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...news quickly became history, and Chuck Berry made both. For he defined the music, moods, moves and malevolence of rock 'n' roll. His twangy blues guitar fused -- indeed, electrified -- rhythm and blues and country music, even as his popularity helped desegregate early rock. His lyrics rollicked with internal rhymes, subversive satire and a wit that bent and broadened the language. He demolished the pop-music wall that had long separated singer and songwriter; now a man could perform his own compositions and do it with amazing sass. He could do wrong too, and here again Berry was a pioneer. Through...
...Satan? A slim body, supple as sin. Wavy hair, drenched in Valvoline and just full enough to hide those telltale horns. A face already etched with pain and promises. Cocoa-color skin drawn taut over Jack Palance cheekbones. A smile that offered a great time on the way down. Chuck Berry might sing about School Days and Johnny B. Goode, but teens knew that his songs -- from the opening guitar riff through the four-on-the-floor chorus to the florid finale -- were siren calls to cut class and feel good. "You know my temperature risin', the jukebox blowin...
...statesman is a politician with a paunch, then an elder statesman of rock is an outlaw who has honorably served his time. Next week Chuck Berry turns 61. But last week rock's black prince saw his time come again. It began with a standing ovation at the New York Film Festival for the world premiere of Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, a slick, irreverent documentary with enough bop-till-you-drop golden hits to leave the springs broken in every Lincoln Center seat. On Tuesday Berry was back in his hometown of St. Louis to preside...
...violation in the '60s and for tax evasion in the '70s). Every 16 years or so, he would emerge from prison and savor freedom without letting it cramp his style. "My next fall is due around year end of 1996," he observes, "so I have a while yet." Chuck Berry is never likely to be out on good behavior...
...impossible to shake: "The house is haunted and the ride gets rough/ And you've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above/ If you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of love." Raymond Carver, take a turn around the floor with Chuck Berry...