If you read this blog a lot you've probably bumped into Mr. Elliott, who described his early days backing Chuck Berry and whose friend...

Members present: Peter K. and Peter O. Question raised: Was he observing, or simply posing? Working Hypothesis: Actual Astronomical Observ...

One of my favorite writers on the music and significance of Chuck Berry is Michael Lydon, who once published a great piece on Chuck in Rampa...

... the stuff  you find!

...when you google Chuck Berry

This is interesting-- after he hands off his guitar he tells the crowd that he's got an ear problem that makes it difficult to hear some...

(Excerpted from a book I hope to publish some day.  E-mail me and I'll send it to you!) One day I’m listening to the beginning of The...

Itsy-bitsy review of our man in San  Berdoo.

Looks like Bobby Keys will be joining Taylor Hackford to talk about "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" in Minneapolis soon. Re...

I'm glad this one is still here.  Watch every bit of this incredible performance from 1965!  (Merci a CB II for posting.) (The second n...

He's had some sort of guitar revival.  (He can hear himself!)  Here he is reciting poetry and playing up a storm. Do yourself a favo...

Well I'm guessing this is San Berdoo.  And sounding very good!

( Willie Smith died yesterday .  Here's a story I wrote after being lucky enough to get myself , my wife and my daughter down to see h...

One of the things that excited me about the “Have Mercy” set is that I learned it would have more cuts from the 1972 Coventry concert that...

Thanks to Judy F. for this one about her  (two) friend(s).

I'm assuming this was September 14, 2011-- my momma's 96th, RIP.

The poet Chuck Berry's "mamas" were always encouraging (borrowing money to buy Johnny's guitar, telling him his name would...

Chuck Berry and his St. Louis band will be in San Bernadino, California this Friday.  Read about it  HERE .  For California residents, th...

Lest you think I come lately to this cause, or this illness, I show you some some old sketches my mother kept for me in a steel box. I obvi...

I remember that at a Chuck Berry concert in about the year 2000 he instructed a bass player on rhythm.  (It was a night of instruction.  H...

And here's a LINK  to several more photos.

I never saw this old but very nice writeup  of the January 1 show in Chicago.  Remember that horrible day?

Here's a  story  about Chuck Berry receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming St. Louis Blues Awards.  Very cool.

When Chuck can hear himself play, Chuck can PLAY!