Description
Most of the numbers are written by Chuck and contain stylistic elements from country music and honky-tonk (“Our Little Rendezvous”), bedded in his typical springy guitar riffs. But his seesawing, groovy approach (“You Two”), hard, punchy rock (“Go Bobby Soxer”), and a purely instrumental original number (“Turn Around”) fit superbly into the programme. Is this a one-man show? Not quite. Chuck Berry proves how competently he adopted some of the innovations of his fellow musicians, such as Guitar Slim (who died young), and whose celebrated “The Things That I Used To Do” recalls the original, gutsy blues found in rock ’n’ roll.
2. Our Little Rendezvous
3. No Particular Place to Go
4. You Two
5. Promised Land
6. You Never Can Tell
8. Things I Used to Do
9. Liverpool Drive
10. Night Beat
11. Merry Christmas Baby
12. Brenda Lee