Chuck Berry was chosen as a recipient of the Polar Music Prize, but he was "unable to travel" and didn't attend the August 26 ceremony in Stockholm.

[www.polarmusicprize.org]

A video tribute from Keith was played:



[www.multivu.com]

“Chuck Berry, he just leapt out of the radio at me. I ate him basically, I mean I breathed him, it wasn’t just food, he was the air I breathed for many years when I was learning guitar and trying to figure out how you could be such an all rounder. Such a great voice, such a great player, and also such a great showman, you know, it was all in one package, so basically if I listened to Chuck Berry I was full for the day.

“Chuck, congratulations Chuck! And also congratulations to Sweden for recognising Chuck Berry for what he is.”

Dave Edmunds, another Berry acolyte, accepted the award on Chuck's behalf:



Congratulations, Chuck. Get well soon!

Bravissimo, Chuck! Congratulations and all kinds of well-being on you

This man is never praised and recognized enough. The real king of rock and roll. Good job, Swedes.

- Doxa



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Congratulations to Chuck

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Keep On Rolling

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Doxa
This man is never praised and recognized enough. The real king of rock and roll. Good job, Swedes.

- Doxa

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Almost became a monarchist cause of this...... Maybe royalty brings out more crave for Rock n Roll...?
Next PhD stuff for sure....

Nice to see Dave Edmunds again, one of rock and rolls greatest guitar pickers.....

Thumbs up to Chuck. Nice to see him getting praised. Hope nothing to serious keeping him from traveling.

Peace,
Mr DJA

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Doxa
This man is never praised and recognized enough. The real king of rock and roll. Good job, Swedes.

- Doxa

Indeed!

Whenever I'm in a bad mood, I put one of his records and his music always cheers me up.

I don't know why Mr Edmunds was chosen to do the acceptance speech though. He didn't make a good impression. He read the short "speech" straight from the cards.
He didn't look comfortable during the ceremony. As oppose to Mr Peter Sellars, the other laureate who performed a very good speech.

Here is old Swedish rocker Jerry Williams (Erik Fernström, born 1942)
performing "You Never Can Tell" in front of the King and the Crown Princess
of Sweden. Jerry always does well, the old communist. Don't you think?




Polar Prize 2014

Good on yer Chuck, Keith and Sweden.

Thanks for posting bbj.

Do the right thing - download the torrent or bring out that old VHS copy of "Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll" and watch Keith and Chuck do their thing. Crank it up when you watch it. What's amazing is that Chuck still gets out there to do his thing. Let's give him his props.

Very nice, Keith! He really does give credit where credit is due (to guitarists he admires)

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Stoneage
I don't know why Mr Edmunds was chosen to do the acceptance speech though. He didn't make a good impression. He read the short "speech" straight from the cards.

Don't know what the options were, but Edmunds wasn't some last minute fill-in. He performed 'Roll Over Beethoven' at the ceremony. His "speech" was simply a reading of Chuck's statement.

A day earler he was a featured speaker at "Polar Music Talks", discussing the legacy of Chuck Berry with journalist Jan Gradvall.


Photo: Annika Berglund

[www.polarmusicprize.org]
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A medley of CB songs from the awards show:

Sure, Johnny. That was just my impression from what I saw on TV. He did what he was supposed to do, I guess. He looked a bit nervous: But who wouldn't be?
Not a big deal anyway. He was just a stand-in for those who wouldn't come.

On Sept. 5, 1977 the Voyager spacecraft was launched and to this day it is exploring interstellar space. Aboard the craft is the famous Gold Record that contains information about life on Earth. Included on the Gold Record is Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. All true. But in stunning recent news a communication has been received from deep space. The first words received from an extraterrestrial? "Send more Chuck Berry!"



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