CHUCK BERRY.(Arts And Entertainment)(The Kennedy Center Honors 2000)

From: The Washington Times | Date: December 2, 2000| Author: McIntyre, Ken | Copyright information

Chuck Berry, whose imaginative lyrics and ringing electric guitar defined rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, is not a man given to introspection about his mammoth influence on popular music.

Asked in a film biography how he would be remembered, Mr. Berry was characteristically elusive.

"I could say it's out of my department after I'm gone," he said, "but whatever it be, I just hope it's real. . . . I hope they'll just speak the truth be it pro, con, bad, good. ...

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