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    • “Maybellene” (1955) Rock & roll guitar starts here. The pileup of hillbilly country, urban blues and hot jazz in Chuck Berry’s electric twang is the primal language of pop-music guitar, and it’s all perfected on his first single.
    • “Thirty Days” (1955) Berry’s upbeat call for a lover to come home in a month shows off both his dexterous soloing style, in which he plays chords (!) for the duration of the lead break and his sense of humor.
    • “Wee Wee Hours” (1955) It took Berry only about an hour, by his own estimation, to write “Wee Wee Hours,” the bluesy B side to “Maybellene.” His inspiration for the song was bluesman Big Joe Turner’s smooth “Wee Baby Blues,” a romantic declaration of love at first sight – “I was in love with you, baby/ Way before I learned to call your name,” Turner sang.
    • “Down Bound Train” (1955) A bluesy allegory for sin with a locomotive rhythm-guitar line, “Down Bound Train” reflected Berry’s deeply held religious beliefs.
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