Post by the Scribe on Apr 5, 2020 12:54:59 GMT
FLASHBACK: CHUCK BERRY AND LINDA RONSTADT, "BACK IN THE U.S.A." (1986)
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll trotted out a number of Berry's big-ticket admirers, but there's something special about Linda Ronstadt's pairing with Berry on "Back in the U.S.A." Ronstadt had long ago proven her prowess on soul and R&B oldies covers such as Betty Everett's "You're No Good" and Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave," and she brought her gutsy-belting A game to "U.S.A." Not to be relegated to the background on his 60th birthday, Berry pipes up with call-and-response rejoinders between Ronstadt's lines, urging her on with enthusiastic hollers of "I'll bet you did!" and "Sing a song!" That she did.
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is a 1987 documentary film directed by Taylor Hackford that chronicles two 1986 concerts celebrating rock and roll musician Chuck Berry's 60th birthday. A soundtrack album was released in October 1987 on the MCA label. The name comes from a line in the song School Days.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCTU7NXzsgrbIef8NSazdNxw
The two concerts were held on October 16, 1986, at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis; among the artists performing with Berry were Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnnie Johnson, Steve Jordan, Bobby Keys, Julian Lennon, Chuck Leavell, Joey Spampinato from NRBQ and Ingrid chuck-berry--hail-hail-rock-n-roll-amazon-image-chuck-berry-influence-wax-and-soundtraxBerry (vocals). Along with concert footage, the film also features scenes from the rehearsals for the shows, interviews with Berry and members of his family, and "talking-head"-type appearances from a number of musicians, including Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon (archival footage), Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Little Richard and Bruce Springsteen.
The guests made the shows very special, as the legendary Etta James brought the house down on Rock And Roll Music. Linda Ronstadt (Back In The USA) and Julian Lennon (Johnny B. Goode) also delivered outstanding vocal performances.
Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals) is drenched in the blues on Wee Wee Hours, one of the first tracks Berry recorded for Chess Records – and the B-side to his first hit, Maybellene. But it’s Robert Cray (guitar, vocals) on Brown-Eyed Handsome Man that remains my favorite cut.
Other songs that appear on the CD include Around And Around – the Rolling Stones have a great cover of it on Love You Live – Maybellene and Memphis, Tennessee.
Berry is rock-n-roll and these performances demonstrate the reason why.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Chuck Berry on The Tonight Show, November 5, 1987 Promotes "Hail Hail Rock N Roll"
Chuck Berry Emotional Tributes Around The World
‘Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll’
At two hours, Taylor Hackford's "Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" is as long and unwieldy as its title, but it's probably the most revealing look we'll ever get of its subject, and the most loving evocation of his music. It's a mix of rehearsal and performance footage, "You Are There" interviews with Berry and "Reds"-style testimonials from contemporaries and heirs.
Jerry Lee Lewis is still riled that his own mom considered his fabled rival the real King of Rock 'n' Roll. "I always thought I was," he objects, only to be told, " 'Well, you and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.' "
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chuckberryhailhailrocknrollpgharrington_a0aa6d.htm
At two hours, Taylor Hackford's "Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" is as long and unwieldy as its title, but it's probably the most revealing look we'll ever get of its subject, and the most loving evocation of his music. It's a mix of rehearsal and performance footage, "You Are There" interviews with Berry and "Reds"-style testimonials from contemporaries and heirs.
Jerry Lee Lewis is still riled that his own mom considered his fabled rival the real King of Rock 'n' Roll. "I always thought I was," he objects, only to be told, " 'Well, you and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.' "
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chuckberryhailhailrocknrollpgharrington_a0aa6d.htm
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll trotted out a number of Berry's big-ticket admirers, but there's something special about Linda Ronstadt's pairing with Berry on "Back in the U.S.A." Ronstadt had long ago proven her prowess on soul and R&B oldies covers such as Betty Everett's "You're No Good" and Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave," and she brought her gutsy-belting A game to "U.S.A." Not to be relegated to the background on his 60th birthday, Berry pipes up with call-and-response rejoinders between Ronstadt's lines, urging her on with enthusiastic hollers of "I'll bet you did!" and "Sing a song!" That she did.
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is a 1987 documentary film directed by Taylor Hackford that chronicles two 1986 concerts celebrating rock and roll musician Chuck Berry's 60th birthday. A soundtrack album was released in October 1987 on the MCA label. The name comes from a line in the song School Days.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCTU7NXzsgrbIef8NSazdNxw
The two concerts were held on October 16, 1986, at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis; among the artists performing with Berry were Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnnie Johnson, Steve Jordan, Bobby Keys, Julian Lennon, Chuck Leavell, Joey Spampinato from NRBQ and Ingrid chuck-berry--hail-hail-rock-n-roll-amazon-image-chuck-berry-influence-wax-and-soundtraxBerry (vocals). Along with concert footage, the film also features scenes from the rehearsals for the shows, interviews with Berry and members of his family, and "talking-head"-type appearances from a number of musicians, including Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon (archival footage), Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Little Richard and Bruce Springsteen.
The guests made the shows very special, as the legendary Etta James brought the house down on Rock And Roll Music. Linda Ronstadt (Back In The USA) and Julian Lennon (Johnny B. Goode) also delivered outstanding vocal performances.
Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals) is drenched in the blues on Wee Wee Hours, one of the first tracks Berry recorded for Chess Records – and the B-side to his first hit, Maybellene. But it’s Robert Cray (guitar, vocals) on Brown-Eyed Handsome Man that remains my favorite cut.
Other songs that appear on the CD include Around And Around – the Rolling Stones have a great cover of it on Love You Live – Maybellene and Memphis, Tennessee.
Berry is rock-n-roll and these performances demonstrate the reason why.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Chuck Berry on The Tonight Show, November 5, 1987 Promotes "Hail Hail Rock N Roll"
Chuck Berry Emotional Tributes Around The World