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If you were to try and give
rock 'n' roll another name,
you might call it Chuck Berry.
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Right. In the 1950s,
a whole generation
worshipped his music,
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and when you see him perform
today, past and present
all come together...
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and the message is,
"Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll."
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Right on.
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[ Crowd Cheering ]
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* Mabellene
Why can't ya be true *
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* Oh, Mabellene
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* Can't ya be true
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* Started back doin'
the things you used to do *
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* As I was motorvatin'
over the hill *
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* Saw Mabellene
in a Coupe De Ville *
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* Cadillac rollin'
on an open road *
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* Nothin' outrun my V-8 Ford
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* Cadillac doin' about 95
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* Bumper to bumper
or side to side *
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* Mabellene
Can't ya be true *
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* Oh, Mabellene
Can't ya be true *
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* Ya started back doin'
the things you used to do **
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Oh !
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You know, the only song
I ever tried to sing of his
is "Mabellene."
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I get far as the Cadillac
up on the hill and--
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And you let it go
up the hill by itself.
No, it went.
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[ Laughing ]
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Whoa !
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I remember driving
by a place in Nashville.
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I must've been 16,
driving home from a date,
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and, um, "Mabellene"
was playing out--
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You could hear it
coming out of the club,
you know, as we rolled by.
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And so we rolled down
the window, stopped
and used to listen.
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He's the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
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My mama even said that.
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I said, "What about me, Mama ?"
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She said, "Well, now, son,
you're ver-- you're different.
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You sing slow songs,
but Chuck Berry's
rock 'n' roll."
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I said, "Why, all this time,
I thought I was."
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She said, "Well, your habits
are pretty good, but you're
no Chuck Berry."
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My favorite song
with Chuck... is all of 'em.
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I like all of 'em !
[ Laughing ]
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I-I've always-- Chuck,
really, to be truthful,
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not puttin' Bo down,
not puttin' Fats down,
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but if I didn't say this,
God knows I'd be lyin'.
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To the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,
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my God that I love so much--
and I keep Your Holy Sabbath
every Saturday...
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from sunrise to sunset--
I must say this: He's
my favorite rock artist,
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and he always have been,
and I think that--
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I've never told
the world this, but...
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his rhythm
is the only rhythm
that I can sing myself too.
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And it fits. If I say
anything about Chuck,
Chuck is--
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If Chuck don't go up on stage,
I know it's gonna be
really tough on me.
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[ Little Richard Laughing ]
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Wow. So this is
what you wanted to see.
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This is it:
the Cosmopolitan Club.
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That's what 30 years
can do for ya.
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Gee, birthplace of "Mabellene."
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Okay.
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* Mabellene
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* Why can't ya be true
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Jesus. Look at this. Wow.
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Oh, man,
this breaks my heart.
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They must've had
a flood here or something.
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Mmm, look at this place.
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My beautiful Cosmopolitan,
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and many beautiful nights
as we had in here.
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Look at this.
This is something.
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It's a far cry from the way
it was when I was here
back in '51, '52.
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Drew three to four hundred
people every weekend--
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Twenty-one dollars.
We were here for three years.
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Three years.
Johnnie Johnson Trio,
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until I took it over
and it got to be
Chuck Berry Trio.
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Chuck Berry came to me
and asked me
about changin' the name...
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from the Johnnie Johnson Trio
to the Chuck Berry Trio,
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which, uh-- which was
perfectly okay with me,
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because Chuck was more
of a go-getter and, uh,
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he seemed to know more
about the business than I did,
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and I figured with him
as a leader we would have
more jobs and a better success.
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[ Chuck ]
I had two day jobs.
I worked with my father...
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whenever I didn't have
anything else to do.
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But mainly
when I started working
at the automobile plant,
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that's when the money
started comin' in:
$91 a week.
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I was cuttin'
pretty good too, because
I had a family, you know,
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and, uh, $21 here
and $91 there--
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A hundred dollars a week,
you can do pretty good.
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Music is--
was a sideline, you know.
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I was a carpenter
and a painter, you know.
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About a year after
I started working here,
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uh, I asked--
I'm in the painting business,
you know, fixing up.
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I had an idea
about just putting
the, uh, ceilings in black.
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And, uh, as I painted
them black, I had the idea
and went on on my own...
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to paint, uh, the top of it
real dark, dark blue in ovals.
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And then at the high point
of the oval,
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I just painted
a snow-capped mountain,
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and they went all around this,
all around, all the way
around the building,
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excepting behind the bar
where the mirrors are.
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I got $450 for that,
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and compared
to $21 a weekend,
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that's like
six months of playing.
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That's the reason why
I'll never let that, uh,
painting and decorating go.
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It's, uh, money.
Money in that.
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[ Interviewer ]
But there had to be something
that drove you towards...
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trying to make a life
as a professional musician.
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Oh, when the money got larger,
I'd put the paintbrush down,
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pick the pick up
and fiddle.
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[ Chuckles ]
Oh, yeah. It got bigger.
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As a matter of fact,
I left here...
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making $42 a night...
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and went straight
to Gleason's Bar
in Cleveland...
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at $800 a week.
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It felt great.
When I showed my brother
the contract,
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he said, "You mean
to tell me--
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Yeah, well,
that's the way it is."
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From then on, I found out
that you make more and more
as the years go by.
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[ Woman ]
Oh, baby !
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[ Whooping, Applauding ]
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That's what started me
to thinkin' that I could
go professional,
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because the crowds
we had on the weekends
were jam-packed.
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I said if I can do it here,
I can do it in Cleveland,
do it in Miami.
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And when I went up
to Chicago where Leonard Chess
and Chess records were,
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that was the launching
of my career.
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I went up there
with a $79 recorder
and played that, you know,
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'cause I'm not gonna play guitar
in front of a stranger.
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Well, he said, "It sounds good."
He was listening to the lyrics.
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And the name of the song,
I had it named "Ida Red,"
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not knowing that I couldn't
name it the same title
of a song already out.
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And "Mabellene" sounds just
like "Ida Red" rhythmically,
so I named it "Mabellene."
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And, uh, evidently
he liked it,
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because he told me to get
the band and come up and he'd
consider a recording contract.
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I said, "When ? Yesterday ?"
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He said, "No.
Whenever you can."
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So the next Friday,
when Johnnie got off
from his job, we went up there,
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and Saturday we recorded
"Mabellene," "Wee, Wee Hours,"
"Too Much Monkey--"
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By the way, I had these songs
written during that week.
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"Too Much Monkey Business"
and, I think,
"Roll Over, Beethoven."
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And, uh, we did
all four of them
in less than six hours.
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"Mabellene" had 36 takes,
by the way. I remember.
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[ Interviewer ]
You wrote four songs
in one week ?
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Oh, yeah. It wasn't
too hard to write, because
I'd been making up songs--
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verses, that is--
on the bandstand
to other people's songs.
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I'd take my verses and put
'em to the same rhythm
and I was on my way.
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You know, poetry
is my blood flow.
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We're gonna hear
some blues tonight...
[ Crowd Whistling, Cheering ]
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'cause I'm sorry I left
the Cosmopolitan,
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but I'm glad
I made that money.
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[ Cheering, Applause ]
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It helped out quite a bit,
you know ?
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* You know I was
livin' in St. Louis *
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* In the year of 1955
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* My mother didn't have
a big mansion *
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* Just a little
ol' country dive *
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* And my daddy
worked all week long *
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* Tryin' to keep us
six kids alive *
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* I was standin'
at Lambert Airport *
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* With this guitar
in my hand *
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[ Cheering, Applause ]
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* You know I had
a first-class ticket *
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* Destination Hollywoodland
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* I'll be
in Hollywood, Mama *
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* Before the roosters
crow again *
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[ Chuck ]
Wow !
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* Can't help it
but I love *
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* Sittin' here
and singin' to you *
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[ Cheering ]
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* I think that's the only
legitimate thing *
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* I ever learned to do
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[ Cheering ]
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* Until I come
back here to Cosmo *
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* I'm gonna say so long
and good-bye to you **
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[ Cheering ]
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[ Crowd Cheering,
[ Crowd Cheering,
Applauding, Whistling ]
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[ Chuck ]
When I first took
the song to Leonard Chess,
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we recorded in Chess Studios.
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Naturally, I was
the only writer, because
it came from Missouri...
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in a basement in my house.
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And when the record came out,
it was Russ Fratto
and Alan Freed and Chuck Berry.
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You know, who are these guys,
you know ?
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I knew Alan Freed.
I heard him on the radio.
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He was the disc jockey
in New York
that played the record.
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Who is Russ Fratto ?
He's-- He owns
a stenography store--
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a stationery store next to--
who supplied Leonard
with his stationery.
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Uh, why they were on it
didn't matter to me.
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I didn't know that was
a split of the monies,
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but when I got my royalties,
I saw one third.
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Anybody can easily
figure it out.
I'm good at mathematics.
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I was only--
I'm only getting
a third of this, you know.
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So that was in the days
of payola when, uh--
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when you did something
for somebody, you got a cut
of whatever the issue was.
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Money-- You know,
I'd sit up all night
lookin' at the contracts,
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you know, tryin' to figure out
how I was gonna make
any money out of two--
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two--
No, half a cent per record.
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Half a cent ?
Half a cent per record.
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We had to sell two records
to make a penny.
Right.
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A record cost 59 cents,
didn't it ?
Yeah.
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Well, there were 58
other pennies going somewhere.
Uh-uh.
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I, uh-- Ooh, boy.
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Yeah, I majored in math.
I was lookin'
at the other 58 cents.
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I majored in mouth.
[ Laughing ]
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I was doin' the talkin'
and no walkin'.
Didn't make nothin'.
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Couldn't even
understand the contract.
I looked at it.
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All I wanted to see was "Little
Richard." When I saw that, I
didn't even read the other part.
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[ Chuck ]
You feel your way
when you don't know.
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Sometimes you step on rocks.
Sometimes you get your head
bumped. But not twice.
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That's a smart man.
Don't let the same dog
bite you twice.
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[ Man ]
How ya doin', Chuck ?
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Chuck's made a whole
new show business,
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doing things on the road
the Chuck Berry way.
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As a entertainer and as
a businessman/entertainer,
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he just does things
different
than most people do.
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Chuck doesn't have
a big entourage, doesn't
have a band with him.
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He likes to go by himself,
leaves the job by himself.
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You know, promoters
offer limousines and such,
and he doesn't care.
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This is Chuck Berry, that's all.
This is just Chuck Berry
doin' it his way.
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One-nighters, that's all
I ever do. One-nighters.
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[ Interviewer ]
Where's all your luggage ?
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No luggage. Just a guitar
underneath.
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Comb, toothbrush--
that's it.
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That's the way I do it.
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You check your guitar
in baggage ?
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Yeah, once
in about six months.
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After that, get a new one.
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Uh, deductible, you know.
Tools ?
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[ Dick Alen ]
Chuck has always caught
the imagination of the kids--
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not only the young black kids,
but the white kids, from
the beginning of his career.
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He's been able
to keep the old ones and bring
the new generation all the time.
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The 15-, 16-year-olds,
as they come in, as they hear
Chuck on the oldies stations,
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like it, know it's good music
and just stay with it.
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He has always been going.
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The man is a natural
guitar player.
He's a natural businessman.
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He feels it's a very
important part of his life
and his career,
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and he takes care of it
very well.
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I think my first date
was $800 a week,
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and that was six nights,
234
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so it's about
from about $100 a night...
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to, uh, now I'm getting
blrlrl $1,000 a night,
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you see.
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[ Interviewer ] How much ?
Is that a secret ?
Oh, the I.R.S. knows.
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They know it straight now.
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Sure. No problem. Cute.
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[ Interviewer ]
How many concerts
do you do a year ?
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Well, I'll just multiply
six by 12 months.
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Seventy to a hundred
at the most,
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and that's diminishing
because here I'm
nearing 60, right ?
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I've had what I call
extreme success...
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from what I contemplated
in my life,
246
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and, uh, I want to enjoy
a bit of it too.
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I want to go to some gigs,
go to some rock concerts...
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and sit there and,
"Hey, baby !
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Play that music,
white boy !"
[ Chuckling ]
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[ Dick Alen ]
When the contract reads X,
whatever it is,
251
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he'll be there doin'
exactly what
the contract says.
252
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People try to help him,
try to guess for him,
253
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and that's how
trouble starts.
254
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:57,517
That's part of the contract:
that the buyer has to supply
a rock 'n' roll band.
255
00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:01,521
Uh, the only requirement
is that they know
Chuck Berry's greatest hits.
256
00:17:01,554 --> 00:17:04,858
Mr. Berry,
good to meet you.
[ Man ]
Welcome to Columbus.
257
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Shall we go ?
Let's go rock 'n' roll.
[ Laughing ]
258
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All right.
[ Woman ]
Hey, Chuck !
259
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I met Chuck Berry once
when my manager said, "Gee,
260
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you're gonna open on a bill
for Jerry Lee Lewis
and Chuck Berry."
261
00:17:18,338 --> 00:17:21,441
And we thought this was
"forget it," you know.
262
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I was 23 or 24, and these guys
were our heroes and--
263
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and, uh, so we're
real excited,
264
00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:32,318
and the guy says,
"He's gonna get a band that's
gonna back Chuck Berry up."
265
00:17:32,352 --> 00:17:35,221
We said, "No, don't tell him--
Don't get one
of the local bands.
266
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Tell him that we'll
back him up."
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I had-- I think
my first album might've just
come out around that time.
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So we went down to Maryland.
We drove in
from some overnight gig.
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I forget from where.
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We came out and played
about a half hour,
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which is generally
the time you were allotted
in those days...
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if you were an opening act,
and we went over pretty good.
273
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We did all right.
274
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And then Jerry Lee came out,
and he did his set...
275
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and, you know, ended
standin' on the piano and,
276
00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:06,419
uh, no Chuck Berry, right ?
277
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No. He's not there.
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So, it's about--
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I forget what time
it was supposed to go on,
280
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but it was gettin'
very close to the time
he was supposed to go on.
281
00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:21,434
There's no sign of him.
The promoter's gettin'
really nervous.
282
00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:24,471
He comes up to me
and he says, "Look,
283
00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:27,474
"go on back out there,
because Chuck Berry's
not here.
284
00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:29,642
I don't think he's comin'."
285
00:18:29,676 --> 00:18:33,780
I said, "I'm not gonna
go out there. They're
waitin' for Chuck Berry."
286
00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:37,784
And, uh, about five minutes
before the show...
287
00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,786
was timed to start,
288
00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:42,589
the back door opens,
and he comes in.
289
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He's by himself,
290
00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:48,395
and, uh, he's got
a guitar case.
291
00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,631
And that was it. I guess
he pulled up in his own car.
292
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Didn't have
anybody with him.
293
00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:56,236
And he walked--
kinda walked by me...
294
00:18:56,269 --> 00:18:58,371
and went straight
to the office...
295
00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:00,440
with the promoter,
you know ?
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Where I guess
the rumor was--
[ Laughing ]
297
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I think the rumor was
he would get 11 grand,
298
00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:10,717
and at the end of the night
he'd give a grand back
if the band was okay...
299
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and if the equipment worked.
300
00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:15,722
I don't know if that's true,
but that's what we heard.
301
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So straight into the office,
302
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:21,294
and then he comes--
walks out of the office...
303
00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,830
and he comes
into the band's room,
you know.
304
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We said, "Well, great.
We're gonna go on."
305
00:19:26,466 --> 00:19:29,669
I said, "Well, Chuck.
Like, what-- What songs
are we gonna do ?"
306
00:19:29,703 --> 00:19:32,806
He says, "Well, we're gonna
do some Chuck Berry songs."
[ Laughing ]
307
00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,841
That's all he says.
308
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:39,679
So we go, "Okay."
We get out on stage.
309
00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:43,316
The crowd's goin' insane.
They can see him.
He walks on,
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opens up the guitar case,
tunes the guitar.
311
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The lights are up.
The place is goin' nuts.
312
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:53,493
And we're goin', like,
you know, "What are we
gonna start with, Chuck ?"
313
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:56,696
And he's kinda not
payin' attention to us
or not hearin' us.
314
00:19:56,730 --> 00:20:00,633
And then all I see is--
[ Stomping Foot,
Imitating Guitar ]
315
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That's it !
[ Laughing ]
You know ?
316
00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:05,472
And, like, the band
is like, "Yaahh !"
317
00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:08,274
We're in a state
of total panic.
318
00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:11,478
We're tryin' to figure out
what song are we playin'.
319
00:20:11,511 --> 00:20:15,482
Uh, what key is it in ?
Chuck plays in a lot
of strange keys...
320
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:17,617
like B-flat, E-flat.
321
00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:23,056
And our bass player, who was--
He's kind of the... historian
of the band, you know ?
322
00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:27,360
So everybody runs to him
and he has the right key,
right ?
323
00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:31,498
And so, uh, we pick up
the key, and we're doin'
pretty good, I think.
324
00:20:31,531 --> 00:20:34,434
I forget what song it was.
Uh,
325
00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,536
but we're playin' away,
and the crowd's goin' nuts,
326
00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:41,341
and Chuck runs back and says,
"Play for that money, boys !"
327
00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:44,411
We forgot to tell him
we were doin' this for free.
328
00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:47,914
Anyway, the night ended,
there was a big brawl
in front of the stage,
329
00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:50,917
and the lights came up
and I think his amp blew up.
330
00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:54,387
We're kind of--
I guess we're doin'
"Johnny B. Goode."
331
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** [ Imitates Guitar ]
You know, we're just
playin' that rhythm.
332
00:20:57,957 --> 00:21:00,493
And he just kinda walked
to the side of the stage,
333
00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:03,563
packed his guitar in front
of the entire auditorium.
334
00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,565
They're goin' crazy.
[ Chuckles ]
335
00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,101
Then he waved,
and that was it.
336
00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:12,939
[ Laughing ]
He walked out and walked back
into his car, and he was gone.
337
00:21:12,972 --> 00:21:15,508
I doubt that he'd
remember us, you know.
338
00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:20,680
We were probably-- We were
another one of the bands he was
using on the road at the time.
339
00:21:20,714 --> 00:21:23,683
It was just the kind
of night that-- that--
340
00:21:23,717 --> 00:21:28,655
You know, when I'm 65 or 70,
and I got, you know,
my grandkids.
341
00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:31,491
"Chuck Berry ? Yeah,
I met Chuck Berry.
342
00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:35,428
[ Laughing ]
Matter of fact, I backed
Chuck Berry up one night."
343
00:21:35,462 --> 00:21:37,430
"You did ?"
"Yeah."
344
00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:40,433
You know, it's a story
you're always gonna tell.
345
00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:44,537
[ Chuck ]
This is our cornerstone we had
placed in the fall of '57.
346
00:21:44,571 --> 00:21:46,873
At least, I wanted it
to be a cornerstone.
347
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:49,709
When I bought it, I found out
it was a tombstone.
348
00:21:49,743 --> 00:21:54,881
Well, death of a cornfield
and birth of an amusement park.
349
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,950
I wanted it to be
like Disneyland or Six Flags,
350
00:21:56,983 --> 00:22:00,553
but it turned out
to be One Flag.
351
00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:04,491
I really wanted to have
a great place for fishing.
352
00:22:04,524 --> 00:22:07,527
My father was a great fisherman,
and all the family's
are great fishermen.
353
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,929
So when we first started
improving this,
354
00:22:09,963 --> 00:22:14,534
this whole area here
was just a valley,
a big valley,
355
00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:18,004
and we had the lake
dug out and filled up
in about a year.
356
00:22:18,038 --> 00:22:23,009
And, uh, shortly after that,
we had festivals in the '60s.
357
00:22:23,043 --> 00:22:26,479
We had a festiv--
One of the festivals
had 40,000 people.
358
00:22:26,513 --> 00:22:28,848
Another one
had 60,000 people,
359
00:22:28,882 --> 00:22:31,751
and the whole park
in a sense
is kind of like Hyde Park.
360
00:22:31,785 --> 00:22:33,920
I have never seen it,
actually.
361
00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:37,023
We just called it Hyde Park
in the suburbs of Missouri.
362
00:22:37,057 --> 00:22:39,759
If you wanted to go,
you'd just come to Missouri.
363
00:22:39,793 --> 00:22:42,495
Come to Berry Park.
364
00:22:42,529 --> 00:22:46,466
Now, this is the barroom
of the clubhouse we had
built here...
365
00:22:46,499 --> 00:22:48,902
in, uh-- During the '50s,
when I was touring...
366
00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:51,538
with all my colleagues
and everything,
367
00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:53,840
I wanted everybody
to come and see.
368
00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:56,943
I wanted everybody to come
here, from Laverne Baker
to Elvis Presley,
369
00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:59,479
the Everly Brothers--
you name it.
370
00:22:59,512 --> 00:23:04,718
And I think that, um, I--
Actually, in here,
371
00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:07,787
I predicted playing here...
372
00:23:07,821 --> 00:23:11,524
in my rockin'-chair years.
373
00:23:11,558 --> 00:23:15,795
And, um, here's where
I could settle down
and do my thing.
374
00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:19,733
We didn't get off the ground
with this, 'cause
I was touring so fast.
375
00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:23,937
We were wonderin' now
will it ever be as I
anticipated it to be.
376
00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:26,840
**
377
00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:33,246
* Everything is wrong
since me and my baby parted *
378
00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:34,848
* All day long I'm barkin'
'cause I *
379
00:23:34,881 --> 00:23:36,583
* Couldn't get my car started
380
00:23:36,616 --> 00:23:39,486
* Laid off from my job and can't
afford to check it *
381
00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:42,022
* I wish somebody'd come along
and run into it and wreck it *
382
00:23:42,055 --> 00:23:45,025
* Come on
Since my baby parted *
383
00:23:45,058 --> 00:23:48,561
* Come on
I can't get started *
384
00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:51,931
* Come on
I can't afford to check it *
385
00:23:51,965 --> 00:23:55,035
* I wish somebody'd come along
and run into it and wreck it *
386
00:23:55,068 --> 00:23:58,505
* Everything is wrong since
I been without ya *
387
00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:01,641
* Every night I lie awake
thinkin' about ya *
388
00:24:01,675 --> 00:24:04,911
* Every time the phone rings
Sounds like thunder *
389
00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,647
* Some stupid jerk tryin'
to reach another number *
390
00:24:07,681 --> 00:24:09,716
* Come on
391
00:24:09,749 --> 00:24:11,951
* Since I been without ya
Come on *
392
00:24:11,985 --> 00:24:16,556
* Steady thinkin' about ya
* Steady thinkin' about ya
Come on *
393
00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:18,992
* Tryin' to make ya see
that I belong to you *
394
00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:21,828
* And you belong to me
So come on *
395
00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:27,000
**
396
00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:39,713
Yeah !
What happens there ?
Who needs an ending ?
397
00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:42,048
I wanted to serve Chuck up
with a good band,
398
00:24:42,082 --> 00:24:44,584
'cause I never heard him
play in tune, you know.
399
00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:49,589
And I was-- I've been so
disappointed with Chuck Berry's
live gigs for years and years...
400
00:24:49,622 --> 00:24:52,592
whenever I've seen him,
'cause he didn't give a damn.
401
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:56,830
You know ? And he just--
If he made a mistake,
he'd blame it on the band.
402
00:24:56,863 --> 00:25:00,333
I mean, and he'd just
wing it and get through,
403
00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:03,036
and he's got such
a powerful personality...
404
00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:05,071
that he's managed
to get away with it.
405
00:25:05,105 --> 00:25:09,042
I know everybody said
that I was, you know,
mad to take the gig on,
406
00:25:09,075 --> 00:25:12,045
and no doubt they said it
to you too.
407
00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:15,048
But, um, so I ordered
the straitjacket,
408
00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:17,717
allowed six to eight weeks
for delivery...
409
00:25:17,751 --> 00:25:22,355
and, uh, if anybody
was gonna do it,
I wanted it to be me.
410
00:25:22,389 --> 00:25:24,791
I'm not so much
a musical director, you know,
411
00:25:24,824 --> 00:25:26,826
as an S-and-M Director.
412
00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,995
It's, uh--
[ Chuckles ]
413
00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:33,833
Social and Musical Director's
the polite way--
It's the S-and-M Band, you know.
414
00:25:38,104 --> 00:25:41,875
[ Interviewer ]
What was it, when you
first heard Chuck Berry,
415
00:25:41,908 --> 00:25:43,943
that made you...
change your life ?
416
00:25:49,149 --> 00:25:51,084
There's something
about the sound.
417
00:25:51,117 --> 00:25:54,988
Uh, the total--
418
00:25:55,021 --> 00:25:59,759
I don't even know if Chuck
realizes what he did.
I don't think maybe he does.
419
00:25:59,793 --> 00:26:02,629
I mean, people sometimes
don't, you know.
420
00:26:02,662 --> 00:26:06,032
I mean, Michelangelo
probably thought
he was third-rate too.
421
00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:10,837
But, um, it was
just such a total thing:
422
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:13,740
the great sound,
the great rhythm.
423
00:26:13,773 --> 00:26:16,009
But on top of all that,
424
00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:20,180
such a great
total overall sound...
425
00:26:20,213 --> 00:26:22,882
came off the needle
on that record.
426
00:26:22,916 --> 00:26:26,886
You know, all of them.
The first one, I think,
was "Johnny B. Goode."
427
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,824
Uh--
428
00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:35,662
That-- That's when I knew
what I really wanted to do.
429
00:26:35,695 --> 00:26:37,864
You know ? I didn't
have to make a living.
430
00:26:37,897 --> 00:26:41,134
I didn't dream I could
make a living, but I knew
that's what I wanted to do.
431
00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:45,872
I would do it as a hobby
even if I was an accountant
now or something, you know.
432
00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:50,110
Probably be better off.
[ Chuckling ]
433
00:26:50,143 --> 00:26:54,681
Leave the amp as I set it.
That's my amp, and I'm
setting it the way I wish.
434
00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:56,883
-[ Man ]
Well--
-I'm not speakin' to you.
435
00:26:56,916 --> 00:26:58,885
[ Man ]
I'm answering your question.
436
00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:01,021
That's gonna have the sound
on the film, baby.
437
00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:03,757
I'm interested
in how it sounds here.
438
00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:06,960
It sounds the way
I wish it to sound.
439
00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:10,964
That's the way it's going
to sound if I am playing.
If I am not playing--
440
00:27:10,997 --> 00:27:14,868
[ Man ]
Turn it any way you want.
Check the tape out, Chuck.
441
00:27:14,901 --> 00:27:17,837
Why it was being done ?
Well, don't touch my amp.
442
00:27:17,871 --> 00:27:20,306
You said it won't be done.
He said he didn't.
443
00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:25,178
- He said why it's being done.
- Why it's being done is because
it's not recording well.
444
00:27:25,211 --> 00:27:28,014
Okay.
That's what's gonna
end up on film.
445
00:27:28,048 --> 00:27:32,252
- Huh ?
- That's the way it's gonna
end up on film.
446
00:27:32,285 --> 00:27:36,956
If it winds up on the film,
that's the way Chuck Berry
plays it. Ya understand ?
447
00:27:36,990 --> 00:27:39,893
I understand about it.
I understand.
448
00:27:39,926 --> 00:27:42,495
- I was talking to anybody.
- You gotta live with it
afterwards.
449
00:27:42,529 --> 00:27:45,265
I been living
for sixty years with it !
I know that !
450
00:27:45,298 --> 00:27:49,736
Okay, then realize it !
Is it gonna be around
after you're dead and gone ?
451
00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:53,940
It ain't you and me.
It's everybody.
Oh, well, I ain't dyin'.
452
00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:56,943
Go on, then, and sing
your song. Shit.
453
00:27:56,976 --> 00:28:01,748
[ Keith ]
I think he's got
a little worm in him.
454
00:28:01,781 --> 00:28:04,984
He's the only guy that's
hit me that I never got back.
455
00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:08,288
You know ?
Maybe I'm savin' it.
[ Laughs ]
456
00:28:08,321 --> 00:28:10,824
But, um--
[ Interviewer ]
Tell me about that.
457
00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:13,960
Oh, it was in
a dressing room like this.
458
00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:16,963
He'd done a show in New York,
459
00:28:16,996 --> 00:28:20,367
and I went up to say hello,
and he was just leaving...
460
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,869
with a little bit
of white tail.
461
00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:26,206
And, uh, I made
the mistake of tapping him
on the shoulder, saying,
462
00:28:26,239 --> 00:28:29,876
"Hey, Chuck, don't rush off
without saying hello."
Because I'd known him.
463
00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,045
I met him in '65,
first time.
464
00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:35,148
Yeah, and, uh,
465
00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:39,085
he just turned around
and just gave me a full shot
right in the face.
466
00:28:39,119 --> 00:28:43,123
You know, boom.
I was very proud
that I didn't go down.
467
00:28:43,156 --> 00:28:46,559
I don't know.
Maybe he got his fingers
burnt earlier on...
468
00:28:46,593 --> 00:28:50,096
and decided to shut
the rest of the world out.
469
00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:53,066
I think since
he got out of jail,
470
00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:58,004
he came out with a chip
on his shoulder and, uh,
I just tried to knock it off.
471
00:28:58,038 --> 00:29:00,006
I don't know
whether I did or not,
472
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,810
but, uh, I respect the man.
473
00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:08,014
Always will, you know,
for what he's done
and also for myself.
474
00:29:08,048 --> 00:29:12,352
I've lived under the umbrella
of the Rolling Stones
for 20-odd years.
475
00:29:12,385 --> 00:29:17,991
In a way, I'm
in as totally insulated
a scene as maybe Chuck's.
476
00:29:18,024 --> 00:29:21,394
This must be one
of the most difficult gigs.
477
00:29:21,428 --> 00:29:24,297
If I can handle this,
I ain't worried
about nothin' else.
478
00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:27,000
[ Laughing ]
479
00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:30,236
If you just--
If you sing it and just
play the rhythm,
480
00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:35,208
and I'll put the fills in,
uh-- in between
those vocal lines.
481
00:29:35,241 --> 00:29:38,178
Say that again.
If you sing it and just
play the rhythm--
482
00:29:38,211 --> 00:29:41,047
**
* Groove on out
483
00:29:41,081 --> 00:29:45,085
Then I don't have
to keep hoppin' and tryin'
to cover both ends.
484
00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:48,188
I need the rhythm guitar,
at least.
Okay.
485
00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:52,258
It would be too much,
probably, to sing and play
the lead, fills as well.
486
00:29:52,292 --> 00:29:54,427
Well, it wasn't.
[ Laughing ]
487
00:29:54,461 --> 00:29:57,897
Well, yeah, I mean,
I don't mind, but I'll play
the rhythm...
488
00:29:57,931 --> 00:30:00,033
if you wanna--
if you wanna do the fills.
489
00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:02,102
It's only on
those two verses. I mean--
490
00:30:02,135 --> 00:30:04,204
* Groovin'
Climb into my machine *
491
00:30:04,237 --> 00:30:07,040
* And you can
groove on out **
Yeah, but...
492
00:30:07,073 --> 00:30:09,642
the stops and starts
is what we were lookin' for.
493
00:30:09,676 --> 00:30:15,448
Yeah.
We got them as long as--
as long as we have, uh--
494
00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:19,252
- And you're gonna
play the solo, right ?
- If he wants me to.
495
00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:21,454
[ Keith ]
Yeah, yeah.
We need that.
496
00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:23,957
I need that guitar.
497
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:25,925
[ Man ]
Here.
498
00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:40,006
**
499
00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:48,448
That slur is
started right here.
500
00:30:50,450 --> 00:30:52,352
It starts on the upper one.
501
00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:56,189
Listen.
502
00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:58,425
**
All right.
503
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:04,264
All right.
See, start with it
all the way down there.
504
00:31:04,297 --> 00:31:07,367
I'm playing F.
505
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,369
**
506
00:31:09,402 --> 00:31:11,371
Perfect. Perfect.
507
00:31:11,404 --> 00:31:14,941
**
508
00:31:17,077 --> 00:31:19,179
* Oh, girl
509
00:31:19,212 --> 00:31:21,314
* Don't let him
steal it away *
510
00:31:23,283 --> 00:31:28,088
* Gonna learn to dance if it
takes me all night and day *
511
00:31:34,027 --> 00:31:37,430
* Gonna learn to dance if it
takes me all night and day *
512
00:31:37,464 --> 00:31:40,300
** [ Stops ]
513
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:42,569
[ Man ]
Yeah ?
[ Keith ]
And then--
514
00:31:42,602 --> 00:31:44,371
And then
there's another one.
515
00:31:50,443 --> 00:31:52,212
** [ Stops ]
516
00:31:53,446 --> 00:31:55,415
[ Chuckles ]
517
00:31:55,448 --> 00:32:00,186
**
518
00:32:04,224 --> 00:32:07,093
** [ Stops ]
You wanna get it right,
let's get it right.
519
00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,301
**
520
00:32:21,808 --> 00:32:26,146
** [ Band Continues ]
521
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,056
** [ Stops ]
522
00:32:49,836 --> 00:32:52,272
[ Man ]
Ya test it, Chuck ?
523
00:32:53,373 --> 00:32:57,010
**
524
00:33:00,613 --> 00:33:04,384
* Oh, don't let him
steal it away *
525
00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:10,256
* I'm gonna learn to dance
if it takes me night and day *
526
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,363
* Come into my machine
so we can cruise on out *
527
00:33:19,599 --> 00:33:23,470
* I know a swingin' little joint
where we can jump and shout *
528
00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:27,841
* It's not too far
back off the highway *
529
00:33:27,874 --> 00:33:29,542
* Not so long a ride
530
00:33:32,345 --> 00:33:34,147
* You park your car
right in the open *
531
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:36,149
* You can walk inside
532
00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:40,387
* A little sugar
takes your hat *
533
00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:42,222
* And you can
thank her, ma'am *
534
00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:48,561
* Every time you make the scene
you'll find the Georgia Jam *
535
00:33:58,238 --> 00:34:02,342
* Carol, don't let him
steal it away *
536
00:34:04,678 --> 00:34:09,082
* Gonna learn to dance if it
takes me night and day *
537
00:34:19,225 --> 00:34:21,161
Yeah !
538
00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:24,164
Yeah !
539
00:34:26,766 --> 00:34:28,702
Hey !
540
00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:34,374
* Ya wanna hear some music
like the piano go play *
541
00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:38,211
* Hold tight
Put your foot *
542
00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:40,113
* Don't let her
carry it away *
543
00:34:43,450 --> 00:34:47,187
* Don't let the heat overcome me
if the music's too loud *
544
00:34:49,656 --> 00:34:52,659
* Don't the music get tricky
when the drummer get proud *
545
00:34:56,196 --> 00:34:59,666
* Y'all can't dance
I know ya wish ya could *
546
00:35:02,535 --> 00:35:05,538
* Sock it to 'em, Keith
Make 'em really feel good *
547
00:35:11,444 --> 00:35:14,180
Yeah ! Yeah !
548
00:35:16,416 --> 00:35:19,185
* Oh, don't let him
steal it away *
549
00:35:21,721 --> 00:35:26,226
* Gonna learn to dance if it
takes me night and day *
550
00:35:27,427 --> 00:35:29,462
Blow ! Blow !
551
00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:35,435
Yeah ! Yeah, yeah !
552
00:35:36,703 --> 00:35:39,172
* Steal it away
553
00:35:41,007 --> 00:35:44,778
* Gonna learn to dance if it
takes me night and day **
554
00:35:54,688 --> 00:35:57,323
All right ! All right !
555
00:35:57,357 --> 00:35:59,392
We came along,
the whole thing changed.
556
00:35:59,426 --> 00:36:01,761
All of a sudden,
we became a no-no.
557
00:36:01,795 --> 00:36:04,998
What is this ?
This is devil music.
558
00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:09,402
And Elvis, he asked me--
He says, "Do you think
I'm playin' the devil's music ?"
559
00:36:09,436 --> 00:36:14,474
[ Laughing ]
"The hell.
You are the devil, boy."
560
00:36:14,507 --> 00:36:17,677
We couldn't get records
played on the radio,
561
00:36:17,711 --> 00:36:22,649
and I remember hearing
Phil Chess and Leonard saying,
discussing this,
562
00:36:22,682 --> 00:36:26,453
"You know what ?
If we could get a white kid
to play this song,
563
00:36:26,486 --> 00:36:28,621
we could get it played."
564
00:36:28,655 --> 00:36:32,826
Because the radio stations
were owned by all caucasians.
They wouldn't play black music.
565
00:36:32,859 --> 00:36:37,797
So they said, "Okay."
So all of a sudden you got
Carl Perkins popped up,
566
00:36:37,831 --> 00:36:41,634
Elvis Presley, uh,
Gene Vincent.
567
00:36:41,668 --> 00:36:47,540
They all come out of,
what, Sun Records in, uh,
Nashville somewhere.
568
00:36:47,574 --> 00:36:51,378
Payola made it.
That's what made it
for Sun Records.
569
00:36:53,513 --> 00:36:57,784
Geoff Philips and myself,
I'll have to admit,
570
00:36:57,817 --> 00:37:01,888
cranked payola off,
started paying off
disc jockeys...
571
00:37:01,921 --> 00:37:04,457
to play records.
572
00:37:04,491 --> 00:37:07,460
I said, "Mr. Philips,
you shouldn't do that.
That's a sin."
573
00:37:07,494 --> 00:37:10,563
[ Chuckling ]
He said,
"It'll pay off, son."
574
00:37:12,432 --> 00:37:15,468
So he went to jail.
[ Chuckling ]
575
00:37:15,502 --> 00:37:18,071
[ Interviewer ]
But those records
were great records.
576
00:37:18,104 --> 00:37:21,608
You still had to pay
to have them played ?
577
00:37:21,641 --> 00:37:25,512
Well, yeah, but everybody
wants the money.
578
00:37:27,113 --> 00:37:32,385
Everybody wants to be paid
to be appreciated,
579
00:37:32,419 --> 00:37:35,655
not just to draw $80 a week
for playin' a record.
580
00:37:35,689 --> 00:37:40,660
A star, whoever he is, makes
$100,000 dollars off a record,
and he gets $80 a week.
581
00:37:40,694 --> 00:37:43,496
There was a bad omen
hangin' there...
582
00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:46,566
when the thing
became separated.
583
00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:50,804
It became separated.
R-and-B became--
became what we was doin'...
584
00:37:50,837 --> 00:37:54,374
and rock 'n' roll became
what the white kids was doin'.
585
00:37:54,407 --> 00:37:56,810
I think you mean
we moved in separated.
586
00:37:56,843 --> 00:38:00,847
We weren't called popular music.
We were not put in that class.
587
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,616
We were called
rhythm and blues.
[ Bo ] Yeah.
588
00:38:03,650 --> 00:38:06,553
When I started with
a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop
a-lop bam boom...
589
00:38:06,586 --> 00:38:09,522
and Pat Boone
covered it,
590
00:38:09,556 --> 00:38:13,426
uh, uh, uh--
I was wop-bop-a-la
all over the place.
591
00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:16,696
A-and so I remember
Art Rube says--
592
00:38:16,730 --> 00:38:20,867
Arthur Goldsberg, he says--
He would put my record
on the top station,
593
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:24,137
and then here come
Pat Boone.
594
00:38:24,170 --> 00:38:26,139
The-- The white kids
wanted mine,
595
00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:28,842
'cause it was
real rough and... raw,
596
00:38:28,875 --> 00:38:30,977
and Pat Boone
had this smooth version:
597
00:38:31,011 --> 00:38:33,580
[ Softly ]
* Wop-bop-a-loo-bop
a-lop bam boom **
598
00:38:33,613 --> 00:38:36,883
And I'd say,
"Wop-bop-a-loo--"
I had a gut to mine.
599
00:38:36,916 --> 00:38:41,454
So the white kids would
take mine and put it in a drawer
and put his on the dresser.
600
00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:44,924
- For their parents to see.
- I was in the same house.
601
00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:48,161
But I was mad when
Pat Boone cut my record.
I wanted to get him.
602
00:38:48,194 --> 00:38:50,163
I said, "I'm goin'
to Nashville to find him."
603
00:38:50,196 --> 00:38:53,700
I wanted to get him
because, to me, he was
stopping my progress.
604
00:38:53,733 --> 00:38:57,804
I wanted to be famous,
and here this man
came and took my song !
605
00:38:57,837 --> 00:38:59,806
[ Chuck ]
White man.
A-And took--
606
00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:03,643
Not only did he take
"Tutti Frutti," but he gonna
take "Long Tall Sally,"
607
00:39:03,677 --> 00:39:05,745
and he didn't know how
to duck back in no alley !
608
00:39:05,779 --> 00:39:08,815
Son of a gun !
I said, "I got to do
somethin' about it."
609
00:39:08,848 --> 00:39:12,018
Later, I thought about that
and said, "That was good,"
610
00:39:12,052 --> 00:39:14,521
but back then I said,
"I can't stand him."
611
00:39:14,554 --> 00:39:17,490
But as I got older,
I got bolder.
[ Chuck ] Yeah !
612
00:39:17,524 --> 00:39:19,559
And now I've started
rubbin' shoulders.
Yes.
613
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:30,904
[ Keith ]
Johnnie Johnson,
Chuck's piano player, right ?
614
00:39:30,937 --> 00:39:33,840
Chuck hadn't
worked with him
for 20-odd years.
615
00:39:33,873 --> 00:39:37,510
Those two have a strange
rela-- He walked in
on Johnnie's band...
616
00:39:37,544 --> 00:39:42,682
in a little club
in East St. Louis one day
and took it over,
617
00:39:42,716 --> 00:39:44,851
you know,
618
00:39:44,884 --> 00:39:48,888
and Johnnie,
being the guy he is,
619
00:39:48,922 --> 00:39:51,891
"Pleasure. Right, brother."
620
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,696
I don't think Johnnie
has realized really...
621
00:39:56,730 --> 00:40:01,468
that Chuck--
I said to Johnnie,
"Play a boogie."
622
00:40:01,501 --> 00:40:05,071
You know ?
I mean, he'll go flow
naturally into it.
623
00:40:05,105 --> 00:40:07,874
** [ Singing Boogie ]
624
00:40:07,907 --> 00:40:09,876
And he's not doin'
a Chuck Berry song.
625
00:40:09,909 --> 00:40:12,812
I know, the way he's playing,
it's his riff.
626
00:40:12,846 --> 00:40:16,683
Chuck adapted it guitar.
I know that, too, because
of the key it's in.
627
00:40:16,716 --> 00:40:19,986
It's in piano.
It's in Johnnie's keys.
It's in piano keys.
628
00:40:20,020 --> 00:40:23,623
If it was a guitar--
I mean, this is guitar,
rock 'n' roll.
629
00:40:23,656 --> 00:40:26,059
You play
in A and E and D...
630
00:40:26,092 --> 00:40:28,561
'cause you got open strings
and there--
631
00:40:28,595 --> 00:40:31,965
This is a little technical,
but... for a guit-- That--
632
00:40:31,998 --> 00:40:34,901
If it's a guitar band,
you play in those keys,
633
00:40:34,934 --> 00:40:39,005
because it's-- they're
guitar keys, you know ?
634
00:40:39,039 --> 00:40:42,976
On top of everything else,
we're playing in piano keys:
635
00:40:43,009 --> 00:40:47,814
you know, horn keys, jazz keys,
Johnnie Johnson's keys.
636
00:40:47,847 --> 00:40:53,620
You know ? And I-- I mean,
the minute that he does
"School Days,"
637
00:40:53,653 --> 00:40:58,692
** [ Singing ]
he ain't copyin'
Chuck's riffs on piano.
638
00:40:58,725 --> 00:41:01,127
Chuck adapted them
to guitar...
639
00:41:01,161 --> 00:41:04,130
and put those great
lyrics behind them.
640
00:41:04,164 --> 00:41:08,601
But without somebody
to give him them riffs,
641
00:41:08,635 --> 00:41:11,004
voila,no song,
642
00:41:11,037 --> 00:41:14,607
just a lot
of words on paper.
643
00:41:14,641 --> 00:41:19,546
I didn't write the music
with him. I'd be in the room
sometime while he was writing.
644
00:41:19,579 --> 00:41:23,717
That's it. He would
write the lyrics, then he
and I would get together...
645
00:41:23,750 --> 00:41:27,687
and we played some kind
of music that he could
put lyrics into,
646
00:41:27,721 --> 00:41:30,690
and it would all come out
just right, you know.
647
00:41:30,724 --> 00:41:32,692
Some would be fast;
some would be slow...
648
00:41:32,726 --> 00:41:36,329
like this piece, uh, uh,
"Havana Moon," for instance.
649
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:39,599
That was a slow
sort of calypso thing.
650
00:41:39,632 --> 00:41:42,936
So we had to find
some calypso music
to go with the lyrics...
651
00:41:42,969 --> 00:41:45,972
to what he was--
to his "Havana Moon."
652
00:41:46,006 --> 00:41:49,642
And then, uh, pieces
like "Baby Doll"...
653
00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:52,145
and, uh,
"Roll Over, Beethoven"--
654
00:41:52,178 --> 00:41:55,982
all these were fast,
so we had to come up
with fast music...
655
00:41:56,016 --> 00:41:58,752
that would blend in
with the words
that he was writin',
656
00:41:58,785 --> 00:42:02,989
so he could get
all his sentence out
and still come out on time.
657
00:42:03,023 --> 00:42:05,158
So this is the way
he did it.
658
00:42:05,191 --> 00:42:07,827
They say, "That's
a Chuck Berry song
because there's--"
659
00:42:07,861 --> 00:42:10,897
** [ Singing ]
660
00:42:10,930 --> 00:42:13,633
Well, the first time
I heard that...
661
00:42:13,667 --> 00:42:15,835
was in Carl Hogan's--
662
00:42:15,869 --> 00:42:19,372
in one of Carl Hogan's
riffs in, uh,
Louis Jordan's band.
663
00:42:19,406 --> 00:42:22,075
We have, uh, T-Bone Walker.
664
00:42:22,108 --> 00:42:25,045
Uh, I love T-Bone Walker's
slurs and his blues.
665
00:42:25,078 --> 00:42:27,947
So put a little Carl Hogan
and a little T-Bone Walker...
666
00:42:27,981 --> 00:42:30,784
and a little Charlie Christian,
the guitarist,
667
00:42:30,817 --> 00:42:34,054
and-- and, uh,
Tommy Dorsey's band together,
668
00:42:34,087 --> 00:42:38,058
look what a span of people
that you will please.
669
00:42:38,091 --> 00:42:40,860
And that's what I did
in "Johnny B. Goode,"
670
00:42:40,894 --> 00:42:43,163
uh, "Roll Over, Beethoven."
671
00:42:43,196 --> 00:42:46,833
And making it simple
is another important
factor, I think,
672
00:42:46,866 --> 00:42:50,937
that resulted in, uh,
a lot of, uh, the artists...
673
00:42:50,970 --> 00:42:54,841
understanding and being able
to play my music--
674
00:42:54,874 --> 00:42:58,945
if you can call it my music,
but there's nothing new
under the sun.
675
00:43:00,780 --> 00:43:04,884
* When, when
Okay, let's just... a cappella.
676
00:43:04,918 --> 00:43:06,886
One, two, three, four.
677
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,789
* When I see
those big, brown eyes *
678
00:43:09,823 --> 00:43:12,125
* That's when
I take my cue *
679
00:43:12,158 --> 00:43:16,429
* Don't take us
but a few minutes
to get a message through *
680
00:43:16,463 --> 00:43:19,032
* I talk to you
You talk to me *
681
00:43:19,065 --> 00:43:21,868
* We talk to one another
I keep talkin'
to the wrong person.
682
00:43:21,901 --> 00:43:24,971
* It don't take
but a few minutes *
What is that ? Hold up.
683
00:43:25,005 --> 00:43:27,874
You sang it right up.
684
00:43:27,907 --> 00:43:29,909
* It don't take us
but a few minutes *
* A
685
00:43:29,943 --> 00:43:33,179
Wait. You got
to do this slow.
** [ Singing Tones ]
686
00:43:33,213 --> 00:43:36,249
Oh, we sound
like a alphabet.
Hold it.
687
00:43:36,282 --> 00:43:40,453
* A
* A
688
00:43:40,487 --> 00:43:42,455
Let's go up
slower.
689
00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:46,026
[ Together ]
* It don't take
690
00:43:46,059 --> 00:43:50,130
* But a few
691
00:43:50,163 --> 00:43:53,133
Okay.
* It don't take
but a few *
692
00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:56,803
Okay, "It don't take,"
straightaway.
One, two, three, four.
693
00:43:56,836 --> 00:43:59,839
* It don't take
but a few minutes *
694
00:43:59,873 --> 00:44:03,009
- * To get
a message through **
- "Understand each other."
695
00:44:03,043 --> 00:44:05,712
Oh, am I gonna
remember that ?
696
00:44:05,745 --> 00:44:07,714
[ Keith, Laughing ]
Well, you wrote it.
697
00:44:07,747 --> 00:44:10,984
I tell you what,
if I remember it--
[ Gibberish ]
698
00:44:11,017 --> 00:44:13,987
[ Eric Clapton ]
There's a whole
mixture of things.
699
00:44:14,020 --> 00:44:15,989
I hear
Latin and country, jazz.
700
00:44:16,022 --> 00:44:19,292
The whole thing makes
a beautiful hybrid.
701
00:44:19,325 --> 00:44:23,129
[ Interviewer ] But there's
not an understanding on his part
that he's a great songwriter.
702
00:44:23,163 --> 00:44:25,298
He just kind of
sloughs it off.
703
00:44:25,331 --> 00:44:28,101
Not entirely.
I'm not too sure.
704
00:44:28,134 --> 00:44:32,305
I've only just met him,
and it's hard to say...
705
00:44:32,339 --> 00:44:35,809
from just knowing him
this short a time...
706
00:44:35,842 --> 00:44:39,045
really what his
kind of acceptance
of the whole thing is.
707
00:44:39,079 --> 00:44:42,082
First, I'd heard stories
that he was very bitter...
708
00:44:42,115 --> 00:44:45,085
and he thought people
had ripped him off.
709
00:44:45,118 --> 00:44:50,357
In order to think that,
you must be aware of how far
your influence has spread.
710
00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:55,095
I don't really know if he's
completely aware of how much
people love his music,
711
00:44:55,128 --> 00:45:00,100
because I know he's more--
he's often very keen
to be a showman.
712
00:45:00,133 --> 00:45:04,838
And that can be a sign of the
fact that you're not very secure
with what you are good at.
713
00:45:04,871 --> 00:45:07,941
I like to hear him play
those ballads
and things like that.
714
00:45:07,974 --> 00:45:10,944
I know that's deep
in his heart.
715
00:45:10,977 --> 00:45:14,948
If he was doing that on stage,
then I kinda feel
that he was more--
716
00:45:14,981 --> 00:45:18,118
that he was really aware
of how much people do love him.
717
00:45:18,151 --> 00:45:21,287
**
718
00:45:25,325 --> 00:45:29,996
* I'm through with love
719
00:45:30,030 --> 00:45:33,900
* I'll never fall again
720
00:45:33,933 --> 00:45:37,137
* Set a dream to love
721
00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:42,008
* Don't ever call again
722
00:45:42,042 --> 00:45:44,811
* For I must have you
723
00:45:44,844 --> 00:45:46,780
* Wonder why
724
00:45:48,381 --> 00:45:53,787
* That's why
I'm through with love *
725
00:45:56,089 --> 00:45:58,191
* I've locked my heart
726
00:46:00,994 --> 00:46:04,230
* I'll keep
my feelings there *
727
00:46:04,264 --> 00:46:07,967
* Yes, I've stopped
my heart *
728
00:46:08,001 --> 00:46:11,838
* With an icy Frigidaire
729
00:46:11,871 --> 00:46:17,610
* For I mean to care
for no one *
730
00:46:17,644 --> 00:46:22,082
* That's why
I'm through with love *
731
00:46:26,152 --> 00:46:30,323
* You should have told me
732
00:46:30,357 --> 00:46:32,859
* That you didn't care
733
00:46:35,662 --> 00:46:40,100
* You needn't scold me
For you had your share *
734
00:46:42,235 --> 00:46:48,375
* Slave wrapped around you
To hound you and swear *
735
00:46:48,408 --> 00:46:54,214
* Those deep emotions
Devotions to you *
736
00:46:57,283 --> 00:47:00,220
* I've locked my heart
737
00:47:00,253 --> 00:47:04,257
* I'll keep
my feelings there *
738
00:47:04,290 --> 00:47:07,660
* Yes, I've
stopped my heart *
739
00:47:07,694 --> 00:47:11,965
* Like an icy Frigidaire
740
00:47:11,998 --> 00:47:15,969
* For I mean
to care for no one *
741
00:47:17,704 --> 00:47:21,341
* That's why I'm through
742
00:47:21,374 --> 00:47:25,912
* Yes, I'm through
743
00:47:25,945 --> 00:47:27,447
* With love *
744
00:47:32,318 --> 00:47:37,123
Sure play some pretty,
pretty chords to be
a rock 'n' roller, Jack.
745
00:47:37,157 --> 00:47:40,026
So do you.
Really, them pretty chords,
baby.
746
00:47:40,060 --> 00:47:44,264
Mmm, yeah.
You should have been
a jazz artist, Jack.
747
00:47:44,297 --> 00:47:47,133
[ Laughing ]
No money in it, Chuck.
No money in it.
748
00:47:47,167 --> 00:47:49,469
Chuck is a beautiful songwriter.
749
00:47:49,502 --> 00:47:54,274
One thing about him:
The things he's write about,
750
00:47:54,307 --> 00:47:57,944
he have studied about
or know about.
751
00:47:57,977 --> 00:48:02,215
Because, like, "Beethoven"
and all these other songs
that he made,
752
00:48:02,248 --> 00:48:05,385
you can tell he been
to school with 'em.
753
00:48:05,418 --> 00:48:08,221
You tell 'em about how you
went to school, darling,
754
00:48:08,254 --> 00:48:10,457
and your education you got,
you know, how you went--
755
00:48:10,490 --> 00:48:12,459
Oh, Lord,
I lost all of it.
756
00:48:12,492 --> 00:48:15,462
No, you didn't.
No, he hasn't
lost anything.
757
00:48:15,495 --> 00:48:18,465
Mom came out of college--
Where ? In Oklahoma ?
758
00:48:18,498 --> 00:48:21,468
Yes, uh-huh.
Mom came out of college
as a teacher.
759
00:48:21,501 --> 00:48:24,237
And Dad
came off the farm.
760
00:48:24,270 --> 00:48:28,308
Yes, and plus he was
blind 'til he was 12.
761
00:48:28,341 --> 00:48:31,411
Well, partially.
And they pierced his ears,
and it all came back.
762
00:48:31,444 --> 00:48:36,049
So Daddy, when he
married Mother-- By the way,
she calls him "Henry," you know.
763
00:48:36,082 --> 00:48:40,987
And one more thing, she's
six months older than him
and never lets him forget it.
764
00:48:41,021 --> 00:48:43,490
"I'm older than you, Henry.
Listen to me."
765
00:48:43,523 --> 00:48:46,192
Anyway, Daddy couldn't take it.
766
00:48:46,226 --> 00:48:50,063
Daddy went
back to school during--
after they got married.
767
00:48:50,096 --> 00:48:54,267
I'm nine years old, Daddy's
goin' to school. He says,
"We used to go to school."
768
00:48:54,300 --> 00:48:57,170
He was going to school
trying to catch Mama.
That's true.
769
00:48:57,203 --> 00:49:00,507
Mama layin' back
with her education,
"He'll never catch me."
770
00:49:10,617 --> 00:49:15,055
Boy, does this box office
bring back a memory,
771
00:49:15,088 --> 00:49:17,223
a real particular memory.
772
00:49:17,257 --> 00:49:21,227
When I was 11 years old,
I came up to this very
box office...
773
00:49:21,261 --> 00:49:24,264
to get a ticket to see
to get a ticket to see
Tale of Two Cities.
774
00:49:24,297 --> 00:49:29,502
My father wanted us to see it
because it had a lot of artistic
qualities about it.
775
00:49:29,536 --> 00:49:33,506
The lady said, "Come on,
we're not selling you a ticket.
776
00:49:33,540 --> 00:49:37,410
You know you people can't
come in here. Go away."
777
00:49:37,444 --> 00:49:43,016
You know, it tooktwo years
for that to come to our theater
in our neighborhood.
778
00:49:44,617 --> 00:49:47,187
Things have changed,
779
00:49:47,220 --> 00:49:49,155
really changed.
780
00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:56,062
It made me think that someday...
781
00:49:56,096 --> 00:49:58,064
I would come back.
782
00:49:58,098 --> 00:50:00,100
I'll be back.
783
00:50:02,602 --> 00:50:06,473
This theater was the Great
White Way of St. Louis,
784
00:50:06,506 --> 00:50:12,278
the epitome of theatrical
business in St. Louis.
785
00:50:12,312 --> 00:50:15,548
And the Father
of Rock 'N' Roll,
786
00:50:15,582 --> 00:50:18,151
a cog in that big wheel...
787
00:50:18,184 --> 00:50:21,454
is starring here tonight.
788
00:50:21,488 --> 00:50:23,556
Me.
789
00:50:23,590 --> 00:50:27,327
It's a far cry
from years back...
790
00:50:29,596 --> 00:50:32,599
when my forefathers,
791
00:50:32,632 --> 00:50:36,302
a few blocks away,
792
00:50:36,336 --> 00:50:40,106
were sold
on the civil courthouse steps.
793
00:50:40,140 --> 00:50:42,509
Sold.
794
00:50:42,542 --> 00:50:45,311
Now, that's
a big change.
795
00:50:45,345 --> 00:50:48,314
[ Audience Cheering ]
796
00:50:56,356 --> 00:50:59,292
[ Cheering Loudly ]
797
00:51:03,496 --> 00:51:05,465
Thank you.
798
00:51:07,233 --> 00:51:09,536
Thank you.
Thank you, St. Louis.
799
00:51:11,237 --> 00:51:14,541
[ Cheering Continues ]
Thank you.
800
00:51:14,574 --> 00:51:16,376
[ Laughing ]
Thank you.
801
00:51:18,511 --> 00:51:21,348
Thank you.
802
00:51:21,381 --> 00:51:24,351
[ Chuck ]
What inspires me to play here...
803
00:51:24,384 --> 00:51:26,553
is what this represents,
not what it is.
804
00:51:26,586 --> 00:51:28,555
It could be a corner bar.
805
00:51:28,588 --> 00:51:30,724
It's what it represents:
806
00:51:30,757 --> 00:51:34,594
elegance, decency, the, er,
strive for a better manner
of life.
807
00:51:34,627 --> 00:51:38,498
In the theater where I saw
A Tale of Two Cities,
808
00:51:38,531 --> 00:51:40,500
we didn't
have such elegance.
809
00:51:40,533 --> 00:51:44,371
I don't mean the decor;
I mean the clientele.
810
00:51:44,404 --> 00:51:46,639
There was hollering
from the balcony.
811
00:51:46,673 --> 00:51:49,743
When a scene came on,
you expressed your feelings.
812
00:51:49,776 --> 00:51:53,313
Here you get a--
and that's enough.
813
00:51:53,346 --> 00:51:55,749
Lemme hear you
holler ole !
Ole !
814
00:51:55,782 --> 00:51:57,751
Ole !
Ole !
815
00:51:57,784 --> 00:52:00,220
Ole !
816
00:52:00,253 --> 00:52:03,256
[ Chuck ]
But whatever it be,
according to my music,
817
00:52:03,289 --> 00:52:06,192
I'll generate the feeling that
we had back in our neighborhood.
818
00:52:06,226 --> 00:52:10,330
Because that's one thing
about rock 'n' roll:
It's freedom.
819
00:52:10,363 --> 00:52:13,299
**
820
00:52:15,502 --> 00:52:18,304
**
821
00:52:26,813 --> 00:52:32,519
* Well, I'm a write
a little letter, gonna
mail it to my local D.J. *
822
00:52:32,552 --> 00:52:38,224
* Well, there's
a jumpin' little record
I want my jockey to play *
823
00:52:38,258 --> 00:52:41,728
* Roll over, Beethoven
I got to hear it again today *
824
00:52:59,679 --> 00:53:03,416
* Early in the mornin'
I'm givin' you a warnin' *
825
00:53:03,450 --> 00:53:06,519
* Don't step
on my new, shiny shoes *
826
00:53:06,553 --> 00:53:09,322
* Hey, diddle diddle
I play my fiddle *
827
00:53:09,356 --> 00:53:12,325
* And I ain't got
nothin' to lose *
828
00:53:12,359 --> 00:53:17,330
* Roll over, Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky the news *
829
00:53:17,364 --> 00:53:20,867
* Well, if you feel it
and like it
Go get your lover *
830
00:53:20,900 --> 00:53:23,603
* Reelin', rockin'
Roll it over *
831
00:53:23,636 --> 00:53:26,439
* Move on up
a trifle further *
832
00:53:26,473 --> 00:53:29,275
* Reel and rock
with one another *
833
00:53:29,309 --> 00:53:31,745
* Roll over, Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky the news *
834
00:53:34,881 --> 00:53:37,817
**
[ Cheering ]
835
00:54:07,681 --> 00:54:10,517
* Early in the mornin'
I'm givin' you my warnin' *
836
00:54:10,550 --> 00:54:13,787
* Don't step
on my new, shiny shoes *
837
00:54:13,820 --> 00:54:19,459
* Hey, diddle diddle
I'm gonna play my fiddle
I ain't got nothin' to lose *
838
00:54:19,492 --> 00:54:21,394
* Roll over, Beethoven
and tell *
839
00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:23,930
* Everybody
repeat after me *
840
00:54:23,963 --> 00:54:26,766
* Roll over, Beethoven
[ Cheering ]
841
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:30,470
- * Roll over, Beethoven
- * Roll over, Beethoven
842
00:54:30,503 --> 00:54:32,505
- * Roll over, Beethoven
- * Roll over, Beethoven
843
00:54:32,539 --> 00:54:35,408
* Roll over, Beethoven
* Roll over, Beethoven
844
00:54:35,442 --> 00:54:38,812
* Roll over, Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky-- **
845
00:54:38,845 --> 00:54:43,383
** [ Stops ]
846
00:54:43,416 --> 00:54:46,353
[ Cheering ]
847
00:54:49,723 --> 00:54:53,360
In the middle
of "Roll Over Beethoven"
at the Fox Theater,
848
00:54:53,393 --> 00:54:56,563
Chuck comes up to me
in the solo and says,
849
00:54:56,596 --> 00:54:59,366
"After this chorus, we're
gonna change the key from--"
850
00:54:59,399 --> 00:55:02,535
We were in C--
"To B-flat."
851
00:55:02,569 --> 00:55:05,538
[ Laughing ]
Which, I mean--
852
00:55:05,572 --> 00:55:08,842
And I said, "No," and he
sort of did a double-take,
853
00:55:08,875 --> 00:55:11,578
because I don't think many
people say no to Chuck.
854
00:55:11,611 --> 00:55:14,614
Even when it's going great,
he won't leave it at that.
855
00:55:14,647 --> 00:55:18,885
He'll come in,
"That's a potential
screw-it-up."
856
00:55:18,918 --> 00:55:20,887
But that's just him.
857
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,423
[ Stammering ]
I don't think--
858
00:55:23,456 --> 00:55:27,861
He's not malicious
or vicious or designed.
859
00:55:27,894 --> 00:55:31,631
He's just him,
and you just gotta be--
When you're workin' with Chuck,
860
00:55:31,664 --> 00:55:35,669
you just gotta be prepared
for anything, anytime.
861
00:55:35,702 --> 00:55:38,805
We rehearsed for 10 days.
This goes this and all.
862
00:55:38,838 --> 00:55:41,875
There's a piano solo here,
and then you stop.
863
00:55:41,908 --> 00:55:45,412
You get on stage, and boom !
Out the window. "Wing it."
864
00:55:45,445 --> 00:55:49,449
You know, everybody's
looking at me on stage,
865
00:55:49,482 --> 00:55:52,919
and once we get up there,
totally different arrangements--
some of them in different keys.
866
00:55:52,952 --> 00:55:56,022
And I just looked
at them, and--
867
00:55:56,056 --> 00:55:58,892
"Wing it, boys."
[ Laughing ]
868
00:55:58,925 --> 00:56:00,894
[ Cheering ]
Ooh, that's nice.
869
00:56:00,927 --> 00:56:02,762
"Almost Grown."
I'll try it.
870
00:56:02,796 --> 00:56:05,765
**
[ Inaudible ]
871
00:56:11,971 --> 00:56:14,407
Any-Anybody...
872
00:56:16,710 --> 00:56:18,745
Go ahead.
Okay.
873
00:56:18,778 --> 00:56:20,914
One more time !
874
00:56:20,947 --> 00:56:24,017
* Well, I'm doin'
all right in school *
875
00:56:24,050 --> 00:56:26,953
* They said
I broke no rules *
876
00:56:26,986 --> 00:56:30,523
* I ain't never
been in dutch *
* Waa-do-day
877
00:56:30,557 --> 00:56:33,660
- * I don't browse
around too much *
- * Waa-do-day
878
00:56:33,693 --> 00:56:36,696
- * Don't bother me
Leave me alone *
- * Whoa, whoa, whoa-oa
879
00:56:36,730 --> 00:56:39,833
* Anyway
I'm almost grown *
* Waa-do-day
880
00:56:39,866 --> 00:56:42,869
* I don't run around
with no mob *
* Waa-do-day
881
00:56:42,902 --> 00:56:46,539
* I got myself
a little job *
* Waa-do-day
882
00:56:46,573 --> 00:56:49,075
* Gonna buy me
a little car *
* Waa-do-day
883
00:56:49,109 --> 00:56:52,545
* Drive my girl
in the park *
* Waa-do-day
884
00:56:52,579 --> 00:56:55,615
* Don't bother us
Leave us alone *
* Whoa, whoa, whoa-oa
885
00:56:55,648 --> 00:56:58,551
* Anyway
we almost grown *
* Waa-do-day
886
00:56:58,585 --> 00:57:00,553
* Ba-da da-da
da-da-da *
887
00:57:00,587 --> 00:57:02,989
**
888
00:57:29,149 --> 00:57:32,986
* Hey
Hey, hey, hey *
889
00:57:33,019 --> 00:57:35,955
Come on, now.
Slow it down, fellas.
890
00:57:35,989 --> 00:57:40,060
* Got my eye
on a little "goil" *
* Waa-do-day
891
00:57:40,093 --> 00:57:43,830
* Ah, she's really
out this "woild" *
* Waa-do-day
892
00:57:43,863 --> 00:57:46,566
* When she's taken
to a dance *
* Waa-do-day
893
00:57:46,599 --> 00:57:49,869
* She's studied
Talks about romance *
* Waa-do-day
894
00:57:49,903 --> 00:57:52,739
* Don't bother us
Leave us alone *
* Whoa, whoa, whoa-oa
895
00:57:52,772 --> 00:57:56,609
* Anyway
we almost grown *
* Waa-do-day
896
00:57:56,643 --> 00:57:59,112
**
Hey !
897
00:58:15,762 --> 00:58:19,065
* You know
I'm still livin' in town *
* Waa-do-day
898
00:58:19,099 --> 00:58:22,635
* Done got married
* Done got married
and settled down *
* Waa-do-day
899
00:58:22,669 --> 00:58:25,772
* Now I really
have a ball *
* Waa-do-day
900
00:58:25,805 --> 00:58:28,942
* Don't mess around
at all *
* Waa-do-day
901
00:58:28,975 --> 00:58:32,078
* Don't bother us
Leave us alone *
* Whoa, whoa, whoa-oa
902
00:58:32,112 --> 00:58:35,648
- * Anyway
we almost grown *
- * Waa-do-day *
903
00:58:35,682 --> 00:58:38,651
**
904
00:58:38,685 --> 00:58:41,121
[ Cheering ]
905
00:58:54,834 --> 00:58:58,672
** [ Stops ]
906
00:58:58,705 --> 00:59:02,075
[ Inaudible ]
907
00:59:02,108 --> 00:59:05,945
He's the first songwriter/singer
that I know of.
908
00:59:05,979 --> 00:59:08,214
Ah, there were others,
909
00:59:08,248 --> 00:59:11,885
but not with that much
rhythm and that much--
910
00:59:11,918 --> 00:59:14,854
The way the lyrics
rolled off the tongue,
911
00:59:14,888 --> 00:59:18,058
the way they stabbed,
the way they cut...
912
00:59:18,091 --> 00:59:22,095
and the way they sort of seemed
to lay there with the drums,
all the lyric.
913
00:59:22,128 --> 00:59:25,832
It's just, a--
a free-form expression.
914
00:59:25,865 --> 00:59:30,804
And he did the same thing
with the guitar that he did
with his voice and his writing.
915
00:59:30,837 --> 00:59:33,873
You couldn't find
an earlier example of
a singer/songwriter/guitarist.
916
00:59:33,907 --> 00:59:39,212
Before 1956 or '7, in--
917
00:59:39,245 --> 00:59:43,950
a singer sung songs, and
a songwriter wrote them,
918
00:59:43,983 --> 00:59:48,154
and the twain
never did meet.
919
00:59:48,188 --> 00:59:54,127
And if there was a great song,
15 people did versions of it.
920
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,931
You had your so-called standards
because that was the way it is.
921
00:59:57,964 --> 01:00:01,935
Some guy wrote the song,
and if it was a great song,
everybody recorded it.
922
01:00:01,968 --> 01:00:04,971
But he put it back;
he did the troubadour.
923
01:00:05,005 --> 01:00:08,975
And he can play 'em,
and he's the only one
who can play 'em like that.
924
01:00:09,009 --> 01:00:12,178
Ladies and gentlemen,
here is a young girl--
925
01:00:12,212 --> 01:00:15,281
she's a young girl to me;
she's quite a lady--
926
01:00:15,315 --> 01:00:19,119
whom I met
at theMerv Griffin Show
in Hollywood when she began.
927
01:00:19,152 --> 01:00:21,855
Let's start it
without any applause.
928
01:00:21,888 --> 01:00:24,024
Come on out here,
Linda Ronstadt !
929
01:00:24,057 --> 01:00:27,260
[ Cheering ]
"Back in the USA" !
Come on, darling !
930
01:00:27,293 --> 01:00:30,063
[ Cheering ]
931
01:00:34,801 --> 01:00:37,170
Gee, but you're pretty.
932
01:00:38,505 --> 01:00:42,008
**
933
01:00:45,178 --> 01:00:47,947
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
934
01:00:47,981 --> 01:00:50,784
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
935
01:00:50,817 --> 01:00:53,720
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
936
01:00:53,753 --> 01:00:56,222
* Whoa, yeah
* Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah *
937
01:00:56,256 --> 01:01:00,026
* Oh, well, oh, well
I feel so good today *
938
01:01:00,060 --> 01:01:02,495
- * Uh-huh
- * Yeah, yeah, yeah
939
01:01:02,529 --> 01:01:06,800
* We just touched ground
on an international runway *
* Uh-huh
940
01:01:06,833 --> 01:01:08,802
I'll bet you did !
* Whoa, yeah
941
01:01:08,835 --> 01:01:11,504
* Jet propelled back home
from overseas to the USA *
942
01:01:11,538 --> 01:01:13,907
Sing the song !
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
943
01:01:13,940 --> 01:01:17,844
* New York, Los Angeles
Oh, how I yearn for you *
944
01:01:17,877 --> 01:01:20,013
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
945
01:01:20,046 --> 01:01:23,083
* Detroit, Chicago
Chattanooga, Baton Rouge *
946
01:01:23,116 --> 01:01:25,752
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
947
01:01:25,785 --> 01:01:29,322
* God, I long
just to be at my home
back in old St. Lou *
948
01:01:29,356 --> 01:01:32,258
[ Cheering ]
949
01:01:32,292 --> 01:01:35,095
**
950
01:01:49,142 --> 01:01:52,178
* Did I miss the skyscrapers
Did I miss the long freeway *
951
01:01:52,212 --> 01:01:54,881
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
952
01:01:54,914 --> 01:01:58,184
* From the coast of California
to the shores
of the Delaware Bay *
953
01:01:58,218 --> 01:02:00,353
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
954
01:02:00,387 --> 01:02:03,957
* You can betcha I never did
'til I got back to the USA *
955
01:02:03,990 --> 01:02:05,825
* Whoa, yeah
* Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah *
956
01:02:05,859 --> 01:02:08,795
**
957
01:02:23,843 --> 01:02:28,014
* We're goin' out
for a drive and searchin'
for a corner cafe *
958
01:02:28,048 --> 01:02:33,019
* Uh-huh, whoa, yeah
* Where hamburgers sizzle on the
open griddle night and day *
959
01:02:33,053 --> 01:02:36,122
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
960
01:02:36,156 --> 01:02:39,959
* Yeah, the jukebox jumpin'
with the records
back in the USA *
961
01:02:39,993 --> 01:02:41,861
Sing the song !
* Whoa, yeah
* Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah *
962
01:02:41,895 --> 01:02:44,864
* I'm so glad
I'm livin' in the USA *
963
01:02:44,898 --> 01:02:47,300
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah *
964
01:02:47,334 --> 01:02:50,837
* I'm so glad
* I'm so glad
I'm livin' in the USA *
965
01:02:50,870 --> 01:02:53,139
Sing it again !
* Uh-huh
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
966
01:02:53,173 --> 01:02:56,309
* Anything you want, we got it
right here in the USA *
967
01:02:56,343 --> 01:02:59,179
* Whoa, yeah
* Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah *
968
01:02:59,212 --> 01:03:02,248
* Well, I'm so glad
I'm livin' in the USA *
969
01:03:02,282 --> 01:03:05,051
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
970
01:03:05,085 --> 01:03:08,154
* I'm so glad
I'm livin' in the USA *
971
01:03:08,188 --> 01:03:10,990
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah *
972
01:03:11,024 --> 01:03:14,427
* Anything you want, we got it
right here in the USA *
973
01:03:14,461 --> 01:03:16,429
* Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah *
974
01:03:16,463 --> 01:03:18,932
* I'm so glad
975
01:03:18,965 --> 01:03:22,102
* I'm so glad
* Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah *
976
01:03:22,135 --> 01:03:25,472
* I'm so glad
977
01:03:25,505 --> 01:03:27,974
* I'm so glad
* Uh-huh
Whoa, yeah **
978
01:03:33,446 --> 01:03:37,083
** [ Stops ]
979
01:03:37,117 --> 01:03:40,086
[ Applause, Whistling ]
980
01:03:43,423 --> 01:03:46,326
[ Chuck ]
I was tryin' to shoot
for the entire population...
981
01:03:46,359 --> 01:03:49,496
instead of, shall we say,
the Neighborhood.
982
01:03:49,529 --> 01:03:54,401
Muddy Waters-- I knew he was
dynamite in our neighborhood.
He's dynamite with me.
983
01:03:54,434 --> 01:03:57,971
One of the most-loved
artists that I like.
984
01:03:58,004 --> 01:04:02,509
But workin' for my father
in the white neighborhoods,
I never heard Muddy Waters.
985
01:04:02,542 --> 01:04:06,179
I never heard Elmore James.
Howling Wolf, I never heard
of him.
986
01:04:06,212 --> 01:04:09,983
I heard Frank Sinatra;
I heard Pat Boone--
987
01:04:10,016 --> 01:04:15,221
Pat Boone doing Muddy Waters'
or whoever's number,
you know, selection.
988
01:04:15,255 --> 01:04:19,259
But then I said,
"Why can't I do
as Pat Boone does...
989
01:04:19,292 --> 01:04:23,496
"and play good music
for the white people...
990
01:04:23,530 --> 01:04:27,300
and sell as well there as
I could in the Neighborhood ?"
991
01:04:27,334 --> 01:04:32,038
And that's what I shot for
writing "School Days":
nice, nice music.
992
01:04:32,072 --> 01:04:35,709
And, ah, it caught on.
993
01:04:35,742 --> 01:04:40,413
[ Cheering ]
* They're really
rockin' in Boston *
994
01:04:40,447 --> 01:04:43,550
* In Pittsburgh, PA
995
01:04:43,583 --> 01:04:46,353
* Deep in the heart
of Texas *
996
01:04:46,386 --> 01:04:49,055
* Around the Frisco Bay
997
01:04:49,089 --> 01:04:52,192
* All over St. Louie
[ Cheering ]
998
01:04:52,225 --> 01:04:54,461
* Way down
in New Orleans *
999
01:04:54,494 --> 01:04:58,231
* Everybody wants
to dance with *
1000
01:04:58,264 --> 01:05:01,001
[ Audience ]
* Sweet little 16
1001
01:05:01,034 --> 01:05:03,269
* Sweet little 16
1002
01:05:03,303 --> 01:05:06,039
* Has just got to have
1003
01:05:06,072 --> 01:05:09,075
* About a half a million
1004
01:05:09,109 --> 01:05:11,544
* Famed autographs
1005
01:05:11,578 --> 01:05:14,447
* Her wallet filled
with pictures *
1006
01:05:14,481 --> 01:05:17,550
* She gets 'em
one by one *
1007
01:05:17,584 --> 01:05:20,320
* Becomes so excited
1008
01:05:20,353 --> 01:05:23,089
* Watch her, look at her
run, run, run *
1009
01:05:23,123 --> 01:05:25,525
* Oh, Mama, Mama
1010
01:05:25,558 --> 01:05:28,995
* Please may I go
1011
01:05:29,029 --> 01:05:31,131
* It's such
a sight to see *
1012
01:05:31,164 --> 01:05:34,501
* A good
rock 'n' roll show *
1013
01:05:34,534 --> 01:05:37,203
* Oh, Daddy, Daddy
1014
01:05:37,237 --> 01:05:39,606
* I beg of you
1015
01:05:39,639 --> 01:05:42,509
* Whisper to Mama
1016
01:05:42,542 --> 01:05:45,478
* It's all right with you
1017
01:05:45,512 --> 01:05:48,214
* 'Cause they'll be rockin'
onBandstand*
1018
01:05:48,248 --> 01:05:51,117
* In Philadelphia, PA
1019
01:05:51,151 --> 01:05:54,154
* Deep in the heart
of Texas *
1020
01:05:54,187 --> 01:05:57,090
* And 'round
* And 'round
the Frisco Bay *
1021
01:05:57,123 --> 01:05:59,793
* All over
* All over
St. Louie *
[ Cheering ]
1022
01:05:59,826 --> 01:06:02,595
* New Orleans
1023
01:06:02,629 --> 01:06:05,098
* Everybody wanna
dance with *
1024
01:06:05,131 --> 01:06:08,134
[ Audience ]
* Sweet little 16
1025
01:06:08,168 --> 01:06:10,537
* Sweet little 16
1026
01:06:10,570 --> 01:06:13,373
* She's got
the grown-up blues *
1027
01:06:13,406 --> 01:06:16,276
* Miniskirts
and hot pants *
1028
01:06:16,309 --> 01:06:19,212
* Sometimes she don't
even wear shoes *
1029
01:06:19,245 --> 01:06:22,248
* Oh, but
tomorrow mornin' *
1030
01:06:22,282 --> 01:06:25,085
* She'll have to
change her trend *
1031
01:06:25,118 --> 01:06:27,253
* And be Sweet 16
1032
01:06:27,287 --> 01:06:30,390
* And get back
in class again *
1033
01:06:30,423 --> 01:06:33,426
* 'Cause I'll be rockin'
onBandstand*
1034
01:06:33,460 --> 01:06:37,097
* Philadelphia, PA
1035
01:06:37,130 --> 01:06:40,066
* Deep in the heart
* Deep in the heart
of Texas *
1036
01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:42,402
* 'Round the F--
Frisco Bay *
1037
01:06:42,435 --> 01:06:44,637
* All over St. Louie
1038
01:06:44,671 --> 01:06:48,274
* Down in New Orleans
1039
01:06:48,308 --> 01:06:50,210
* Everybody wants
to dance with *
1040
01:06:50,243 --> 01:06:52,312
[ Audience ]
* Sweet little 16
1041
01:06:52,345 --> 01:06:56,282
Louder !
* Everybody wants
to dance with *
1042
01:06:56,316 --> 01:06:58,451
[ Audience ]
* Sweet little 16 *
Thank you !
1043
01:06:58,485 --> 01:07:02,088
** [ Stops ]
[ Cheering ]
1044
01:07:06,259 --> 01:07:09,162
** [ Humming ]
1045
01:07:09,195 --> 01:07:12,332
* Mabellene
1046
01:07:12,365 --> 01:07:14,868
This is my Ford,
1047
01:07:14,901 --> 01:07:17,270
my beautiful Ford,
1048
01:07:17,303 --> 01:07:19,873
one that
I couldafford.
1049
01:07:19,906 --> 01:07:22,108
Yeah, I love it.
1050
01:07:22,142 --> 01:07:24,411
Black windows.
1051
01:07:24,444 --> 01:07:27,180
I can hide anytime
I want to hide, you know,
1052
01:07:27,213 --> 01:07:29,449
when it's time to hide.
1053
01:07:29,482 --> 01:07:32,118
This is a '73.
1054
01:07:32,152 --> 01:07:36,322
When I went to sell it,
they only wanted to
give me $3,000 for it,
1055
01:07:36,356 --> 01:07:39,325
and it was worth ten,
so why sell it ?
1056
01:07:39,359 --> 01:07:43,363
This is a '77 I bought
in California, had it
all goosed up.
1057
01:07:43,396 --> 01:07:46,332
$4,000 ?
No. I kept it.
1058
01:07:46,366 --> 01:07:50,670
Other one's a '77.
'73, '75, '77.
1059
01:07:50,704 --> 01:07:55,442
None of 'em wanted
to give me what I wanted
for 'em, so they set here.
1060
01:07:55,475 --> 01:07:58,211
I'll let 'em
set 20 years.
1061
01:07:58,244 --> 01:08:02,315
Then I'll sell them
to you for $50,000.
1062
01:08:02,349 --> 01:08:05,385
[ Chuck ]
* I'm an all-American boy
1063
01:08:05,418 --> 01:08:08,221
**
1064
01:08:12,759 --> 01:08:15,562
* As I was motorvating
1065
01:08:15,595 --> 01:08:18,365
* Back in town
1066
01:08:18,398 --> 01:08:20,633
* I saw a Cadillac
sign say *
1067
01:08:20,667 --> 01:08:23,470
* "No Money Down"
1068
01:08:23,503 --> 01:08:26,339
* So I eased
on my brakes *
1069
01:08:26,373 --> 01:08:29,175
* Pulled up
in the drive *
1070
01:08:29,209 --> 01:08:31,411
* Gunned my motor twice
1071
01:08:31,444 --> 01:08:34,180
* Then I walked inside
1072
01:08:34,214 --> 01:08:36,683
* The dealer came to me
1073
01:08:36,716 --> 01:08:39,386
* Said
trade in that Ford *
1074
01:08:39,419 --> 01:08:42,255
* Put you in a car
1075
01:08:42,288 --> 01:08:44,691
* That'll tear up
the road *
1076
01:08:44,724 --> 01:08:47,394
* Just tell me
what you want *
1077
01:08:47,427 --> 01:08:50,296
* And then
sign that line *
1078
01:08:50,330 --> 01:08:52,699
* I'll have it
brought down to you *
1079
01:08:52,732 --> 01:08:55,535
* In 15 minutes' time
1080
01:08:55,568 --> 01:08:58,538
* I'm a get that car
1081
01:08:58,571 --> 01:09:01,341
* Yeah, and I'm gonna
head on down the road *
1082
01:09:05,445 --> 01:09:09,282
* Yes, then I won't
have to worry *
1083
01:09:09,315 --> 01:09:12,385
* With that broken-down,
ragged Ford *
1084
01:09:17,023 --> 01:09:19,559
* I want
a yellow convertible *
1085
01:09:19,592 --> 01:09:22,429
* Four-door De Ville
1086
01:09:22,462 --> 01:09:25,231
* With a continental spare
1087
01:09:25,265 --> 01:09:28,001
* And wire chrome wheels
1088
01:09:28,034 --> 01:09:30,437
* I want air-condition
1089
01:09:30,470 --> 01:09:33,306
* Automatic heat
1090
01:09:33,340 --> 01:09:35,775
* I want
a full Murphy bed *
1091
01:09:35,809 --> 01:09:38,712
* In my back seat
[ Cheering ]
1092
01:09:38,745 --> 01:09:41,314
* Shortwave radio
1093
01:09:41,348 --> 01:09:43,717
* TV and a phone
1094
01:09:43,750 --> 01:09:46,453
* 'Cause I like
to talk to my baby *
1095
01:09:46,486 --> 01:09:48,621
* When I'm out
ridin' alone *
1096
01:09:52,525 --> 01:09:55,228
* Yeah, and I'm gon'
head on down the road *
1097
01:09:58,832 --> 01:10:03,036
* Then I won't
have to worry *
1098
01:10:03,069 --> 01:10:06,272
* Oh, with that
broken-down, ragged Ford **
1099
01:10:06,306 --> 01:10:09,242
**
1100
01:10:51,718 --> 01:10:54,521
** [ Stops ]
1101
01:10:54,554 --> 01:10:57,524
[ Cheering ]
1102
01:11:00,126 --> 01:11:03,329
Probably, like most
musicians of my generation,
1103
01:11:03,363 --> 01:11:07,334
I first really heard Chuck Berry
through the Rolling Stones.
1104
01:11:07,367 --> 01:11:11,504
I think I learned
my first Chuck Berry lead
from Keith Richards, probably,
1105
01:11:11,538 --> 01:11:15,942
and, uh, that first
Rolling Stones record...
1106
01:11:15,975 --> 01:11:18,745
where I think
they had "Oh, Carol"...
1107
01:11:18,778 --> 01:11:22,882
and a few other
Chuck Berry songs.
1108
01:11:22,916 --> 01:11:27,420
And then from them I kinda went
back, and I got his records.
1109
01:11:27,454 --> 01:11:31,691
And I guess the funny
thing was...
1110
01:11:31,725 --> 01:11:35,829
I think that his influence
on my own writin' came out
more later on,
1111
01:11:35,862 --> 01:11:39,499
when I wanted to write the way
I thought that people talked.
1112
01:11:39,532 --> 01:11:42,502
'Cause that's how I felt.
That's how he writes.
1113
01:11:42,535 --> 01:11:44,471
You know, right before--
1114
01:11:44,504 --> 01:11:47,640
You know, if you listen
to one of his songs,
1115
01:11:47,674 --> 01:11:49,843
it sounds like
somebody's comin' in,
sittin' down in a chair...
1116
01:11:49,876 --> 01:11:53,713
and tellin' ya a story about
their aunt or their brother...
1117
01:11:53,747 --> 01:11:57,150
or describing some girl.
1118
01:11:57,183 --> 01:12:01,588
His descriptiveness
and his eye for detail--
1119
01:12:01,621 --> 01:12:04,724
like, uh,
like "Nadine," you know ?
1120
01:12:04,758 --> 01:12:08,728
* She was standin' on the corner
I saw her on the corner
She turned and doubled back *
1121
01:12:08,762 --> 01:12:11,731
* I started walkin' to
a coffee-colored Cadillac **
1122
01:12:11,765 --> 01:12:15,402
You know, it was like--
I've never seen
a coffee-colored Cadillac,
1123
01:12:15,435 --> 01:12:17,871
but I know exactly
what one looks like.
[ Laughing ]
1124
01:12:17,904 --> 01:12:20,874
**
1125
01:12:26,446 --> 01:12:29,516
* As I got on the city bus
and found a vacant seat *
1126
01:12:29,549 --> 01:12:32,619
* I thought I saw my future
bride walkin' up the street *
1127
01:12:32,652 --> 01:12:35,822
* Shouted to the driver,
Hey, conductor, you must *
1128
01:12:35,855 --> 01:12:38,625
* Slow down, I think I see her
Please let me off this bus *
1129
01:12:38,658 --> 01:12:40,627
* Nadine
1130
01:12:40,660 --> 01:12:42,462
* Honey, is that you
1131
01:12:43,797 --> 01:12:46,499
* Whoa, Nadine
1132
01:12:46,533 --> 01:12:50,904
* Honey, is that you
1133
01:12:50,937 --> 01:12:55,408
* Every time I see you
you got something else to do *
1134
01:12:57,510 --> 01:13:00,714
* I saw her from the corner when
she turned and doubled back *
1135
01:13:00,747 --> 01:13:03,983
* I started walkin' toward
her coffee-colored Cadillac *
1136
01:13:04,017 --> 01:13:07,520
* Pushin' through the crowd
tryin' to get
to where she's at *
1137
01:13:07,554 --> 01:13:10,457
* Campaign shoutin'
like a southern diplomat *
1138
01:13:10,490 --> 01:13:12,926
* Nadine
1139
01:13:12,959 --> 01:13:15,762
* Is that you
1140
01:13:15,795 --> 01:13:19,766
* Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Nadine *
1141
01:13:19,799 --> 01:13:23,069
* Is that you
1142
01:13:23,103 --> 01:13:26,906
* Every time I see you
You got somethin' else to do *
1143
01:14:06,012 --> 01:14:08,281
* You know
1144
01:14:08,314 --> 01:14:11,584
* She moves around like
a wayward summer breeze *
1145
01:14:11,618 --> 01:14:14,554
* Go, driver, go, go 'head
Catch her for me, please *
1146
01:14:14,587 --> 01:14:17,624
* Moving through the traffic
like a mounted cavalier *
1147
01:14:17,657 --> 01:14:20,593
* A-leanin' out the taxi window
tryin' to make her hear *
1148
01:14:20,627 --> 01:14:23,730
* Nadine
1149
01:14:23,763 --> 01:14:25,865
* Is that you
1150
01:14:25,899 --> 01:14:29,803
* Wow, Nadine
1151
01:14:29,836 --> 01:14:33,573
* Is that you
1152
01:14:33,606 --> 01:14:37,043
* Every time I see you, honey
You are up to somethin' new **
1153
01:14:45,085 --> 01:14:48,054
[ Cheering ]
1154
01:14:51,057 --> 01:14:54,027
Thelma, do you remember
that Sunday after church,
1155
01:14:54,060 --> 01:14:58,031
when Daddy and Mother came home
after they got through singin' ?
1156
01:14:58,064 --> 01:15:01,801
I didn't care about the singin'.
I was bouncing a ball,
and it went under the table.
1157
01:15:01,835 --> 01:15:05,672
I went under the table,
and instead of bending
to get the ball--
1158
01:15:05,705 --> 01:15:08,842
You scooted across.
I remember.
Yeah, yeah.
1159
01:15:08,875 --> 01:15:12,078
And when I scooted out
from under the table,
the big round table we have,
1160
01:15:12,112 --> 01:15:14,981
Mother says,
"Do that again."
Mm-hmm.
1161
01:15:15,015 --> 01:15:20,120
And every time company came,
I had to do that for Mother,
and they'd laugh and laugh.
1162
01:15:20,153 --> 01:15:22,956
It's just the entertainment,
I guess, in my blood.
1163
01:15:22,989 --> 01:15:25,892
Never came
into my mind again...
1164
01:15:25,925 --> 01:15:29,029
until I got
to the Paramount Theater
in Brooklyn.
1165
01:15:29,062 --> 01:15:32,132
In the middle
of "Mabellene,"
1166
01:15:32,165 --> 01:15:36,036
had nothing to do
but play a riff,
1167
01:15:36,069 --> 01:15:39,205
and just thought I'd go down
on my knees and play the riff
and scoot along.
1168
01:15:39,239 --> 01:15:42,208
And the people went--
the audience just went--
1169
01:15:42,242 --> 01:15:44,978
I said, "Ho ho ho,
I'll keep that in there."
1170
01:15:45,011 --> 01:15:48,982
I'd never met him.
Today he walked in the door.
1171
01:15:49,015 --> 01:15:51,217
And I went,
"Chuck Berry, my hero !"
It just came out.
1172
01:15:51,251 --> 01:15:53,887
* Go, Johnny
Go, go, go **
1173
01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:57,190
[ Lennon ]
I don't think there's any group
in the world, white or black--
1174
01:15:57,223 --> 01:16:00,126
but mainly the white kids were
really turned on by Chuck Berry.
1175
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:03,229
Not one of us,
the Beatles, the Stones--
1176
01:16:03,263 --> 01:16:06,399
you name any top group,
they've all been
influenced by him.
1177
01:16:06,433 --> 01:16:09,135
His lyrics were
very intelligent lyrics.
1178
01:16:09,169 --> 01:16:12,138
In the '50s,
when people were just singin'
virtually about nothin',
1179
01:16:12,172 --> 01:16:14,674
he was writin'
social comment songs.
1180
01:16:14,708 --> 01:16:17,777
He was writin' all kinds
of songs with incredible meter
to the lyrics,
1181
01:16:17,811 --> 01:16:20,880
which influenced Dylan and me
and many other people.
1182
01:16:20,914 --> 01:16:25,051
The meter was tremendous.
He's the greatest rock 'n' roll
poet, and I really admire him.
1183
01:16:25,085 --> 01:16:27,053
Thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.
1184
01:16:27,087 --> 01:16:30,223
And now, at this time, I'd like
to introduce a young man...
1185
01:16:30,256 --> 01:16:33,960
who is the seat
of the greatest influence...
1186
01:16:33,993 --> 01:16:37,697
in rock music in the '60s.
1187
01:16:37,731 --> 01:16:41,101
Believe me,
has done not only my music...
1188
01:16:41,134 --> 01:16:45,071
but the world a great
tribute in rock music.
1189
01:16:45,105 --> 01:16:50,076
None other than
his son Julian Lennon
to do "Johnny B. Goode."
1190
01:16:50,110 --> 01:16:53,046
Come on, Julian.
[ Cheering ]
1191
01:17:00,253 --> 01:17:04,024
Look at him !
Ain't he like his pa ? Yeah !
1192
01:17:04,057 --> 01:17:07,027
**
1193
01:17:13,199 --> 01:17:15,802
Oh, yeah !
1194
01:17:21,508 --> 01:17:24,477
* Deep down in Louisiana
Close to New Orleans *
1195
01:17:24,511 --> 01:17:27,247
* Way back up in the woods
among the evergreens *
1196
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:30,183
* There stood a log cabin
made of earth and wood *
1197
01:17:30,216 --> 01:17:33,053
* There lived a country boy
named Johnny B. Goode *
1198
01:17:33,086 --> 01:17:35,822
* Who never ever learned
to read or write so well *
1199
01:17:35,855 --> 01:17:39,092
* But he can play a guitar
just like a ring in a bell
Go, go *
1200
01:17:39,125 --> 01:17:42,195
- I hear you !
- * Go, Johnny, go, go
1201
01:17:42,228 --> 01:17:44,931
I hear you !
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1202
01:17:44,964 --> 01:17:47,967
- Sing the song !
- * Go, Johnny, go, go
1203
01:17:48,001 --> 01:17:50,503
Oh, yeah !
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1204
01:17:50,537 --> 01:17:53,139
- Oh, yeah !
- * Johnny B. Goode
1205
01:17:55,241 --> 01:17:58,311
* He used to carry his guitar
in a gunnysack *
1206
01:17:58,345 --> 01:18:01,281
* Go sit beneath the tree
by the railroad track *
1207
01:18:01,314 --> 01:18:04,217
* Old engineer would see him
sittin' in the shade *
1208
01:18:04,250 --> 01:18:07,220
* Strummin' with the rhythm
that the drivers made *
1209
01:18:07,253 --> 01:18:09,823
* People passin' by
They would stop and say *
1210
01:18:09,856 --> 01:18:12,859
* Oh, my, but that little
country boy can play *
Yeah, yeah !
1211
01:18:12,892 --> 01:18:16,963
* Go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go *
1212
01:18:16,996 --> 01:18:19,833
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1213
01:18:19,866 --> 01:18:22,836
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1214
01:18:22,869 --> 01:18:26,006
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1215
01:18:26,039 --> 01:18:28,108
* Johnny B. Goode
1216
01:18:29,409 --> 01:18:32,345
**
1217
01:18:41,254 --> 01:18:44,391
[ Cheering ]
1218
01:18:44,424 --> 01:18:46,993
[ Chuck ]
Sing the song, Julian !
1219
01:18:47,027 --> 01:18:49,229
* His mother said that someday
you will be a man *
1220
01:18:49,262 --> 01:18:52,899
- * You will be the leader
of a big ol' band *
- Yes, you will.
1221
01:18:52,932 --> 01:18:55,268
* Many people passin'
from miles around *
Yes, they will.
1222
01:18:55,301 --> 01:18:58,204
* To hear you play your music
'til the sun goes down *
Yes, you do.
1223
01:18:58,238 --> 01:19:01,007
* Maybe someday your name
will be in lights *
Oh, yeah !
1224
01:19:01,041 --> 01:19:03,376
- * Sayin'
Johnny B. Goode tonight *
- Sing the song now !
1225
01:19:03,410 --> 01:19:07,047
* Go
Go, Johnny, go, go *
1226
01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:11,317
[ Chuck ]
Come on, help the boy !
* Go, Johnny, go, go
1227
01:19:11,351 --> 01:19:17,123
* Go, Johnny, go, go
* Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go *
1228
01:19:17,157 --> 01:19:20,593
* Johnny B. Goode *
Oh, yeah !
1229
01:19:20,627 --> 01:19:24,330
John Julian Lennon !
1230
01:19:24,364 --> 01:19:26,933
[ Cheering ]
1231
01:19:26,966 --> 01:19:30,036
Tell Papa hello.
I will.
1232
01:19:30,070 --> 01:19:33,373
I'll tell you
what he says.
1233
01:19:33,406 --> 01:19:36,209
Well, we got in a fight.
That's when we become friends.
1234
01:19:36,242 --> 01:19:39,612
He whooped my butt.
[ Laughing ]
1235
01:19:39,646 --> 01:19:42,415
[ Interviewer ]
So why were you two fighting ?
1236
01:19:42,449 --> 01:19:45,385
He said he was
King of Rock 'N' Roll,
and I said I was.
1237
01:19:45,418 --> 01:19:48,922
And he said he was,
and he proved he was.
1238
01:19:48,955 --> 01:19:51,925
I didn't argue
with him no more.
1239
01:19:51,958 --> 01:19:54,327
What do you think was
distinctive about Chuck's--
1240
01:19:54,361 --> 01:19:59,199
Talent.
God-given talent.
1241
01:19:59,232 --> 01:20:02,135
Charisma.
He has a certain--
1242
01:20:02,168 --> 01:20:06,339
Chuck Berry is the greatest--
He's the Hank Williams
of rock 'n' roll.
1243
01:20:06,373 --> 01:20:09,876
Chuck was aware of what
the Grand Ole Opry was.
1244
01:20:09,909 --> 01:20:14,381
We talked about that when we
first met. He listened to
the Grand Ole Opry in St. Louis.
1245
01:20:14,414 --> 01:20:18,184
My first impression
of Chuck was that, uh,
1246
01:20:18,218 --> 01:20:20,887
he was a black
country singer, sort of.
1247
01:20:20,920 --> 01:20:25,358
It was rhythm and blues,
but it wasn't so
rhythm and blues at the time.
1248
01:20:25,392 --> 01:20:28,928
Uh, sort of
with a country flavor.
1249
01:20:28,962 --> 01:20:32,399
That may sound
very strange, but it was--
I still feel that way.
1250
01:20:32,432 --> 01:20:36,369
I still feel
very strongly that...
1251
01:20:36,403 --> 01:20:40,006
Chuck might have been
a mixture of...
1252
01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:43,410
first rock 'n' roll,
rhythm and blues
and then some country.
1253
01:20:43,443 --> 01:20:49,983
[ Chuck ]
* Long-Distance Information
Give me Memphis, Tennessee *
1254
01:20:50,016 --> 01:20:54,988
* Help me find the party tried
to get in touch with me *
1255
01:20:55,021 --> 01:20:59,926
* She could not leave
her number, but I know
who placed the call *
1256
01:20:59,959 --> 01:21:04,064
* My uncle took the message
and he wrote it on the wall *
1257
01:21:08,435 --> 01:21:13,373
* Help me, Information
Get in touch with my Marie *
1258
01:21:13,406 --> 01:21:18,278
* She's the only one
who'd phone me here
from Memphis, Tennessee *
1259
01:21:18,311 --> 01:21:23,416
* Her home is on the south side
high up on a ridge *
1260
01:21:23,450 --> 01:21:27,454
* Just a half a mile
from the Mississippi Bridge *
1261
01:21:55,081 --> 01:22:00,120
* You know
the last time I saw Marie
she was waving me good-bye *
1262
01:22:00,153 --> 01:22:04,758
* With Hurry Home drops
on her cheek and that trickle
from her eye *
1263
01:22:04,791 --> 01:22:10,196
* Marie is only six years old
Information, please *
1264
01:22:10,230 --> 01:22:13,466
* Try to put me through to her
in Memphis, Tenne-- *
1265
01:22:41,261 --> 01:22:46,599
* Oh, help me, Information
More than that I cannot add *
1266
01:22:46,633 --> 01:22:51,538
* Only that I miss her
and all the fun we had *
1267
01:22:51,571 --> 01:22:56,509
* We were pulled apart because
her mom did not agree *
1268
01:22:56,543 --> 01:23:00,547
* And tore apart our happy home
in Memphis, Tennessee **
1269
01:23:06,419 --> 01:23:09,189
[ Cheering ]
1270
01:23:33,480 --> 01:23:36,616
[ Cheering ]
1271
01:23:36,649 --> 01:23:39,619
[ Clapton ]
If you want to play
rock 'n' roll...
1272
01:23:39,652 --> 01:23:43,857
or any upbeat number,
and you wanted a guitar ride,
1273
01:23:43,890 --> 01:23:47,293
you would end up playing
like Chuck, or what
you learned from Chuck.
1274
01:23:47,327 --> 01:23:52,198
'Cause there is very little,
actually, other choice.
1275
01:23:52,232 --> 01:23:57,203
There's not a lot of other ways
to play rock 'n' roll other
than the way Chuck plays it.
1276
01:23:58,438 --> 01:24:01,207
If you try to play
all the double-string stuff,
1277
01:24:04,177 --> 01:24:07,313
it's really full,
you know ?
1278
01:24:07,347 --> 01:24:10,617
If you give me a break
in a fast, you know,
1279
01:24:10,650 --> 01:24:14,187
and I start
playing single lines,
it doesn't sound right.
1280
01:24:14,220 --> 01:24:19,392
It just doesn't sound right.
It sounds thin or something,
or too "fiddly."
1281
01:24:19,426 --> 01:24:22,162
Explain.
You know, like to go--
1282
01:24:22,195 --> 01:24:27,667
** [ Playing Single Notes ]
1283
01:24:27,701 --> 01:24:31,104
It would be okay,
but it wouldn't be as good as--
** [ Layering Notes ]
1284
01:24:32,605 --> 01:24:35,241
Really, for me anyway.
1285
01:24:35,275 --> 01:24:40,380
So he's really laid the law down
for playing that kind of music.
1286
01:24:40,413 --> 01:24:46,419
**
1287
01:24:46,453 --> 01:24:49,689
* Tell me who's
the girl standing over
by the record machine *
1288
01:24:51,958 --> 01:24:56,329
* Lookin' like a model
on the cover of a magazine *
1289
01:24:58,531 --> 01:25:02,135
* She's too cute
to be a minute over 17 *
1290
01:25:05,238 --> 01:25:07,574
* Meanwhile I was thinkin'
1291
01:25:11,678 --> 01:25:14,948
* She's in the mood
No need to break it *
1292
01:25:14,981 --> 01:25:17,951
* I got a chance
I'll take it *
1293
01:25:17,984 --> 01:25:21,221
* If she can dance
we can make it *
1294
01:25:21,254 --> 01:25:24,391
* Come on, Queenie
let's shake it *
1295
01:25:24,424 --> 01:25:28,528
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1296
01:25:28,561 --> 01:25:30,530
Come on,
everybody say "Go !"
1297
01:25:30,563 --> 01:25:34,567
* I said go, go, go
little Queenie *
1298
01:25:36,736 --> 01:25:42,609
* I said go, go, go
little Queenie *
1299
01:25:42,642 --> 01:25:47,180
* There she is again
standin' over by
the record machine *
1300
01:25:49,449 --> 01:25:55,288
* Lookin' like
a model on the cover
of aOuimagazine *
1301
01:25:55,321 --> 01:26:00,727
* You know she's too cute
to be a minute over 17 *
1302
01:26:02,395 --> 01:26:06,232
* Meanwhile I was
still thinkin' *
1303
01:26:11,404 --> 01:26:14,441
* If it's a slow song
we'll omit it *
1304
01:26:14,474 --> 01:26:17,243
* If it's a rocker
I'll try to get it *
1305
01:26:17,277 --> 01:26:20,380
* If it's good
you all gonna admit it *
1306
01:26:20,413 --> 01:26:22,449
* Well, come on then
Let's get with it *
1307
01:26:22,482 --> 01:26:26,786
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1308
01:26:28,755 --> 01:26:32,792
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1309
01:26:35,528 --> 01:26:40,500
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1310
01:26:40,533 --> 01:26:42,836
Go, Keith, go !
1311
01:27:16,436 --> 01:27:19,606
My man, all right !
1312
01:27:19,639 --> 01:27:26,446
* There she is again
standin' over by
the record machine *
1313
01:27:26,479 --> 01:27:32,318
* Lookin' like
a model on the cover
of aOuimagazine *
1314
01:27:32,352 --> 01:27:37,390
* You know she's too cute
to be a minute over 17 *
1315
01:27:37,424 --> 01:27:42,595
* One more time
I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1316
01:27:44,564 --> 01:27:47,667
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie *
1317
01:27:51,504 --> 01:27:54,607
* I said, go, go, go
little Queenie **
1318
01:28:04,617 --> 01:28:07,854
I remember Alan Freed
tellin' me about...
1319
01:28:07,887 --> 01:28:11,925
somebody throwin'
bricks through his windows
with a note wrapped around.
1320
01:28:11,958 --> 01:28:16,863
Tied around, and tellin' him
that he's gonna get run out
of the neighborhood...
1321
01:28:16,896 --> 01:28:19,966
because he defied
the system.
1322
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:22,469
The community tradition.
1323
01:28:22,502 --> 01:28:26,740
He defied them,
and then our good friend,
Dick Clark,
1324
01:28:26,773 --> 01:28:32,812
came up with the television
thing and started to puttin' us
thing and started to puttin' us
American Bandstand.
1325
01:28:32,846 --> 01:28:36,716
We had something to sing,
but we couldn't dance.
No, you couldn't dance.
1326
01:28:36,750 --> 01:28:38,718
We couldn't participate
in the audience.
1327
01:28:38,752 --> 01:28:40,854
Because if you're in the
audience, he'd let you out.
1328
01:28:40,887 --> 01:28:44,457
The station was owned
by people, I think,
1329
01:28:44,491 --> 01:28:48,828
that prohibited him
to go that far with us.
1330
01:28:48,862 --> 01:28:53,433
Why was it done ?
Answer that for the record.
1331
01:28:53,466 --> 01:28:57,937
Why was it done if
he didn't want it to be done ?
He was the master of ceremonies.
1332
01:28:57,971 --> 01:29:01,675
I say this:
It was still
a little Jewish boy...
1333
01:29:01,708 --> 01:29:04,477
that got it over the country
with Alan Freed.
1334
01:29:04,511 --> 01:29:06,680
Amen. Amen.
He still got it over
the country.
1335
01:29:06,713 --> 01:29:11,418
And he did a good job.
I love you, Alan ! Alan !
1336
01:29:11,451 --> 01:29:15,722
- You're darned right.
- It wasn't anything
we were doing so wrongly.
1337
01:29:15,755 --> 01:29:18,758
It was just that people
was so slow...
You were black !
1338
01:29:18,792 --> 01:29:20,894
to accept change.
You was black !
1339
01:29:20,927 --> 01:29:24,197
Tell him again.
Will you tell him, man, again ?
1340
01:29:24,230 --> 01:29:27,667
You was black,
and they didn't want that
black image over their kids.
1341
01:29:27,701 --> 01:29:30,770
You was a hero.
The kids was lookin' up
to you.
1342
01:29:30,804 --> 01:29:33,506
- They didn't want
their kids lookin' up--
- What kids ? What kids ?
1343
01:29:33,540 --> 01:29:36,876
They didn't want the white kids
lookin' up at this big ol'
greasy black guy,
1344
01:29:36,910 --> 01:29:42,982
uh, uh, out of Georgia,
out of Mississippi
or out of Chicago.
1345
01:29:43,016 --> 01:29:47,654
They want their kids
to see a smooth white boy
looking pretty and all dudey.
1346
01:29:47,687 --> 01:29:50,890
And lookin' "rootie."
You know ?
1347
01:29:50,924 --> 01:29:53,793
And so here's a black
out there singing' and screamin'
and beamin' and steamin'.
1348
01:29:53,827 --> 01:29:56,229
They said, no, no, no !
1349
01:29:56,262 --> 01:29:59,699
And now,
ladies and gentlemen,
here's the young fella--
1350
01:29:59,733 --> 01:30:04,871
As a matter of fact,
he's right at the age
I was when I started out.
1351
01:30:04,904 --> 01:30:08,742
A beautiful, mellow,
ripe 29-ish, you know.
1352
01:30:08,775 --> 01:30:12,245
And a matter of fact,
this dude even looks like me.
Let's bring him out.
1353
01:30:12,278 --> 01:30:14,848
Robert Cray !
1354
01:30:17,083 --> 01:30:20,453
Robert's gonna do
"Brown-eyed Handsome Man" !
1355
01:30:24,791 --> 01:30:26,860
Yo !
1356
01:30:26,893 --> 01:30:30,630
**
1357
01:30:32,599 --> 01:30:35,802
* Arrested on charges
of unemployment *
1358
01:30:35,835 --> 01:30:38,972
* He was sittin'
in the witness stand *
1359
01:30:39,005 --> 01:30:41,641
* The judge's wife phoned
the district attorney *
1360
01:30:41,675 --> 01:30:43,810
* Said free that
brown-eyed man *
1361
01:30:43,843 --> 01:30:45,879
* You want your job
You better free
that brown-eyed man *
1362
01:30:47,614 --> 01:30:50,083
* Flyin' across the desert
in a TWA *
1363
01:30:50,116 --> 01:30:53,586
* I saw a woman walkin'
across the sand *
1364
01:30:53,620 --> 01:30:58,558
* She'd been walkin' 30 miles
en route to Bombay to meet
a brown-eyed handsome man *
1365
01:30:58,591 --> 01:31:01,895
* Her destination was
a brown-eyed handsome man *
1366
01:31:01,928 --> 01:31:05,532
* Way back in history
'bout 3,000 years *
1367
01:31:05,565 --> 01:31:08,301
* In fact, ever since
the world began *
What happened, Bobby ?
1368
01:31:08,335 --> 01:31:11,104
* There's been a whole lot
of good women sheddin' tears *
1369
01:31:11,137 --> 01:31:13,807
* About a brown-eyed
handsome man *
1370
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:16,142
* A lot of trouble
* A lot of trouble
He's a brown-eyed
He's a brown-eyed
handsome man *
1371
01:31:16,176 --> 01:31:20,046
Everybody !
** [ Instrumental ]
1372
01:31:46,806 --> 01:31:50,043
* I know Venus
was a beautiful lass *
1373
01:31:50,076 --> 01:31:52,779
* She has the world
in the palm of her hand *
1374
01:31:52,812 --> 01:31:55,815
* She lost both arms
in a "wrastling" match *
1375
01:31:55,849 --> 01:31:57,951
* To win a brown-eyed
handsome-- *
1376
01:31:57,984 --> 01:32:01,021
* She fought and won herself
a brown-eyed handsome man *
1377
01:32:01,054 --> 01:32:07,794
* 2-3, the count, nobody on
He hit a high fly
to the stands *
1378
01:32:07,827 --> 01:32:10,096
* Roundin' third
and headin' for home *
1379
01:32:10,130 --> 01:32:12,766
* It was a brown-eyed
handsome man *
1380
01:32:12,799 --> 01:32:15,802
* That won the game, it was
a brown-eyed handsome man **
1381
01:32:15,835 --> 01:32:19,639
** [ Instrumental ]
1382
01:32:32,218 --> 01:32:34,688
Robert Cray !
1383
01:32:34,721 --> 01:32:37,590
Robert Cray,
ladies and gentlemen !
1384
01:32:38,992 --> 01:32:42,228
Fran, how long have you
been working with Chuck ?
1385
01:32:42,262 --> 01:32:45,231
Now I've been with him
just a little over 30 years.
1386
01:32:45,265 --> 01:32:49,836
30 years ?
Just a little over 30 years.
Not very long.
1387
01:32:49,869 --> 01:32:52,105
I started to say
'til Tuesday.
30 years and three weeks.
1388
01:32:52,138 --> 01:32:54,407
I've been here
since Tuesday.
1389
01:32:54,441 --> 01:32:59,813
How'd it start ?
Casual Introduction.
That's all.
1390
01:32:59,846 --> 01:33:03,116
He needed a secretary
and I needed a different change.
1391
01:33:03,149 --> 01:33:06,653
I was looking for change.
You came to hear the music
at a rock and roll show.
1392
01:33:06,686 --> 01:33:10,890
Yes, so we went
and saw Chuck Berry,
and I left the next day.
1393
01:33:12,025 --> 01:33:15,862
I was 21,
and I was here a year,
1394
01:33:15,895 --> 01:33:19,199
and we had
already established
our offices, a nightclub.
1395
01:33:19,232 --> 01:33:22,102
We were owning
and operating
two corporations.
1396
01:33:22,135 --> 01:33:24,204
That was a terrible load
on a 21-year-old.
1397
01:33:24,237 --> 01:33:26,706
They didn't know
what I was either.
1398
01:33:26,740 --> 01:33:28,775
They didn't know
if I was white or black.
1399
01:33:28,808 --> 01:33:30,877
A lot of 'em thought
you were my wife.
1400
01:33:30,910 --> 01:33:33,813
Yes, a lot of 'em thought
I was his wife.
They still do.
1401
01:33:33,847 --> 01:33:37,083
They don't know,
and they wouldn't ask.
They were too polite.
1402
01:33:37,117 --> 01:33:40,887
I have been married
since October the 28th--
1403
01:33:40,920 --> 01:33:42,856
It's hard for a man
to remember these things.
1404
01:33:42,889 --> 01:33:47,894
October 28, 1950-- 1948...
1405
01:33:47,927 --> 01:33:51,698
until, I guess,
it'd be about 2000...
1406
01:33:51,731 --> 01:33:56,236
before I even think
of separating.
1407
01:33:56,269 --> 01:34:00,273
But for all rock and roll
stars who go on the road,
1408
01:34:00,306 --> 01:34:04,044
they've got 40 million girls
out there screaming and
yelling for them.
1409
01:34:04,077 --> 01:34:09,249
Is that hard ?
Is what hard ?
Well, I'll tell you this.
1410
01:34:09,282 --> 01:34:12,919
No, it's not hard if you have
a conviction at your home.
1411
01:34:12,952 --> 01:34:17,023
If you keep
the home fires burning,
you do what you wanna do.
1412
01:34:17,057 --> 01:34:21,027
And as I always said,
use discretion.
1413
01:34:21,061 --> 01:34:25,065
Be sensible about it.
Keep the home fires burning.
1414
01:34:25,098 --> 01:34:27,867
My name is
Themetta Silks Berry,
1415
01:34:27,901 --> 01:34:32,339
and I have been married
to Charles Berry for 38 years.
1416
01:34:32,372 --> 01:34:35,875
We have had
a wonderful marriage.
1417
01:34:35,909 --> 01:34:40,914
We love each other as much
as we did the day we met.
1418
01:34:40,947 --> 01:34:47,954
You'd been married
about five years before--
[ Chuck ] Baby, that's enough.
1419
01:34:47,987 --> 01:34:54,828
[ Man ] I remember him
growing up as a young man
with a mechanical mind.
1420
01:34:54,861 --> 01:34:58,798
He stayed busy
all the time.
1421
01:34:58,832 --> 01:35:02,335
And I would say he would be,
in effect, a very unique person.
1422
01:35:02,369 --> 01:35:04,838
I'm a beautician by trade,
1423
01:35:04,871 --> 01:35:09,542
and Charles was interested
in that type of thing,
and it influenced him.
1424
01:35:09,576 --> 01:35:12,979
He went to the same school I did
and graduated and everything,
1425
01:35:13,013 --> 01:35:15,982
and he started doing
some of the heads on tours
when he would go on tours.
1426
01:35:16,016 --> 01:35:20,020
So he had a lot of fun
doing that, and I had a lot
of fun asking him about it.
1427
01:35:20,053 --> 01:35:22,789
And he would try to do his hair
and I would see little flaws
that he would make.
1428
01:35:22,822 --> 01:35:25,892
I guess the thing I remember
most about Chuck was...
1429
01:35:25,925 --> 01:35:29,129
he was a deep thinker
and he loved to hear
and play the blues.
1430
01:35:29,162 --> 01:35:31,164
[ Lucy ]
Chuck was a very
loving brother.
1431
01:35:31,197 --> 01:35:35,235
He used to go to bed
at 9:00 every night,
1432
01:35:35,268 --> 01:35:39,305
and every day, my mother
fed him Bulgarian buttermilk.
1433
01:35:39,339 --> 01:35:41,374
That's the reason why he's got
so much energy today.
1434
01:35:41,408 --> 01:35:45,045
**
1435
01:35:56,222 --> 01:35:58,258
* Run into a throw
Hard workin' at the mill *
1436
01:35:58,291 --> 01:36:01,094
* Never fail in the mail
Boy, you get a rotten bill *
1437
01:36:01,127 --> 01:36:03,997
* Too much
monkey business *
1438
01:36:04,030 --> 01:36:06,433
* Too much
monkey business *
1439
01:36:06,466 --> 01:36:11,438
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1440
01:36:11,471 --> 01:36:13,973
* Salesman talkin' to me
tryin' to run me up a creek *
1441
01:36:14,007 --> 01:36:17,210
* Say you can buy it
Go on, try it
You can pay me next week *
1442
01:36:17,243 --> 01:36:20,046
* Too much
monkey business *
1443
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:22,449
* Too much
monkey business *
1444
01:36:22,482 --> 01:36:27,987
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1445
01:36:28,021 --> 01:36:30,256
* Blonde haired, good-lookin'
Tryin' to get him hooked *
1446
01:36:30,290 --> 01:36:33,360
* Want him to marry
get a home and settle down
and write a book *
1447
01:36:33,393 --> 01:36:36,329
* Too much
monkey business *
1448
01:36:36,363 --> 01:36:38,465
* Too much
monkey business *
1449
01:36:38,498 --> 01:36:41,935
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1450
01:36:41,968 --> 01:36:43,903
Go, Keith, go, go , go !
1451
01:36:43,937 --> 01:36:47,874
** [ Instrumental ]
1452
01:37:16,069 --> 01:37:19,005
* Same thing every day
gettin' up and
goin' to school *
1453
01:37:19,039 --> 01:37:22,042
* No need of you complainin'
Your objection's overruled
Yeah *
1454
01:37:22,075 --> 01:37:24,477
* Too much
monkey business *
1455
01:37:24,511 --> 01:37:27,013
* Too much
monkey business *
1456
01:37:27,047 --> 01:37:29,449
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1457
01:37:32,152 --> 01:37:34,387
* Pay phone, something wrong
dime's gone *
1458
01:37:34,421 --> 01:37:38,091
* We'll mail
I oughta sue the operator
She's tellin' me a tale *
1459
01:37:38,124 --> 01:37:40,326
* Too much
monkey business *
1460
01:37:40,360 --> 01:37:42,996
* Too much
monkey business *
1461
01:37:43,029 --> 01:37:45,398
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1462
01:37:48,368 --> 01:37:50,403
* A friend of Yokohama
been fightin' in the war *
1463
01:37:50,437 --> 01:37:53,707
* Army bunk, army shower
army clothes, army car *
1464
01:37:53,740 --> 01:37:56,276
* Too much-- whoa
1465
01:37:56,309 --> 01:37:59,079
* Too much
monkey business *
1466
01:37:59,112 --> 01:38:02,382
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in *
1467
01:38:04,351 --> 01:38:06,519
* Workin' in the fillin' station
Too many tabs *
1468
01:38:06,553 --> 01:38:09,155
* Wipe the windows
check the tires
check the oil, no gas *
1469
01:38:09,189 --> 01:38:12,525
Hah !
* Too much
monkey business *
1470
01:38:12,559 --> 01:38:15,028
* Too much
monkey business *
1471
01:38:15,061 --> 01:38:19,099
* Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in **
1472
01:38:26,506 --> 01:38:30,043
Chuck has had a couple
of run-ins with the law
and had problems.
1473
01:38:30,076 --> 01:38:33,113
Come on, come on.
No, I don't want it.
1474
01:38:33,146 --> 01:38:36,449
I don't want to hear about it.
I don't wanna hear about it.
1475
01:38:36,483 --> 01:38:40,553
We'll talk about that
at the proper place,
not over the desk here.
1476
01:38:42,222 --> 01:38:45,325
* Ridin' along
in my automobile *
1477
01:38:45,358 --> 01:38:48,561
* My baby's beside me
at the wheel *
1478
01:38:48,595 --> 01:38:52,098
* I stole a kiss
a the turn of a mile *
1479
01:38:52,132 --> 01:38:55,168
* My curiosity runnin' wild
1480
01:38:55,201 --> 01:38:58,605
* Cruisin' and playin'
the radio *
1481
01:38:58,638 --> 01:39:01,508
* With no particular
place to go *
1482
01:39:01,541 --> 01:39:05,278
* Ridin' along
in my automobile *
1483
01:39:05,311 --> 01:39:08,615
* I was anxious to tell her
the way I feel *
1484
01:39:08,648 --> 01:39:12,318
* So I whispered
softly and sincere *
1485
01:39:12,352 --> 01:39:15,388
* She leaned and put something
in my ear *
1486
01:39:15,422 --> 01:39:18,425
* Cruisin' far
and drivin' slow *
1487
01:39:18,458 --> 01:39:22,295
* With no particular
place to go *
1488
01:39:22,328 --> 01:39:26,132
** [ Instrumental ]
1489
01:39:42,082 --> 01:39:45,452
* Ridin' along the Kokomo
1490
01:39:45,485 --> 01:39:48,488
* With no particular
place to go *
1491
01:39:48,521 --> 01:39:52,058
* The night was young
and the moon was gold *
1492
01:39:52,092 --> 01:39:55,395
* We both decided
to take a stroll *
1493
01:39:55,428 --> 01:39:58,531
* Can you imagine
the way I felt *
1494
01:39:58,565 --> 01:40:02,135
* I couldn't unfasten
the safety belt *
1495
01:40:02,168 --> 01:40:05,238
* Ridin' along
in that calaboose *
1496
01:40:05,271 --> 01:40:08,408
* Still tryin'
to get that belt loose *
1497
01:40:08,441 --> 01:40:12,312
* All the way home
I held a grudge *
1498
01:40:12,345 --> 01:40:15,248
* The safety belt
just wouldn't budge *
1499
01:40:15,281 --> 01:40:18,451
* Cruisin' and playin'
the radio *
1500
01:40:18,485 --> 01:40:21,187
* With no particular
place to go *
1501
01:40:21,221 --> 01:40:23,556
One more, one more !
1502
01:40:23,590 --> 01:40:27,394
** [ Instrumental ]
1503
01:40:43,476 --> 01:40:45,679
That's all, folks !
1504
01:41:00,260 --> 01:41:04,664
Ladies and gentlemen,
"Wee, Wee Hours"
with Eric Clapton !
1505
01:41:15,208 --> 01:41:18,378
Man of the blues !
1506
01:41:18,411 --> 01:41:24,384
**
1507
01:41:27,587 --> 01:41:31,524
* In the wee wee hour
1508
01:41:31,558 --> 01:41:36,196
* That's when
I think of you *
1509
01:41:42,736 --> 01:41:46,740
* In the wee wee hour
1510
01:41:46,773 --> 01:41:49,409
* That's when
I think of you *
1511
01:41:58,385 --> 01:42:01,755
* You say again
I wonder *
1512
01:42:01,788 --> 01:42:04,557
* If our love
was ever true *
1513
01:42:04,591 --> 01:42:08,395
Yeah, yeah, yeah !
Sing the song, Eric !
1514
01:42:12,699 --> 01:42:16,703
* In a wee little room
1515
01:42:16,736 --> 01:42:20,740
* I sit alone
thinkin' of you *
1516
01:42:27,614 --> 01:42:32,218
* In a wee little room
1517
01:42:32,252 --> 01:42:35,422
* I sit alone
and think of you *
1518
01:42:42,729 --> 01:42:46,666
* I wonder if
you still remember *
1519
01:42:46,700 --> 01:42:49,736
* All the little things
we used to do *
1520
01:42:54,574 --> 01:42:57,677
Johnnie Johnson !
1521
01:42:57,711 --> 01:43:01,548
** [ Instrumental ]
1522
01:43:43,323 --> 01:43:47,327
* One little song
1523
01:43:47,360 --> 01:43:49,796
* For a fading memory
1524
01:43:58,438 --> 01:44:02,509
* One little song
1525
01:44:02,542 --> 01:44:06,413
* For a fading memory
1526
01:44:13,486 --> 01:44:18,792
* Of the one
I really love *
1527
01:44:18,825 --> 01:44:21,561
* The only one for me *
1528
01:44:23,830 --> 01:44:27,767
** [ Instrumental ]
1529
01:45:06,473 --> 01:45:08,441
[ Chuck ]
Take another one !
Take another one !
1530
01:46:00,794 --> 01:46:03,697
How 'bout it ?
How 'bout it ?
1531
01:46:03,730 --> 01:46:05,899
Is he all right ?
1532
01:46:05,932 --> 01:46:09,936
Eric Clapton,
ladies and gentlemen !
Man of the blues !
1533
01:46:21,815 --> 01:46:24,484
[ Chuck ]
And now !
1534
01:46:24,517 --> 01:46:27,854
Fantastic !
She's Fabulous !
1535
01:46:27,887 --> 01:46:32,926
Tremendous !
Powerful ! Dynamite !
1536
01:46:32,959 --> 01:46:37,530
Lady of the blues,
Miss Etta James !
1537
01:46:37,564 --> 01:46:40,867
Come here, baby !
1538
01:46:44,004 --> 01:46:46,773
This is my girl !
1539
01:46:52,545 --> 01:46:56,716
* Just let me here some
of that rock 'n' roll music *
* Hey
1540
01:46:56,750 --> 01:46:59,953
- * Any old way
you choose it *
- * One more time
1541
01:46:59,986 --> 01:47:03,056
* It's got a backbeat
you can't lose it *
* Go ahead, baby
1542
01:47:03,089 --> 01:47:06,259
* Any old way
you choose it *
* Yes, darlin'
1543
01:47:06,292 --> 01:47:09,029
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
* Uh-huh
1544
01:47:09,062 --> 01:47:12,599
- * If you wanna dance
with me *
- * Yeah
1545
01:47:12,632 --> 01:47:14,534
* If you wanna dance
with me *
1546
01:47:14,567 --> 01:47:17,737
* I have no kick
against modern jazz *
* All right
1547
01:47:17,771 --> 01:47:20,974
* Unless they try
to play it too darn fast *
* Know what you mean
1548
01:47:21,007 --> 01:47:23,843
* And change the beauty
of the melody *
* Yeah
1549
01:47:23,877 --> 01:47:26,713
* Until it sounds
like a symphony *
* Yeah, I got it
1550
01:47:26,746 --> 01:47:30,917
* That's why I go
for that rock 'n' roll music *
* Don't blame you
1551
01:47:30,950 --> 01:47:34,054
* Where any old time
you use it *
* You can feel it
1552
01:47:34,087 --> 01:47:38,091
* It's got a backbeat
You can't lose it *
* I know what you mean
1553
01:47:38,124 --> 01:47:40,927
* Any old way
you choose it *
* Anytime
1554
01:47:40,960 --> 01:47:43,730
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
* Put it on
1555
01:47:43,763 --> 01:47:47,600
* If you want
to dance with me *
1556
01:47:47,634 --> 01:47:49,135
* If you want
to dance with me *
1557
01:47:49,169 --> 01:47:52,672
* Way down south
they gave a jubilee *
1558
01:47:52,706 --> 01:47:55,675
* The country folks
they had a jamboree *
1559
01:47:55,709 --> 01:47:58,778
* They're drinkin' home brew
from a wooden cup *
1560
01:47:58,812 --> 01:48:02,615
* And started playin'
"All Shook Up" *
1561
01:48:02,649 --> 01:48:06,319
* I started that
rock 'n' roll music *
* Again
1562
01:48:06,353 --> 01:48:09,856
* Or any old way
you choose it *
* One more time
1563
01:48:09,889 --> 01:48:12,992
* It's got a backbeat
You can't lose it *
* Twist the thing
1564
01:48:13,026 --> 01:48:16,162
* Or any old way
you choose it *
* Sing the song
1565
01:48:16,196 --> 01:48:18,832
* It's gotta be
rock and roll music *
* Say it again
1566
01:48:18,865 --> 01:48:22,635
* If you want
to dance with me *
1567
01:48:22,669 --> 01:48:24,637
* If you want
to dance with me *
1568
01:48:24,671 --> 01:48:27,774
* Don't care to hear them
do the tango *
1569
01:48:27,807 --> 01:48:30,877
* I'm in no mood
* I'm in no mood
to do the mambo *
1570
01:48:30,910 --> 01:48:33,813
* It's way to early
for the congo *
1571
01:48:33,847 --> 01:48:36,983
* So keep a-rockin'
that piano *
1572
01:48:37,017 --> 01:48:41,688
* So I can hear
that rock 'n' roll music *
1573
01:48:41,721 --> 01:48:44,657
* Any old way
* Any old way
you choose it *
1574
01:48:44,691 --> 01:48:47,627
* It's got a backbeat
* It's got a backbeat
You can't lose it *
* Yeah, yeah
1575
01:48:47,660 --> 01:48:51,598
* Any old way
you choose it *
1576
01:48:51,631 --> 01:48:55,101
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
1577
01:48:55,135 --> 01:48:57,804
* If you want
to dance with me
Yeah, yeah, yeah *
1578
01:48:57,837 --> 01:49:00,840
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
1579
01:49:00,874 --> 01:49:03,143
* Any old way
you choose it *
1580
01:49:03,176 --> 01:49:07,013
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
1581
01:49:07,047 --> 01:49:10,183
* Any old way
you choose it *
1582
01:49:10,216 --> 01:49:12,719
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
1583
01:49:12,752 --> 01:49:17,724
* Eh-eh, eh-eh,
eh-eh-eh-eh *
1584
01:49:19,993 --> 01:49:22,929
* Any old way
you choose it *
1585
01:49:22,962 --> 01:49:26,833
* It's got a backbeat
You can't lose it *
1586
01:49:26,866 --> 01:49:29,169
* Any old way
* Any old way
you choose it *
1587
01:49:29,202 --> 01:49:32,972
* It's gotta be
* It's gotta be
rock 'n' roll music *
1588
01:49:33,006 --> 01:49:36,142
* If you wanna dance
with me *
1589
01:49:36,176 --> 01:49:39,112
* If you wanna dance
with me *
1590
01:49:39,145 --> 01:49:42,615
* If you wanna dance
with me **
1591
01:49:46,252 --> 01:49:50,123
Etta James ! Etta James !
1592
01:49:50,156 --> 01:49:54,027
Keith Richards !
Give her a big hug !
1593
01:49:54,060 --> 01:49:56,996
Oh ! Wow !
1594
01:49:57,030 --> 01:50:01,101
As long as the music
has something do
with your walk of life,
1595
01:50:01,134 --> 01:50:03,737
I think the people
will listen.
1596
01:50:03,770 --> 01:50:05,905
And so that's why
I wrote about schools.
1597
01:50:05,939 --> 01:50:08,008
Half of the young people
go to school.
1598
01:50:08,041 --> 01:50:11,144
And, uh,
and I wrote about life.
1599
01:50:11,177 --> 01:50:14,814
Half of the people have cars.
I wrote about cars.
1600
01:50:14,848 --> 01:50:19,853
And most of all the people,
if they're not now,
they'll soon be in love.
1601
01:50:19,886 --> 01:50:22,455
And those that have loved,
and are out of love...
1602
01:50:22,489 --> 01:50:25,892
remember love
so I write about love.
1603
01:50:25,925 --> 01:50:28,962
So I wrote about all three,
and I thought I hit a pretty
good capacity of the people.
1604
01:50:28,995 --> 01:50:33,900
**
1605
01:50:53,820 --> 01:50:56,923
* Up in the mornin'
and off to school *
1606
01:50:56,956 --> 01:50:59,959
* Teachers are teachin'
the golden rule *
1607
01:50:59,993 --> 01:51:02,796
* American history
and practical math *
1608
01:51:02,829 --> 01:51:06,299
* Study hard
and hope to pass *
1609
01:51:06,332 --> 01:51:09,936
* Workin' your fingers
right down to the bone *
1610
01:51:09,969 --> 01:51:12,939
* And the guy behind you
won't leave you alone *
1611
01:51:12,972 --> 01:51:16,776
* Soon as three o'clock
rolls around *
1612
01:51:16,810 --> 01:51:19,946
* You finally
lay your burden down *
1613
01:51:19,979 --> 01:51:22,849
* Close up your books
Get out of your seat *
1614
01:51:22,882 --> 01:51:26,353
* Down the halls
and into the street *
1615
01:51:26,386 --> 01:51:29,289
* To the corner
and round the bend *
1616
01:51:29,322 --> 01:51:32,792
* Right the juke joint
you go in *
1617
01:51:32,826 --> 01:51:36,229
* Drop the coin
right in the slot *
1618
01:51:36,262 --> 01:51:39,232
* Gotta hear somethin'
that's really hot *
1619
01:51:39,265 --> 01:51:42,369
* With the one you love
you're makin' romance *
1620
01:51:42,402 --> 01:51:45,905
* All day long
we've been wantin' to dance *
1621
01:51:45,939 --> 01:51:49,109
* Feelin' good
from head to toe *
1622
01:51:49,142 --> 01:51:52,278
Everybody repeat after me.
1623
01:51:52,312 --> 01:51:55,882
* Hail, hail rock 'n' roll
1624
01:51:55,915 --> 01:51:59,352
* Delivery me from
the days of old *
1625
01:51:59,386 --> 01:52:02,856
* Long live rock 'n' roll
1626
01:52:02,889 --> 01:52:05,992
* The beat of the drums
loud and bold *
1627
01:52:06,026 --> 01:52:09,229
* Rock, rock
rock 'n' roll *
1628
01:52:09,262 --> 01:52:11,998
* The feeling is there
body and soul *
1629
01:52:12,032 --> 01:52:15,869
Come on up here, Ingrid.
Come on !
1630
01:52:15,902 --> 01:52:18,371
Come on up here, Etta !
1631
01:52:18,405 --> 01:52:22,308
Come on, Julian !
1632
01:52:22,342 --> 01:52:25,578
-Let me hear you say "Yeah" !
- Yeah !
1633
01:52:25,612 --> 01:52:29,015
* We're gonna say bye-bye
1634
01:52:29,049 --> 01:52:32,185
* Bye, bye, bye
1635
01:52:32,218 --> 01:52:36,890
* Bye, bye, bye
1636
01:52:36,923 --> 01:52:42,062
* Bye, bye, bye, baby *
1637
01:52:46,366 --> 01:52:49,903
One word from
Keith Richards !
1638
01:52:49,936 --> 01:52:54,874
Good night,
ladies and gentlemen.
Good night, Chuck.
1639
01:52:54,908 --> 01:52:58,378
[ Keith ]
I'm walkin' out of this gig
feelin' very happy.
1640
01:52:58,411 --> 01:53:01,081
And for the band !
1641
01:53:01,114 --> 01:53:03,950
[ Keith ]
I wanted to serve Chuck up
with a good band, and I did it,
1642
01:53:03,983 --> 01:53:07,220
and that was my gig,
no matter what happened.
[ Laughing ]
1643
01:53:07,253 --> 01:53:12,258
Hail ! Hail !
Rock 'n' roll !
1644
01:53:12,292 --> 01:53:16,029
We said this
months ago over here,
this isn't going to be easy.
1645
01:53:16,062 --> 01:53:19,399
We knew that
this is gonna go on
until it's finished.
1646
01:53:19,432 --> 01:53:23,236
And it was even
going on onstage.
1647
01:53:24,938 --> 01:53:28,074
Uh...
1648
01:53:28,108 --> 01:53:32,946
But you cannot--
I cannot dislike
the guy, even so.
1649
01:53:32,979 --> 01:53:38,351
He gives me more headaches
than Mick Jagger,
but I still can't dislike him.
1650
01:53:38,385 --> 01:53:44,257
I can't.
I mean, I love him,
and I love his family.
1651
01:53:44,290 --> 01:53:48,428
I've done what
I wanted to do for him.
1652
01:53:51,031 --> 01:53:53,466
He's a good man, cool.
1653
01:53:53,500 --> 01:53:56,503
Now I'm gonna sleep
for a month.
1654
01:53:56,536 --> 01:54:00,373
Chuck Berry,
when he's remembered,
1655
01:54:00,407 --> 01:54:02,442
what do you want
people to say ?
1656
01:54:02,475 --> 01:54:06,246
I'll tell you what.
I could say--
1657
01:54:06,279 --> 01:54:10,250
I won't know.
It is out of my department
after I'm gone.
1658
01:54:10,283 --> 01:54:12,452
But whatever it be,
1659
01:54:12,485 --> 01:54:17,290
I just hope it's real
and it's a fact which
will be the truth.
1660
01:54:17,323 --> 01:54:20,393
That's it.
I hope they'll
just speak the truth.
1661
01:54:20,427 --> 01:54:25,198
Be it pro, con,
bad, good.
1662
01:54:25,231 --> 01:54:27,434
I was going
to say black and white,
but it wouldn't be right.
1663
01:54:30,470 --> 01:54:33,139
[ Keith ]
He decided to write a book,
make a movie,
1664
01:54:33,173 --> 01:54:35,709
and he opened the door
and he thought he could
just let a few people in,
1665
01:54:35,742 --> 01:54:38,278
and goddamn it,
the whole world came in.
1666
01:54:38,311 --> 01:54:40,947
He thought he could control
how many came in,
1667
01:54:40,980 --> 01:54:44,150
but suddenly the outside world
flooded in,
1668
01:54:44,184 --> 01:54:46,386
and that's maybe what's
so intriguing about him.
1669
01:54:46,419 --> 01:54:50,490
The more you find out about him,
the less you know about him.
1670
01:54:52,992 --> 01:54:55,395
A little dream castle.
The shades are all drawn.
1671
01:55:06,473 --> 01:55:10,443
* A little dream castle
1672
01:55:10,477 --> 01:55:14,748
* With everything gone
1673
01:55:14,781 --> 01:55:18,118
* It's lonely and silent
1674
01:55:18,151 --> 01:55:22,355
* The shades are all drawn
1675
01:55:22,389 --> 01:55:30,263
* And my heart is heavy
as I gaze upon *
1676
01:55:30,296 --> 01:55:34,467
* A cottage for sale
1677
01:55:37,537 --> 01:55:40,507
* The lawn we were proud of
1678
01:55:40,540 --> 01:55:45,445
* Is glowing in hay
1679
01:55:45,478 --> 01:55:48,348
* Our little dream garden
1680
01:55:48,381 --> 01:55:53,253
* Has withered away
1681
01:55:53,286 --> 01:55:56,456
* Where you planted roses
1682
01:55:56,489 --> 01:56:00,360
* The weeds stand to say
1683
01:56:01,494 --> 01:56:04,564
* A cottage for sale
1684
01:56:08,635 --> 01:56:12,439
* Through every
single window *
1685
01:56:12,472 --> 01:56:15,508
* There's empty space
1686
01:56:15,542 --> 01:56:20,180
* When I reach
that window *
1687
01:56:20,213 --> 01:56:26,252
* There's empty space
1688
01:56:26,286 --> 01:56:30,590
* They key's in the mailbox
1689
01:56:30,623 --> 01:56:35,395
* The same as before
1690
01:56:35,428 --> 01:56:43,136
* But no one is waiting
for me anymore *
1691
01:56:43,169 --> 01:56:50,143
* The end of my story
is told on the door *
1692
01:56:50,176 --> 01:56:54,347
* A cottage for sale
1693
01:56:54,381 --> 01:56:57,550
* Oh-oh
1694
01:56:57,584 --> 01:57:02,389
* It's just a cottage
1695
01:57:02,422 --> 01:57:05,625
* For sale *
1696
01:57:15,168 --> 01:57:19,606
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