If government will not defend our civilization -- lives, letters, and graves -- then society must, despite having constituted a government for exactly that task.
What was amazing was his longevity in life and music. (I had to check wiki to see if I was right. I was.) He was married to the same woman for 68 years. Usually a long marriage equals a long life.
Amazing guy. I think he only knew about 3 chords, but he knew how to rock.
He knew the right three chords. He also invented the idea of naming as many cities as you can in a song lyric and it will sell well.
Tell Tchaikovsky the news…
What was amazing was his longevity in life and music. (I had to check wiki to see if I was right. I was.) He was married to the same woman for 68 years. Usually a long marriage equals a long life.
Elvis’s death (sorry Mike), created a psychological bias toward assuming all 1950s singers were dead.
I remwmber my amazement of seeing Berry appear on the Tonight Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57rrb_95PGU
John lennon said it best: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.”
American Icon. Blues is an American original.