I stumbled across this a couple days ago. It’s a curiosity, the least Chuck Berry-ish Chuck Berry cover I can think of. Hearing Waylon’s version in Steve’s recent post, I couldn’t resist. This version doesn’t sound like this because Simone couldn’t rock ‘n’ roll, it’s because she chose not to.
They should’ve stuck a big, fat, out of place Chuck Berry solo in the middle. Just for fun.
In Chuck’s original he says that the count is “2-and-3,” which annoys me to this day. One of his few false notes.