mautaax 3: Sunday Concert - Little Richard and Chuck Berry

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Sunday Concert - Little Richard and Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry: "The greatest of the rock and rollers."

For a change of pace this summer we will be doing a Sunday Concert series.

By Gary;

Every decade has stereotype images attached to it. The image for the 1950s was James Dean, Marylyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

While no one can discount the phenomenon that is Elvis, from a pure rock and roll point of view Elvis was a softer, non-threatening boy band image for the Media to pump for ratings and record sales.

Simply that third image of the 50s rightfully belongs to Chuck Berry. But the 50s and 60s Media machine had no interest in putting a Black American out front to be admired and looked up to by white teenagers.

While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together. It was his particular genius to graft country & western guitar licks onto a rhythm & blues chassis in his very first single, "Maybellene."

Little Richard was close behind Berry as a true father of Rock. His music also had a pivotal impact on the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk.

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (live)