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.

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 ...

Berry’s signature guitar was the Gibson ES-355, which came out in 1958, the same year as Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen.” He came into the store one day and asked to meet with Crimmins to ...

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 ...

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 ...

April 9 (UPI) --An open-casket funeral was held Sunday in St. Louis for music legend Chuck Berry, who died March 18 at the age of 90. Berry was seen wearing his signature captain's cap and a red ...

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, ...

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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.

According to Chuck Berry’s son, Charles Berry, Jr., his father, toward the end of his life, had one goal in mind for his latest album: he just wanted to make sure that people had a chance to ...

Chuck Berry's electric guitar, nicknamed "Maybellene," 1959 NMAAHC, donation of Charles E. Berry. I had met him a few months earlier, backstage after one of his shows. We briefly ...