Johnny B. Goode Guitar Solo


Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Guitar Solo

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The Rise of the Electric Guitar

Grades: High
Subjects: General Music, Social Studies/History

What factors led to the rise of the electric guitar as the dominant symbol of Rock and Roll?

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Chuck Berry

(1926 – 2017) John Lennon famously said, "if you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." Indeed, Chuck Berry is one of the few to lay claim as a true founding father of Rock music. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Berry started playing guitar in high school, borrowing guitar riffs and stagecraft from Blues legend T-Bone Walker. By early 1953 Berry was performing with local pianist Johnnie Johnson's trio, starting a longtime collaboration with Johnson. Although the band played mostly Blues and ballads — Berry idolized the hard driving Bluesman Muddy Waters and the...