Chuck Berry lies in his coffin with a Gibson ES-355 during his memorial service at the Pageant Theater in St. Louis, April 9, 2017. The guitar legend died on March 18 at the age of 90.

It reminds us that Chuck Berry wasn’t just creating music for the sock-hop set—he was documenting societal stress with a sharp tongue and a sharper guitar. 4. Memphis, Tennessee (1959) ...

He also began to do shows with Ingrid Berry, the daughter of Chuck Berry. During a show he was doing with Gene Edlen Band at Rainbow Lounge in St. Louis in the mid-1980s, Chuck Berry sat in on a ...

Chuck Berry didn't take time to take photos with his local backup band members, much less socialize with them, when he played the La Crosse Center on Dec. 14, 1982.