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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry is a singer-songwriter and a guitarist. Many consider him to be one of the major pioneers of rock and roll, both him and his songs have received many accolades, one of them being the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. All questions about his history, life or music can be found here.
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Which one of these musicians is the oldest luciano pavarotti paul shaffer chuck berry gregg allman?
Chuck Berry
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Did chuck berry assist in the crime in 1944?
Essentially yes, according to his own memoir published in 1987. Here's the way it went down.
In the summer after his sophomore year in high school, he went on a road trip with his two buddies Skip and James. They were heading west and their car broke down a couple hundred miles or so out of Saint Louis. The three of them had only a few dollars between them and no more spare tires or patches. One night Skip told the guys he'd get some money if they would drop him off then come back for him fifteen minutes later. Chuck and James refused to let Skip do the crime alone so they decided they'd all participate.
They stuck up a barbershop and one or two other small businesses. They spent some money on the car and headed back to SL, but had another breakdown en route. After a couple of hours they managed to flag down another motorist to help them by pushing their car with his, bumper to bumper. Chuck slid into the passenger seat next to the other driver and they began the pushing operation. What happened next isn't entirely clear, but the upshot was that they were charged with armed highway robbery and pleaded guilty to it. They got ten years, although Chuck was released after about thirteen months.
I think the store robberies were dropped as part of the plea deal. IIRC nobody had an actual gun, but one of them had the barrel of one with which he threatened the victims.
It's amazing to think how narrowly he missed meeting a premature and violent end of his own making before becoming one of the immortals of rock and roll. It also seems that his PR team was really successful at keeping this sordid episode out of public knowledge. I can't imagine that would have gone down well in the 1950s.
Does chuck berry use distortion?
There is no information on what effects Chuck Berry used …seems that he got a lot of his tone from the Fender Showman and Bassman Amps and Gibson ES-335. But, there are many Rock / Blues pedals that are fun to experiment with to tweak and improve tone. These our our best solutions to sound a bit more like Chuck.
What other words can be made out of chuck berry?
The letters can be used to spell the 7 letter word chucker and the 6 letter words cherry, chucky and rebury. They also spell the 5 letter words berry, buyer, check, chuck, curer, cyber, hurry and recur.
Does buckcherry copy chuck berry?
Yes, it certainly could be a play on the name Chuck Berry-- called a "spoonerism," which occurs when words are said wrong by reversing several letters, either intentionally (to be funny) or accidentally. One example of this verbal phenomenon, which is probably fictional, had a famous preacher (Reverend William A. Spooner) say that the Lord was a "shoving leopard"-- rather than a "loving shepherd." But while the band's name may have originate in a spoonerism of Chuck Berry, the members of Buckcherry claim they got it from a drag queen who used that name during performances; so perhaps it was the drag queen who originally made the play on words.
What is Chuck Knoblauch doing now?
Chuck Knoblauch has been in retirement from Major League Baseball. The most recent news about Knoblauch came when he assaulted his ex-wife in July of 2014.
Was chuck berry cheated out of royalties?
There are differing opinions on this. Chuck seems to have been very shrewed at keeping his publishing rights, apparently having a $17 million net worth. He has been covered by everyone including the Betles and the Stones. What might be at issue is how much did he recieve? If it was a percentage I am guesing it was very low and hence he's still out there playing. What is interesting to note is that he actually recieves royalties to this day for Surfing USA by the Beach Boys from a deal that Brian Wilson's father (who managed them and also sold off their ctatalogue) brokered after Chuck Berry claimed (rightly so) that it was almost a complete rip off of Sweet Little Sixteen. The Beach Boys didn't find this out till many years later. Chuck was recently sued himself by Jonnie Johnson who claimed to have helped write 30 of Chuck's songs. A judge dismissed the case.
How many sibelings did chuck berry have?
Chuck Berry had three siblings. He was the fourth child in the family of six.
When is chuck berry death date?
guessing this winter of 2012, or sometime next year.. highly doubt he will ever see 2014! but who knows...
Why was johnny B Goode writtened?
Because Chuck Berry heard, over the phone no less, the new sound he was looking for.
Who wrote the song recorded by chuck berry promised land?
Chuck Berry wrote it. According to internet sources, he was in jail at the time, and had to borrow an atlas to be sure of the cities on the route to California.
