Despite Chuck Berry's reputation for being stubborn and strict toward fellow musicians, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer found a kindred soul in Indianapolis keyboard player Michael "Bone" Read. Read, ...
The early history of rock music is littered with conscious-altering moments. Elvis swiveling his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show; Jayne Mansfield strutting to Little Richard in The Girl Can’t Help It; ...
John Lennon said, “If you tried to give rock ‘n’ roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” Bob Dylan once called the musician, who died Saturday at 90, “the Shakespeare of rock ‘n’ roll.” ...
NEW YORK - Behind so many great rock bands and rock songs looms the music of Chuck Berry. Like the time a teenage Keith Richards ran into a childhood friend, Mick Jagger, at a train station in England ...
On a hot night in July 1969, I was standing with at least a thousand other people on the narrow road that led to Wollman Rink in Central Park, waiting to get into the late show of a concert featuring ...
It’s been almost three years since we lost rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry. He lived to be 90, but his music had already proved timeless prior to his death, as his influence was key to the sound of ...