Johnny B Goode

Fez

We start our Rock 'n Roll medley with Johnny B Good then morph into let's go to the Hop, Houndog and whatever else takes the singers fancy until he closes out with Tutti Fruity.

Phil_aka_Pip

Lovely solo in that Peter Tosh clip

koneguitarist

It's funny but used to do it in my old band as a medley with Wipeout, Rock and Roll, and Hawaii 5-0 theme!

Voxman

I decided long ago that there is only one Chuck Berry - I used to play it note for note but then I thought, 'hey' if he can play it differently each time, it's OK for me too.  So, nowadays it's just a great track to have a bit of fun with and as long as you've got the basic groove & riff everyone will still recognise it & bop to it.  Here's a version we did on one of our demo's for 'Undercover Duo - backing track was just drums & bass, everything else was us (me, guitars, Mike, vocals):

robinbowes

Oh I don't play it note-for-note but I like to at least *start* there, ie. learn it accurately then pull it around.

I also think the opening riff is one of those that's so recognisable that you have to play identically or very differently otherwise it just sounds sloppy.

Anyway, I've got it figured out now - there were a couple of things that I was doing wrong and once I identified them it all fell into place.

R.