Bio (album) explained

Bio
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chuck Berry
Cover:	Chuck Berry - Bio.jpg
Released:	August 1973
Recorded:	March – May 1973
Studio:	Sound Exchange Studios, New York City; Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, Missouri
Genre:	Rock and roll
Length:	32:38
Label:	Chess
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Prev Title:	The London Chuck Berry Sessions
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Chuck Berry
Next Year:	1975

Bio is the seventeenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1973 by Chess Records. The backing musicians were Elephants Memory, except on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chuck Berry.

1. "Bio" – 4:25
2. "Hello Little Girl, Goodbye" – 3:56
3. "Woodpecker" – 3:33
4. "Rain Eyes" – 3:47
5. "Aimlessly Driftin'" – 5:42
6. "Got It and Gone" – 4:19
7. "Talkin' About My Buddy" – 6:56

Personnel

• Chuck Berry – guitar, piano, vocals

Elephants Memory

• Wayne "Tex" Gabriel – guitar
• Gary Van Scyoc – bass
• Adam Ippolito – piano
• Rick Frank – drums
• Stan Bronstein – saxophone

Additional musicians

• Billy Peek – guitar on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"
• Greg Edick – bass on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"
• Ron Reed – drums on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"

Technical

• Esmond Edwards – producer
• Bob Scerbo - production manager
• David Krieger - art direction

Release

• Cassette Bio Universal Special Products 1995
• CD Bio Universal Distribution / Universal Japan 2010
• Cassette Bio Chess Special Products