Posted on 04/30/2017 5:08:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Thanks for posting. I agree with the article.
Music has come a long way in the last thousand years.
Do some reading up on Chuck’s personal life.
I’m hardly a prude - but the man was vile.
Chuck was good on a guitar. Oddly, his nightclub in St Louis was caught with hidden cameras installed in the women’s bathroom stalls several years ago. I’m not sure if Chuck ever lost a dime over this, but he claimed it was for security reasons.
Saw him in AC in the late 1980s. He was great, don’t recall my date. One of the high points was his daughter singing “Bring It On Home”. “Havana Moon” was great as was now overplayed “Teen Aged Wedding”
An understatement. He was a good man with hidden security cameras in the women’s bathroom of his club. I think he claimed it was a black privilege thing.
Berry was a flawed human being(aren’t we all)but he was a musical genius who made history. Every Rock ‘n Roll artist ever born copied/stole/emulated Berry’s every lick, move, step, style, and attitude.
Everyone has their favorite rock and roll movie of all time, but for me it is Hail Hail Rock and Roll.
Keith Richard assembles a top-flight sessions band and brings in several megastars (Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, et al) to celebrate Chuck’s 60th birthday at the Fox Theater in St Louis. Songs are interspersed with several interviews with Chuck and other artists, and you see the rehearsals and the battles Keith has with Chuck.
It’s right up there with Hard Days Night and The Last Waltz.
He had black celebrity status like Michael Jackson and Al Sharpton, so that fact and black privilege allowed him to get away with these crimes. Berry was also heavily into the porn business. People are easily starstruck.
Too much monkey business
Too much, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
A major biography of Elvis claimed that he sometimes took other men to a room at Graceland where they could see through a "one-way mirror" into a bathroom where women changed into swimsuits.
Let me begin by stating that Chuck Berry was indeed a man who suffered, like all of us, with a good number faults!!! But...IMHO, Chuck Berry was the undisputed “King Of Rock & Roll”!!! And those of us, White, Black, Brown or otherwise, that were teenagers in the 1950s-1960s know that to be fact.
I loved Elvis Presley and I loved Chuck Berry, both of them massive American Icons, Music Industry leaders and proud Americans. God bless both of them......you guys made us happy and stronger with faith in our great country!!! RIP...buddies.....millions of Americans, adore you now and will adore you forever!!! Me included!!!
“but the man was vile”
And was hardly a prude. But... There was about 8 minutes back in the early 70’s that I actually listened to Chuck. That said, there were a number of artists who released versions of Barry’s catalog and those were much better, recording techniques notwithstanding. Heck, even the Stones, who for the most part I almost completely abhor, redid Chuck and really brought it to life.
What did he do?
Not hearing nice things about this guy
RIP Chuck
I was a major fan of R&B music in the mid-’50s and there was a local radio station that played all of that music.
“Mabeline” (sp?) grabbed me and my friends at age 13-14 in 8th grade. One of Chuck’s songs about Memphis TN is still one of my favorites, as it told a story about a little daughter he was trying to reach.
He was a showman! Saw him in two large R&B/R&R concerts in Dallas in late ‘50s, with folks like Bo Diddly, Fats Domino, Jimmy Reed, The Imperials and many others.
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I found this:
https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/03/21/the-dark-past-of-chuck-berrys-scandal-filled-sex-life/amp/
Apparently he trafficked a 14 year old prostitute?
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