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Name: Chuck Berry

Real name: Charles Edward Berry

Biography: Chuk Berry is an famous American guitarist, singer and lyrics writer . born in October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. Chuck Berry is an influential figure in one of the pioneers of super rock and roll music. According to the website of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chuck Berry is the closest of any single figure who was one of the basic elements of all the pieces together.

A bright student, Barry developed a love of poetry and hard blues early, won the high school talent contest, guitar and vocal performances in Jay McShann's big band number, "Confessin 'blue." He soon discovered that black audiences liked a variety of music, has set itself the task to reproduce it.

Berry was one of the first rock musicians to enter the Hall of Fame opened in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a "class" of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastbourne Wood. In 2004, He was awarded 5th position by Rolling Stone in The list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

Berry continued to play 70 to 100 solo performance in every music night in 80s. In 1986, Taylor Hackford made a documentary movie , Hail! Hail! Rock, a concert celebration of Berry's 60th birthday. Keith Richards was leading the music . Eric Clapton, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Robert Cray and Linda Ronstadt, among others, appeared with Berry on stage and film. In concert, Berry played a Gibson resolution ES - 355, deluxe version of the first ES - 335, which he liked in his 70s tour.

Currently Berry has limited himself on performing only one Wednesday in a month in Blueberry Hill restaurant and bar located in the Delmar. He is presently living in Wentzville, Missouri, about 30 miles west of St. Louis.

Log Comment: Without music, life is a journey through a desert.


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