Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and music featuring guitar solos and showmanship that were a major influence on subsequent rock music.
Wat een god
Gefeliciteerd!
Tegenwoordig iets minder strak maar nog steeds live & kickin'
Maar heeft hij na 1965 eigenlijk nog iets nieuws gemaakt?
Toen kreeg hij te maken met de invasie van Britse bandjes die hem naspeelden en was Chuck opeens oud nieuws.quote:Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2016 11:25 schreef cafca het volgende:
Zeker een held, essentieel voor de muziekgeschiedenis, en geweldig dat hij nog steeds optreedt.
Maar heeft hij na 1965 eigenlijk nog iets nieuws gemaakt?
Ja, dat zal het wel zijn. Hoe dan ook, het blijft een heldquote:
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Toen kreeg hij te maken met de invasie van Britse bandjes die hem naspeelden en was Chuck opeens oud nieuws.
heldChuck Berry Celebrates 90th Birthday With First Album in 38 Years
Rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry celebrated his 90th birthday by announcing that his new LP 'Chuck', his first LP in 38 years, will arrive in 2017.
Rock n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry, who turned 90 on Tuesday, celebrated his birthday by announcing that his new LP Chuck, the guitarist's first LP in 38 years, will arrive in 2017 on Dualtone Records.
Chuck, Berry's first album since 1979's Rock It, is stocked with new, original songs written, recorded and produced by the rock legend.
Berry dedicated his upcoming album to his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry. "This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy," Berry said in a statement. "My darlin', I'm growing old! I've worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!"
Berry recorded Chuck with his longtime backing band that includes his children Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (harmonica), as well as bassist Jimmy Marsala, who has played with Berry for 40 years, pianist Robert Lohr and drummer Keith Robinson. This backing band has performed alongside Berry at the rock legend's famed Blueberry Club shows over the past two decades.
"What an honor to be part of this new music," Charles Berry Jr. said in a statement. "The St. Louis band, or as dad called us 'the Blueberry Hill Band,' fell right into the groove and followed his lead. These songs cover the spectrum from hard driving rockers to soulful thought provoking time capsules of a life's work."
More details about Chuck – and Berry-related events to mark his 90th birthday – will be announced in the coming weeks.
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The Rock 'n Roll himself
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My good friend Chuck Berry passed today and I will miss him dearly. Some of my favorite memories on the road are times I spent with Chuck. Goodbye friend. - Jerry Lee Lewis
I am so sad to hear of Chuck Berry's passing. I want to thank him for all the inspirational music he gave to us. He lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers. His lyrics shone above others and threw a strange light on the American dream. Chuck, you were amazing, and your music is engraved inside us forever. - Mick Jagger
When I saw Chuck Berry in "Jazz on a Summer's Day" as a teenager, what struck me was how he was playing against the grain with a bunch of jazz guys. They were brilliant – guys like Jo Jones on drums and Jack Teagarden on trombone – but they had that jazz attitude cats put on sometimes: "Ooh... this rock & roll..." With "Sweet Little Sixteen," Chuck took them all by storm and played against their animosity. To me, that's blues. That's the attitude and the guts it takes. That's what I wanted to be, except I was white.
I listened to every lick he played and picked it up. Chuck got it from T-Bone Walker, and I got it from Chuck, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and B.B. King. We're all part of this family that goes back thousands of years. Really, we're all passing it on.
Chuck was playing a slightly heated-up version of Chicago blues, that guitar boogie – which all the cats were playing – but he took it up to another level. He was slightly younger than the older blues guys, and his songs were more commercial without just being pop, which is a hard thing to do. Chuck had the swing. There's rock, but it's the roll that counts. And Chuck had an incredible band on those early records: Willie Dixon on bass, Johnnie Johnson on piano, Ebby Hardy or Freddy Below on drums. They understood what he was about and just swung with it. It don't get any better than that.
He's not the easiest guy in the world to get along with, which was always a bit of a disappointment for me – because that cat wrote songs that had so much sense of humor and so much intelligence. The old son of a bitch just turned 85. I wish him a happy birthday, and I wish I could just pop around and say, "Hey, Chuck, let's have a drink together or something." But he ain't that kind of cat. By Keith Richards
Key Tracks: "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "Roll Over Beethoven"
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Dat was echt een grote.
Bill Clinton on Chuck Berry: 'He Changed Our Country'
"The man was inseparable from his music – both were utterly original and distinctly American," says former president
Een nieuwe single van Chuck. Karakteristieke intro!
Chuck Berry fuses boogie woogie and classic blues on "Wonderful Woman," the lead track from 'Chuck,' an upcoming collection of songs recorded between 1991 and 2014.
Chuck heeft zijn eerste muziekvideo