CHARLES "CHUCK" BERRY was the original progenitor, king, and master of what we now call Rock & Roll.
" 'Chuck Berry performs live for the German TV-show 'Beat-Club.' " ---The people who filmed this.
"C'est la Vie" (a.k.a. "You Never Can Tell;" a.k.a. "Teenage Wedding.")
Video recording: March 24th, 1972 in Bremen, Germany - ("Beat Club 78")
The best video quality I could find for this version of the video (with the blue starry background transposed in the background) is 480p.
Uploading it to BitChute cut it down to 360p or 240p.
C'est la Vie . . .
******** CHUCK BERRY toured by himself. He hired musicians wherever he went, and expected them to know the chord changes, or they wouldn't get paid. Most of the money went into Chuck's pocket.
The other four musicians are most likely German dudes; members of a regional musicians' union; thrilled that they are playing with one of their musical idols.
That's how the music world worked for many many decades.
It's amazing that this song sounds as good as it does.
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Chuck Berry invented rock & roll, as we think of it: with the guitar as the lead instrument--preceded by the saxophone--preceded by the trumpet.
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This didn't happen out of the clear blue sky . . . but it was what we think of as bedrock rock & roll, with Blues as the base of the thing, and the "1 - 4 - 5" notes of a scale as the framework of a song: This is/was rock & roll.
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A few years before Elvis ('55) there were Chuck Berry and Little Richard, slugging it out, and defining the "sound."
Before them, there were other dudes . . .
CHUCK BERRY: Vocals & Guitar
JIMMY CAMPBELL: Acoustic Guitar
BILLY KINSLEY: Bass
MIKE SNOW: Piano
DAVE HARRISON: Drums
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(Ahh: Teenage Wedding!)
It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love le mademoiselle
Now that the young monsieur and madame had rung the chapel bell
"C'est la vie," said the old folks, "It goes to show you never can tell."
They furnished off an apartment with a Sears & Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale (she couldn't cook!)
But when Pierre found work, the little money came in worked out well
"C'est la vie," say the old folks, "It goes to show you never can tell."
Had a hi-fi phono, WOW, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little EP's, all rock & rhythm & jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music sorta fell (for various reasons . . .) ; )
"C'est la vie," say the old folks, "It goes to show you never can tell."
They bought a souped-up Mercedes; it was a cherry red '53
Drove it down to New Orleans to celebrate their anniversary
It was there where Pierre was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle
"C'est la vie," say the old folks, "It goes to show you never can tell!"
