Chuck Berry dies.
Sad guitar news. Legendary guitarist Chuck Berry has just been announced as dead. A few yesrs ago we asked guitarist Chuck Berry to answer a few personal questions about himself and here we have the information about the man who infulenced millions of guitar players including Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones nd Angus Young from AC/DC.
Birth Name: Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Nicknames: Father of Rock ‘N’ Roll, The Prime Minister of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Occupation: Musician
Born: October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri
Birth place: St. Louis, Mo.
Parents: Henry and Martha Berry
Wife: Themetta Suggs-Berry
Children: Darlin Ingrid Berry-Clay, Melody Exes Berry-Eskridge, Aloha Isa Lei Berry, Charles Edward Berry Jr.
Siblings: Henry, Thelma, Lucy, Paul, Martha
Weight: 180 pounds
Musically influenced by: Nat “King” Cole, Muddy Waters
Trademark: Duckwalk
FAVORITES
Food: Enjoys beef and seafood, peaches, home fries, candied yams, chili, grape soda, orange juice, Snickers bars and Dutch apple pie. Despises liver, okra, gumbo, celery, carrots, cooked onions, grapefruit, salami and liquor.
Hobbies: Playing music, softball, twenty questions, chess, croquet, highway driving
Comedians: Lucille Ball
Chuck Berry performs live at Toronto’s Rock and Roll Revival with raw power, which proves his reputation as the king of rock and roll. Filmed in 1969 by Academy Award-nominated documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus captured the electric atmosphere that Chuck Berry created. In this concert, Chuck Berry is at the peak of the career and delivers a knock out performance with the tracks that rose him to fame, and he holds nothing back!
1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Music
2. School Days
3. Johnny B. Goode
4. Carol
5. Promised Land
6. Hoochie Coochie Man
7. Maybellene
8. Too Much Monkey Business
9. Reelin’ and Rockin’
10. Sweet Little Sixteen
11. Wee Wee Hours
12. Brenda Lee
13. Johnny B. Goode