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OT: Chuck Berry, Musician Who Helped Define Rock ’N’ Roll, Dies at 90
Chuck Berry, Musician Who Helped Define Rock ’N’ Roll, Dies at 90
Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as much as anyone to define rock ’n’ roll’s potential and attitude in its early years, died on Saturday. He was 90. |
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One way to honor Mr. Berry, with a joke I heard years ago.
In the early 1970s, when NASA shot Pioneer 10 and 11 into space, the space crafts contained a plaque depicting humans and the position of earth in the solar system. On board were several examples of daily life, including chewing gum, a newspaper, a baseball, some LPs and 45s and artwork by Michaelangelo. Years later, radio astronomers received a faint signal from beyond the solar system, at the fringe of our galaxy. They rushed to decode it, but the signal was so week it took them weeks to amplify it and begin translation. Finally, they pieced together the message, and held a massive press conference to announce our first contact with extraterrestrial life. Everyone wanted to know what the message was. "It's very simple," said Wernher von Braun, "It reads: 'Send more Chuck Berry.'" |
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My favorite artist, the Poet Laureate of rock'n 'roll.
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Legend! Lived a nice long life.
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Great portrait. Looks like a very humble guy.
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RIP Chuck Berry. Thanks for helping open the eyes of a generation.
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A great artist.
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The man was a titan. I felt bad about him playing the last several years; kinda feel like he was being taken advantage of by his son. I drove 5 hours on a Tuesday night to see him and my buddy's band open up at Blueberry Hill. Worked the next day on 2 hours sleep high on rock n roll. I got to see him do the duck walk and shake his hand; a really big hand. Last edited by ColonelJLloyd; 03-18-2017 at 07:30 PM. |
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I loved Chuck Berry from the first time I heard him. Not only did my dad love him, but he is my six year old daughter's favorite musician also, right ahead of Beethoven. I would imagine that runs in a lot of families. I was out in the garage listening to him today before I read this news.
Very few musicians were as important as he was. Two of my favorite tributes to Chuck Berry from people who understand music much better than I do: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry'" --John Lennon "Well all Chuck's children are out there playing his licks Get into your kicks Come back baby Rock 'n Roll never forgets" --Bob Seger |
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Sad news! He will be missed.
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I can't even begin to describe what a vast pervasive influence Chuck Berry had on me
...which is weird, because I suspect you would never hear it in my music...and, had he not just passed away, I would probably be extremely reluctant to give him that much credit. But when you're 11 years old, you are EXTREMELY impressionable. |
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Lots of great musicians have died and they will be missed.
Chuck berry was a great musician who will never be replaced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jKrHzps0XM |
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Chuck took from T Bone Walker. If you listen to T Bone and hear the shades of the Chuck Berry Riff, you know how creative Chuck was...
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I crossed paths with him about 25 years ago at the register of a gas station in St Louis. I went in to pay and an older, somewhat thin, man was finishing up his transaction. I waited a bit, and after he walked out the gal at the register said "Do you know who that was?" I didn't and said so, so she said "Chuck Berry!" And sure enough, once she had pointed that out I recognized him.
One of my best buddies at work has a picture, taken about that same time, of his wife sitting on Berry's lap. I think they were at Blueberry Hill, a pretty famous bar in St Louis where bands play down in the basement. In fact, Blueberry Hill is almost right across the street from Buldogge's tattoo studio. |
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