Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll

Earlier this summer, I gave a gift to girl who was turning sweet sixteen. The gift? A CD of Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits. I also asked a friend to help me with this quest. He gave me a disc of 31 choice tunes. When these songs came out originally, they made a huge impact on our English neighbors. Most of the music that came from England during the early 1960s was the same music that was not being heard by the white audience. That is why the "X" (if you missed this, look back at the earlier posts on Pirate Radio) was so influential. I am including a rare recording of Roll Over Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz1VOQWR6cA I am also including what I feel is the best cover of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxXl4oS9wss Chuck Berry is alive and doing well these days. He still performs once a month in his hometown of St. Louis, MO at Blueberry Hill. http://www.blueberryhill.com/

Music for today:

Grateful Dead
September 18, 1987
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1987-09-18.mtx.hansokolow.96139.flac16

Grateful Dead
June 30, 1988
Silver Stadium
Rochester, NY
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1988-06-30.sbd.miller.96071.sbeok.flac16

Chuck Berry
31 selections from Chess Box Set

I'm gearing up for a Thanksgiving Music Feast. More on this later.