Rockpile, Big Joe Turner and Chuck Berry

Rockpile, Big Joe Turner and Chuck Berry - one lick

Posted about 1 year ago

Artist:

Big Joe Turner
Album:

Shout Rattle & Roll (box set)
Track:
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It's All Right Baby

Listen to this - besides rocking your socks off, about 1:40 in, Big Joe starts in on what is apparently his signature "yes yes" lick. When I first heard this I said "Wow! This sounds REALLY familiar". And it led me back to the first (and only) album by Rockpile, featuring Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner and..some drummer (Mr. Lazy strikes again).

In Comments you will find that track "Oh What A Thrill", which seems to be built almost solely on Big Joe's "Yes yes" lick. My first thought was "Ah, Rockpile is doing homage / ripping off Big Joe", then I checked the credits and it was written by none other than Chuck Berry. Does anyone have the Berry original to post? I've never heard that, and would love to hear Chuck ripping off Big Joe.

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dermahrk says
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This is the track by Rockpile - Oh What a Thrill - from their only LP "Seconds Of Pleasure"
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ivylander says I am scandalized by the idea that our early rock-and-roll so-called "pioneers" would stoop to this. And the drummer is Terry Williams.

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dermahrk says You are SO easily scandalized.

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ivylander says You have no idea....

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emscee says I have the Chuck Berry version of "Oh What A Thrill" from his 1979 album "Rockit." How do you post MP3s in comments? I can't figure it out.

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dermahrk says Start a comment but do not publish. Open a new window Start a new post in that window, downloading the mp3 of choice. Once the track has been downloaded, it appears in the text box as a nonsensical combination of letters and number, e.g. "~ael2356". Highlight that text with your cursor. Hold down the Cntrl key and hit C Go back to the comment you started, hold down the Cntrl key and hit V The V is for "voila!" You can then go back to the post you started and delete without publishing. Try it, you'll like it.....

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emscee says Here's Chuck:
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Thanks for the instructions.
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dermahrk says That is one SWEET version. Love the piano. Is that Jimmy Johnson? I'm thrilled that I could help someone whose posts I enjoy so much. Thank you!

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emscee says It is Johnny Johnson on piano. Kenny Buttrey is on drums. For a late '70s CB album, it's pretty good.

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The Time Machine says

Don't you just dig all three of these?

:=)

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Spike says Isn't it great when you find a link like that? That photo of Joe Turner is so manic. Like all great blues guys, he plagiarized himself endlessly, subsisting on only a few melodies. For instance, the melody of "It's All Right Baby" resembles "Shake Rattle & Roll," which resembles "Johnny B. Goode," and so on. Countless obscure rockabilly singers covered him, so I'm guessing that he was important to the rock & roll world in the 1950's more as an inspiration to rock & roll musicians than as a performer who would have had to be young and thin enough to appeal to a white teenage audience. His own audience was probably older and blacker, in other words, r & b.

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deadmandeadman says A great treat, this thread. Good tunes, good comments. What a wonderful world.

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BrandNewFriend says these way b4 my time but loved them all the same great tracks derm thanks x

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waydutch says Rockpile's - "Seconds of Pleasure" is definately on my list of all time favorite albums

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