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by Joeboy 3382 days ago
And most who associate that riff with Chuck Berry aren't aware of this 1946 version of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqiWTb-UWA

Edit: Fixed link

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I thought the parent was referring to playing a fifth on the top two strings with a slide, not the blues shuffle (which dates back to at least Robert Johnson).
Cyberferret refers to "the opening riff to Johnny B Goode", which is extremely similar to the opening riff from Ain't That Just Like a Woman. For some reason the link I pasted started several seconds in, which might be causing confusion.
Thanks for posting, and for fixing the link too - I played it the first time and missed it, and thought that you were talking about the standard blues shuffle beat too.
Ah I hear it now! Somehow I missed that on the first listen and was very confused.