Size: 92,7 MB
Time: 39:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Full
1. House Of Blue Lights (2:29)
2. Wee Wee Hours (3:05)
3. Deep Feeling (Instrumental) (2:21)
4. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:14)
5. How You've Changed (2:49)
6. Down The Road Apiece (2:16)
7. Worried Life Blues (2:12)
8. Confessin' The Blues (2:10)
9. Still Got The Blues (2:07)
10. Driftin' Blues (2:21)
11. Run Around (2:33)
12. Route 66 (2:47)
13. Sweet Sixteen (2:48)
14. All Aboard (2:09)
15. Things I Used To Do (2:45)
16. St. Louis Blues (2:36)
Chuck Berry grew up on the blues, taking Muddy Waters as a particular hero, so when he signed with Chess Records in the mid-'50s, the label undoubtedly figured they were getting a blues artist. Which Berry was, but his bright, skittering guitar style and penchant for writing songs with lyrics that set aside blues clichés for something closer to beat poetry meant Berry's forward-looking version of the blues became something else altogether, creating the very template for rock & roll. It also brought a younger teenaged audience into the game, and Berry increasingly aimed for it. But before that groundbreaking shift in style and demographic, Berry turned out some interesting straight blues sides for Chess, several of which are collected here, and it's intriguing to wonder what might have happened had Berry stuck with the blues rather than redefining it into rock & roll.
Highlights include the powerful "Wee Wee Hours," a chugging version of Don Raye's "Down the Road a Piece," a try at Guitar Slim's "Things I Used to Do," the hybrid "Driftin' Blues," which features a near doo wop backup chorus, and a revved up and rocking rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." Berry's guitar work is revealing on these early numbers, his tone always bright and fresh, as if he was a colt who just couldn't wait to get out there and run. And run he did. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
Highlights include the powerful "Wee Wee Hours," a chugging version of Don Raye's "Down the Road a Piece," a try at Guitar Slim's "Things I Used to Do," the hybrid "Driftin' Blues," which features a near doo wop backup chorus, and a revved up and rocking rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." Berry's guitar work is revealing on these early numbers, his tone always bright and fresh, as if he was a colt who just couldn't wait to get out there and run. And run he did. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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1 House Of Blue Lights 2:29
Bass – G. Smith
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Don Raye, Freddie Slack
2 Wee Wee Hours 3:05
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Ebby Hardy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry
3 Deep Feeling (Instrumental) 2:21
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Guitar – Hubert Sumlin
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Steel Guitar – Chuck Berry
Written-By – Chuck Berry
4 I Just Want To Make Love To You 2:14
Backing Vocals – The Ecuadors
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Willie Dixon
5 How You've Changed 2:49
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Lafayette Leake
Written-By – Chuck Berry
6 Down The Road Apiece 2:16
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Don Raye
7 Worried Life Blues 2:12
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Maceo Merriweather
8 Confessin' The Blues 2:10
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Jay McShann, Walter Brown
9 Still Got The Blues 2:07
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry
10 Driftin' Blues 2:20
Backing Vocals – Unknown Artist
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Saxophone – Unknown Artist
Tenor Saxophone – L.C. Davis
Written-By – Charles Brown, Eddie Williams, Johnny Moore
11 Run Around 2:33
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry
12 Route 66 2:47
Bass – Unknown Artist
Drums – Ebby Hardy
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Bobby Troup
13 Sweet Sixteen 2:48
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun
14 All Aboard 2:09
Bass – Unknown Artist
Drums – Phil Thomas
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Tenor Saxophone – L.C. Davis
Written-By – Chuck Berry
15 The Things That I Used To Do 2:45
Drums – Odie Payne
Instruments – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
16 St. Louis Blues 2:36
Bass – Louis Cennamo
Drums – Brian Kattenholm
Guitar – Jeff Krivet
Piano – Bob Scrivens
Written-By – W. C. Handy
Thank you very much
You're most welcome Hygiaphone13, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comment, it's appreciated. Thanks also to Daba for adding personnel info for each track.
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