He
took the music of rhythm and blues (R&B) and changed it [wave
guitar like a magic wand: Shabam!] into rock'n'roll!
Lyrics
about teenage life!
Guitar
solos!
Cool
little dances and hops and moves during performances!
(A
template is a pattern or model to follow.)
One
aspect of Berry's life that rock stars should not copy
(but that some, unfortunately,
do) is that he went to prison several times for various different
crimes—as varied as armed robbery (when he was still in high
school!) to tax evasion.
Check
out the Castillo Kids
singing one of Berry's most famous hits, “Johnny B. Goode.”
Here's
Chuck himself singing the same song, and here's
Marty McFly's “Johnny B. Goode,” from the movie Back to the Future, with an even wilder sort of
showmanship! Beatle John Lennon once said: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry.'”
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