Chuck Berry ‎– Blues (2003)

1	House Of Blue Lights	2:29

Bass – G. Smith
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Don Raye, Freddie Slack

2 	Wee Wee Hours	3:05

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Ebby Hardy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry

3 	Deep Feeling (Instrumental) 	2:21

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Guitar – Hubert Sumlin
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Steel Guitar – Chuck Berry
Written-By – Chuck Berry

4 	I Just Want To Make Love To You	2:14

Backing Vocals – The Ecuadors
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Willie Dixon

5 	How You've Changed	2:49

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Fred Below
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Lafayette Leake
Written-By – Chuck Berry

6 	Down The Road Apiece		2:16

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Don Raye

7 	Worried Life Blues	2:12

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Maceo Merriweather

8 	Confessin' The Blues	2:10

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Jay McShann, Walter Brown

9 	Still Got The Blues	2:07

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry

10 	Driftin' Blues	2:20

Backing Vocals – Unknown Artist
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Saxophone – Unknown Artist
Tenor Saxophone – L.C. Davis
Written-By – Charles Brown, Eddie William, Johnny Moore 

11 	Run Around	2:33

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Chuck Berry

12 	Route 66	2:47

Bass – Unknown Artist
Drums – Ebby Hardy
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Bobby Troup

13 	Sweet Sixteen		2:48

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Matt Murphy
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun

14 	All Aboard	2:09

Bass – Unknown Artist
Drums – Phil Thomas
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Tenor Saxophone – L.C. Davis
Written-By – Chuck Berry

15 	The Things That I Used To Do	2:45

Drums – Odie Payne
Instruments – Unknown Artist
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Written-By – Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones

16 	St. Louis Blues

Bass – Louis Cennamo
Drums – Brian Kattenholm
Guitar – Jeff Krivet
Piano – Bob Scrivens
Written-By – W. C. Handy

Chuck Berry grew up on the blues, taking Muddy Waters as a particular hero, so when he signed with Chess Records in the mid-'50s, the label undoubtedly figured they were getting a blues artist. Which Berry was, but his bright, skittering guitar style and penchant for writing songs with lyrics that set aside blues clichés for something closer to beat poetry meant Berry's forward-looking version of the blues became something else altogether, creating the very template for rock & roll. It also brought a younger teenaged audience into the game, and Berry increasingly aimed for it. But before that groundbreaking shift in style and demographic, Berry turned out some interesting straight blues sides for Chess, several of which are collected here, and it's intriguing to wonder what might have happened had Berry stuck with the blues rather than redefining it into rock & roll. Highlights include the powerful "Wee Wee Hours," a chugging version of Don Raye's "Down the Road a Piece," a try at Guitar Slim's "Things I Used to Do," the hybrid "Driftin' Blues," which features a near doo wop backup chorus, and a revved up and rocking rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." Berry's guitar work is revealing on these early numbers, his tone always bright and fresh, as if he was a colt who just couldn't wait to get out there and run. And run he did. ---Steve Leggett, AllMusic Review

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