Just found your website, Great Stuff ! , Caught the show in Meriden, Connecticut in June. We all loved the show and the opportunity to see Chuck perform with Chuck Jr. Last time we saw him was a Benefit show in Westport, Ct. in 2003. Then it was just Chuck in town with Fran, playing with a pick-up band, with Little Richard as an opening act, Great Show ! , the audience in Westport would have gladly paid more directly to Chuck, just for the chance to hear more. Chuck played a new song ( or one that I had never heard before ) about looking for some "software" for his "hardrive" great blues song ! Never heard a recording of it though.
We have a couple of Casinos in Connecticut that have "Vintage" acts every month. Would Chuck consider playing at "Foxwoods" or "Mohegan Sun" ? Both have excellent arenas that would surely sell out for Chuck Berry. The biggest Chuck Berry fan in the Country lives in Weston, Ct. , you know, the Music and Mayham Director of "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll"

Hello Allaboard 70, It's Great to hear from people from my Fatherland who enjoy Chuck Berry and American Music. My Family is from Sweden, my Grandfather was a Physician and Baptist Minister from Stockholm, and my Mother's family came from Malmo. I have traveled Sweden and Europe many times, with a backpack and Acoustic Gibson Guitar. I have made friends everyplace I went, playing and singing Chuck Berry's Songs as well as Johnny Cash, Elvis, Beatles and Stones songs. Although , English is now spoken widely over there, it was not always the case, however, I noticed that NO ONE ever seemed to have any trouble with the words to Chuck's biggest hits, but even when singing " Promised Land" or "Nadine" which can be tounge twisters at first, I found I would be accompanied by others that obviously had those songs down cold no matter what the lauguage barrier. Chuck Berry in my opinion has written the Best "Truely American" songs in History. They show a Deep Knowledge of American Life of his (and my own times ) but also a True Love of the Country he was born in, eventhough that Country has not always been so kind to him.
I don't know if Chuck will be in Europe this summer, However, the Best "Chuck Berry Cover Band in the World" is in Europe this summer and will be in Horsens, Denmark on Sept. 3, 2006, playing at Forem Horsens. I recently returned from Berlin, where they played Olypiastadion and were as good as ever. Tickets are still available for the Denmark Show, They may still do a show in Sweden as the Guitar player is married to Patti Hanson and they will no doubt be spending some time there. Later, Kurt

Hi Allaboard 70,
You live in a Great part of Sweden, and it is good to hear that Chuck's music is there to help you get through those long dark winter nights. I have Family in Ornskoldsvik on the Baltic and in the Ostersund area in the Mountains. Sweden has always been a progressive Country, and I have many friends around Sweden. If you hear me playing there, it would be among the Artists in a City square, or maybe in the Stockholm Subways. I'm not sure about permits or permission to play anywhere in Europe, but I have never had a problem to date. Swedish Police seem to be great fans of American Music as they will tend to stand by listening to me play with a smile and tapping foot. The area around Berlin Olyimpiastadion before the Stones concert this month was full of Guitar players and Improptue Singers. I didn't bring a Guitar on that trip, but after listening to a few groups, I couldn't resist borrowing one from a guy struggeling with barr chords, and Jumped into my version of "Johnny B. Goode" , I had to play it 3 times before anyone would let me continue on my way. Long Live Rock and Roll !

This was an excellent to watch Chuck Berry perform under the stars. It turned out to be an excellent evening of Great Music. Chuck's son Charles Berry II accompianed his father on stage, and it was a Rare Treat to see 2 members of the St. Louis Band east of the Hudson River. I am just going over his set list, jotted down at another show(9-24-2006). Chuck is playing some songs that I have heard no where else. In addition to all of his biggest hits, He pulled some real treasures out . "Everyday I have the Blues"(B.B. King ?), "It hurts me too/Man so Cruel"(Elmore James ?), "Tickle My Blues"(Chuck Berry ?), "Enchiladas and Old Eldorados/Software for my Hard drive" (Chuck Berry ?).
I have a feeling that there must be many more "Unearthed Treasures" out there. I watched him switch places (9-24-06), with a East Coast Keyboard Player named Darrel Davis (Maryland Area, I Believe). Chuck played some cool St Louis blues on Piano, while Darrel Davis took Chuck's Guitar over like it was his own. That was in the middle of the Finale and Started with "Around and Around", and continued into a medley of sorts. He was fantastic that night, and every time I see him perform, It is a Graduate Level Course in everything that is what I know as music and much more. Chuck Berry is a Living National Treasure.

Thank you very much, Kurt! I think people at Blueberry Hill, October 18, also will receive a lot of "Berry Goodies" from all the times - or like some people want to say - "The Latest and the Greatest"!!!

Let It Rock! (and blues) / Johan