CBID - The Night Chuck Berry Died

CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.

Today: Berry's influence to modern rock music is not only seen through the vast number of artists covering his compositions. You also find artists who refer to Berry in song names, album titles, or lyrics. Chapter 14 in Volume 2 describes all these tribute songs and albums.

BINTANGS (Netherlands)

See Volume 3, page 1075 for biographical info.

Good Luck Chuck (3:09) 2006

CD: DOC [Who’s Next Records WNR-2006002] ● Netherlands, 2006

Written by Frank Kraaijeveld. He’s the bassplayer and only original member from the line-up back in 1961. As always, Bintangs does a great job of bringing Berry’s feel into their performance. It rocks in a goode way ...

BULDOŽER (Yougoslavia)

Buldožer was a Yugoslav-Slovenian progressive rock band from the 1970s and 1980s.

I Remember Chuck Berry (0:53) 1979 (instr)

LP: Živi Bili Pa Vidjeli [Helidon FLP-05-017] ● Yugoslavia, 1979

Berry guitar riffs all the way in almost 1 minute.

JOSHUA COOK & The Key Of Now (USA)

Joshua Cook from New Orleans, Louisiana, is a singer and guitarist who plays roots music in the form of rock’n’roll, electric blues and rhythm & blues. The two musicians who’s backing him is Tommy Folen on bass and Nick Fishman on drums. Both doing backing vocals.

CD: The Night Chuck Berry Died [Black Dog ] ● USA, 2017 (live)

The album is dedicated to Charles Edward Anderson Berry (Let It Rock). Recorded live at the Peppermint, Reno, Nevada, very probably on 18 March 2017, when Berry died. There are no Berry covers or tribute on this, but there are a couple of soundalikes. The album was released on 30 May, 2017.