The ultimate Chuck Berry covers

[Fabricus]

Chuck Berry is obviously one of the very best.

IMO, though, covers are often better than the originals.

Allow me to share a few.

Perhaps you have one or two worth sharing.

[Fabricus]

I used to like a guy on this forum called Johnny. He also had the usernames "WYM" and "FUNFON".

The following is dedicated to Johnny.

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A word or two from the legendary Mr Hendrix.

[bannork]

the stepping razor's version

[JLCrab]

https://youtu.be/hbJgx1PKxkk?t=55

The Band -- Chuck Berry's "Back to Memphis" Live at Watkins Glen 1973

[bannork]

[pgrahmm]

Flashback from the future - which I think is this year/now.....Chuck's inspiration?!? - From himself.....

[Fabricus]

[JLCrab]

[pgrahmm]

Wow - young - green & frenetically learning - and not looking or sounding very good - great find.....

[pgrahmm]

https://youtu.be/HPbrx-cl9T4

Elvis - Memphis

[pgrahmm]

https://youtu.be/zovB080w3r0

Elvis - Promised Land

[pgrahmm]

https://youtu.be/m7-Klg8ca10

Elvis - Johnny B. Goode

Interesting solo's/performance on this one

[pgrahmm]

https://youtu.be/0rLci6tPOtY

Beatles - Roll Over Beethovan

[pgrahmm]

Duplication→ Disregard

Beatles - Roll Over Beethovan

[pgrahmm]

https://youtu.be/IAc0FKyBgks

This was a big hit in the US....Memphis - Johnny Rivers

[bannork]

high octane,presumably Johnny's shirtless appearance is due to a desire to show off his tattoos rather than poverty- was he partly responsible for the ensuing trend, still to be seen on Khaosan road today?

[JLCrab]

Not that this is any great performance but that IS Leon Russell 1964:

https://youtu.be/7jb3aHQ7hjs?t=32

A few years later:

[pgrahmm]

Yeah - there's one on Utube with Chuck Berry & John Lennon that is horrid with Yoko Ono screaching/chirping/belching in the background....CB basically is soldiering it out - you can see it in his face......not a big JL fan but this is even worse than his normal. .

It would be downgrading Chuck to put it on this thread....

[JLCrab]

Yeah - there's one on Utube with Chuck Berry & John Lennon that is horrid with Yoko Ono screaching/chirping/belching in the background....CB basically is soldiering it out - you can see it in his face......not a big JL fan but this is even worse than his normal. .

It would be downgrading Chuck to put it on this thread....

From Cynthia Lennon's NY Times obituary April 2015:

She was ill prepared for the fame that engulfed John and his bandmates.

“I didn’t marry a Beatle,” she told the British newspaper The Independent in 1999. “I married a broke student who played the guitar and ponced all my grant money off me.”