I posted this in the wrong forum so here it is where it belongs!!!

I arrived to the venue (BB King Blues Bar and Grill in NY) about 5 pm, 3 hours before showtime and entered the bar where all attendants were supposed to wait till the big room opened.

That's where I found Mathew, a great guy who is very funny and a hardcore Chuck Berry fan like me.



Both Mathew and me got to be in the tables by the stage so I was having a ball even 2 hours before the show started.

At my table was a lovely couple who....knew me because they've read about me in the forum!! Go chuckberry.com!!

Their names are Fran and Quincy, and they were so funny and cool I could've spend the night just having conversation with them.



BTW, they payed for my Ice-cream, so thanks a lot guys!!! You rock, and when you come to Buenos Aires, drinks are on me.



The show started about 8.15 PM with Roll Over Beethoven and finished 50 minutes later with Reelin' and rockin'.

Chuck seemed to be inspired and really rocked!
His guitar got out of tune 5 minutes into the show so he kept on playing with CBII's guitar while CBII was offstage tuning Chuck's.

Chuck's playing was a lot better than in AVO's session from 2007 which I own in bootleg dvd form, and beside forgetting on which note he was supposed to play a couple of times (even someone from the audience shouted "G!") his playing was great for the most part.

Some of the songs that followed were: Memphis Tennesse, Sweet Little Sixteen, Carol, You never Can Tell, Around and Around, Wee Wee Hours (as requested by Mathew), My ding a ling, and my request, Promised Land, which Chuck said he didn't remember the lyrics, so I got up and told him "I left my home in Norfolk Virginia, California on my mind!!!".
He thanked me and started to sing it!!! How's about that??



A special mention for Ingrid Berry, who has an amazing voice and played a killer harmonica solo, one of the highlights of the night!!!

The band was fantastic, all of them played excelent and Mr. CBII played a very important part keeping it all together, great job on the guitar!!

The sound was flawless, so thumbs up to the sound guys.

The show finished with the long version of a fantastic "Reelin' and Rockin" with gorgeous girls dancing on the stage and trying to get close to Chuck (CBII was a great bodyguard there ).

Tho' there was no Johnny B goode, I was in heaven after the show, still couldn't believe the table I got and how great was the show and finally being able to see him after 15+ years of being a fan.

But that's not all!

20 minutes after the show Mathew, me and 3 other guys were standing by the side of the stage to find if we could "meet and greet" Chuck.

Finally we got there and Chuck was sitting on a sofa. I got there with a guy who had him sign Chuck's autobiography.

I told Mr. Berry (I was nervous as hell!!) that I came from Argentina specially for the concert and his blond assistant (who is gorgeous I must say) answered for him (Argentina, how cool is that??).

So Chuck signed my menu, and as I was about to ask him to have his picture taken with me, Chuck told the guy who came before me "Sir, could you please leave? I already signed for you!!" Which put him in a lousy mood I guess and he said "NO, no pictures!!" and refused to shake my hand.

I left a little sad because of that but anyway I had the time of my life and an expirience I can tell my grandkids someday.

So thank you Mathew, Quincy, Fran, the fantastic band, and most of all, Mr, Berry for changing the world with your music and making it a better place.

Javier

Thank you very much Javilu.
This must have been a great moment for you that
you will never forget.
Spending the money on a thing like that makes a lot of
happiness and joy in life.
A great memory you will be thinking of every day
i the next furture.
I wish you more trips like that.

Peter

Javier--

Gracias por las fotos-- (hope I got that right) and the great review!

About the keys-- how standard are they in Chuck Berry's performances? Does he stick to them for particular songs? I see he uses C for Johnny B. Goode a lot.

Thank you so much Peter for your message, I wish you the very best.
It was a great experience, worth every cent.

Tulane, you got that right, so De nada por las fotos.
I didn't pay attention to the keys of the songs, you have to ask that to CBII.
But one of the songs in which Chuck got lost was in G.

Regards
Javier

Now that's awesome! My favorite song as well!

Hi Javier. I was at the show with my family. We were also near the stage, but on the 2nd row of tables. I think I remember seeing you. Wasn't it great? Sure, he was out of tune, but it was just an honor to see him. I really appreciated his kids, too. They were so talented and seemed to have such respect for him. I think he's always had a reputation for being a little moody, but it's probably because he feels like he was treated unfairly back in the day. I'm really jealous that you got your menu signed. I wanted to do that so bad. My daughter was one of the girls on stage with him, but not one of the cat ones. I think they ruined the whole thing. I also really wanted to hear him sing Johnny B. Goode, but, oh well. Do you have any more pictures? I was hoping that someone got my daughter on stage, because the ones that I took didn't turn out very well. Anyway, good to meet another CB fan.

Hi Skyla, check out this video I filmed and let me know if your daughter's in there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ezq-oGLJOQ

regards
Javier
Ps: If your daughter is one of the cat ones please send me her phone number asap

oh thank you! yes, she is in it. She is the one with long black hair, jeans, boots, and a green top. I don't know where that word cat came from. I was sure I wrote "not one of the cat ones". uh-oh. Anyway, she is a singer-songwriter here in Nashville and you can hear some of her music on myspace. Her name on there is Alison Carmona. She is in a band with 2 of her 7 brothers and they play wherever they can. They cover some of Chuck Berry's songs and that always gets the crowd going. They've done 3 overseas tours to entertain US troops. Thanks again for the video.

oh, I see. The computer thinks I'm saying something else and substitutes cat for it every time.

Hey Skyla, here in Argentina we call "Gato" (cat) a high profile model who prostitutes themselves or are under suspicion of doing so.
Your daughter is gorgeous!! Congratulations!!
I'll check her music sometime.
Take care
Javier

[color=black]Yes, words are getting substituted. There's been a no-stop attack by some spammers over the past couple of months. Ninety percent of the crap they are sending is getting trapped by the spam blocker. However, there are a few that make it to the forum. They get deleted as soon as one of the moderators or administrators see them.

Sorry for the intense automated scrutiny but there's the under 21 crowd that visit here and people that do not want to see the madness the spammers are trying to shovel down everyone's throat.

Thanks for being a good sport about it and please continue to contribute.[/color]

Not a problem. It's good that you're keeping an eye on it. Too bad some people have to try to ruin everything.

yey!!
The forum is back!!
Long live Chuck Berry and Rock n' Roll!!

yey!!
The forum is back!!
Long live Chuck Berry and Rock n' Roll!!

Nice pictures and story!!