Love the dynamic between Dave and Geraint. Dave is nervous Geraint won’t be ready and Geraint is like, “don’t worry about me- I’ve been do’in this song since I was three!”
True, not many to beat tho has he ? He does shine thru tho love him ! HTF did Tom Jones ever make it I will never know ! Dave was deffo the best rock musician ever to come out of Wales.
Dave Edmunds is the class. He owns Rock and Roll. Anything he touched was gold. Never made or produced a marginal record. Could find and make almost anything his. Explored different genres as well. Geez, Get It a perfect album. Everything he chose to do was so great. So underrated. So damn good. He deserves more credit.👌✌️
Good old Dave he is a true rocker! This song MUST HAVE that Cajun squeeze box or it AINT PROMISED LAND!! Geraint is NAILING that solo.....whoo hooo im older than this song now but back in the day I would get my creepers on and bop to this with my lady! This is SUPERB thanks for the share!!
Elsewhere on YT you can find an interview of Dave Edmunds relating the story of how he played with Chuck back in the mid-80s as part of Chuck's 60th birthday celebrations, and Chuck was so impressed he let Dave play the leads, and said at the end 'Who says a white man can't play the blues?'. I've also heard another interview from Chuck himself commenting on one of Dave's songs (Queen of Hearts) saying Dave had a real feel for rock n roll...High praise indeed from the true king of rock n roll.
This was recorded by BBC Wales on a St, David's Day, back in '94. I was lucky enough to be there, it was a line up of the best rock musicians ever to come out of Wales, maybe even the UK. Dave and Mickey are up there with Knopfler, when it comes to rockabilly stuff. The line up is, Dave Edmonds, Mickey Gee, Pino Palladino, Andy Fairweather Low, Geraint Watkins and Clapton's awesome drummer, Henry Spinetti. R.I. P. Mickey, rock on guys, fantastic, so proud you are all Welsh.
After decades following rock and roll this reminds me of the best show I ever saw: Dave Edmunds at the Old Waldorf in SF. Mink de Ville opened, and they were great, then Dave Edmunds came on, and with Geraint Thomas, blew everybody away.
Loving this the way the song is built. The guitars kick it off and are strictly rhythm and drums layer in. Geraint takes the lead and off it goes to a different level. This is pure Cajun Wales, London and New Orleans mix. Such a powerhouse sound full on Johnny Allen. Is that Andy Fairweather Low? Tight as a drum lean and clean!
My favourite version of my favourite Chuck Berry song. The drumming and that accordion sound is just superb. Love the way Geraint signals to Dave start singing while he is still putting the accordion on and the way that Dave is all over the place with the lyrics. Absolutely superb
A person who can give a dislike here, do not know what good live music is - and shure never has tried to play on an accordion!!! This is such a great playing... And even if some people it will not believe, here you can hear it - also an accordion can sound great, if you know how to play it!
I only came across this recently after Chuck Berry had died. Love it! That Geraint Watkins is something special! As someone else implied, if this doesn't get you moving, you're dead! Regarding great guitarists, though, someone has just sent me on Facebook a clip of Albert Lee doing guitar overdub on a track being recorded by Edmunds. At one point,, D.E. says that if he could be reborn as anyone it would be as Albert Lee. The man is a guitar genius!
Right Albert is awesome. Personally I prefer ALVIN not Albert. I always thought that Alvin Lee, Ted Nugent, Rory Gallagher and Dave Edmunds were the best ever.
Martin Pooley, seen Albert bout 6 times, behond fantastic 👍, him & Hogan's Heroes got talking to him had a drink after the gigs coupe times in Tullamore Co Offaly Ireland bout ten yrs ago, the one big disappointment was going to Galway to see him and Dave Edmunds show cancelled as promoter had buggered off with the tour talkings 😊
Dave "A1 on the jukebox, but nowhere in the charts" Edmunds playing an absolute blinder as always... he is one of very few musicians incapable of playing a bad gig! How he never became the global megastar his talents deserve is something I will just never understand.
+stephen fein Check out the original zydeco version of the song by Johnnie Allen, with Belton Richard on accordion. Geraint has borrowed Belton's break (and fair play to him - it's great).
CHUCK BERRY WAS THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLLER ALL S TIME: BUT MANY PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND IT! C EST LA VIE! IT S THE LIFE..... CHUCK BERRY IS ALWAYS BE MY HERO!!!!!
This is one of the best Rock and Roll updated pieces I’ve ever heard. With Watkins what a combination, I play it often with windows rolled down and goin down the road. This truly underscores the modern promised land.
The best guitar player that no one ever heard of. I've been a fan since Love Sculpture, I still play Sabre Dance and You can't catch me ( from Forms and Feelings ) on my I Phone regularly.. Saw Dave/Nick with Elvis Costello and Mink DeVille at the Tampa Bay Jai Lai Fronton in 1978. Un f'ng real. I was at Chuck Berry's Hail Hail Rock N Roll night at the Fox in St. Louis. Wish Dave was there. Cheers from Memphis.
+Bryan Mclellan The best guitar player that no one ever heard of!!!!! WHAT, WTF? Bryan, Bryan, the guy's world famous amigo, have you been hiding out in a cave since the 1950s? Sheesh!
+verty87 I think I know what Bryan means, those of us who know Dave are well aware of his talents as a player and producer, but there are many who only know him for I hear you knocking and girls talk, which is a shame - he should be a superstar.
@bryan mclellan…..dave is world renowed fella, im sure you know that, as you know his early works....but there is a man sharing guitar with him on that stage who many will never have heard of....but he was a genius on the strings...one MICKY GEE, now sadly passed, respected and loved by his peers, and certainly in my top five guitarists.....a much missed talent, humble and human....great to see all these fab musicians in the video, Geraint is a magnificent talent :)
Sorry, this is really good but the voices and versions of Chuck himself and Jerry Lee are much more poignant. I would love to see Dave perform though. Saw and heard Chuck and Jerry Lee live at North Sea Jazz ‚Rock legends’ early 2000’s but regrettably Chuck was already too old to do his usual performance. Jerry Lee did allright in his seventees 😊
Without a doubt underrated although NOT by fellow top musicians, he had a recording studio on welsh border, shakin steven's recorded there .. Sabre dance got me hooked lol .. some really nice comments on here , Excellent !!
I've listened to a lot of versions of this song and none have included the accordian as on my favourite version by Johnnie Allen. Dave Edmunds knows how to stay true to the music as it should be and I've always wondered who the acomplished accordian player was at that gig. Thanks for naming him in the title and also for uploading. Wonderful.
I love Dave Edmunds' guitar and music style and would watch anything that he recorded but for what it's worth I love the fact that this version includes the accordion as a nod to the wonderful (and my personal favourite) version of the song by Mr Johnnie Allen.
Celtic musicians play great rock 'n' roll accordion...saw an Irish band years ago called the 'Emerald Express' whose accordion player was living proof that Celtic music was one of main roots of rock 'n' roll...both Cajun and Zydeco music have great accordion players that can really rock it up as well...
Dave is definetly one of the most underrated artists of time and unsung hero of rock & roll
Good old rock n roll
I love that 'Rocking Cajun' sound of Geraint's Acvordion. Just makes me wanna dance-and I've got two left feet. Lol
Dave can certainly drive a tune and Geriant is simply divine on the squeezebox!
Dave Edmunds, clearly one of the most underrated musicians. Ever.
You ain't kidding. Just heard of this guy today. WOW.
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Geraint as well. Both have the vibe flowing through their veins
Dave Edmunds is 50 Years my Favorite Rock'nRoller
Never underrated Roy....🏴
Wow. Was that excellent or what. Good ol' Dave Edmunds. One of the greatest exports Wales ever produced. 🏴
This is for my best friend that passed away on 11-17-2023 may he RIP God bless his soul AMEN
Dave Edmunds is one of the few later rock & roll artists who really gets the feel of the early rock & roll. This is ageless, timeless and super!
For sure this old style given a transfusion of modern energy.
Amen
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@@billdunaway8318 A bit of Amen Corner too, with ex lead singer Andy Fairweather Low backing Dave on guitar. Great stuff.
Best use of accordion I have ever heard. Thank you
Check out Flaco Jimenez on Ry Cooder’s , Chicken Skin Music.
I have some bad news, I'm afraid. Humanity has decided to follow this up with the music of Ed Sheeran. God help us all!!
Oooooohh dear. That’s sad.
I soooo agree. Terrifying!
Could have been worse, could have been Kenneth Mckellar.th-cam.com/video/aL8_UwtkRGw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Zpc1SgnqjhXEEr3d
Yup, we've gone downhill...Big time.
Ed who ?
Love the dynamic between Dave and Geraint. Dave is nervous Geraint won’t be ready and Geraint is like, “don’t worry about me- I’ve been do’in this song since I was three!”
Geraint lost his accordion strap, which is a real problem, but carried on ;)
This is fantastic ! The accodion solo blows my mind. Geraint and Dave the perfect match.
Yes, too bad the camera people went awol
This must be one of the most life-affirming performances ever. Absolutely wonderful.
It was. Terrific performance by Geraint Watkins - but I don't think he had much left in the tank by the end!
This performance just fires life into you you can`t help but feel euphoric and happy......totaly tremendous
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Never knew the accordion could be so badass. Outstanding!
Go for Cajun Musik !
Geraint Watkins unsung hero on this one
I have no idea how many times I have watched this but it keeps getting better
You can tell they knew they were making great music. I think its absolutely fabulous.
All the best Welsh musicians in one place playing together. This is priceless!
Geraint Watkins is superb!!!
What a brilliant line up of Welsh musicians
True, not many to beat tho has he ? He does shine thru tho love him ! HTF did Tom Jones ever make it I will never know ! Dave was deffo the best rock musician ever to come out of Wales.
I agree. Are they listed somewhere in the comments?
Edmunds is sooooo underrated. Absolutely superb kick ass rock and roll.
My dad loved this. Miss you so much x x
Same x
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That was so good it brought tears to my eyes, GREAT.
Exactly the same for me absolutely Brilliant
Sing it Dave....Sing it!!! THIS is Rock'N Roll ladies and gentleman!
Dave Edmunds is the class. He
owns Rock and Roll. Anything he touched was gold. Never
made or produced a marginal
record. Could find and make
almost anything his. Explored
different genres as well. Geez,
Get It a perfect album. Everything he chose to do was
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Couldnt have put it better myself. Well said 👍👍👍👍👍
@Dave Edmunds
Indeed, I realize you are a real
busy and crafty artist. Best to you always.
Good old Dave, backed up by all these great musicians. Doesn't get much better than this.
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Good old Dave he is a true rocker! This song MUST HAVE that Cajun squeeze box or it AINT PROMISED LAND!! Geraint is NAILING that solo.....whoo hooo im older than this song now but back in the day I would get my creepers on and bop to this with my lady! This is SUPERB thanks for the share!!
The greatest rock'n'roll performance of all time!
Awesome. Simply awesome - and Geriant's perfect zydeco accordion just puts the cap on it!
This is the kind of music God would listen to,,,,
that God guy is getting greedy lately, must have an ear for great music
I come back to this video on a weekly basis... nothing better to get the spirits up and the mood better!
Dave Edmunds is great performer, one of the best guitar players of Chuck Berry tunes on the planet!!!!
GREAT voice ... GREAT rock and roll singer!!
Agreed
Elsewhere on YT you can find an interview of Dave Edmunds relating the story of how he played with Chuck back in the mid-80s as part of Chuck's 60th birthday celebrations, and Chuck was so impressed he let Dave play the leads, and said at the end 'Who says a white man can't play the blues?'. I've also heard another interview from Chuck himself commenting on one of Dave's songs (Queen of Hearts) saying Dave had a real feel for rock n roll...High praise indeed from the true king of rock n roll.
He is the white Chuck Berry
To be at that live would be heaven, It puts a lot of music in the shade.
This was recorded by BBC Wales on a St, David's Day, back in '94. I was lucky enough to be there, it was a line up of the best rock musicians ever to come out of Wales, maybe even the UK. Dave and Mickey are up there with Knopfler, when it comes to rockabilly stuff. The line up is, Dave Edmonds, Mickey Gee, Pino Palladino, Andy Fairweather Low, Geraint Watkins and Clapton's awesome drummer, Henry Spinetti.
R.I. P. Mickey, rock on guys, fantastic, so proud you are all Welsh.
Peter Young Peter Young thanks for the line-up and gig date, im gonna try to find the whole thing
Would of loved to been at this gig, where was I at this time ? often wondered if it was on DVD ?
that must have been quite a gig .....ie brilliant !
*Peter Young Peter Young* ____👍🏻Thanks....was wondering which year this was.... .....
Peter Young Peter Young hi, who is playing the accordion here?
Love the accordion. Should be more of it. And this song is great.
Inspired by Johnny Allan's cajun version from Louisiana which also features an accordion.
Dave E and the band ... ROCKIN'!
No doubt, the best performance of the original Chuck Berry's song! Thanks for sharing!
After decades following rock and roll
this reminds me of the best show I ever saw: Dave Edmunds at the Old Waldorf in SF. Mink de Ville opened, and they were great, then Dave Edmunds came on, and with Geraint Thomas, blew everybody away.
I saw Dave and Nick Lowe around 1977 at the (now sadly defunct) Edinburgh Odeon. I was about 15. First gig I ever went to :)
Geraint can make an accordion sound like a full brass band!!!
No...it sounds like an accordion.
No one can play rock 'n roll on an accordion like Geraint Watkins. He is the best.
These guys wear their hearts on the sleeve. Thank you Welshmen.
Great band - Dave and Geraint been a fan for years thanks for the music guys Sadly Micky Gee no longer with us RIP
I love it and in particular the playing of Geraint Watkins. he's both an accomplish singer, piano and accordion player. Thanks for sharing.
.... and guitar!
@@bendigeidfran1282 Thanks, of course I missed this instrument!
Loving this the way the song is built. The guitars kick it off and are strictly rhythm and drums layer in. Geraint takes the lead and off it goes to a different level. This is pure Cajun Wales, London and New Orleans mix. Such a powerhouse sound full on Johnny Allen. Is that Andy Fairweather Low? Tight as a drum lean and clean!
One of The best cover of The great Rocker!!!!CHUCK BERRY
I love this so much! Dave’s got more boogie woogie rock n roll soul than just about anyone. Ever.
Just brilliant! What a band. Dave Edmunds just a superstar player.
Makes my mom forget about arthritis
Happy Retirement Dave... Thanks for the music!
Geraint is a great musician….Loved what he did with Status Quo Acoustic.
Geraint did a great gig with SQ also.
Me too
Fantastic song.....great guitarist and singer plus wonderful accordion playing.
Loved this bloke since the seventies...still going strong i see..
My favourite version of my favourite Chuck Berry song. The drumming and that accordion sound is just superb. Love the way Geraint signals to Dave start singing while he is still putting the accordion on and the way that Dave is all over the place with the lyrics. Absolutely superb
I couldn't agree more. Just goes to show the old 'uns are the best 'uns and the old 'uns can still belt it out.
This is the way to do it. These Welsh guys have got it from their heads down to their toes.
A person who can give a dislike here, do not know what good live music is - and shure never has tried to play on an accordion!!!
This is such a great playing...
And even if some people it will not believe, here you can hear it - also an accordion can sound great, if you know how to play it!
here comes the inevitable tribalism again - why do you care and why do you need people to re-inforce your views?
Most likely the person most likely wanted to go against the grain because he/she is probably miserable. (Misery loves company)
So brilliant, what a fantastic band and Wales‘s very own Mr Watkins absolutely smashing it!!!
I only came across this recently after Chuck Berry had died. Love it! That Geraint Watkins is something special! As someone else implied, if this doesn't get you moving, you're dead! Regarding great guitarists, though, someone has just sent me on Facebook a clip of Albert Lee doing guitar overdub on a track being recorded by Edmunds. At one point,, D.E. says that if he could be reborn as anyone it would be as Albert Lee. The man is a guitar genius!
Right Albert is awesome. Personally I prefer ALVIN not Albert. I always thought that Alvin Lee, Ted Nugent, Rory Gallagher and Dave Edmunds were the best ever.
pure dang classic rockNroll , cant keep still while listening to this music , rythm swing a long . music in my taste .
Martin Pooley, seen Albert bout 6 times, behond fantastic 👍, him & Hogan's Heroes got talking to him had a drink after the gigs coupe times in Tullamore Co Offaly Ireland bout ten yrs ago, the one big disappointment was going to Galway to see him and Dave Edmunds show cancelled as promoter had buggered off with the tour talkings 😊
Wow that's fantastic too hear and see classic always love it.👍👍👍👍💎💕
Dave "A1 on the jukebox, but nowhere in the charts" Edmunds playing an absolute blinder as always... he is one of very few musicians incapable of playing a bad gig! How he never became the global megastar his talents deserve is something I will just never understand.
I bought all of his albums as they came out, he made me dance many days away.
Good to a Squeezer being Squeezed by a Squeezer.
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Yeah that's cool
Thought I’d give the fantastic Henry Spinetti on drums a mention 🤘 had him as a guest on a gig !! He can Rock
Superb !!
Thans duivin the song
geraint is the man
Micky Gee my old neighbour. A lovely man. R I P.
A true rock and roller thanks dave
Love the way Dave stretches the intro and waits for Geraint to drink his water and get his accordion strapped on....a true professional...
The world needs more kickass accordion like that, and less auto-tune.
+stephen fein Check out the original zydeco version of the song by Johnnie Allen, with Belton Richard on accordion. Geraint has borrowed Belton's break (and fair play to him - it's great).
+Laurie Harper I did. Thanks. Excellent
Good comment
+stephen fein Not to bad for a welsh piano player
+jarred andrew on Stiff Records, FTW
brilliant, brilliant,puts me in a good mood
Det.
Everytime i hear this it sounds even better.
+Geoff Cook ....get that bus out.......(Guess who?)
+verty87 come on there who saying get that bus out then.
+Geoff Cook Yeah Geoff Cooke, get on that radio and sort those late runners out pronto.
Mr Cooke, sort the buses out, it's chaos out there.
Geoff Cook dead write man 😉
very hard to get artists like this now a days that are this good
CHUCK BERRY WAS THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLLER ALL S TIME: BUT MANY PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND IT! C EST LA VIE! IT S THE LIFE.....
CHUCK BERRY IS ALWAYS BE MY HERO!!!!!
This is one of the best Rock and Roll updated pieces I’ve ever heard. With Watkins what a combination, I play it often with windows rolled down and goin down the road. This truly underscores the modern promised land.
The Millennials and Gen Z are Ruining the Modern Promised Land with Overzealous Politics, Cancel Culture, Double-Think, Social Media and Cardi B
You just can not sit down listening to this. Wonderful!
Great musicians….👏👏👏👏👏
A genuine legend. Bless you Dave.
My only regret is I wasn't there,!
The best guitar player that no one ever heard of. I've been a fan since Love Sculpture, I still play Sabre Dance and You can't catch me ( from Forms and Feelings ) on my I Phone regularly.. Saw Dave/Nick with Elvis Costello and Mink DeVille at the Tampa Bay Jai Lai Fronton in 1978. Un f'ng real. I was at Chuck Berry's Hail Hail Rock N Roll night at the Fox in St. Louis. Wish Dave was there. Cheers from Memphis.
+Bryan Mclellan The best guitar player that no one ever heard of!!!!! WHAT, WTF? Bryan, Bryan, the guy's world famous amigo, have you been hiding out in a cave since the 1950s? Sheesh!
+verty87 I think I know what Bryan means, those of us who know Dave are well aware of his talents as a player and producer, but there are many who only know him for I hear you knocking and girls talk, which is a shame - he should be a superstar.
We definitely heard of him 'Down-under' - Promised Land was just one of four 'Top 5' records he had back in the '70s.
@bryan mclellan…..dave is world renowed fella, im sure you know that, as you know his early works....but there is a man sharing guitar with him on that stage who many will never have heard of....but he was a genius on the strings...one MICKY GEE, now sadly passed, respected and loved by his peers, and certainly in my top five guitarists.....a much missed talent, humble and human....great to see all these fab musicians in the video, Geraint is a magnificent talent :)
Great Playing.
Greatest entertainer in the world.
Plays lead sings .
No question! All time best Rock'n'Roll performance!
The best version of this song and I've listened to all of them, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis and even Elvis. This is absolutely awesome 👌
Sorry, this is really good but the voices and versions of Chuck himself and Jerry Lee are much more poignant. I would love to see Dave perform though. Saw and heard Chuck and Jerry Lee live at North Sea Jazz ‚Rock legends’ early 2000’s but regrettably Chuck was already too old to do his usual performance. Jerry Lee did allright in his seventees 😊
Johnnie Allan’s version, which this follows very closely, is better.
Oh yes indeedy !!! Two great South Wales rockers ... saw 'Rockpile' back in the 70's in Cardiff. They still make it bounce, bounce, bounce along ....
Edmonds has always been a very lively and humble musician.
Absolutely Brilliant.
Marvellous!...Rockpile with the late great Mickey Gee and Pino " Gotta straight man?" Paladino on bass in back....knockout..Swamp Pop!!!
Great music
Dave est top et cet accordéon est nickel ! Vive le rock and roll !!! Salutations de France 😊.
this is bloody fantastic
Without a doubt underrated although NOT by fellow top musicians, he had a recording studio on welsh border, shakin steven's recorded there .. Sabre dance got me hooked lol .. some really nice comments on here , Excellent !!
Rock n roll 👍👍👍👍👍dave Edmunds
A legend 😀😀😀
Dave played with shaky n the straycats rockplie to name a few.
Brilliant artist
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Quite right ! Session musicians really are the unsung heroes and he is one of the best.
What an inspirational song sung beautifully.
I've listened to a lot of versions of this song and none have included the accordian as on my favourite version by Johnnie Allen. Dave Edmunds knows how to stay true to the music as it should be and I've always wondered who the acomplished accordian player was at that gig. Thanks for naming him in the title and also for uploading. Wonderful.
He was in the Balham Alligators a pub-rock band.
Brilliant, my late uncle used to play the accordion he would have loved this
Hello Dave. We have so many cd from you. And Again are the best we heard. Kisses from Barbro och my husband. We love you.
without any doubt, Dave's the best rocker UK ever produced, great albums and live shows too!!
What great music.
Dave’s face while waiting for Geraint to get himself ready is a picture! 😂
The accordion looks like physically hard work. I think Dave put him through the wringer that evening!
I don't know who the drummer is but he's GREAT.
Henry Spinetti.....brother of actor Victor Spinetti.
Dave is my Go To music when I have to have a shot of the real thing, ya know.
The welsh wizard. Amazin. Also Micky Gee.fantastic guitar player
I love Dave Edmunds' guitar and music style and would watch anything that he recorded but for what it's worth I love the fact that this version includes the accordion as a nod to the wonderful (and my personal favourite) version of the song by Mr Johnnie Allen.
Just superb
Still just superb forget anyone else..
Celtic musicians play great rock 'n' roll accordion...saw an Irish band years ago called the 'Emerald Express' whose accordion player was living proof that Celtic music was one of main roots of rock 'n' roll...both Cajun and Zydeco music have great accordion players that can really rock it up as well...
The Emerald Express were Dexy's Midnight Runners Band.
@kevinvickers-fy3ls The band that I'm referring to played regularly at a pub called the Blarney Stone in Vancouver B.C.around 1984...