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RAMBLIN ROUND: The Stones: Rolling around America

McAlester News-Capital 08 Oct 2021
Not only did Jordan perform with Richards as a member of the X-Pensive Winos, he's played drums for the band Richards handpicked to join him onstage to back Chuck Berry in the house band for the movie "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" filmed in 1986 at the Fox Theatre in St.
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Rolling Stones get moving again with tour that launches in St. Louis with opener Revivalists

News-Press Now 23 Sep 2021
23—After nearly 60 years as one of the world's most successful touring acts, it took a global pandemic to bump the Rolling Stones off the road ... Louis rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry is well known ... Richards appeared in the 1987 Berry documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," filmed at the Fox Theatre ... He calls the band the "Rolls Royce of touring.".
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Rolling Stones get moving again with 'No Filter Tour 2021,' which launches in St. Louis

News-Press Now 22 Sep 2021
22—After nearly 60 years as one of the world's most successful touring acts, it took a global pandemic to bump the Rolling Stones off the road ... Louis rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry is well known ... Richards appeared in the 1987 Berry documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," filmed at the Fox Theatre ... He calls the band the "Rolls Royce of touring.".
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Roger & Me: An all-star salute to Roger Ebert, Part 2

The News-Gazette 13 Sep 2021
‘I expected ‘Chuck Berry. Hail Hail Rock & Roll’ to be a great concert film, and it is. What I did not expect was that it would also be a tantalizing mystery, a study of Chuck Berry that makes him seem as shrouded and enigmatic as Charles Foster Kane.’. “Most critics reviewed my film as a good-time rollick through Chuck Berry’s greatest hits.
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Meet Steve Jordan, Rolling Stones drummer who could replace Charlie Watts

New York Post 24 Aug 2021
the rolling stones. Rocked hard ... Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts inspires tributes from celeb fans ... He continued to collaborate with the Stones in 1987 when he again took over for Watts, who was not available to participate in a Chuck Berry concert documentary titled “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll.”.
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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘In Their Own Words Chuck Berry’ on PBS; the Tokyo Olympics continue

The Los Angeles Times 27 Jul 2021
In Their Own Words This new episode of the documentary series profiles guitarist Chuck Berry and how his blend of hillbilly music and R&B helped create the music that became rock ‘n’ roll ... Hail, hail Chuck Berry. As someone who had the privilege of seeing Chuck Berry perform ...
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Taylor Hackford on driving in the wrong direction with Chuck Berry

CBS News 29 Apr 2021
The "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" documentary director recounts the Chicago incident. Chuck Berry, a prolific singer and songwriter, died Saturday at the age of 90 ... .
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St. Louis blues musicians pick their favorite films about the blues

Hastings Tribune 21 Dec 2020
We asked some St. Louis blues artists about their favorites. Little Dylan, blues performer ... Ms ... "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," 1987 documentary filmed at Chuck Berry's 60th birthday celebration at the Fox Theatre — "I know which one I like the least ... But my favorite documentary is 'Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.' I can watch Johnnie Johnson play all day long.
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'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' composer Branford Marsalis says blues legend Rainey commanded attention

News-Press Now 17 Dec 2020
Dec ... 18 on Netflix, was a no-brainer for jazz legend Branford Marsalis ... 25 ... We asked some St ... "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," 1987 documentary filmed at Chuck Berry's 60th birthday celebration at the Fox Theatre — "I know which one I like the least ... But my favorite documentary is 'Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.' I can watch Johnnie Johnson play all day long ... .
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L. Kent Wolgamott: Chuck Berry documentary gives him his due; Grammys get it wrong, again

Lincoln Journal Star 26 Nov 2020
If Little Richard claimed the titles of the originator and architect of rock ‘n’ roll and Elvis Presley is the king, where does that leave Chuck Berry? ... There’s been one major movie “Hail, Hail Rock and Roll,” which documented the process of creating an all-star concert honoring Berry.
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Keith Richards: 'I'll celebrate the Stones' 60th anniversary in a wheelchair'.

BBC News 19 Nov 2020
... get up and play with his idol, Chuck Berry, only to be forcibly removed from by security guards ... We were friends enough to swallow it all - because after that I did Hail, Hail Rock and Roll [a concert movie filmed on Berry's 60th birthday] with Chuck, so we made it up.".
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‘Rock and Roll Music’ legend Chuck Berry subject of new documentary

Cleveland 16 Sep 2020
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There’s a reason why John Lennon famously said, “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” ... The one person missing from the documentary is Keith Richards, who was the driving force behind Berry’s 60th birthday concert captured in 1986′s “Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll” concert film.
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The Segregated Past of Drive-In Movie Theaters (Guest Column)

The Hollywood Reporter 27 Jun 2020
In the documentary Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll (1987), Chuck Berry stands in front of the Fox Theatre in St Louis, the venue hosting his tribute show, and recalls how his father took him there to see A Tale of Two Cities (1935) — only to be turned away at the ticket window.
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Chuck Berry Remembered Through Song by The Beatles, Rolling Stones & More in 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man'

Billboard 27 Feb 2020
That’s no doubt what occurred every time Chuck Berry ... Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll from which Berry’s and Keith Richards’ electrifying performance of “Carol” for the new film was drawn ... Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll (Collector’s Edition) for the first time on blu-ray last November.].
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What to do in Philly this week (Feb 28-Mar. 5): Flower Show, Bassem Youssef, Philip ...

Philadelphia Daily News 27 Feb 2020
Bluesman Robert Cray has been buddies with drummer Steve Jordan since Keith Richards brought them in to play on the 1987 Chuck Berry tribute movie Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll ... has displayed an unerring knack for melding pop songcraft, intelligent writing, and rock-and-roll muscle.
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