Welcome to the website for Johnnie Be Good, a feature length documentary under production about Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson. The projected completion date of the documentary is 2008. This documentary will examine the musical relationship between two rock and roll architects, Johnnie Johnson and Chuck Berry, and examine the debate about whether Johnson should be remembered as merely a superior sideman to Berry, or one half of rock and roll's first great song-writing team. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, Joe Perry and John Sebastian share their opinions. Also interviewed are five key participants in Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, the movie which caused the music world to rediscover Johnnie: Clapton, movie director Taylor Hackford, movie producer Stephanie Benett of Delilah Films, Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, and drummer/producer Steve Jordan. Paul Shaffer, music director for The Late Show with David Letterman shares his opinions about Johnnie Johnson, as do guitarist Jimmy Vivino from the Conan O'Brien band, rock legend Al Kooper, Bruce Hornsby, Michael McDonald, and long-time New York d.j. Pat St. John of Sirius Satellite Radio. Music historians Rob Bowman , who wrote Johnnie's bio for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame program, and Bruce Pegg, who wrote the Chuck Berry biography Brown Eyed Handsome Man share provocative viewpoints. Executive producing Johnnie Be Good is documentary and feature film director George Hickenlooper, who directed 2006 release Factory Girl, starring Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Jimmy Fallon, and Hayden Christensen.

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