Take a riveting ride on the Chuck Berry train exploring the life ... Hackford: And there's a band there, The Johnny Johnson trio. ♪ (boogie woogie piano music) ♪ Edwards: Johnny Johnson ...

I wasn’t nervous until we were about five minutes away from arriving at Chuck Berry’s home ... we ended up in his kitchen. He was eating his lunch, when he suddenly said: “Alright.” ...

Every time you see a rocker strutting the stage, slinging their guitar around and cutting loose with killer riffs, Chuck ... of the boogie-woogie piano. Despite his ups-and-downs, Berry’s ...

By Guilbert Gates MARCH 23, 2017 Chuck Berry ... 1955 and 1959. Mr. Berry wrote almost all his hits himself, and he drew from the music he loved — from the blues and boogie to country and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’ve ever cranked up a guitar-driven rock song and felt that electric jolt of rhythm pulse through your body—chances are, you’ve got Chuck Berry to thank. As a ...

My dream was to meet Chuck Berry. It was April 1973 ... how I was learning to play like the great boogie-woogie pianist Pinetop Perkins and Chuck’s original pianist, Johnnie Johnson.

The following is an excerpt from the liner notes to Chuck Berry‘s upcoming ... before exploding into a fountain of boogie-woogie sparklers. It is classic shock-and-awe Berry.

Chuck Berry didn't invent rock 'n' roll, but he gave it its signature tune, "Johnny B. Goode." The song's driving rhythm, stinging guitar solos and rags-to-riches narrative about a gifted ...

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90. "Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll," said Neil Portnow, Recording ...

Along with James Dean and J.D. Salinger and a handful of others in the 1950s, Chuck Berry ... Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano man who collaborated on many Berry hits, but the story ...

It's almost showtime, and Chuck Berry groans himself out of the backseat and shuffles after the club's owner into the rear entrance, through the kitchen, toward the little stage in the little ...

Legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry performs at the BBC Television Theatre in 1972. Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven and Nadine are just some of the highlights. Show more Legendary rock 'n ...