It doesn’t sound very
confident, but Gibson’s 10 Greatest Covers if Chuck Berry
Songs notes that, with the possible exception of the
Beatles, no other artist has had as many of his songs covered by his peers.
Possible? How about looking it up? Or just offer an opinion, like this one: no
other artist has had a bigger influence over rock and roll during the last 60
years.
And Gibson’s list proves
that. The Beatles, The Stones, Bowie,
The Kinks, AC/DC, Hendrix … they all paid homage to Berry’s iconic tunes. And everything that followed pretty much
stemmed from that list of bands.
Add the fact that Chuck
Berry’s guitar playing is even more
important, and you get one colossally influential cat.
Got to agree with the
comments below the article, though. Johnny
Winter’s version of Johnny B. Goode
should be on the list.
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