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From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
Subject | Re: Another passing...FYI |
Date | Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:38:42 +0000 |
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"I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."
Josh ,in those immortal words, it is one way to look at it.
>From: jchasin@nyc.rr.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Another passing...FYI
>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:38:24 -0400
>
>A true unsung hero of rock'n'roll and American music. I saw him once-- a
>great show, he sat in with the Kentucky Headhunters (they did an album
>together) opening for the CoOntinental Drifters outdoors at Central Park.
>Outstanding.
>
>I feel very old lately. I have a bad feeling you don't outgrow it.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: mkropp@comcast.net
>Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:15 pm
>Subject: Re: Another passing...FYI
>
> > That really is sad news. I enjoyed his piano playing a lot and
> > always thought it would be cool to see him play in one of those
> > small St. Louis clubs. I also love his "Johnnie B. Bad" album
> > with so many guest-stars (NRBQ, Keith Richards, etc).
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > Another passing of the man that the song Johnny B. Goode was
> > named after.
> > >
> > > Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnson Dies
> > > By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer
> > > Wed Apr 13, 9:53 PM
> > >
> > > ST. LOUIS - Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed
> > with Chuck
> > > Berry for hits like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "No Particular
> > Place to Go,"
> > > died Wednesday. He was 80.
> > >
> > > Johnson died at his St. Louis home. The cause of death was not
> > immediately
> > > known, said publicist Margo Lewis. He had been hospitalized a
> > month ago with
> > > pneumonia and was on dialysis for a kidney ailment, said John
> > May, a friend
> > > and fellow musician.
> > >
> > > Though he was never a household name, Johnson and Berry's long
> > collaboration
> > > helped define early rock 'n' roll. Johnson often composed the
> > music on
> > > piano, then Berry converted it to guitar and wrote the lyrics.
> > In fact,
> > > Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was a tribute to Johnson.
> > >
> > > After he and Berry parted ways, Johnson performed with Keith
> > Richards, Eric
> > > Clapton, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley, among others. He was
> > inducted into
> > > the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 in the "sidemen"
> > category.
> > >
> > > "It was so much fun to play with Johnnie," Diddley said. "The
> > world has lost
> > > a great man and a great musician."
> > >
> > > Berry, 78, who returned from a European tour Wednesday, said he
> > would
> > > perform a tribute concert to honor "the man with a dynamite
> > right hand ...
> > > the greatest piano player I ever had" who gave the then-
> > struggling Berry his
> > > first paid gig - a $4 job - half a century ago.
> > >
> > > Johnson was born in Fairmont, W.Va., and began playing piano at
> > 4. He moved
> > > to Chicago after World War II, where he played jazz and blues in
> > clubs. He
> > > moved to St. Louis in the early 1950s, forming his own R&B band,
> > the Johnnie
> > > Johnson Trio.
> > >
> > > When a band member became ill on New Year's Eve 1952, Johnson
> > hired Berry to
> > > fill in.
> > >
> > > "Midway through the show, Chuck did a hillbilly country number
> > with a bluesy
> > > vein, and it knocked people out," said Joe Edwards, owner of the
> > Blueberry
> > > Hill nightclub just outside of St. Louis where both men often
> > played.
> > >
> > > Johnson and Berry parted ways in the early 1970s, and in 2000,
> > Johnson sued
> > > Berry, seeking a share of royalties and proper credit for what
> > Johnson said
> > > were more than 50 songs the men composed together. A federal
> > judge dismissed
> > > the suit in 2002, ruling that too many years had passed since
> > the disputed
> > > songs were written.
> > >
> > > The lawsuit contended that Berry took advantage of Johnson's
> > alcoholism,
> > > misleading him into believing that only Berry was entitled to
> > own the
> > > copyrights "and reap the monetary benefits."
> > >
> > > Johnson is survived by his wife, 10 children and several
> > grandchildren.
> > >
> > > Judy
> > > www.topshelfoldies.com
> > > www.superoldies.com
> > > for the best in obscure '50s and '60s music
> >
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