Chuck Berry, The King of Rock'n'roll!

You know it's a fit of irony that the man who really invented rock as we know it today is still alive and rockin' and the purported 'king' of rock'n'roll is dead and has been for a while now. Yes folks, Chuck Berry is in his 90's and still doin' the duckwalk! Elvis is long gone though you wouldn't know it seeing as how he's promoted more now than when he was alive! Don't get me wrong, I liked Elvis, well his movies. I wasn't too crazy about his music which in my opinion much of it wasn't all that good. But his movies really rocked! I watch Elvis movies to this day for there's nothing better than sitting down on a quiet weekend and watching G.I. Blues or Clambake with the kids and muchin' on some popcorn. But my problem with it is that the same sort of opportunities should have been afforded Chuck Berry, for there would be no rock today without Chuck Berry. A consumate musician who created the chord format that powers just about every rock song to this day! He and Bo Diddley along with John Lee Hooker made the guitar the principal instrument and took rocknroll from being a ten piece operation to a four piece. Yes Chuck did this and everyone copies it even to this day. He doesn't do much touring but if you happen to be in St. Louis he performs every Saturday night at an underground club giving the audience a tast of what it was like back in the day when he ruled the roost of black rockers. Go and see him before it's to late.