Chuck Berry - who only just scrapped across the nine decade line - has gone.
Singer, songwriter and guitar great who practically defined rock music with his impeccably twangy hits “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Memphis,” “My Ding-a-Ling” and “Sweet Little Sixteen,” Anther Berry classic,“Johnny B. Goode” was chosen by Carl Sagan to be included on the golden record of Earth Sounds and Music launched with Voyager in 1977.While many songs of the '50s were mostly "moon and June", Berry wrote real life. He and Little Richard were singing about shagging and cross dressers right under our whitie noses.
Berry of course being a black man, was ripped off big time in a biz that attracts more crocs and venomous snakes than you'll find up the Amazon.
Without Berry and black blues artists: no Stones or Beatles.
Chuck R.I.P? Rockin' in another dimension is much the better thought...
