Three months after the death of his father, Chuck Berry—who passed away on March 18 at 90— Charles Berry Jr. has put into perspective the immortality of the rock and roll pioneer. “It’s much like ...

This fallacy insults the work of those who came before him and created the building blocks that the rolling, rocking art of our lives was built on. It also shames Berry’s seismic accomplishments. He ...

Chuck Berry was a legend. “Not only did he invent rock ‘n’ roll, which is amazing, but his songwriting was amazing,” says Tom Hambridge. “I think that at heart, he was a blues guy — that meant a lot ...

When Gary Clark Jr. opened for Eric Clapton in New York on Sunday night, the day after Chuck Berry died, he told the audience that his song “Travis County” wouldn’t exist without Berry. “It’s one of ...

The main guy was Louis Jordan. I wanted to sing like Nat Cole with lyrics like Louis Jordan with the swing of Benny Goodman with Charlie Christian on guitar playing Carl Hogan’s riffs with the soul of ...