Chuck Berry Blueberry Hill February 15, 2012

Here's the setlist -

Chuck is introduced by friend and Blueberry Hill Owner Joe Edwards.

Down The Road I Go
CB opens with a Blues number with Ingrid on harp.

Nadine
My favorite CB song and an outstanding version !!

Between songs CB tells how his drummer - Keith Robinson likes KFC chicken. And Joe always
keeps it on hand before the show, and that you have to get there early before its........

Jambalaya

Mean Old World
Again with Ingrid again joining on harp.

Wee Wee Hours

Around and Around

My Ding a Ling
With a hilarious verse that had the crowd rolling !!

Sweet Little Sixteen

Blues Instrumental

Promised Land
just a verse or two - but great to hear !!

Johnny B. Goode
with a Scoot !!

Roll Over Beethoven
Just a little of the refrain......

Let It Rock !!
with a verse of Johnny B. throwed in .....

Rockin Instrumental
That ended the evening with girls dancing onstage and
Ingrid introducing the Band while they play on......

Chuck Berry
Lead Guitar and Vocals

CB's St. Louis Band Members

Darlin Ingrid Berry Clay
CB's daughter on Harmonica

Charles Berry Jr.
aka - CBII - the Son of Rock on Rhythm Guitar

Jimmy Marsala
The Bands Leader on Bass - he's been with CB for 39 years....

Bob Lohr
Piano Keyboard

Keith Robinson
Drums

Chuck was having alot of fun during this show, moving all over the stage. Near the end of the show he "Bunny Hopped" halfway across the stage !! The highlights of the evening were Nadine - Johnny B. Goode and Let It Rock and the hilarious verse during Ding a Ling!!

A special Thanks to our friends Karen and Judy the Mayors of Blueberry Hill. We awlays have a great time with you all....

Did I mention I met my friend "Tulane" - Peter O'Neil for the first time and his wife Rebecca a few days later. I joined Peter on a road trip to Memphis between Concerts - Krazy !! We had alot of fun...... Peter remarked - "I was the first person he had ever met that we could talk about Chuck for 2 hours straight" !!

I will add pictures when I have time.....

For a rundown of events at Blueberry Hill and Chuck's show at the Argosy Casino see Tulane's blog at -

http://goheadon.blogspot.com

Doug

Thank you so much for both reviews
It must have been fun to meet Peter O'. I was happy to hear that you even got inside the Royal Studio.
I don't know who was driving but you drove up on the wrong bridge in Memphis.
Hernando de Soto Bridge is from 1973.
You should have been half mile from Memphis & Arkansas Bridge to look for Marie's home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_% 26_Arkansas_Bridge
I look forward to see your pictures from the concerts and the trip!

Peter

Other Peter--

It's not always the driver. Sometimes it's the navigator. But in this case it was indeed the driver who said to snap the picture.

Maybe we were trying to be half a mile from the right bridge. I think we were!

But next time you can drive. (We'll need a van.)

Peter, I think I've found the right place



South side, high up on a ridge
Just (almost) a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge

Peter

Hello All, Peter K, I was trying to focus on the road and the signage but Tulane "other Peter" is such a jabber-box, he was distracting me from my job of guiding us with "Chuck this and Chuck that" banter all the way from St. Louis to Memphis and back, so I played along...... Here's some pictures not very good, wish I had Marilyn along to take over the photography duties......


Still In Lights - Johnny B. Goode Tonight !!!


The Guitar "That Rocked The World" and also
a lifesize casting of Chuck's hands......


8x10 of the dedication day


This was very cool ....


Dexter !!


Bob Lohr getting ready to Rock !!


CBII is in the house !!! The Legal proffession represented well in this shot Lohr & O'Neil.....


Charles Stage Surfin'


Opening act all the way from Seattle - Son Jack & Michael Wilde.
These guys played some powerful Blues with alot of energy....


What's Jimmy up to??


Ingrid soundcheck!


Joe Edwards introduces The Father of Rock & Roll,
the First Inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
St. Louis's very own Living Legend - CHUCK BERRY !!!


Having a "Goode" time


Still Rockin'!!


Ingrid wails away on the harp.....


Chuck and Bob playing off of one another


Darlin' Ingrid Berry Clay!!!


Charles "Butch" Berry Jr!!


Go Chuck Go, Go!!


Ingrid let'n it rip!!


CB with Keith Robinson on Drums and the
Amazing Jimmy Marsala on Bass.......




Family Fun, Berry Style......










A Chuck Berry concert tradition - inviting people in
the audience onstage to join in the fun


Time to go......


Jimmy shuts down the Dual Showman after a Blazin' night of Rock & Roll.......

Doug

Not very good, he says! These are GREAT Doug! As for the driving, I was too frightened by incoming rolls to concentrate. Just my luck that some guy in Sweden knows U.S. geography better than me and has to point out that I was off by a bridge or two, or a decade or two. (Go Head On! ain't the New York Times.)

Doug, you have nothing to be ashamed of. You have once again reviewed a show better than a professional journalist and photographer. Thanks for all the nice pictures and information.

Peter

JOHNNY B GOODE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxNIhuXubLs

Thanks and greetings.- Fernando Gil.-

Thank you a lot for ALL this great information and PHOTOS

Fantastic job done !!!

Johan

Here's some more Johan and Hello Fernando, and Thank You for the link to the great rendition of Johnny B. Goode Chuck performed that night. @ the 4:20 - 4:30 mark CB leans down right in front of me and is giving the ES355 a workout, I nearly jumped out of my seat !! Don't know if this is the proper place to put these pictures but here are some images of what Tulane - "other Peter" and I did to fill our time between shows....... These pics dedicted to our friend Peter K from Sweden - wish you were along...


Guitar shop in Wentzville


Wentzville Pawn Shop....


Outside Sun Studio in Memphis, Tenn.
My friend Peter O'Neil on the right, with yours truly...


Toilet inside the Sun Studio gift shop.....


Ampex Tape Recording Machine


I think this one recorded on an acetate disc.....


Me and the boy with the shaky leg......


Tulane Smiling !!






Outside Royal Studio with Boo Mitchell
son of Willie Mitchell


Boo opened his doors and gave us a personal tour
Chuck recorded an album here - Back to Memphis


Boo in the office doing some business mid tour !!


The pool at the motel we stayed at across from Elvis's house
he wasn't home.....


The Lorraine Motel


A wreath where Dr. King stood....I felt a somber melancholy feeling here,
like visiting the spot of a friend that had passed on


Graceland


Musical Gates


Stax Recording Studio - Otis Redding recorded here....


Across the street is Blues Artist Memphis Slims home
Tulane had seen him perform before !!


Line of horse and carriages outside The Peabody Hotel




Bob Lohr recommended we eat at the Blues City Cafe
on Beale, they had some out of this world ribs !!


Across the street we caught the house band at BB Kings Club


Images of Beale Street






Back in St. Lou the "Mayors of Blueberry Hill" Judy and Karen, take their show
on the road and hold a council meeting at Sweetie Pies !!


Sweetie Pies is owned and operated by Robbie Montgomery
she was one of the original backup singers for Ike and Tina Turner....




Let me tell ya - It was good !!




They have been taping a hit reality show
at the restaurant aired on the Oprah Network




Peter and Rebecca were in attendance


Dee was our waiter !!


Good friends and good food !!


Just a portion of a huge mural on the wall inside Sweetie Pies


The famous "X" pose......


A mural across the street -
Can you name everyone !!


CB and another one of my favorites
Fred G. Sanford - Redd Foxx !!


Here's Johnny !!


Sweetie Pies is located in The Grove area of town....


Hail Hail Rock & Roll !!




They let me walk inside and check out
the lobby - it was stunning !!

I'm ready to go back and see Chuck!!

Doug

Dang! These are great! They make me feel like I was there!

Doug, this makes me think back to our trip in 2007.
I missed the spots in Wentzville that you photographed and toilet at Sun Studio .
It must have felt wonderful to go into the Royal Studio, which was closed when I was there.
Memphis Slim's house looked the same in 2007. Beale Street has a great atmosphere in the evenings with lots of live music.
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures you have uploaded.

Fox Theatre has changed a little since 1986.







Peter

The photo's of your treck is absolutely fantastic.