Chuck Berry Died This Afternoon
 

Breaking News out of St. Louis. Seriously bummed out. Chuck was Rock n Roll.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/rock-n-roll...died/423646802

Sad news today for millions of rock and roll fans across the world. According to the St. Charles County Police Department, legendary musician Chuck Berry has died. He was 90 years old.

Police say they responded to a medical emergency on Buckner Road at approximately 12:40 p.m. today (Saturday, March 18). Inside the home, first responders observed an unresponsive man and immediately administered lifesaving techniques. Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man, later identified as Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry, could not be revived and was pronounced deceased at 1:26 p.m.

We will have more the legendary life and career of Chuck Berry soon.

I'm seriously bummed out, man. One of my best friends killed himself exactly one year ago today. And now Chuck Berry dies. He was one of our favorites. What a suck day.

An all-time legend

The true king of Rock n Roll. IMO.

Roll over Beethoven.

Thank you for the music Mr. Berry. Legend and pioneer.

One of my favorite from that era. Rest In Peace, Chuck.

RIP

Probably my favorite Chuck song, RIP

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RIP

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RIP Chuck.

RIP. Hammer swinger.

Gonna play with My Ding A Ling today in his honor. RIP

Warning: NSFW!

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You can't be a fan of rock and roll and not be a Chuck Berry fan. His music is so amazing today that I can't even imagine what it was like to people back in the 1950s.

Strange to think he'd have never been anything if not for his cousin Marvin.

Chuck invented the basic grammar for playing rock and roll guitar. He knew a thing or two about writing lyrics also.

We lost a great one.

RIP
In 7th grade I got sent to the principals office because I brought my Reelin and Rockin 45 to music class for record day. Thank you for the swat Mr. Maggard.........asshole.
ROFL
The look on Mrs. Crafts face as she shot across the room to rip my record off the turntable was priceless.

That's going to be an amazing story someday.

Rip.

Sad news. RIP Mr. Rock and Roll.


Been a rough few days. We lost Dave Stallworth also.

RIP Chuck Berry. 90 years and will live forever.

I guess he has a particular place to go now.

RIP

RIP. Dude was amazing

My good pal Marc is a pretty well known songwriter/musician in St. Louis. He posted this story on his Facebook tonight: I met Chuck at Lambert Airport. He was sitting on a stanchion on the lower level, smoking a cigarette. Guitar case at his feet. I walked up to him and asked for his autograph. He said "Of course." I dug around in my bag for my lyric book and handed it to him. He looked at the pages and said "These words look important." I told him they were lyrics. He found a blank page, wrote his name, then said "Don't stop." I haven't. If you come to the Songbird Café this Wednesday night you'll get one of those compositions that is actually dedicated, in part, to Chuck.

Damnit. I knew it would be you to post that. LMAO

The three greatest Missourians are Harry Truman, Mark Twain, and Chuck Berry, in that order.

Holy shit! That is hilarious.

I've got nothing against Harry, but I have to go with Mark Twain in the #1 spot.

Sorry to hear that George.

RIP.

A true giant of Rock n Roll

or Marty McFly.



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NSFW tag that damn thing.

My wife and I saw Chuck at Memorial Hall in KCK in 1973. Halfway through the show, if you weren't dancing, you had no soul.

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if it wasn't for Chuck Berry maybe my favorite guitarist Angus Young doesn't become the duck walking legend he is now. Thank you Chuck you are a guitar God ...Rest in peace...

See, that's why I could never be a prostitute.

He had a good rock and roll. RIP

I would replace Truman with Robert A. Heinlein.

Chuck did nothing to end WWII, but Harry couldn't duck walk. So you could say that's a tie for first. Mark Twain died in Connecticut.

I saw Chuck Berry at World's of Fun. Was a great show.

He lived a long life. Lucky Guy!

But hope he enjoys his next journey in the blue yonder.

On a semi-related note, I've watched this video from John Scruggs that showed up on my FB feed a dozen times now.

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When I reposted it a few weeks ago - my comment was "if you listen closely, you can almost Maybelline being born". Chuck Berry was the right guy at the right time to evolve the music of slaves and sharecroppers, which itself had evolved from African rhythms mixed with gospel hymns and old Southern standards, into the most popular genre of music ever.

I think Omar Bradley and John Pershing should probably get some consideration here.

I literally listened to that song like 2 hours before his death announcement.

Well, damn. RIP
I can't believe I haven't seen any coverage of this.

Good catch. Maybe we should expand the list to the top 5 or so.

I loved him on the Gong Show.

/ducks

St. Louis Post Dispatch had a great write up:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...f7674372e.html

Top three Missourian who was busted pissing in hookers mouths and spying on women peeing in public bathrooms. Yup, that's about the best the state of Missouri has to offer the world.

It's only rock n roll....

That's an easy price to pay for Johnny B. Goode and Promised Land and Rollover Beethoven. Those women were his muses and they should be proud.

No particular place to go

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I would have to go with Quantrill solely for the burning of Lawrence Ks.

Chuck's family says he has one last album in the tank that will be released soon: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...uck-lp-w472845

He was just blazing a trail for R Kelly, he truly was a pioneer.

Secesh trash.

If Missouri were on fire, Chuck Berry wouldn't piss on it to put it out. He'd be too busy farting in some toothless St. Louis whore's face.

Missouri isn't so ****ing pathetic. Your entire identity isn't wrapped up in hating Kansas for the sole reason that they didn't believe in slavery. Quite the claim Tom fame.

Burn the whole place down, starting with Chuck Berry's worthless grave.

You're Skip's girlfriend, aren't you?

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Yep

Also Walt Disney

[QUOTE=suzzer99;12788998]I saw Chuck Berry at World's of Fun. Was a great show.[/QUOTE

I worked at WOF as a kid and worked OT that evening at the amphitheater just to see that concert. It was late starting like 2 hours. The reason was Chuck asked for his money up front. The director of entertainment handed him a WOF check signed by Lamar Hunt and Chuck refused it says he only works for cash lol. well in the 70s cash wasnt easy to come by on a weeked when banks closed. I guess it was a mad dash to come up with but they did and the show went on. I was a great concert and got to see him duck walk across the stage from the corner stage.

RIP Chuck you weren't Elvis you were better. Rock is King and you were the originator.

Who the Hell is Tom Fame?

[QUOTE=srvy;12791017]Chuck's penchant for Cash Only is the reason he landed in jail the third and final time: Tax Evasion.

I'm distantly related to Bradley, so he'd be my first choice.

Although he wasn't nearly as warm and cuddly in real life as Karl Malden portrayed him in Patton.

Who said I hated Kansas? I hate Lawrence particularly Douglas County the rest of Kansas is pretty all right. Well the JO's are getting a bit to uppity.

Wasn't he the Bowie character after Ziggy?

Chuck started it all man.

I remember when I used to stash my stuff in a Chuck Berry 8 track tape. When my buddy got in the car he said 'Let's play Chuck Berry!'.