Chuck Berry died today

[jaggy]

Legend

 

[Bartelby]

And the Lord said: 'Move over, Peter, Chuck is now the rock on which I will build my Church'.

 

[heninfan99]

yeah, he has a new album too I want to check it out

 

[killerboi2]

RIP. Never knew he had a new album, looking foward to hearing it.

 

[dgold44]

Legend

Yes !!!

All time super star of music

 

[dgold44]

RIP. Never knew he had a new album, looking foward to hearing it.

So many big hits from the 50s

Epic guy

 

[stringertom]

As influential as any artist on the rock n roll genre and a total showman. He was 90 and had been active touring well into his 80's. RIP.

 

[Vanhool]

All of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks....Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets.

 

[MatsPhilander]

Ring ring goes his bell. Women can rest a lot safer in the toilet now.

 

[jaggy]

 

[max]

Ah, tough news.

Love the music. Love the man.

Brilliant songwriter; fabulous performer; all around had the goods.

Back in the 1980s I remember spending some time trying to convince a friend to throw his guitar in the back of my car with mine, and we'd drive down to St. Louis, knock on his door and see if he'd play with us for five minutes.

 

[JRAJ1988]

He might have passed on but his music lives on!

 

[stringertom]

He might have passed on but his music lives on!

Are u gonna Tom Cruise us and dance sum in your skivvies???

#RockNeverForgetsOrDies

 

[MatsPhilander]

Vera Lynn turns 100 today.

 

[the green god]

 

[lidoazndiabloboi]

"I want to play with my ding a ling"

 

[Doc Hollidae]

 

[GS]

Years ago, when George Thorogood was asked why he was just doing cover songs and not writing his own, he said, "Because Chuck Berry already wrote all the good ones."
He also said, "Without Chuck, you're outa luck."

 

[max]

I used to play in a band and I've played a LOT of post-1955 music, and it's tough to write the kinds of songs Chuck Berry wrote: they need to be concise lyrically and musically direct and tuneful. The only comparable to him is Hank Williams (the first and best one, imho), albeit he's of course CW/country swing. The early Beatles and early Motown stuff also excelled in this area, as well as a few tin pan alley outputs.

 

[MatsPhilander]

Chuck Barris died 3 days later.

 

[acintya]

you know what? i dont care anymore - a lot of good people died, they just are not so famous...**** all the celebrities - lets just stop talking about them because they are nothing more than regular people.

rip all

 

[slice bh compliment]

Chuck Barris died 3 days later.

I used to confuse the two when I was five years old.
Chuck Berris and Chuck Barry, too.
They were all friends, I assumed.
Gonggggg.

 

[slice bh compliment]

Chuck Barris died 3 days later.

They were born three years apart, and died three days apart.

 

[Vanhool]

"I want to play with my ding a ling"

Lol. When i was a kid we thought this song was soooooooo funny!

 

[Carsomyr]

rip to chucks of all fruits, singular and plural

 

[MatsPhilander]

Lol. When i was a kid we thought this song was soooooooo funny!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/26/ban-this-filth-ben-thompson-review

 

[comeback]

Nothing against John Lennon but Chuck Berry commands the stage..Tall, dark, handsome ..Great hair, dancing..his guitar..a real ORIGINAL a LEGEND..It's a credit to John (already a legend) that he knows his place and bows to this great man..
ps i love the raw live sound of the instruments..no phony overdone studio fakery..just real presence

 

[stringertom]

Chuck Barris died 3 days later.

Six months or so after Muzziah got the USO gong.