RIP, Chuck Berry

[sk]

Okay, I'm gonna do this one because I feel I want to write something...

Celebrities death hits us all differently and this one got to me a bit more than I thought.

Chuck Berry is the foundation to basically all my favorite music.
I have obvious listen a lot to Chuck Berry over the years but it his disciples that are my heroes.

More or less every artist/band I listened to the most during my life has done Chuck Berry covers and explained how much he has influenced them when they was young.
So he has been the common ground. The founder of my taste in music.

Anyway... at least he did live a full life. It's not chocking to pass away at 90.
Even though the news about a new record made me think he still was in relative good shape and everything was okay.

I'm very glad to have been able to see him play once. Back in 2007.
He put on a great show that at least felt spontaneous and improvised (even though I'm guessing it wasn't really lol)

RIP.

/SK

 

[Ethan Reigns]

I have been around for the entire run of rock and roll (maybe not as old as @WhiteAvenger but I am one of the old crocs on this board. The first Beatles song that I heard on the radio was "Roll Over Beethoven", a cover of the Chuck Berry song. I remember thinking after hearing this that the Beatles, whoever they were, sounded like a tight, talented group and I would probably never hear them again. Not one of my better predictions, fortunately. A lot of the great groups like the Rolling Stones did covers of his songs and credited him with making their sound the way it was.

Rock and roll would have been very different (and a lot less fun) without him.

 

[Mr Trick]

It is a sad loss and he was a true original and great influence on so much great music over the decades. Nice tributes from you both. RIP.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

While he had an enormous impact on music and culture I have a hard time celebrating the man due to his life choices.

 

[Mr Trick]

While he had an enormous impact on music and culture I have a hard time celebrating the man due to his life choices.

But this is a thread to celebrate his talents and contribution to music and culture not to judge him on his personal life. For me at least you always have to separate the two. We're talking about the man's talent, not about the man himself.

 

[Priceless]

Johnny B Goode is one of the best songs I've ever heard. It's one of my all time favourites. Put it on and turn it up loud. Berry was a talented song writer and my thoughts go to his family and friends. RIP Chuck

 

[JCoatsworth]

Rest in Peace, Chuck. Your music will live on forever. Literally.

 

[Mr Trick]

Johnny B Goode is one of the best songs I've ever heard. It's one of my all time favourites. Put it on and turn it up loud. Berry was a talented song writer and my thoughts go to his family and friends. RIP Chuck

And from that point of view he influenced one of the great ever Blockbusters in Back to the Future🙂

 

[ILLYRIAN]

RIP Chuck Berry.
Virtually all the music I listen to has been inspired by Mr. Berry, they'll be talking of his music for decades.