The guitar was issued in 1958, the same year “Johnny B. Goode” and “Sweet Little Sixteen” were released and that’s when Berry began to play this instrument. It became his signature model ...

But Berry’s items almost didn’t make the trip to D.C. According to The Washington Post, Smithsonian project historian Kevin Strait arrived at Berry’s residence, west of St. Louis, on November 9, 2011, ...

His lyrics were always sly, mischievous, exuberant, rocking, and whenever their staccato rhythm let up, Berry's guitar would jump in like a buttered buzz saw. But what's he done lately, you might ask?

Gary Clark Jr. discusses the importance of Chuck Berry, ... the signature rock-star thing. That’s Chuck Berry right there. “You can’t pick up a guitar and not play something Chuck Berry ...

Chuck Berry's son talks about his ... (on rhythm guitar), and his daughter Ingrid Berry-Clay ... while the rip-roaring “Lady B. Goode” plays like a sequel to his signature 1958 hit ...

At 81, Chuck Berry — signature sailor cap cocked on his head like a crown, red Gibson guitar cradled in his arms — rocked Paris like a man half his age.

Hear Chuck Berry Rework Classic for ‘Lady B. Goode’ Music legend transforms 1958 signature song "Johnny B. Goode" into ode for wife, Themetta By Daniel Kreps ...

What Chuck Berry’s and Glen Campbell ... by a band featuring his son Charles Berry Jr. on guitar and his ... “Lady B. Goode,” a kind of sequel to his signature hit sung from the ...

But Berry, the duck-walking, guitar-playing rock genius who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven ...

Encore Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch on demand now with KPBS Passport! “Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” is a collection of ...

Chuck Berry was rock’n’roll’s founding guitar hero, a songwriter who helped define teenage rebellion and who had ­influenced virtually every rock guitarist since.

The passing of rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry brought up a memory of a chance encounter I had with the man, a surreal moment where I almost had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.