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Nearly Sane

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Chuck Berry at 90
« on: October 18, 2016, 09:12:17 PM »
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2016, 09:40:28 PM »
Brilliant performer, so clever and funny too.  He really knew how to work a crowd.
Good for him reaching 90, the adrenaline of his work must have helped to keep him going so far - hopefully it will be similar for Springsteen.
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2016, 09:47:46 PM »
Quote from: Brownie on October 18, 2016, 09:40:28 PM
Brilliant performer, so clever and funny too.  He really knew how to work a crowd.
Good for him reaching 90, the adrenaline of his work must have helped to keep him going so far - hopefully it will be similar for Springsteen.
watched Bruce being interviewed on Channel 4 news - for 67 looking remarkable
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2016, 10:19:43 PM »
Bill Wyman is 80 this year, and has just had his record of 35 years between records eclipsed by Chuck's 37 years!!
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2016, 10:30:11 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 18, 2016, 09:47:46 PM
watched Bruce being interviewed on Channel 4 news - for 67 looking remarkable

He's terrific.  Just published an autobiography, I read bits of it in Sunday Times supplement.

Hope, I didn't know Wyman was going on 80 though thinking about it I suppose he would be.  I am a great Stones fan but have always found Bill Wyman as an individual a bit creepy.  I don't suppose that bothers him though.
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2016, 02:52:17 AM »
My very first live concert was seeing  Chuck at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in the early seventies. Not long after his greatest hit My Ding a ling was in the charts.
Great show. He didn't do an encore which was a bit disappointing. But then it seems that he never did them!
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Re: Chuck Berry at 90
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2016, 10:37:15 AM »
What a great memory, Seb.  I've only seen his concerts on TV and they were amazing.  He really was such a wit as well as a musician, quite a unique performer.  I'm saying, "was" - of course he still is at nearly 90.
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