Happy Birthday, Chuck...
Posted on 10/18/2001 4:29:44 PM PDT by IowaHawk
(AP) Chuck Berry still unleashes the bent-kneed duck walk and one-legged hop that helped make him famous in the days of sock hops and soda shops.
"Sometimes I forget, and the fans remind me I can still do it. So I'll fire back," says Berry, who turns 75 on Thursday. "If they want it, they got it."
For the flashy showman behind "Johnny B. Goode," life hasn't been bad.
"Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather," he said a few days before his birthday bash Thursday night at The Pageant, a club in his hometown of St. Louis. He was to perform, along with his friend Little Richard.
Happy birthday, Chuck. I only hope I'm 10% as cool as you at 75.
He was great in concert 30 years ago. He must be in great shape to still do the duck walk.
Chuckie B(erry) Good, very good!
New York, Los Angeles, oh how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone to be in my home back in old Saint Lou
Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of the Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did 'til I got back to the USA
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, the juke box jumpin' with records back in the USA
I'm so glad I'm living the USA!
I'm so glad I'm living the USA!
Anything you want we got it right here in the USA
Always wanted me a "Flight DeVille!"
Love Chuck's music. He was also a big influence on my other guitar hero, Angus.
HAIL, HAIL ROCK 'N ROLL!!!
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