. Chuck never won the awards he should have gotten but he was awesome as well. I love both of them!
I appreciate you all its refreshing to see you brothas embracing many of our greats.
A national treasure! Bless his heart, he lived to the age 0f 93. Chuck is my man! I can listen to him all day!
I live in Saint Louis....Chuck would play at a club called Blueberry Hill well into his 80's and he STILL sounded good and could move!.. When he passed, all of Rock and Roll royalty came to his funeral .. Keith Richards, Eric Claption, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Paul McCartney, and many many more..... Chuck was the KING and a lot of these artists learned how to play guitar listening to Chuck Berry....
Chuck Berry a gift from St. Louis, Missouri. I just want to tell you guys how much I enjoyed your reaction and discovery of Chuck Berry. This was from the mid 1950's. The birth of Rock&Roll. I was just a little kid when this came out and I still love it.
I AM 70 YEARS OLD & BEEN LISTENING TO MR. CHUCK BERRY SINCE I WAS 15 !!! I CAN ASSURE YOU HE IS THE REAL KING OF ROCK & ROLL !!! LOOK AT ALL THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COVERED HIS MUSIC & ARRANGED TO PLAY WITH HIM !!! A TRUE AMERICAN TREASURE !!! MY FAVORITE SONG IS BACK IN THE U.S.A
!!! TIMELESS MUSIC , THANKS CHUCK !!!
Awesomeness!
Peter TOSH made ua-cam.com/video/L_k0_GkopSM/v-deo.html song into a whole new ting.
Don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
Ricordati che il Re del Rock è Elvis Presley
Nope. It was !ink Wray and "Rumble."
I love how much you guys loved this!!! One of the best songs ever written and we have this man to thank for all rock and blues. He’s on Mount Rushmore of the greatest of all time!
Chuck started it all, and everyone else followed. He was a Legend.
Chuck certainly did not start it all.
@@timcarr6401 He was one of the founders of rock n roll.
@@ramondwilliam1307 Nope.
@@timcarr6401 Opinions Vary. And your opinion doesn't override anyone else's. I say different, and that's what makes Opinions just Opinions. To each their own.
@@ramondwilliam1307 You know comparatively little of Musical History.
Little Richard helped The Beatles tremendously over the years & Chuck Berry had a huge influence on John Lennon specifically. There is a live gig of them together if you’re interested.
Didn’t John record this song too?
Most rock and roll was influenced by Chuck Berry not just John Lennon thank Ted Nugent used to play with Chuck Berry when Ted Nugent was young
@@bobmclemore sure. Same with Little Richard-the king of rock and roll. They both influenced many musicians. I just mentioned the Beatles specifically because they did in their reaction.
Definitely had a big impact on John Lennon. Love Chuck!
All of these guitar players you are comparing are each completely unique in their own way from different eras of time instead of putting one against another let's appreciate and celebrate their artistry and contribution to music they are all amazing. They are all GOATS...
This man's sphere of influence is gargantuan ..... so, so many musicians / bands covered his songs (still do), took his riffs , song structure (foundation of 3 chord rock) ....one of the pillars of rock & roll ...a legend.... true pioneer.
Chuck Berry was the original electric guitar god!! This performance is from before I was born! And I'm almost 64!! 🎸😇🙏
I have enjoyed you all discovering the music legends. Now here is one to add for your viewing pleasure, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is the foundation of a lot of these guitar moves you are impressed by. 😉
Unfortunately there isn't much footage of her to watch, but there is just enough to get an idea of how influential she must have been.
Yes.
She doesn't do anything Robert Johnson didn't to first and better.
The Godfather of Rock right there.. Chuck is a legend.. I was weaned on his music.. great talent
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My pops turned me on to great music. He loved Chuck Berry...anytime this song came on pops would sing it with a seriousness. Miss my pops but ill always have his favorite music!
It makes me happy to see young people discovering old music. .....and loving it the way us older folks do!!!
He was a St. Louis boy. I got the chance to meet him in ‘93 when he came back stage at a Paul McCartney concert. He was an amazing person.
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😎 Now you are seeing why everyone of these artists had something to contribute to the "evolution of music" and the "invention" of different music genere! We can ❤ them ALL! 😯
I love y’all. 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️ I was 10 in 1958 and my older sisters played the grooves off this record.
I saw Chuck Berry when he toured with Rolling Stones. He stole the show! Awesome!!!❤
He was famous for his "duck walk" great entertainer for sure
Listen to Prince, while my guitar gently weeps live rock and roll hall of fame!! Y’all not gonna regret it
Yes. That is a brilliant performance and Prince nailed the guitar weeping part like no other.
Always loved this song!
My mother was a teenager in Australia the 50's and she loved Chuck Berry. He wasn't only famous in America. Aussies loved him too!
I saw Chuck live and he brought a bunch of people on stage for his last song to dance. Then he disappeared while the song played. It was pretty awesome.
Thanks guys for doin this Chuck Berry❤Over th years he added to it and perfected it even more 💫There’s other videos (down th road) same song, different dance. You’ll recognize it 🤩🔥💯
I can't believe Chuck isn't a part of black curriculum. He's the GOAT for rock 'n roll. You see his style and music clearly in today's rock 'n roll. .Do more!
He plays it live with Bruce Springsteen...throughout the whole performance you can see it in his eyes..."The Boss" is completly star struck!
If that doesn't say a lot about how legendary Chuck is, I don't know what will!
Agree and here is the link to the video
ua-cam.com/video/6swgiM9vSEE/v-deo.html
Love when Chuck gave a big concert when he was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. The E Street Band served as the house band, and Bruce Springsteen's awe and terror at being on stage with the legend is fun to watch.
"I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it." ;)
Chuck Berry prrformed almost until the day he died when he was in his late 80s/early 90s. Just a few months before he died he put out one last album. Chuck us the TRUE king of rock n roll
I would love to see you guys react to Cab Callaway. Jumpin' Jive, featuring the Nicholas Brothers. No context, just watch and be amazed
I second that. 👍
He (Cab Calloway) was also in The Blues Brothers, the second one when they were getting the band back together...
Chuck Berry was actually known for his duck walk! As for the music he’s known for: everything he recorded!!!!
I watch videos of Chuck, and other people of his time, and it brings a tear to my eye.
As I think, "DAYUMM I'm old..."
I was fortunate enough to see Chuck Berry live and do the "Duck Walk" ! Yeah also there was no lip sycin or auto tune back then. That Shit was LIVE !
If there was any justice in the world, Chuck would have been the king of rock and roll.
I didn’t know that Chuck Berry was black until my grandfather called him a racial slur when he heard me listening to him at age 7. “Listen to Elvis if you like rock n roll.” I’d learn later in life just how ironic and idiotic his statement was. How dare you listen to run dmc. Now check out this vanilla ice character. 🤦♂️
Chuck berry is known as the father of rock. Without a father there is no king.
@@ReignMan716 that was deeply scary and Ignorant of him. The whole Reality distortion field of ignorance people live in.
He and Muddy Waters.
If there's justice in the world be would have been arrested for being a peadophile
In later performances he gets to doing the duck walk in the solo section for which everyone has done during the playing of that song as a extra nod of respect to Mr. Chuck Berry...
Angus young obviously loved this artist. Chuck is the man.
The father of rock and roll himself. An absolute legend that deserves praise so high, that there are no words in the english language to describe. RIP king
Love watching you guys!! Chuck Berry was the man! So much talent over the decades with this awesome music I grew up with. I love seeing you all being impressed with these great musicians whom everybody loved. They left a legacy for our young people to be proud of. Their music is timeless!! 👏👏👏
Brings me so much joy the new generation discovering the true GOAT. He created modern rock. Arguably the first rapper too. His flow. 1958 too!!!
You can’t deny Chuck Berry that dude is the riff master he’s phenomenal❤
Chuck Berry the roots of rock n roll thanks Chuck muddy Waters
I was a young teenage girl during the wonderful rock 'n' roll years of Chuck Berry & many other talented performers. It made no difference in the skin color of a performer, if they were good they were idolized by us all. As soon as I got home after school, the radio would be turned on for the best music ever! We couldn't afford a record player but I got that great sound the best way I could.
Imagine playing this in your '58 Plymouth Fury. You really felt like you were in the future.
I can't believe this is your first time hearing Chuck Berry! He was awesome!
👆👆👆ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗᵘˡᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵒⁿ🏆 ᵀᵉˡᵉᵍʳᵃᵐ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᶜˡᵃⁱᵐ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʳⁱᶜᵉ🎁...💝.
Chuck Berry is the father of Rock N Roll, it all started wiht his first big hit called Maybellene.
Chuck was the pebble hitting the water he made the waves. Without him a lot of great music might not exist
True king of Rock and Roll......
I was born in 77 and my mama passed this great artist and music to me!! ❤❤
Nothing against Elvis, but Chuck Berry will always be the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll in my opinion.
Rock on Boys!
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Love Chuck B!
Great reaction fellas, I grew up next to St. Louis, the home of Chuck Berry. I actually got to meet him years ago, and of course grew up knowing that Chuck was one of the inventors of Rock n Roll. Along with Little Richard and other black artists. Elvis has said himself that Chuck was a huge influence on him.
da man, chuck berry was da best guitar showman ever. forever. thanks!
I was ten years old any my older sister was fifteen, our mom let us stay up late to see Chuck Berry late on TV, we were so excited, and my sister got see him live in Atlantic City a few years later, this was real Rock and roll music and we loved it.
Please check out Chuck Berry performing My Ding-a-Ling live in London.
Also remember that Chuck Berry was the innovator of the Duck Walk that Angus Young from AC/DC performed.
I so enjoyed you all meeting Chuck for the first time. This made me smile. Thank you
Legend. I know there are others before that played some mean rock and roll guitar but Chuck was the whole package and the beginning of it all for me. I was a youngin when this came out but I knew I had never heard anything like it and that I needed more.
My man hit the nail on the head!!! Elvis WAS NOT doing this. Y'all gotta check out Chuck Berry My Ding a Ling! Classic Song!!!!
Him and Elvis have something else in common besides music, they’re sex offenders.
It is, but not particularly representative of his style. Funny af though.
Well what Elvis did do seemed to work out pretty well on it's own right.
Chuck was a much better guitar player and Elvis was a way better singer.
@@louieflash7190 Facts
Y’all should check out Jackie Wilson, one of the most underrated rock and roll singers!
That was a great performance! Loved it! No wonder he was such a big influence on so many other musicians that followed.
OMG, I love this gentleman! So talented!!! I have his vinyl record albums in my collection. At 74 yrs I still want to dance to his music. I still feel young listening to him. Love him! ❤️❤️❤️
Love to see you guys reactions to his My Ding a Ling!! Yes it's about what you're thinking of.
I can't believe you all have never heard this song before.
Both Mr. Berry and this song are LEGENDARY.
Its always a pleasure to watch some stuff that is new for you with all together of you - even here in Europe - you are highly appreciated!
Chuck was a huge influence on so many musicians who followed him.
@OFFIACIAL_CARTIERFAMILY.1 gimme gimme
Born in the 90s but I just got into older music and this stuff is pure vibes
Excellent tune! Chuck is amazing! Listen to my ding a ling, great tune! Love you guys!
I had the honor of seeing Chuck in concert back around the turn of the century. The man was in his 80s, and could still duck walk. I'll never forget it as long as I live. Most of his set was the blues, but he did Johnny B. Goode as his closing number, and everyone lost their freakin' minds.
Alright! Now you guys are tapped in! However, Jimmi does a cover of this and absolutely kills it. Please check it out. There is a good version on UA-cam
Here ua-cam.com/video/ss_rk-RITts/v-deo.html
Father of Rock'n"Roll
Love Chuck Berry. There's a video of him with Bruce Spingsteen playing this song as a much older man. He still had the moves and voice.
Elvis may have been the KING of rock and roll.....But CB was one of the FATHERS of rock and roll.