Chuck Berry

By Greg Wilson on March 18, 2017 in Black Culture, RIP

Rock & Roll rest in peace – Chuck Berry has died, aged 90.

If any single artist was Rock & Roll it was Chuck Berry – he was one of the giants of 20^th century music, his influence incalculable.

As John Lennon once famously said; ‘if you tried to give Rock & Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry’.

Chuck Berry Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

Chuck Berry, John Lennon, Rock & Roll

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I’m a DJ from Merseyside. I started out in 1975, but stopped for almost 20 years, between 1984 and the end of 2003, at which point I started again.

One night during the period I wasn’t deejaying, turning off my mind, relaxing, and floating downstream I had what might be termed a moment of clarity. Paradoxically, although I was no longer a DJ in the literal sense I suddenly became aware that I’d never actually stopped being a DJ, for even if I was in a room with just one person I couldn’t help but ask them ‘have you heard this?’, and not only ‘heard’, but ‘have you seen this / read this?’, for it goes beyond music. Already taken somewhat aback by this nugget of self-discovery, I realised, in true eureka style, that this all pre-dates my being a DJ and goes back as far as I can remember – I’ve always had an inherent need to share, it’s absolutely central to my nature. This was quite a revelation.

So it’s no wonder that I became a Disc Jockey, for once I fell in love with those circular pieces of magical plastic during my formative years, it wasn’t a matter of choosing this as a path, the path pretty much chose me.

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