Two Great Guitars Explained

Two Great Guitars
Type:studio
Artist:Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry
Cover:Two Great Guitars - Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry.jpg
Released:August 1964[1]
Recorded:March 1964
Studio:Tel Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois[2]
Genre:Rock and roll, instrumental rock
Length:30:35
Label:Checker LP 2991
Producer:Andy McKaie
Chronology:Bo Diddley
Prev Title:Bo Diddley's Beach Party
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Hey! Good Lookin'
Next Year:1965

Two Great Guitars is a studio album by Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, released in August 1964 by Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records. It was the first studio album issued by Berry after his release from prison in October 1963.

Diddley and Berry were friends, and both recorded for Chess. The album consists of two lengthy spontaneous instrumental jams and a few recently recorded instrumentals by the two guitarists; additional instrumental recordings, three by Diddley and one by Berry, are included in the compact disc reissue. The album cover shows a Gibson ES-350T owned by Berry and a guitar created by Diddley.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Liverpool Drive" (Chuck Berry) – 2:56
  2. "Chuck's Beat" (Berry, Ellas McDaniel) – 10:39

Side two

  1. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional; arranged by McDaniel) – 2:52
  2. "Bo's Beat" (McDaniel, Berry) – 14:08

Reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Fireball" (McDaniel) – 2:51
  3. "Stay Sharp" (McDaniel) – 3:44
  4. "Chuckwalk" (Berry) – 2:30
  5. "Stinkey" (McDaniel) – 2:35

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966) . Rudolph . Dietmar . September 29, 2010.
  2. Web site: Bo Diddley / Chuck Berry – Two Great Guitars (1964, Vinyl). Discogs.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Two Great Guitars".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.