tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post5975345024113340395..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Breaking News - RIP Chuck Berry.Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-44809055578838323512017-03-19T17:16:52.417+00:002017-03-19T17:16:52.417+00:00Bit of cross reference with what's going on at...Bit of cross reference with what's going on at the Sage I suppose. White people always come along and do Black Music better. How many times today will we hear that without Chuck Berry there'd have been no Beatles, no Stones, no Beach Boys, like that was his contribution.<br />And somebody like Curtis Mayfield who transcends soul music and twentieth century music generally and should standSteve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-16184359718415563272017-03-19T16:13:01.141+00:002017-03-19T16:13:01.141+00:00I left the North East in early ’79 on the Dick Whi...I left the North East in early ’79 on the Dick Whittington trail (but without the cat!) to put on the First big jazz festival at Alexander Palace in July of that year.- you know the one that didn’t burn down.. This was the start of my partnership with George Wein another nonagenarian jazzer.<br />There was Hamp, BB King, Muddy Waters, Dizzy, Buddy Rich - In fact arrest the usual suspects. Andy Hudsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-84014298874448455922017-03-19T14:35:30.838+00:002017-03-19T14:35:30.838+00:00Sorry Steve...too cryptic for me!Sorry Steve...too cryptic for me!Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-44483982938066884022017-03-19T14:00:38.383+00:002017-03-19T14:00:38.383+00:00Sorry Russell, have to disagree - surely not - Cur...Sorry Russell, have to disagree - surely not - Curtis Mayfields lyrics were second to none, and I had to read about his death in a newspaper. What colour was he again?Steve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-35193257616935689472017-03-19T11:42:55.647+00:002017-03-19T11:42:55.647+00:00Steve, Radio 5 Live broke the news late Saturday. ...Steve, Radio 5 Live broke the news late Saturday. Dotun Adebayo devoted much of his Up All Night programme to the news (Dotun is a big music fan). <br /><br />Your comments about Berry being the king of rock 'n' roll are spot on. The alternative narrative (Presley etc) is just that,the American media's preferred alternative. <br /><br />The guitar riffs are legendary (launching a Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-437560301924040642017-03-19T03:53:57.406+00:002017-03-19T03:53:57.406+00:00Just read this in the middle of the night and imme...Just read this in the middle of the night and immediately switched to news channels but nothing. In America this is massive, like Elvis, a Beatle or MJ. <br />Said to people at Xmas to expect this one this year. I think most people thought he died years ago.<br />Although I think the whole Rock and Roll narrative is pure myth - at it's best blues for teenyboppers - Chuck Berry would have beenSteve Tnoreply@blogger.com