''San Francisco Dues'' is the fifteenth studio

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Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...

, released in 1971 by Chess Records.

Overview

It was Chuck Berry's second Chess release after returning to the label in 1969. The album contains seven new songs, a poem and two songs ("Lonely School Days" and "Viva Rock and Roll") from his previous Chess recordings.

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry #"Oh Louisiana" – 4:28 #"Let's Do Our Thing Together" – 2:20 #"Your Lick" – 2:34 #"Festival" – 4:08 #"Bound to Lose" – 3:06 #"Bordeaux in My Pirough" – 2:35 #"San Francisco Dues" – 3:23 #"Viva Rock and Roll" – 2:02 #"My Dream" (Poem) – 6:00 #"Lonely School Days" – 2:36

Personnel

Musicians

* Chuck Berry –

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

on "My Dream" (Poem),

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Jeff Baldori – second guitar * Bob Baldori – electric piano, harmonica * Jack "Zocko" Groendal –

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* Johnnie Johnson – piano * Bill Metros – drums * Maurice White - drums

Technical

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– supervisor * Dean Bredwell – engineer * Michael Mendel – cover, design

References

External links

* Chuck Berry albums 1971 albums Albums produced by Chuck Berry Chess Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub