From St. Louie to Frisco es un álbum de Chuck Berry, publicado en 1968. El disco incluye 23 canciones, entre ellas «Everyday I Have the Blues», «C C Rider», «Driftin' Blues» y «Feelin' It».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Chuck Berry presenta con este álbum de 1968 su regreso al sello Chess Records, aunque a través de su filial Mercury. El disco intenta recuperar la magia de sus grabaciones clásicas, pero con un toque de la psicodelia y el blues-rock de finales de los 60. El título, 'De San Luis a San Francisco', refleja este intento de unir su origen con el sonido de la nueva era.
El álbum es una mezcla de estilos. Encontramos rock and roll directo que recuerda a su mejor época. Hay temas con guitarras más distorsionadas y un sonido más pesado, influenciado por artistas como Jimi Hendrix, quien a su vez era un gran admirador de Chuck Berry.
El álbum incluye la canción "My Tambourine", una de sus piezas más conocidas de esta etapa. 'From St. Louie to Frisco' es un trabajo interesante que muestra a un Chuck Berry que sigue absorbiendo las tendencias musicales de su tiempo. Sin embargo, a pesar de su calidad, no logró el éxito de sus discos de los años 50 y de su regreso de 1964.
Listado de Canciones
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- C C Rider
- Driftin' Blues
- Feelin' It
- Flying Home
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- It Hurts Me Too
Letra
You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind, And the man you love, he hurts you all the time. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. You love him more when you should love him less. I pick up behind him and take his mess. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. He love another woman and I love you, But you love him and stick to him like glue. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. Now you better leave him; he better put you down. Oh, I won't stand to see you pushed around. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. - Fillmore Blues
- Wee Baby Blues
- Johnny B. Goode
Letra
Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell Go go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Johnny B. Goode He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by they would stop and say Oh my that little country boy could play Go go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Go Johnny go Go Johnny B. Goode His mother told him "Someday you will be a man, And you will be the leader of a big old band. Many people coming from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight." Go go Go Johnny go Go go go Johnny go Go go go Johnny go Go go go Johnny go Go Johnny B. Goode - Ma Dear Ma Dear
- Soul Rockin'
- Check Me Out
Letra
Come on up to me baby Make me shake and shout Come on up to me baby Make me move about Come on up to me baby Come and check me out I can't dance by Tchaikovsky Ain't no Bach No comprende Franz Schubert I'm going to stick to my stock Come on up to me baby Because I want to rock - Little Fox
- Back to Memphis
Letra
I've been struggling up here, child, trying to make a living Everybody wants to take, nobody like giving I wish I was in Memphis back home there with my Mama The only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas No brotherly love, no help, no danger Just a great big town full of cold hearted strangers I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter Son, come back to Memphis and live here with your Mama You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your pajamas You know home folks here, we let do just what you want to And I born you and raised you right here on the corner I'm going to leave here in the morning and walk down to the station I've got just enough money to pay my transportation I'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama If I have to ride that bus barefooted in pajamas Back home in Memphis, no moaning and groaning I know everything will be all right in the morning - My Tambourine
- Misery
Letra
Sit down her by me, baby, let me hold your hand Listen to me, baby, try and understand I'm in misery, I'm in misery I'm all upset and I'm shook up as I can be Ya say you were out shakin', doin' the Go Go Go Sometimes I really wonder if you know I'm in misery, I'm in misery I'm all upser and I'm shook up as I can be You make me think you've got something up your sleeve You shake me up a little, then you up and leave me in Misery, I'm in misery I'm all upser and I'm shook up as I can be Now, let me tell you something that I learned in school You reap just what you sow, so, baby, someday you'll be in Misery, you'll be in misery You'll be all upser and shook up over losing me - It's Too Dark in There
- I Do Really Love You
Letra
It's you I'm in love with It's not what you are It's not how you treat me Or your fancy car But there's something about you I keep yearning for I, I do really love you Just thinking about you Gives me such a thrill Let alone to be with you or know that I will And know that I'll tremble When I should be still Um, um, I, I do really love you Give me what I live for Your sweet lips pressed to me And transform this yearning into ecstasy And send me, oh, send me - most humbly Um, um, I, I do really love you - I Can't Believe
- My Heart Will Always
- Belong to You
- So Long