RIP Chuck Berry :(

[chubbyfatazn]

Chuck Berry, one of the creators of rock and roll, has died, according to police. He was 90.

St. Charles County, Missouri, police said they responded to a medical emergency on Buckner Road at approximately 12:40 p.m. Inside the home, first responders found an unresponsive man, but despite immediately administering lifesaving techniques, the 90-year-old man could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m., police said.,

The St. Charles County Police Department identified him as Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as Chuck Berry.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/legendary-musician-chuck-berry-dead-90/story?id=46228597

go johnny, go

 

[IronWing]

🙁

 

[sdifox]

RIP.

 

[William Gaatjes]

RIP

 

[stargazr]

RIP

 

[Thebobo]

Another one 🙁 He influenced so many. And was a genuinely a good guy,

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Seriously impossible to overstate Chuck's influence on both culture and music. RIP Mr. Berry.

He could play a guitar just like ringing a bell.

 

[Brainonska511]

I once saw it said that if rock and roll had any other name, it would have been called Chuck Berry. RIP to a musical legend.

 

[SKORPI0]

RIP. 🙁

http://www.shmoop.com/johnny-b-goode/influences.html

Influences on Chuck Berry
Nat King Cole
Fats Domino
Louis Jordan
Charles Brown
Charlie Christian
T-Bone Walker
Carl Hogan
Muddy Waters

Influenced by Chuck Berry
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly
The Beach Boys
John Doe
Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I once saw it said that if rock and roll had any other name, it would have been called Chuck Berry. RIP to a musical legend.

John Lennon said that. Specifically, "if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
He influenced some of the biggest names, and rightly so.

 

[zinfamous]

Damn. The Founder.

RIP.

🙁

 

[John Connor]

He was a legend!

 

[Perknose]

The man was a pathbreaker, one of a kind, and, yes, a goddamn poet:


"I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back
And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac
I was pushin' through the crowd tryna get to where she's at
And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, honey where are you?
Seems like every time I catch you
But you're up to something new"


Long after Donald Trump is a mere footnote in some historical academic journal, filled under Giant Assholes of the 21st Century, Mr. Chuck Berry's luminous work will still be cherished and sung.

Think I'll go grab a friend's axe and attempt a duck walk across some imaginary stage.

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[Kaido]

🙁

 

[thebestMAX]

Great, another Icon from my youth gone. He was a great innovator.

 

[ctbaars]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI
This is a free country! ah-huh
RIP

 

[Thebobo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI
This is a free country! ah-huh
RIP

Nice remember laughing at this. He's so young in the video, any idea when and where it was?

 

[Thebobo]

Interesting letter from Carl Sagan to Chuck Berry

 

[Perknose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI
This is a free country! ah-huh
RIP

Lol, thanks for that. Memories . . .

 

[CraKaJaX]

Unbelievable list of the people he influenced. So much respect. A ton of bands currently on tour paid their respects .... Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Gene Simmons, Van Zandt, and even that touring Beatles group "Fab Faux" ..... above all though, here's my favorite:

RIP Chuck.

 

[Bacstar]

First thing I thought of when I heard of his passing:

https://youtu.be/6XwNibBpDYU

 

[IronWing]

Interesting letter from Carl Sagan to Chuck Berry

Seems to have worked.

 

[Thebobo]

Seems to have worked.

LOL