Yes I have read his book I loved it when he told about first time seeing a white man he thought he had seen a ghost I to play guitar and lots of chucks music by myself wish I could play with you and your band ( if you have one ) I also love Elvis and his song called mystery train, post me back when you get time God bless.
Great lesson. The way I see it, Chuck Berry is not only "The Father of Rock and Roll," but The King, too. He wrote the songs, created the characters, and was the genre's first guitar hero . . . he did it all. I don't own the book, but I've checked it out of my local library and read it cover-to-cover a couple of times. I've also dug the documentary he did with Keith Richards a few times, too. Both Hogan and Berry were influenced (as were so many) by Charlie Christian. Thanks, Damian!
I love the documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll". I must have watched it a thousand times over & over back in the day lol. I need to purchase the blu-ray collector's edition that came out last year. Cheers DAMIAN
I bought my first Chuck Berry LP in 1964 when I was 12. The LP was "ST. Louis To Liverpool" and it had a couple tracks on it that were a little uncharacteristic of him. The song "You Two" is somewhat like rhythm changes and his chord work is very cool and on "Night Beat" he uses a killer jazzy neck pickup tone, it's a jazzy sounding blues. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you Damian! Your short lessons are great, especially this one👍 And I appreciate the positive upbeat messages that you put in the end of your videos, a very nice touch! Peace ☮️
One of the first guitar lessons I ever took was trying to learn Chuck's "Too Much Monkey Business." Never felt I quite got it, so this lesson has me pumped-- thanks a million for all you do, including the much appreciate pep talk!! 👍😊
Just a side note Chuck Berry didn't start playing Guitar seriously tell his mid-20s. One of my number one influences I started later myself and I'm quite proud of my lead skill at this point. Just keep practicing folks peace and love
Damian, this was as good as it gets. I've listened to countless jaw-dropping players over the years but Chuck Berry still amazes me. Berry's various 10-12 song greatest hits collections from Chess have always been pure gold to my ears. Yeah, I'd love to have one of those new Gibson Chuck Berry Blonde 350's... Unfortunately, I can think of about 10,000 reasons I'll never have one. 💸💸💸💸💸🥺💸💸💸💸💸 Great video, as always! You really captured Chuck Berry's vibe!
Thank you for watching Paul. I'd love to own that guitar as well. It's a beauty for sure. But's it's certainly does have a hefty price tag on it. Keep on Rockin' buddy DAMIAN
I have the book, too. I bought a first edition in a used book shop over a decade ago. Big fan of Chuck Berry--hearing him was one of the first times I can remember thinking: "playing guitar is cool--I want to do that."
What can I say Damien- fantastic lesson with great bio on Chuck Berry! It really is amazing when you think of the influence these cats had on what is done today in so many different ways on the guitar!
Yeah got that same book and also saw him at the Lyceum back when they had gigs there. The movie Hail hail Rock n Roll was very interesting too. Worth a watch. Keep em coming Damian!
Many thanks for this awesome lesson. Your tone is incredible, love those P-90 pickups. Have you ever heard Earl Hooker before? He also used a lot of double-stops in his soloing, kinda like Chuck here with this lesson. If you haven't heard Earl before, I highly recommend him, you would probably love him.
Got the book when it came out, then I got the poster from the movie Hail Hail Rock $ Roll as soon as it quit showing in the movie theater Win Win Win... Love your channel BMX for life
I'm looking forward to hearing back from you and plug up to something, so you can hear my bass riffs. I believe I was the first bassist to pop and slap to hard core music. Korn was out yet. We opened up the 3 bands and toured behind them. I'll fill you in on more details. If you're interested. Jeremy loved The Misfits. I had a few chances to go play with different bands. I was to shy to sing at that time, but if we stayed together and Jeremy didn't OD. I would have started singing. Our manager wouldn't let us record until after we toured for two more big or bigger bands. As you can see we had a pretty big following. Thanks and get back to me.
Thanks for watching CC. Much appreciated. Jim Heath's a great player. I've played a bunch of shows with "The Reverend Horton Heat" back in the late 90s & early 2000s. Those were some fun shows to play. I'll put in my request book to do a lesson on the Jim Heath Rockabilly style. :) Keep on Rockin' DAMIAN
@Damian Bacci also, you’re right I should’ve called out Jim‘s name instead of the bands name, I’ve actually got his signature model Gretsch guitar and I’m a big big fan 😉🤠
Hey Damien, I love your lessons! Unfortunately I do not own a copy of Chuck's autobiography anymore as it got lost (or perhaps stolen)in one of my many moves over the years but I have read it many times. I agree that it's a great book and Chuck is one of, if not my favorite guitarists ever.
I was wondering how you were going to downhill anything in Florida. We're kinda sparse on hills here. Also been a lifelong chuck fan. His music is just so much fun.
You're right, his music is a lot of fun to play. Chuck's playing is timeless. R.I.P. Chuck The hill is called Sugarloaf Mountain. It's in Clermont. I traveled about 2 hours to get there from my home. The ride down that hill was a wild ride for sure lol. Keep on Rockin' DAMIAN
Hi Damian , I have this question about the tabs and you're playing at the beginning of the video. Do you play an extra note that isn't in the tabs?, around 4:25. In the tabs you slide to the 5th fret B string and play it twice in totall, but it seems you first play the 5th fret B string regular, then slide it up to the 5th fret, play it another time regular.( at the beginning of the video that is without the tabs)( the staccato part I mean, with the triplets)) I even slowed your video down to 25 percent of the normal speed. I can play it in time with your tabs, but not in sync at the start of the video. Can't put my finger on it, difficult to describe.Especilly when your first language is not English. But great video as usual
Hi Damian! Greetings from Germany and thanks a lot for your fantastic work here! You helped me out so many times. I will visit your Website to take a look and maybe to give you a support! Thank you and stay healthy
Thank you Punkus Rockus. The guitar came with a set of P90s, but I switched those out and replaced them with a pair of Lindy Fralin P90s. Keep on Rockin' DAMIAN
@@Damianblf Thanks for the reply, I come to Clearwater once a year, next time i'm in town, I want to go where ever your playing. I hope to have 1/5 the ability you have in the next 10 years of practice.
If you want to hear the ROSETTA STONE of rock soloing click here! Chuck also credited him but only once! ua-cam.com/video/PegRaOTsNFg/v-deo.html WHO WAS THIS GUITARIST?-(not Tampa i don't think) A guy from the future?
Saw him a few times in the early seventies.Only played with pick up bands, and always kicked someone off stage because they tried to play the songs as recorded and he had drifted pretty far from the originals.Saw a Qucksilver roadie finish drumming after one of those events. I have seen his late 50s and early sixties films and he was brilliant. By the time I saw him, he was bullshitting his way through the songs, quick buck and gone. His lead work had gotten shamefully sloppy and then came Keith..... Hail!
hello Damian, could you please do a lesson on 30 days by Chuck Berry. it sounds a bit like Maybelline but it has an interesting intro and very different guitar solo.
Yes I have read his book I loved it when he told about first time seeing a white man he thought he had seen a ghost I to play guitar and lots of chucks music by myself wish I could play with you and your band ( if you have one ) I also love Elvis and his song called mystery
train, post me back when you get time God bless.
Great lesson. The way I see it, Chuck Berry is not only "The Father of Rock and Roll," but The King, too. He wrote the songs, created the characters, and was the genre's first guitar hero . . . he did it all.
I don't own the book, but I've checked it out of my local library and read it cover-to-cover a couple of times. I've also dug the documentary he did with Keith Richards a few times, too. Both Hogan and Berry were influenced (as were so many) by Charlie Christian. Thanks, Damian!
I love the documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll". I must have watched it a thousand times over & over back in the day lol. I need to purchase the blu-ray collector's edition that came out last year.
Cheers
DAMIAN
@@Damianblf Might need to pick that one up myself!
Yeah that documentary shows what a Jerk and idiot Chuck Berry really was.
I dig these short compact manageable lessons! They’re perfect! I’m digging the positive quotes at the end too! Thank you for what you do!
I bought my first Chuck Berry LP in 1964 when I was 12. The LP was "ST. Louis To Liverpool" and it had a couple tracks on it that were a little uncharacteristic of him. The song "You Two" is somewhat like rhythm changes and his chord work is very cool and on "Night Beat" he uses a killer jazzy neck pickup tone, it's a jazzy sounding blues. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for the comment & thank you for watching. Keep on Rockin' :)
Yes, I have the book too. As every Berry fan should. Never found Chuck's style easy to get right, so this lesson is very helpful. Thank you.
Hi John. Glad you found the lesson helpful. Thank you for watching.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Thank you Damian! Your short lessons are great, especially this one👍
And I appreciate the positive upbeat messages that you put in the end of your videos, a very nice touch! Peace ☮️
Thanks Mike. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. :)
One of the first guitar lessons I ever took was trying to learn Chuck's "Too Much Monkey Business." Never felt I quite got it, so this lesson has me pumped-- thanks a million for all you do, including the much appreciate pep talk!! 👍😊
Just a side note Chuck Berry didn't start playing Guitar seriously tell his mid-20s. One of my number one influences I started later myself and I'm quite proud of my lead skill at this point. Just keep practicing folks peace and love
Just found ur channel a few weeks ago and still excited to learn cool guitar tricks, always fun to have a new teacher! Thx!!
Love that tone
Thank you Phil. Hope you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Awesome lessons Damian. Your positive attitude is infectious and your happy spirit makes your videos fun to watch and listen to. Thanks Mike from MA.
Thank you Mike. Much appreciated. :)
I also bought the 1st addition of Chuck's autobiography when it came out and still have it. I got to meet him once in Dallas too. Huge influence!
That must have been really cool to meet him. Thank you for sharing.
Keep on Rockin' :)
DAMIAN
Another fantastic lesson! Thanks for posting this one Damian and have an awesome weekend! It’s going to be a great day!
Damian, this was as good as it gets. I've listened to countless jaw-dropping players over the years but Chuck Berry still amazes me. Berry's various 10-12 song greatest hits collections from Chess have always been pure gold to my ears.
Yeah, I'd love to have one of those new Gibson Chuck Berry Blonde 350's... Unfortunately, I can think of about 10,000 reasons I'll never have one.
💸💸💸💸💸🥺💸💸💸💸💸
Great video, as always!
You really captured Chuck Berry's vibe!
Thank you for watching Paul. I'd love to own that guitar as well. It's a beauty for sure. But's it's certainly does have a hefty price tag on it.
Keep on Rockin' buddy
DAMIAN
I have the book, too. I bought a first edition in a used book shop over a decade ago. Big fan of Chuck Berry--hearing him was one of the first times I can remember thinking: "playing guitar is cool--I want to do that."
I know that feeling. When I first heard Johnny B. Goode as a young boy I was completely mesmerized by his guitar playing.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Hi Damian, I too have the book. I think I bought my copy in 1990 :) and Greetings from Georgetown Ontario Canada !!!!
Thanks for watching Michael
Keep on rockin'
DAMIAN
Excellent. Excellent! And thanks so much for telling us newbies the key, that way we can move them around a bit. Love your playing!
Glad you enjoyed the lesson Tom. Thanks for watching.
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DAMIAN
The power of positive thinking make dreams reality. Thank you Damian
Thanks for watching Brenda. :)
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DAMIAN
What can I say Damien- fantastic lesson with great bio on Chuck Berry! It really is amazing when you think of the influence these cats had on what is done today in so many different ways on the guitar!
Thanks Gary. Much appreciated buddy. Glad you dug the lesson.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Yeah got that same book and also saw him at the Lyceum back when they had gigs there. The movie Hail hail Rock n Roll was very interesting too. Worth a watch. Keep em coming Damian!
Thank you Martin. Every rock n' roll guitarist should see "Hail Hail Rock n' Roll". Great documentary. :)
Keep on Rockin
DAMIAN
Yes Damien. I have that book. A great read. Fantastic to see it on your vid.
Thank you for watching the lesson
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Gran lección. Eres un excelente maestro y me gusta la facilidad que tienes para transmitir el conocimiento musical.
Saludos desde México.
Hola Richard. Muchas gracias :)
Cheers
DAMIAN
I also read this back when I was the same age as you! Great book
Thanks Damian ,- especially for the positive rave towards the end of the video.
Thank you Mark. Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Great lesson I've been playing for 30 years and I dug it.
This video is amazing! Great work. Just what I needed.
Excellent lesson!Thanks very much, Damian! You rock!
Thank you André Rock. Much appreciated. :)
Keep on Rockin' my friend.
DAMIAN
Chuck berry was influnced by Marty Mcfly
The Beatles used to call Chuck Berry’s musical style berrychuck. True story.
Thank you for another excellent lesson.
Thank you Timothy.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Muy bueno, muy bien interpretado e imprescindible para el rock and roll. Muchas gracias maestro.
Muchas gracias Salvador.
salud
DAMIAN :)
I bought the book also when it first came out! Great lesson!
Thank you Dennis
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DAMIAN
Many thanks for this awesome lesson. Your tone is incredible, love those P-90 pickups. Have you ever heard Earl Hooker before? He also used a lot of double-stops in his soloing, kinda like Chuck here with this lesson. If you haven't heard Earl before, I highly recommend him, you would probably love him.
Thank you Mike. Much appreciated. :)
Earl Hooker was a fantastic player. I've always dug his use of the Wah pedal.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Got the book when it came out, then I got the poster from the movie Hail Hail Rock $ Roll as soon as it quit showing in the movie theater Win Win Win... Love your channel BMX for life
That would be rad to own the original movie poster.
Thanks for watching.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Fantastic lesson, keep it up Damian!
Какие бэнды ! Чак - рок Берри !!!! Спасибо Дамиан за урок :)))
большое Вам спасибо :)
Great lesson as always. Thank you for your work !!! 🤗
Thank you very much.
Stay Safe & Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Thanks Damien great lesson on guitar and life
Thank you for watching
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
I'm looking forward to hearing back from you and plug up to something, so you can hear my bass riffs. I believe I was the first bassist to pop and slap to hard core music. Korn was out yet. We opened up the 3 bands and toured behind them. I'll fill you in on more details. If you're interested. Jeremy loved The Misfits.
I had a few chances to go play with different bands. I was to shy to sing at that time, but if we stayed together and Jeremy didn't OD. I would have started singing. Our manager wouldn't let us record until after we toured for two more big or bigger bands. As you can see we had a pretty big following.
Thanks and get back to me.
the downhill scootering looks like as much fun as playing Chuck Berry thank you for the king of double stops ole Chuck...
Hi Larry. Thanks for watching the lesson.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
great lesson. Exactly what I wanted thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it John. Thanks for watching. :)
Very good! Keep up the great vids.
Thank you idk. :)
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DAMIAN
Awesome MATE great work again....love it
Thank you David :)
Cheers
DAMIAN
Hey Damian, have you ever considered posting a lesson on Reverend Horton Heat style guitar chops? Thanks again for this awesome lesson!
Thanks for watching CC. Much appreciated. Jim Heath's a great player. I've played a bunch of shows with "The Reverend Horton Heat" back in the late 90s & early 2000s. Those were some fun shows to play. I'll put in my request book to do a lesson on the Jim Heath Rockabilly style. :)
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
@Damian Bacci thanks for the reply Damian and agreed, Jim is great! Glad you got to do shows together!
@Damian Bacci also, you’re right I should’ve called out Jim‘s name instead of the bands name, I’ve actually got his signature model Gretsch guitar and I’m a big big fan 😉🤠
Your happiness is awesome and frightening at the sametime. Anyway thanks a lot it's an Amazing tutorial
Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. :)
I didn’t buy the book, but I did a school biography project on it (my other source was Miles Davis’s autobio). Good read!
Very cool :)
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Valeuuu, Demiannn!!! ""Está tudo ok", kkkkk... grato brother!!
Muito obrigado Lenno
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DAMIAN
Hey Damien, I love your lessons! Unfortunately I do not own a copy of Chuck's autobiography anymore as it got lost (or perhaps stolen)in one of my many moves over the years but I have read it many times. I agree that it's a great book and Chuck is one of, if not my favorite guitarists ever.
Hi John. Thank you for watching the lesson. :)
Great lesson! I have the Chuck Berry book 1st edition.
Awesome. Thanks for stopping by the channel.
Keep on rockin'
DAMIAN
I was wondering how you were going to downhill anything in Florida. We're kinda sparse on hills here.
Also been a lifelong chuck fan. His music is just so much fun.
You're right, his music is a lot of fun to play. Chuck's playing is timeless. R.I.P. Chuck
The hill is called Sugarloaf Mountain. It's in Clermont. I traveled about 2 hours to get there from my home. The ride down that hill was a wild ride for sure lol.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Hola Demian saludos desde Chihuahua Chihuahua gracias por tus videos y por el rockabilly
Muchas gracias manuel
Cheers
DAMIAN
Great lesson, thank-you 😊
Thank you :)
Nice lesson! got a like and a subscriber!
Thank you very much. :)
Great lesson
Thank you Jim :)
Hi Damian , I have this question about the tabs and you're playing at the beginning of the video. Do you play an extra note that isn't in the tabs?, around 4:25. In the tabs you slide to the 5th fret B string and play it twice in totall, but it seems you first play the 5th fret B string regular, then slide it up to the 5th fret, play it another time regular.( at the beginning of the video that is without the tabs)( the staccato part I mean, with the triplets)) I even slowed your video down to 25 percent of the normal speed. I can play it in time with your tabs, but not in sync at the start of the video. Can't put my finger on it, difficult to describe.Especilly when your first language is not English. But great video as usual
Another great video; I now may have to go out and buy a hollow body guitar!
Thank you Peter. :)
Hi Damian! Greetings from Germany and thanks a lot for your fantastic work here! You helped me out so many times. I will visit your Website to take a look and maybe to give you a support! Thank you and stay healthy
Thank you Pete. Glad you enjoyed the lessons on UA-cam. Much appreciated.
Stay Safe & Keep on ROckin'
DAMIAN
Лайк, наверное лучший обзор и парень очень веселый!
большое спасибо
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DAMIAN
Haa, is that Sugarloaf Mountain that you scootered down??? That’s in my backyard!!!
Yes, that was at Sugarloaf Mountain. :)
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DAMIAN
TOP STUFF AGAIN DAMO !!! KEEP IT UP MATE
Thank you timjames72
Cheers
DAMIAN
Awesome, as usual. Did that Guild come with both P90’s? Sweet sound.
Thank you Punkus Rockus. The guitar came with a set of P90s, but I switched those out and replaced them with a pair of Lindy Fralin P90s.
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Damian Bacci Call me Claudio 😗
Ace again, cheers Big D.
Thank you Stephen. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Cheers
DAMIAN
Didn't Chuck Berry use something like .008 gauge strings?
Linda guitarra felicidades
Gracias Lobo Esteopario
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN :)
ive read it ,chuck also covered ' just like a woman' didin't he ? nice solo Damien ,interesting 8th on the G a bit like mike bloomfield style
Thank you for watching and yes, he did do a cover of "Ain't That Just Like A Woman". :)
Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
Highest elevation in Florida, what is that about 100"? Thanks for the video's.
It's 312 feet lol.
Thanks for watching the lesson. :)
@@Damianblf Thanks for the reply, I come to Clearwater once a year, next time i'm in town, I want to go where ever your playing. I hope to have 1/5 the ability you have in the next 10 years of practice.
what guitar?
Nice info, way cool daddio 😎🎸✅
Thank you Julian
Keep on rockin'
DAMIAN
Sister rosetta Thorpe was chucks influence
Thanks for watching :)
Awesome
You speak in spanish very well.
Thank you Jorge :)
Thanks Damian!
Thanks for watching Byron
Keep on rockin' buddy
DAMIAN
Are you a ratt fan?
Yes, I've been listening to Ratt since the 80s. :)
Wear gloves and a helmet Damian.
Your skills should be protected… not for you, but for us out of tune and time... 🤣😎🎸🎸🎸
Love your work mate.
The best part of this lesson is the message on positivity.. spot on!👍
Privet!🎸👏👍🐛
Спасибо за просмотр
Keep on rockin' :)
DAMIAN
He sure got screwed!!!
It's a shame.
👏🎉 bravo!
Thank you Patrick.
Keep on Rockin' buddy!
DAMIAN
i have the book,its great,
It certainly is a great read.
Cheers
DAMIAN :)
you are awesome
Thank you Walter for stopping by and checking out the lesson.
Keep on rockin' my friend.
DAMIAN
His also influence Sister Rosetta Tharpe
... great lesson actually starts @ 4:05 ...
If you want to hear the ROSETTA STONE of rock soloing click here! Chuck also credited him but only once! ua-cam.com/video/PegRaOTsNFg/v-deo.html WHO WAS THIS GUITARIST?-(not Tampa i don't think) A guy from the future?
Saw him a few times in the early seventies.Only played with pick up bands, and always kicked someone off stage because they tried to play the songs as recorded and he had drifted pretty far from the originals.Saw a Qucksilver roadie finish drumming after one of those events. I have seen his late 50s and early sixties films and he was brilliant. By the time I saw him, he was bullshitting his way through the songs, quick buck and gone. His lead work had gotten shamefully sloppy and then came Keith..... Hail!
Gee sus ! Yap Yap Yap awwwww yawwwwwwwn .....
Thanks Damian! Here's the Louis Jordan song - ua-cam.com/video/fd3qXfF7hqE/v-deo.html
Dzien’ Dobry - jak się masz? It’s Polish.
Dziękuję za obejrzenie. :)
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DAMIAN
MISFITS!!!
I have and read the book
Thanks for stopping by the channel Leif
Stay Safe & Keep on Rockin'
DAMIAN
i once rode my bicycle down winter hill in berkshire, a chicane style down road, very dodgy, broke my wheel braking at the bottom
hello Damian, could you please do a lesson on 30 days by Chuck Berry. it sounds a bit like Maybelline but it has an interesting intro and very different guitar solo.