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Post by wheelbender6 on Mar 19, 2017 20:32:52 GMT -5
I remember watching Chuck Berry on the TV for the first time as a youngster and thinking, "Who is this dude from the 50s that plays guitar like the Rolling Stones?". I later found out that Keith Richards used many of Chuck's licks and the pitch/tone of his guitar was very similar. Rest well Chuck. The world will not be the same without you.  |
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Post by cyborg55 on Mar 19, 2017 21:25:07 GMT -5
A huge loss
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Post by spandi on Mar 20, 2017 9:40:22 GMT -5
Oh man, between all the losses we had last year and now this (kinda depressing)
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Post by rockynv on Mar 20, 2017 12:14:53 GMT -5
He used to put it into his contract on appearances that a specific model Marshal amplifier was to be provided for him to plug into or they would have to pay him $2,000 cash up front or he would not go on stage. The amp did not exist and it was just his way to get party cash for after the show. After a while the managers of the venues would just put the $2,000 cash in an envelope and handed it to him without going into the act of indignation, etc for not having the specified amplifier. They still got their moneys worth when he was on stage.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 21, 2017 0:33:42 GMT -5
Somewhere buried in my mess, I still have a bunch of old Chuck Berry 45rpm records... Along with those by Ricky Nelson, Bill Haley and the Comets, The Big Bopper, Conway Twitty, /Dwayne Eddy, all the Black Motown groups... and of course Elvis! And many more. Good times never to be again...  Yeah, Chuck... Rest in Peace. You were, and always will be a true original, and the Father of Rock n' Roll. Leo (going on a search for those old platters) in Texas |
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Post by rockynv on Mar 21, 2017 23:41:13 GMT -5
My daughters keep coming up with CD's with digitized copies of the 45's and LP's and most time agree that the Vinyl that I already have from back in the day played back on my Pickering Studio Cartridge sounds better. Its getting better but there is something about old fashioned analog sound. My 15" Vintage Cerwin Vegas probably help too.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 22, 2017 21:07:03 GMT -5
My daughters keep coming up with CD's with digitized copies of the 45's and LP's and most time agree that the Vinyl that I already have from back in the day played back on my Pickering Studio Cartridge sounds better. Its getting better but there is something about old fashioned analog sound. My 15" Vintage Cerwin Vegas probably help too. The system I still listen to mostly consists of stuff I got for my eighth-grade graduation present in 1960... Garrard turntable, Fisher tube amp, my Heathkit FM tuner got updated in 1969 with a newfangled Sony AM/FM tuner bought in Germany while I was in the Army... My original Allied/Radio-Shack 8-track record/playback deck finally died and got replaced in 2002 with a similar one off eBay... I still have a box of NOS unopened 8-track tapes to record on! My speakers are University coax 15-inchers with horn tweeters added, in handmade walnut boxes... and, yes, a good cartridge/stylus (needle to me...) sounds better on vinyl than the best CD's. The "crisp as breaking glass" treble on the CD's does sound great, but something is missing in the low end. And, you just need a few scratches popping to truly relive the golden age of records... LOL!
OK, I'm waxing nostalgic... I also still have copies of "Model Airplane News" "Hot Rod" and "Rod and Custom" magazines from 1956 sitting on the speakers for reading material. I well remember spending my precious allowance, 25-cents at a time on those great magazines... Never dreaming they'd still be my reading material when I was seventy. They're yellowed and moth-eaten, but great memories! Time flies! Make the most of it... Ride safe! Leo |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 22, 2017 21:08:33 GMT -5
Not sure HOW this happened... Just ignore!<div class="quote" author=" rockynv " timestamp="1490157673" source="/post/125001/thread"><div class="quote_body"><div class="quote_avatar_container"><div title="rockynv" class="avatar-wrapper avatar_size_quote avatar-228"><img alt="rockynv Avatar" src="http://www.itistheride.com/Rbanlogo/SDlogo.png"></div></div><div class="quote_header"><a href="/post/125001/thread"><abbr title="Mar 21, 2017 23:41:13 GMT -5" class="o-timestamp time" data-timestamp="1490157673000">Mar 21, 2017 23:41:13 GMT -5</abbr></a> <span itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope=""><a title=" rockynv " class="user-link js-user-link user-228 group-0" href="/user/228" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">rockynv</span></a></span> said:</div>My daughters keep coming up with CD's with digitized copies of the 45's and LP's and most time agree that the Vinyl that I already have from back in the day played back on my Pickering Studio Cartridge sounds better. Its getting better but there is something about old fashioned analog sound. My 15" Vintage Cerwin Vegas probably help too.<div class="quote_clear"></div></div></div><b><i>Oh, Rocky... How true, HOW TRUE!</i></b><br><br>The system I still listen to mostly consists of stuff I got for my eighth-grade graduation present in 1960... Garrard turntable, Fisher tube amp, my Heathkit FM tuner got updated in 1969 with a newfangled Sony AM/FM tuner bought in Germany while I was in the Army...<br><br>My original Allied/Radio-Shack 8-track record/playback deck finally died and got replaced in 2002 with a similar one off eBay... I still have a box of NOS unopened 8-track tapes to record on!<br><br>My speakers are University coax 15-inchers with horn tweeters added, in handmade walnut boxes... and, yes, a good cartridge/stylus (needle to me...) sounds better on vinyl than the best CD's. The "crisp as breaking glass" treble on the CD's does sound great, but something is missing in the low end.<br><br>And, you just need a few scratches popping to truly relive the golden age of records... LOL!<br><b><i><br>OK, I'm waxing nostalgic...</i></b> I also still have copies of "Model Airplane News" "Hot Rod" and "Rod and Custom" magazines from 1956 sitting on the speakers for reading material. I well remember spending my precious allowance, 25-cents at a time on those great magazines... Never dreaming they'd still be my reading material when I was seventy. They're yellowed and moth-eaten, but great memories!<br><br>Time flies! Make the most of it...<br><br>Ride safe!<br><br>Leo<br>
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Post by rockynv on Mar 23, 2017 13:06:38 GMT -5
I am regretting that I did not restore the 16 inch Altec Lansing Voice of the Theater speakers I had which my sisters cat got into. Something special about that 1950's sound. Still using my old Kenwood amp and turntable. Maybe the watts were bigger back then.
Also have and old pair of Vega HED V8's that I take out for parties at function halls. Friends like them better than their Boes 901's. My eldest daughter wants me to leave them to her in my will.
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Post by thxcuz on Mar 24, 2017 20:54:50 GMT -5
I was fortunate enough to catch one of his monthly shows in St. Louis. No funeral arrangements have been announced yet. Rumour has it it's because Keith Richards and Eric Clapton want to come in town for it and they trying to schedule it. I may try to use my influence as a member of the media to attend.
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