LouieB Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Is it too soon to talk about his Mann Act conviction or the toilet cam thing?Probably. And too early to talk about the tax issues too. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 If I knew about the below - I forgot about it.Pretty funny. from Robbie Robertson via Rolling Stone Through the years, I've had several classic rendezvous with the father of rock & roll. I was the original musical director and creative consultant for the Chuck Berry movie Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll. After a couple of meetings with Chuck, I realized that he didn't like being structured or musically directed so I wisely asked Keith Richards to take on that responsibility. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Well that would've made for a genuine classic rock movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Back in the '90s, my buddy and I found out that Chuck would play anywhere as long as you covered his airfare, gave him $5,000 (or whatever the fee was) and provided a backing band. We did some math and determined that we could make that happen at the local bar that we happened to be sitting in if we charged $20 a ticket, and WE could be the backup band. That would have been so great, but by the next day we had sobered up and forgot all about it. Sort of like the time we had a gig at a dive bar the same night Willie Nelson was playing across town at Six Flags, and we figured we could get him to show up at our gig and sit in. Didn't happen. If only we had the internet back then and knew how to find the right contact person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Well that would've made for a genuine classic rock movie. Does this mean that you think Keith didn't do good job with movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Does this mean that you think Keith didn't do good job with movie. I'm not sure what I meant, looking back. I was stoned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I watched about half of Hail Hail long ago and found it dull. I guess I should revisit it again. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Last week, I checked out the 4 disc version from the library. I watched a bit off the Bonus rehearsal stuff last night - it's okay. Chuck definitely plays pretty sloppy throughout. Some of the Berry/Richards interactions are pretty good - not sure how much of it was staged, though. It's was nice to see Robert Cray in the concert/footage -- always has been a fan of him since the early 80s. Actually, I have been on a huge Robert Cray kick for the past two months or so - what a voice that guy has - nice guitar chops, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just realized that my intro to Chuck may have been off REO's Nine Lives record with their version of Rock and Roll Music. Production is pretty dreadful, but it's a solid cover. They totally REO-ed it up. Which I think one should do with a cover -- for better or worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMEquKqOcoc Listening to Chuck's Complete Chess Singles cd, tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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