The title paraphrases something John Lennon once said about Chuck Berry. For this episode, I wanted to pull some noted Chuck rock tracks and relisten, and also find some deeper cuts we don’t always hear.
The architect of rock and roll. He shaped the Beatles and Stones. Good enough? If it was just that, yes. They influenced the next generation – and their own, too.
A flawed person, in many ways deeply so, but also an artist. How do we separate the art from the artist? We talk about it just a little, and hear a whole lot of Chuck Berry guitar.