CHUCK BERRY

It seems strange that Chuck Berry is one of those people who is above criticism. I mean the man came into the Grande Ballroom for two nights and played two long sets comprising material that he’s been playing - on record and on stage for the past 20 odd years.

Now I don’t know where your head is at but I have heard so many people bitching about paying 4 or 5 bucks to hear an artist play his albums. Now Chuck Berry plays his albums very well - but then he should; he’s had a lot of practice. So these very same people went along happily and paid their bread to see Chuck Berry. And they saw him -they heard him play the same song in the same key at the same tempo for almost IVt hours; occasionally varying the lyrics to make it seem that they were different songs but they all sounded exactly alike.