johnnybgoode

why did i choose the username johnnybgoode?

although johnny is not my real name i've been called 'johnny' by all my guys and everyone who knows me for about 20 years now (yes there's a reason but this boy's saying nothing lol) - that taken along with the fact i've been playing guitar for as long as when i first discovered i had fingers and am very rare seen without a guitar slung on my back real just kinda decided it for me i guess - so although i'm an indie boy and not a country boy (although i am often found to be sitting under my tree lol) those are the two main reasons i have the username 'johnnybgoode' as taken from the song lyrics posted below :-)

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood an old cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode
Who'd never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ringin' a bell

Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Johnny B Goode!

He used to carry his guitar in a gurny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Old engineers in the train would see him him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passed him by they would stop and say
Oh my but that little country boy could play

Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Johnny B Goode!

His mother told him someday you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big old band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down
Maybe some day your name will be in lights
Sayin' "Johnny B Goode tonight"

Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
Go! Go! Johnny B Goode!

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i can't post the link on my blog but if you'd like to check the song out (as if you don't already know it lol) it's easy enough to find on you tube

many thanks for reading - take care yeah - johnny x