It took Chuck Berry and his band 36 tries to get ... playing mostly blues and R&B standards. But Berry had started writing his own songs, inserting elements of white country music, and he wanted ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — For Greensboro musician Evan Olson learning to play Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” on his guitar was like a rite of passage. “It doesn’t matter where you go in the ...

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From this group of young pioneers came a genius, writing lyrics, melodies and riffs that provided the bedrock for almost everything to happen since. Chuck displayed an interest in music and poetry ...

Chuck Berry played his final concert on October 15th ... “On the airplanes, when we’d be flying somewhere, he’d be writing. And he was changing the words constantly.” ...

Growing up in St. Louis in a middle-class household, Chuck Berry was besotten with—and some might find surprising—country music. Only by blending this with R&B and blues and writing concise ...

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 ...

(First Alert 4) — The home of Chuck Berry, known for his moves ... Over the next seven years, Berry made history writing hit songs like “Maybellene” and “Johnny B. Goode.” ...