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1983 – Country music had made a resurgence in this country so I joined a country band. I was the only black guy in the band and consequently, usually the only black guy in many of the places where we played.

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We would not have rock and roll without Chuck Berry, and when I first heard Chuck Berry, I fell in love with that music, and when I saw him, I changed my whole career trajectory that I was on as a kid.

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If you were to talk to somebody from Georgia you would understand what he’s saying, he wouldn’t sound like your next-door neighbor in Montana, but other than that it’s the same language, just with a few little different nuances. That’s just like country and blues, or blues and rock ‘n’ roll. They’re the same music with different accents.

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April 25, 2024

If you were to talk to somebody from Georgia you would understand what he’s saying, he wouldn’t sound like your next-door neighbor in Montana, but other than that it’s the same language, just with a few little different nuances. That’s just like country and blues, or blues and rock ‘n’ roll. They’re the same music with different accents.

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April 25, 2024

We would not have rock and roll without Chuck Berry, and when I first heard Chuck Berry, I fell in love with that music, and when I saw him, I changed my whole career trajectory that I was on as a kid.

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