How 10 Guitar Gods Got Started Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix and more all had humble beginnings. [Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published on November 1, 2013] Music By Rolling Stone From Sin to Salvation: Little Richard Tells All ...
a large number of significant popular-music performers have recorded Berry’s songs. Though not technically accomplished, his guitar style is distinctive—he incorporated electronic effects to mimic the sound of bottleneck
Narrowing down theChuck Berrysongs that encapsulate the unique brilliance of a rock’n’roll original is a daunting challenge, but one that’s also great fun. Whether you’re just beginning to explore his discography or you’re a longtime fan, this 20-track tribute highlights many of the def...
Actually I'm writing as best I can, in order to keep the momentum and the career there, but I want to live. —Chuck Berry 0 All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues. —Chuck Ber...
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Chuck Berry didn’t do a ton of straight blues songs, but when he did–as here with his version of Guitar Slim’s “The Things I Used to Do”–the results could be pretty great. The studio version of this song appeared on his 1964 LPSt. Louis to Liverpool(my personal pick for bes...
The first inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Berry was one of the influential early stars of the genre. With his guitar and a killer stage presence, he mixed country, blues and R&B to create a wholly unique sound. "Chuck Berry was a rock and roll original. A gifted guitar...
guitar-based R&B and neater country-style picking into a new electric sound that changed the world's ears. For the very different styles of George Harrison and Keith Richards--of, you know, the Beatles and the Stones--Berry's guitar was foundational, and soon there wasn't a rock guitari...
Free Essay: Chuck Berry is known by many as the “Father of rock n roll.” Berry was born in St. Louis Missouri on October 18, 1926. Growing up Chuck wasn't...
but how is this any different than Jimi lighting his guitar on fire? Or Ozzy “biting” the heads off fake bats? Or Alice Cooper beheading himself? Theatrics have been a part of rock since the beginning, like Chuck Berry’s duck walk. Something to think about....