Hootenanny Festival 2010

Guitarist Ken Bethea, left, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Rhett Miller and drummer Philip Peeples of Old 97’s perform at the Hootenanny Festival. This year the daylong affair in Orange County offered Chuck Berry along with its usual amalgam of roots rock, punk and Americana acts. Read more in Randy Lewis’ review: “Hootenanny Festival Featuring Chuck Berry.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Nick 13, stepping away from Tiger Army for this occasion, performs at the Hootenanny event at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Jenna Bela, left, of Long Beach, Angie Alamilla of Los Angeles and Amelia Dinmore of Redlands take a vintage look in another direction at the festival Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Chuck Berry, 83, plays his classic “Johnny B Goode” while displaying some of his signature moves. Read more in Randy Lewis’ review: “Hootenanny Festival Featuring Chuck Berry.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Model “Rotten Kitty” of Los Angeles draws attention to a 1928 Essex at Hootenanny, where car culture intersects with roots music and a punk attitude. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Rock poet and original guitar hero Chuck Berry sallies forth through a set in which he mixed rollicking anthems with slower numbers. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Shooter Jennings, son of legendary country singer Waylon Jennings, explores the territory where Southern rock meets roots country. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

According to Times pop music critic Randy Lewis, octogenarian Chuck Berry “succeeded in wowing a crowd of several thousand.”

Read more of Lewis’ Hootenanny Festival review here. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)